When you move seat or firm, there are certain phrases you will hear people use to describe your new colleagues which sound harmless, complimentary even - but they are not.
They are code, the comprehension of which can make the difference between a productive professional life and a career tied to the brainless, the back-stabbing, the octopus-armed and the sadistic. Here are 11 translations which could save your arse, crowd-sourced by lawyers on the RollOnFriday discussion board.
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