A Frankenstein’s monster born of the dreaded homophone and the limits of autocorrect.
Oh, the horror!
When someone is your lawyer, he’s counsel.
The writer likely meant flak, the military term for incoming fire.
And we go to the video archives for Segment 76: What’s in a name? https://youtu.be/hQVSnrqZBUM?si=IK10V6ZA5G0i9XXe
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