So maybe it’s time to find a new way of expressing the idea of our Byzantine tax code, the Byzantine regulations of federal agencies, and so forth. [Brian Palmer, Slate; link fixed now, thanks reader Bob]
So maybe it’s time to find a new way of expressing the idea of our Byzantine tax code, the Byzantine regulations of federal agencies, and so forth. [Brian Palmer, Slate; link fixed now, thanks reader Bob]
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Maybe something evoking the legislature of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
The link doesn’t appear to work. I was able to find it by googling the title.
Link fixed now, thanks.
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lab·y·rin·thine [lab-uh-rin-thin, -theen]
adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a labyrinth.
2. complicated; tortuous: the labyrinthine byways of modern literature.