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{{a|plainenglish| | {{a|plainenglish|{{image|Knee-slide|jpg|Your [[legal eagle]] in the midst of a [[swept-back wing knee-slide]], yesterday.}}}}A two-word ''motif'' that, as much as any other, belies an [[Mediocre lawyer|attorney]]’s dark existential fear of {{sex|her}} own language. It speaks of a nervousness that, should a dependent clause bite on something that isn’t there, somehow the whole linguistic edifice will come crashing down; en edifice that can yet miraculously be affixed to the firmament with this single wipe of the [[legal eagle]]’s {{tag|flannel}}. | ||
{{quote|“''[blah blah blah]'' ... together with the amount, ([[if any]]), that the Vendor incurs ... ''[blah blah blah ad infinitum]''”}} | {{quote|“''[blah blah blah]'' ... together with the amount, ([[if any]]), that the Vendor incurs ... ''[blah blah blah ad infinitum]''”}} | ||
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Why add that inessential, parenthetical adjectival clause? | Why add that inessential, parenthetical adjectival clause? | ||
To you laypeople out there, it may grind your gears, but to a [[legal eagle|happy counsel]] it is ''pointilliste'': a percussive refrain; a syncopated rim-shot in the great jungle beat of the law. | To you laypeople out there, it may grind your gears, but to a [[legal eagle|happy counsel]] it is ''rhythm''. It is ''pointilliste'': a percussive refrain; a syncopated rim-shot in the great jungle beat of the law. | ||
===[[In your face]]=== | ===[[In your face]]=== | ||