IANYL /aɪ eɪ ɛn ˈwaɪ ɛl/ abbr. I Am Not Your Lawyer. Common modification of an even-more common Internet abbreviation IANAL (which see, note substitution of y for second a). Often used in written suggestions, recommendations and answers to questions posted online when the writer is, in fact, a lawyer, but is not commenting in his capacity (if any) as any reader's attorney. Such comments are often followed by another common abbreviation, TINLA, to emphasize that the information is not offered as legal advice from the lawyer to any reader, including the original questioner or commenter.