Shorthand for I am not a lawyer, IANAL is often used in text-based communications to denote that the legal advice offered by a certain party may be incorrect as they don’t have a law degree. Below is an example of how this could be used in chat.

User1: Could I get in trouble if I download this? User2: IANAL.

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