language lawyer: This is using a restricted (and much aligned) meaning of the word "hacker" and not the one codified by members of Hacker News.

Just being pedantic and curious here: I'm assuming you're using "lawyer" casually with a "language" qualifier, not authorised to give professional legal advice, or specialising in legal language nuances?

> specialising in legal language nuances?

Hackers (in the HN sense) also excel with programming language nuances.

(maligned)

I would tend to disagree with that, but if you’re also an attorney with a cybersecurity background, I’d love to know why you think this.

What about any sort of inspectors who try to find flaws in things, like e.g. buildings or otherwise?

See also theologians and philosophers (also good at finding loopholes in theories).