[Boogieman]

Well, since “paralegals” are legal assistants, I think people are probably just using “para” as a new fancy way to avoid saying “secretary”.

[bk1000]

“Well, since “paralegals” are legal assistants, I think people are probably just using “para” as a new fancy way to avoid saying “secretary”.”

Yup. Sort of like calling garbage men “sanitation engineers”.