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.
