Today in Professional Responsibility, we learned a new word: shackmate. A shackmate is a person who is your intimate (i.e., more than a friend), but to whom you are not legally related (i.e., married).
As in, the California code of professional conduct warns against potential conflicts of interest with your spouse or your shackmate.
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2 comments:
That is fantastic. I think I'll start referring to M as my shackmate!
But I thought you and M were married, Sarah! Or was that fabulous wedding (that I still talk about) a total dream? Now that you mention it, it _was_ better than any other wedding I ever have attended. Hm.
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