language lawyer

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pedant, someone overly focused on semantics. slang
    — This website is full of way too many language lawyers who get in the way of all the meaningful discussions.
  2. An expert of a programming language who is extremely well-versed in its specification. slang
    — I need a language lawyer: is this UB?
动词 v.
  1. To behave in a lawyer-like way and discuss semantic differences pedantically. To lawyer over language. slang
    — Let's not language lawyer the little details; a big-picture approach will be fine for this tutorial.

词形变化

language lawyers plural language lawyers present,singular,third-person language lawyering participle,present language lawyered participle,past language lawyered past language-lawyer alternative

词源

词源 1
Compound of language + lawyer.
Defined in the Jargon File. The definition is often cited verbatim as:
A language lawyer is distinguished by the ability to show you the five sentences scattered through a 200-plus-page manual that together imply the answer to your question “if only you had thought to look there”.
词源 2
Compound of language + lawyer.
Defined in the Jargon File. The definition is often cited verbatim as:
A language lawyer is distinguished by the ability to show you the five sentences scattered through a 200-plus-page manual that together imply the answer to your question “if only you had thought to look there”.
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