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