What do you call a spoken disclaimer on a radio/TV commercial?

The other day I was listening to the radio, and a very lengthy disclosure came on after a commercial.

I know that in printed legal documents, and even on websites, the colloquialism for legal disclosures is "fine print." On TV they will often have some disclosures in "fine print" at the bottom of the screen, but just like radio, the spokesperson usually rattles off a bunch of things towards the end.

So, is there a colloquialism for the disclosures over the radio or TV commercials?

Thank you!


You're talking about a disclaimer. From Wikipedia--

A disclaimer is generally any statement intended to specify or delimit the scope of rights and obligations that may be exercised and enforced by parties in a legally recognized relationship. In contrast to other terms for legally operative language, the term disclaimer usually implies situations that involve some level of uncertainty, waiver, or risk.


"Spoken disclaimer" or "oral disclaimer" would differentiate radio disclaimers from written disclaimers. You could replace "disclaimer" with similar words, i.e., "spoken disclosures," "spoken fine print," or "spoken boilerplate" if those terms are more appropriate. (Maybe also "exclusions" or "representations?") But I don't know of any term for this that is specific to radio, as someone else mentioned earlier.