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Barney: (To Ted) Do you have some puritanical hang up on prostitution? Dude, it’s the world’s oldest profession.
Marshall: You really think that’s true?
Barney: Oh yea, I bet even Cro-Magnons used to give cave hookers, like, an extra fish for putting out.
Marshall: Ah ha, so the oldest profession would be fishermen. Kaboom! You’ve been lawyered!
Marshall: You really think that’s true?
Barney: Oh yea, I bet even Cro-Magnons used to give cave hookers, like, an extra fish for putting out.
Marshall: Ah ha, so the oldest profession would be fishermen. Kaboom! You’ve been lawyered!
by KravenXY July 27, 2009
Jun 18 Word of the Day
Adj. Something that is expected to have a long lifespan by virtue of having existed for a long time, based on the lindy effect, named for the New York restaurant Lindy's, coined by Albert Goldman and popularized by Nassim Taleb.
by mmebs June 13, 2021
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Sara W: I am definitely smarter than you!
Mike: oh yeah, do you even know what carbon dating is?
Sara W: um, um, uh noooo..
Mike: Therefore, I'm smarter than you, you've just been lawyered!
Mike: oh yeah, do you even know what carbon dating is?
Sara W: um, um, uh noooo..
Mike: Therefore, I'm smarter than you, you've just been lawyered!
by DanQ December 11, 2007
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-used when you think you are right in an argument.
-defeating an argument by confusing them with clever questions
-defeating an argument by confusing them with clever questions
you've been lawyered!
by pjr0223 May 16, 2011
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The word your friend says when they use fancy law terms in otherwise petty arguments to showcase their knowledge of legal vocabulary to boost their already oversized ego for knowing the annals of the books you see on your grandpa's shelf.
"The majority of us want whataburger so we should go there"
"According to law blah blah blah blah blah, majority doesn't matter in this situation because blah blah blah blah blah. Boom, lawyered
"According to law blah blah blah blah blah, majority doesn't matter in this situation because blah blah blah blah blah. Boom, lawyered
by That1assholeguy January 23, 2017