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.