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legalese 

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.
Average Joe: "Your program destroyed by PC! I'm suing!"
Big corporation: "You can't. You consented to waive all your customer-, civil- and moral rights upon agreeing to our Terms of Use license before using the product."
Average Joe: "How was I supposed to know that?! It was 72 pages written in legalese!"
legalese by 71aces February 2, 2009
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Legalese 

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.
Attorneys use Legalese to be able to tell lies about regular people without the regular people being able to understand what's said about them.
Legalese by Downstrike September 13, 2004

Sneaky White Legalese 

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.
"In the event of a breach of contract dispute, both parties agree that Arbitration meetings will be held in Simi Valley!

Translation of said Sneaky White Legalese: We found the Rodney King Police Officers innocent of criminal charges, how confident do you minorities feel about winning this contract dispute?

Sneaky White Legalese by Matt September 25, 2007

LegaliseTorturingDylan's 

This is the action of making it common or allowed to torture people called Dylan. #LegaliseTorturingDylan's
#LegaliseTorturingDylan's for a better world

LegaliseTorturingDylan's 

A popular protesting symbol is used by people named Aaron that wish to torture Dylan.

The hashtag (#LegaliseTorturingDylan) grew in popularity ever since its coining in 1623 when King Aaron the IV of Vienna was overthrown by Prince Dylan the III of Luxembourg.

In response, Aaron would quote

"ic pro hêrespel healdan mîn wiðersæc fornêah Dylan sê III râd Luxembourg geond hê hê indicates laughter has forsaken sê civilised â. ic pro tôdêman witnian him of hê, weder sê is lahlic oððon nâteðæshwôn adverbial phrases attraction with pron ðe ic su sêlost legalise torturing Dylan"

which when translated into Modern day English is

"I will have my revenge on Dylan the III of Luxembourg as he has forsaken the civilised world. I will torture him, whether it's legal or not so we better legalise torturing Dylan"

In 2013 the Naming Act would be sent to Congress which would suggest a ban on the names Dylan, Karen, Lillian & many more. Ultimately Congress would reject this with only 20 of the 435 members agreeing with the Act. In Iceland, the name would be banned along with Eileithyia. People already named Dylan would be allowed to keep their name but no new babies were permitted to be named Dylan.

Today the #LegaliseTorturingDylan movement has low support but the people who do support it are dedicated to their cause. LegaliseTorturingDylan's
"Yo, what's your name?"
"It's Aaron"
"Are you a part of the LegaliseTorturingDylan movement?"
"Hell yeah"
"Same bro, we should LegaliseTorturingDylan's"
"I agree entirely with you"
LegaliseTorturingDylan's by RahandG October 26, 2022
More from Urban Dictionary
1. Meaning nasty, sexy, filthy. Popularized by Christina Aguilera.

2. Used usally as a close friend in hip-hop slang.
1. Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty

2. Sup Dirrty? Haven't seen you in a while.
dirrty by Minty November 30, 2003
Word of the Day on September 3, 2026

Coyote Ugly

1. Place

The Bar came before the movie. It is an awesome bar where the girls know how to party and make you feel okay about giving up your money, drawers, bras, and dignity.

2. Movie

A story about a Jersey girl following her dreams, aided by working at this bar in New York.

3. Situation/Person/Decision

See other definitions - waking up next to someone so ugly you'd rather chew your arm off than wake them up.
1. Yo, Coyote Ugly is my favorite bar! I got whipped, stripped, drunk, and danced on the bar all before 7 o'clock!

2. Hey did you see Coyote Ugly? It actually has a plot!

3. Ugg I woke up to Coyote Ugly this morning!
Coyote Ugly by jerseycountry March 8, 2009
Word of the Day on September 2, 2026

Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
Word of the Day on September 1, 2026

Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
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