Sekirov Dictionary

language lawyer

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

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(slang) A pedant, someone overly focused on semantics.
- This website is full of way too many language lawyers who get in the way of all the meaningful discussions.
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(slang) An expert of a programming language who is extremely well-versed in its specification.
- I need a language lawyer: is this UB?

verb1

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(slang) To behave in a lawyer-like way and discuss semantic differences pedantically. To lawyer over language.
- Let's not language lawyer the little details; a big-picture approach will be fine for this tutorial.

forms

language lawyered · language lawyering · language lawyers

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