Briefle words · Writing & copy
Legalese
Stiff, formal wording borrowed from legal documents that ordinary readers find cold or hard to follow.
Say it to an AI
Onboarding card asking users to link their bank. Keep Pocketful's brand voice, playful and plain, from headline to button, with no tone shift into legalese when you get to security: say read-only access in everyday words. About 35 words, first-person button.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Connect-your-bank onboarding card”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Step 2 of onboarding in Pocketful, a playful budgeting app for people in their twenties, asking users to link their bank.
Why: 'Credentials are not retained' and 'Proceed to authorisation' are legalese; A says the same thing as 'your login stays with your bank' and 'Connect my bank'.
Related words
Room 2 · Tone & voice
Learn “Legalese” in a five-minute lesson