prefer-short-words

Flags long words that have a short everyday equivalent.

Property	Value
Kind	Hard rule
Engine	`phrase`
Tier	`static`
Severity	`suggestion`
Intent	`style`
Scope	`text`

Why

Orwell’s second rule: never use a long word where a short one will do. Swap the long word only where the plain word carries the same meaning; keep terms of art.

Examples

Flagged

The parties will utilize the platform to facilitate discovery.

Better

The parties will use the platform to help discovery.

Turning it off

lawlint --disable prefer-short-words draft.md

Or durably, in .lawlint/config.json — see Configuration.