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{{a|g|[[File:Legal eagle.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[chicken licken|legal eagle]] yesterday]]}}A well-meant but | {{a|g|[[File:Legal eagle.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[chicken licken|legal eagle]] yesterday]]}}A well-meant but still derogatory means of addressing the [[legal department]], used by junior [[sales]] people in the sincere but mistaken belief it will ward off, and not compound, the acute resentment the [[legal department]] has for them. | ||
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Ghastly, isn’t it? Extra galling when uttered by a newly-migrated [[structurer]] who, a few short days ago, worked, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and was himself a beloved member of the legal team. | Ghastly, isn’t it? Extra-galling when uttered by a newly-migrated [[structurer]] who, a few short days ago, worked, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and was himself a beloved member of the legal team.<ref>You could continue to wax Wilfred Owenesque, for young sir will, with horrifying speed, find himself quite'' un''belovèd by his ''alma mater''. They will regard him with the same fondness remaining members of MI6 — the ones who weren’t betrayed and murdered by a filthy double-crosser — have for Kim Philby. This will not be helped by being called [[legal eagle]]s.</ref> | ||
The legal eagle is actually a bird, genus [[Chicken licken|''lingebant ulcera pullum'']]. It is flightless and lays nice nest-eggs. | The legal eagle is actually a bird, genus [[Chicken licken|''lingebant ulcera pullum'']]. It is flightless and lays nice nest-eggs. | ||
Legal eagles can be captives, or released in the wild. | |||
One trained in the law, genus ''[[causidicus mediocris]]'', whose principle fear is being blind-sided by the very language — English — in which {{sex|she}} must ply her trade. Such individuals are uniquely susceptible to [[Schwarzschild radii]]. When you press her why she must so persistently desecrate her calling, she will tell you this: | One trained in the law, genus ''[[causidicus mediocris]]'', whose principle fear is being blind-sided by the very language — English — in which {{sex|she}} must ply her trade. Such individuals are uniquely susceptible to [[Schwarzschild radii]]. When you press her why she must so persistently desecrate her calling, she will tell you this: | ||