(obsolete, early 20th century, US, usually, derogatory) To harshly criticize, to use the press to condemn a rival business.
(obsolete, early 20th century, US, usually, derogatory) To harshly criticize, to use the press to condemn a rival business.
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(obsolete, early 20th century, US, usually, derogatory) To amalgamate.
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A minced oath standing in for 'Lord' — a softened exclamation used to express surprise, dismay, or exasperation without technically taking the Lord's name in vain. Common in older American rural speech. It also carries a street slang sense in some US communities where 'the laws' simply means the police — the long arm of the law personified into a single word. Two very different vibes, same spelling.
(US, legal, intransitive) To read one's policy preferences into the Constitution, as was (allegedly) done by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1905 case Lochner v. New York.
(intransitive, chiefly, US, informal, business) To conduct matters in accord with legal formalities or so as to avoid legal risk.
(slang) To behave in a lawyer-like way and discuss semantic differences pedantically. To lawyer over language.
"Lawsonize" means: To amalgamate.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"Lawsonize" means: To amalgamate.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. Note the regional or dialect label (obsolete) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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