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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HEAVY

(adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete; “a heavy sleep”; “fell into a profound sleep”; “a sound sleeper”; “deep wakeless sleep”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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