Yeah. The beautiful thing about not being a young anymore is that I could literally give two f@#s behind how I’m SUPPOSED to act. It was a huge thing when I was a new attorney — don’t get me wrong.

I remember once, in court, I suggested a witness was perhaps a bit hyperbolic in her recounting of the events. The prosecutor (now judge) stopped me at the elevator and thought to pass on, lest I find myself in need again of the proper word again, that what I’d meant to say was hyperbaric.

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Mmmmmmm . . .

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“Counsel . . . are we certain that’s where you’d like to stake this claim?”

Fortunately for him, he did not seek "correct” me in front of others. As it was, I sent him a link to the definition, used both in a sentence, and managed to work into EVERY conversation going forward “I’m sorry, counsel, I didn’t quit hear you. What was the word you just used again?” At my most evil moments, that came with a “mmmm, are you sure that’s correct?” squint.