lawyer up v. 1. To put together a team of attorneys (usually preceded with “you better …”). 2. To obtain legal services, especially while being investigated for possible wrongdoing.
BS Definition: Something anyone running for higher office has to do these days (see new normal).
Origin: You can thank the TV show NYPD Blue for popularizing this term in our modern business lexicon. During the 1990s, NYPD Blue used it so much that it became the subject of a drinking game: Every time you hear a character say “lawyer up,” you have to drink.1 With that said, it makes sense that the OED records the first written reference to lawyer up being in a 1995 ...
Get The BS Dictionary now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
