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{{a|g|[[File:Legal eagle.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[chicken licken|legal eagle]] yesterday]]}}A well-meant but still derogatory | {{a|g|[[File:Legal eagle.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[chicken licken|legal eagle]] yesterday]]}}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. | ||
For example: | For example: | ||
:“Hi [[Legal Eagles]]!! | :“Hi [[Legal Eagles]]!! | ||
:Can you turn around this [[tsht]] for me by COB? | :Can you turn around this [[tsht]] for me by [[COB]]? | ||
:[[Thx]]” | :[[Thx]]” | ||
Ghastly, isn’t it? | Ghastly, isn’t it? More so 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, genus [[Chicken licken|''lingebant ulcera pullum'']] is flightless member of the chicken family. It is mainly harmless and lays nice nest-eggs. | The [[legal eagle]], genus [[Chicken licken|''lingebant ulcera pullum'']] is flightless member of the chicken family. It is mainly harmless and lays nice nest-eggs. [[Legal eagle]]s can be captive — they flourish in glorified coops called “[[law firm]]s” — or they can be released in the wild, where, if they can cultivate appropriate camouflage, they can flourish in grassy [[bank]]s and [[hedge fund|hedge]]rows. Whatever their habitat, more than anything else [[legal eagle]]s fear being blind-sided by the very language in which they ply their trade: English. | ||
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