legalese

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, suits, and situations in which hackers

generally get the short end of the stick.