Legalese
Legalese noun - A style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law.
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Nonsense
Nonsense noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.
Legalese and nonsense are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Legalese" instead a noun "Nonsense".
Nearby Word: nonsensical
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- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Parodied by Pip's lawyer, whose barely intelligible legalese is mostly nonsense.
Source: Radio / Bleak Expectations
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