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legalese
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n. Dense, pedantic verbiage in a language description, product
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specification, or interface standard; text that seems designed to obfuscate
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and requires a language lawyer to parse it. Though hackers are not afraid of
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high information density and complexity in language (indeed, they rather
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enjoy both), they share a deep and abiding loathing for legalese; they
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associate it with deception, suit s, and situations in which hackers
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generally get the short end of the stick.
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