A euphemism for a bribe (UK).
Politicians don't do jack unless they get their brown envelopes!
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"Yo dawg, this bitch sent me a brown envelope with a letter on the inside!"
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A day that is entirely taken up with necessary but mind-numbing administration, usually to clear the decks so you can get on with the stuff you're supposed to be doing.
"If I don't get this tax return done today, my head won't be clear enough to finish Ulysses. Time for a Brown Envelope Day." --James Joyce, Trieste, 1921.
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