LEGALESE

legalese

(noun) a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

legalese (uncountable)

(informal, pejorative) Technical jargon common in the legal profession, the argot of lawyers.

(informal, pejorative) Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.

Source: Wiktionary



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ANOMALY

(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)


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