{"id":165292,"date":"2026-10-19T12:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/19\/the-best-way-to-scare-a-lawyer-using-only-4-words\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:22:14","slug":"the-best-way-to-scare-a-lawyer-using-only-4-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/19\/the-best-way-to-scare-a-lawyer-using-only-4-words\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Way To Scare A Lawyer, Using Only 4 Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, we wondered what our readers thought would <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/how-to-scare-a-lawyer-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">scare a lawyer<\/a> the most. As first seen on Facebook\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/e1yqwf8Bq1dxxjCF\/?mibextid=WC7FNe%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shit Women With Law Degrees Say<\/a>, there are some phrases that will make lawyers look like they\u2019ve seen a ghost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But which phrases are the scariest of all? As luck would have it, we\u2019ve got a contest for that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-1076852 size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/IMG_7645-620x597.jpeg\" alt=\"Scare a Lawyer 4 Words\" class=\"wp-image-1076852\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/e1yqwf8Bq1dxxjCF\/?mibextid=WC7FNe%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Shit Women with Law Degrees Say<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are some of the very best submissions we\u2019ve received thus far:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cYour draft didn\u2019t save.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe deadline was yesterday.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBut ChatGPT said that\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYour motion was denied.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPresident Trump called you.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNo bonus for you!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPlease govern yourself accordingly.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou failed the bar.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou cited hallucinated cases.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPer my prior correspondence\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think you can do better?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can text us (646-820-8477), <a href=\"mailto:tips@abovethelaw.com?subject=4%20Words%20to%20Scare%20a%20Lawyer\">email us<\/a> (subject line: \u201c4 Words to Scare a Lawyer\u201d), or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atlblog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tweet us<\/a> with four words that will really scare a lawyer by <strong>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, at 11:59 PM<\/strong>, then we\u2019ll vote on the scariest phrase of all. Thanks!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66762\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>, or connect with her<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/the-best-way-to-scare-a-lawyer-using-only-4-words-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Way To Scare A Lawyer, Using Only 4 Words<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, we wondered what our readers thought would <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/how-to-scare-a-lawyer-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">scare a lawyer<\/a> the most. As first seen on Facebook\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/e1yqwf8Bq1dxxjCF\/?mibextid=WC7FNe%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shit Women With Law Degrees Say<\/a>, there are some phrases that will make lawyers look like they\u2019ve seen a ghost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But which phrases are the scariest of all? As luck would have it, we\u2019ve got a contest for that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-1076852 size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/IMG_7645-620x597.jpeg\" alt=\"Scare a Lawyer 4 Words\" class=\"wp-image-1076852\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/e1yqwf8Bq1dxxjCF\/?mibextid=WC7FNe%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Shit Women with Law Degrees Say<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are some of the very best submissions we\u2019ve received thus far:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cYour draft didn\u2019t save.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe deadline was yesterday.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBut ChatGPT said that\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYour motion was denied.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPresident Trump called you.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNo bonus for you!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPlease govern yourself accordingly.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou failed the bar.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou cited hallucinated cases.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPer my prior correspondence\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think you can do better?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can text us (646-820-8477), <a href=\"mailto:tips@abovethelaw.com?subject=4%20Words%20to%20Scare%20a%20Lawyer\">email us<\/a> (subject line: \u201c4 Words to Scare a Lawyer\u201d), or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atlblog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tweet us<\/a> with four words that will really scare a lawyer by <strong>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, at 11:59 PM<\/strong>, then we\u2019ll vote on the scariest phrase of all. Thanks!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66762\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>, or connect with her<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/the-best-way-to-scare-a-lawyer-using-only-4-words-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Way To Scare A Lawyer, Using Only 4 Words<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we wondered what our readers thought would scare a lawyer the most. As first seen on Facebook\u2019s Shit Women With Law Degrees Say, there are some phrases that will make lawyers look like they\u2019ve seen a ghost. But which phrases are the scariest of all? As luck would have it, we\u2019ve got a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}