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    [Noun]  | "le*gal*ese" | \ ˌlē-gə-ˈlēz \


    1: the specialized language of the legal profession


    Origin: 1911 ;

    [Noun]  | "legalese" 


     [ "legalese" ]

    1: A way of talking or writing used mostly by lawyers and corporations, as a way to explain and elaborate every square inch of the matter at hand - creating an airtight verbal bubble that leaves no room for ambiguity.

      * e.g.,  ... Average Joe: "Your program destroyed by PC! I'm suing!" 


     [ "legalese" ]

    2: This is done by writing as little as possible with as many words as possible, in such a way that Average Joe won't have a single clue what is presented to him, yet agrees to it because he couldn't care less about reading page up and page down with all that legal nonsense before he gets to use his new computer program.

      * e.g.,  ... Big corporation: "You can't. You consented to waive all your customer-, civil- and moral rights upon agreeing to our Terms of Use license before using the product." 

     [ "Legalese" ]

    1: The dialect that the "legal" profession uses to hoodwink people into paying them a week's wage for an hour's work. See conflict of interest.

      * e.g.,  ... Attorneys use Legalese to be able to tell lies about regular people without the regular people being able to understand what's said about them. 

     [ "Sneaky White Legalese" ]

    1: Advanced diction utilized by white persons when engaged in a business transaction with minorities so as to gain a material advantage in the deal or transaction.

      * e.g.,  ... "In the event of a breach of contract dispute, both parties agree that Arbitration meetings will be held in Simi Valley! 

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