Title-clinger

A colleague who insists on being addressed as “Dr.” or “Mr.” or "Prof" at all times, bristling at the faintest slip into first-name territory—despite the fact that you’re peers, and you still have mental images of them passed out at 3 a.m. in medical school.

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