It takes two to rules lawyer.

[Talakeal]

Here's how your definition looks to me:

• If someone punches you, and you fight back, then you're just as guilty of assault.

• There is no such thing as self-defense: participation is identical to aggression.

Can you see the similarities?



Rules-lawyering requires that you are trying to get away with something. Usually something deceptive, marginal, or otherwise under-handed.

Arguing about rules is not automatically rules-lawyering.

Do you mean my (Talakeal's) definition or the quoted definition?