"lawyerball" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lawyer",
        "3": "ball"
      },
      "expansion": "lawyer + ball",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "football"
      },
      "expansion": "football",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "basketball"
      },
      "expansion": "basketball",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "lawyer + ball, after the names of sports such as football and basketball.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lawyerball (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Eddie Auerbach, “Rules Question: Straddling Foul Line OK?”, in rec.sport.baseball (Usenet)",
          "text": "I think this answers your question. It is sufficiently vague enough that it doesn't answer your question *specifically* if you're playing lawyerball, but I think the meaning is clear.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Steve Ferra, “(NBC) Turning away from FL for a minute...”, in rec.music.artists.springsteen (Usenet)",
          "text": "...Ashcroft/Carnahan is now 50/50, and the bulk of the MO vote is from St. Louis. All hail the dead man! (Should be an interesting court battle, although the Republicans ought to accept the popular will and not play lawyerball).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ronald J York, The Police Negotiator's Handbook",
          "text": "If your attorney and the city's attorney wrestle control of the negotiating process away from you, they will immediately start playing \"lawyerball.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A supposed game consisting of pedantic legal wrangling."
      ],
      "id": "en-lawyerball-en-noun-QPqiBtQS",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "pedantic",
          "pedantic"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "wrangling",
          "wrangle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, humorous, derogatory) A supposed game consisting of pedantic legal wrangling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "humorous",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "supposed legal games",
          "word": "paragrafrytteri"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lawyerball"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lawyer",
        "3": "ball"
      },
      "expansion": "lawyer + ball",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "football"
      },
      "expansion": "football",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "basketball"
      },
      "expansion": "basketball",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "lawyer + ball, after the names of sports such as football and basketball.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "lawyerball (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Eddie Auerbach, “Rules Question: Straddling Foul Line OK?”, in rec.sport.baseball (Usenet)",
          "text": "I think this answers your question. It is sufficiently vague enough that it doesn't answer your question *specifically* if you're playing lawyerball, but I think the meaning is clear.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Steve Ferra, “(NBC) Turning away from FL for a minute...”, in rec.music.artists.springsteen (Usenet)",
          "text": "...Ashcroft/Carnahan is now 50/50, and the bulk of the MO vote is from St. Louis. All hail the dead man! (Should be an interesting court battle, although the Republicans ought to accept the popular will and not play lawyerball).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ronald J York, The Police Negotiator's Handbook",
          "text": "If your attorney and the city's attorney wrestle control of the negotiating process away from you, they will immediately start playing \"lawyerball.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A supposed game consisting of pedantic legal wrangling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "pedantic",
          "pedantic"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "wrangling",
          "wrangle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, humorous, derogatory) A supposed game consisting of pedantic legal wrangling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "humorous",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "supposed legal games",
      "word": "paragrafrytteri"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lawyerball"
}