Legalese

What do we mean by legalese?

The specialized or technical language of the legal profession, especially when considered to be complex or abstruse. noun

A style of writing or speaking heavily emphasizing the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law, to the point where a speech or document may be incomprehensible to non-specialists. noun

The technical talk of the legal profession, the argot of lawyers. noun

Wording that resembles how a lawyer writes, especially such that is confusing to the layperson. noun

A style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law noun

Technical jargon common in the legal profession, the argot of lawyers.

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

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. 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. Urban Dictionary

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. Urban Dictionary

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. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to legalese:
legalese, legalise, legalism, legatee, legalize, legalist, lebanese, legless, nepalese, regales, bengalese, legates, legals, leganes, legale.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word legalese:
plain, understand, legal, language, writing, english, use.

Words that rhyme with legalese:
piece, peace, increase, release, nice, niece, police, cease, lease, caprice, fleece, grease, decrease, crease, obese, masterpiece, cerise, apiece, neice, decease, geese, mouthpiece, elise, greece, reese, vietnamese, timepiece, centerpiece, pease, luis, sublease, denise, maurice, aris, gees, eyepiece, altarpiece, tunis, showpiece, seis, suisse, rhys, neisse, viennese, reece, syntheses, elbow grease, devries, justice of the peace, greenpeace, bernice, crosspiece, leese, peece, breach of the peace, meese, set piece, speiss, tese, sangiovese, felice, golden fleece, press release, cece, chess piece, giese, patrice, preece, reise, at peace, neace, cleese, weise, meece, lollis, magness, yeas, clarisse, goose grease, maryse, clarice, riess, secret police, conversation piece, kiss of peace, denice, brocious, treece, wool grease, military police, neece, period piece, leise, make peace, spece, buice, disturbance of the peace, royal canadian mounted police, dease, pipe of peace.

Adjectives that are often used to describe legalese:
dense, much, convoluted, dry, such, confusing, standard, avoid, obscure, complicated, more, english, usual, stilted, typical, spanish, indian, pure, impenetrable, incomprehensible, strict, arcane, less, formal, unnecessary, appropriate, proper, complex, bureaucratic, latin, turgid, special, best, indecipherable, technical, fine, unintelligible, traditional.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective legalese:
jargon, language, terms, appears, version, words.

Words that sound like legalese:
legalese, localise, legally, legalize, legless, legalise, illegalise, lucullus, luckily, legolas, locally, lollis, localize, legals, legalist, legates, luckless, little house, lygus, levulose, legal, locals, illegally, wiggly, legalized, legacies, loyally, levelly, let loose, legalised, libelous, lockless, illegalize, legatee, libellous, legal age, low-class, lookalikes, eggless, legale, legal aid, localist, laccolith, leadless, loculus, legal fee, lead glass, laccoliths, low class, leggings, megaly, egoless, focalise, argolis, lilies, loveless, lillies, lipgloss, lovelies, leggins, lovelace, limbless, lip-gloss, lillis, lip gloss, lidless, ligneous, ligatures, lilis, limulus, lignes, lungless, mcgillis, little eyes, pluckily, ligula, lughole, lukacs, legibly, lawless, lazily, giggly, jiggly, lagos, illegals, lawfully, gigolos, globalise, lavallee, lagace, lachelle, langille, laceless, laxly, flegel, fleckless, lagares, laura lee, lavalley, higgles.