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 {{a|g|[[File:Legal eagle.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[chicken licken|legal eagle]] yesterday]]}}''Legal Eagles of the European Peninsula: German: [[rechtsadler]]; Italian [[aquila legale]]; French [[aigle juridique]]; Spanish [[águila legal]]'' <br>
-A well-meant but still derogatory way to address the [[legal department]], used by junior [[sales]]people in the sincere but mistaken belief it will ward off, and not compound, the resentment that department has for them.
+Despite its name, the [[legal eagle]], genus [[Chicken licken|''lingebant ulcera pullum'']], is a flightless member of the [[Chicken-licken|''chicken'']] family. It is mainly harmless and lays nice nest-eggs. [[Legal eagle]]s can breed in captivity — as a matter of fact that’s often the only way they can breed, in glorified coops called “[[law firm]]s” — and if released in the wild can, with appropriate camouflage, make do among the grassy [[bank]]s and [[hedge fund|hedgefund]]rows.
+The name originated as a well-meant but still faintly derogatory way to address the personnel from the [[legal department]], used by junior [[sales]]people in the sincere but mistaken belief it would ward off, and not compound, the resentment that department has for them. All the more so when uttered by a newly-migrated [[structurer]] who, a few short days ago, [[Strange Negotiation|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''. Those who remain will regard him with the same fondness surviving members of MI6 — the ones who weren’t betrayed and murdered by a filthy double-crosser — have for Kim Philby. Their humour will ''not'' be improved by being addressed as “[[legal eagle]]s”.</ref>
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-Ghastly, isn’t it? More so when uttered by a newly-migrated [[structurer]] who, a few short days ago, [[Strange Negotiation|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''. Those who remain will regard him with the same fondness surviving members of MI6 — the ones who weren’t betrayed and murdered by a filthy double-crosser — have for Kim Philby. Their humour will ''not'' be improved by being addressed as “[[legal eagle]]s”.</ref>
+===As a badge of honour===
+There is no better way of dealing with a slight than owning it and taking pride in it, and that is what proud legal eagles have since done. Hence, now, the [[eagle squad]] — a crack paramilitary group of commando lawyers for whom no assignment is too tricky. Soon to be serialised into ''[[Opco Boone|The New Adventures of Opco Boone, Legal Ace]]'', featuring [[Eagle Squad|Eagle Squadron]] Commander Obadiah Cody [[Opco Boone|“Opco” Boone]], LL.B, Legal Ace, by that perennially underwhelming [[prose stylist]], [[Hunter Barkley]].
-Despite its name, the [[legal eagle]], genus [[Chicken licken|''lingebant ulcera pullum'']], is a flightless member of the [[Chicken-licken|''chicken'']] family. It is mainly harmless and lays nice nest-eggs. [[Legal eagle]]s can breed in captivity — as a matter of fact that’s often the only way they can breed, in glorified coops called “[[law firm]]s” — and if released in the wild can, with appropriate camouflage, make do among the grassy [[bank]]s and [[hedge fund|hedgefund]]rows.
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