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nd rarely used) adjective. Asshole! :::: You're the asshole, buddy! A crude and classic insult. Note the use of the word "buddy" (friend) at the end of a sentence can often mean exactly the opposite of its literal meaning. We were going crazy looking for the complaint. In this case, the legal document that Andy needed to file in court before the statute of limitations ran out. I felt like I was in The Twilight Zone. A great science-fiction TV show from the 1960s in which very strange things were always happening to people. Mr. Beckett was screaming at everybody. He looked so freaky. A strong adjective meaning very strange or bizarre. He said it was in central files, which is where papers go when cases are closed. The place where many companies place their old records. How would you characterize his work as an attorney? "To characterize" is a good verb meaning to describe. Excuse me, your honor, but is this for the record? "Your honor" is the only way you should address a judge in court. If something in court is "for the record," it is considered an official part of the trial that is written down and kept. Were you aware of any problems that the senior partners had with Andy prior to this episode? The most important lawyers in any law firm. We've had lawyers with heart attacks, ulcers, prostate cancer, leukemia. Nobody's sandbagged them. An "ulcer" is a painful lesion inside the stomach. "Leukemia" is a type of cancer of the blood. "To sandbag" somebody is a rare colloquial expression meaning to mistreat and abuse someone by lying to them. Joe focuses in on the true subject of this law suit... Faggot, queen, fairy, coffee roaster. All are crude insulting words describing gays (though I've never heard the last expression). Counselor, kindly approach the bench. What a judge will tell a lawyer when he wants to talk in private. Sexual orientation: Who does what to whom and how they do it. The term used when discussing whether somebody is straight or gay. Let's get it out of the closet! "Let's discuss this openly" (Homosexuals who admit that they are gay are said to "come out of the closet"). This case is about our hatred, loathing and fear of homosexuals. A very strong word for hatred and contempt. In this courtroom, justice is blind to matters of race, creed and sexual orientation. "Creed" is a very official word for religious beliefs. I'm going to sustain the objection. As mentioned earlier, a judge can either "sustain" (accept) or "overrule"