Doctor's slang a dying art

[Redz]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3159813.stm

Some of those acronyms are quality lol at DBI

 

[Adsta]

lol GLM

 

[millsy888]

lol @ CTD and GLM i like too

 

[Ben M]

Dr Fox recounts the tale of one doctor who had scribbled TTFO - an expletive expression roughly translated as "Told To Go Away" - on a patient's notes.

haha, gotta love the BBC.

although I think he owned the court:

He told BBC News Online: "This guy was asked by the judge what the acronym meant, and luckily for him he had the presence of mind to say: 'To take fluids orally'."

 

[Hate]

2003?!

 

[Adsta]

He told BBC News Online: "This guy was asked by the judge what the acronym meant, and luckily for him he had the presence of mind to say: 'To take fluids orally'."

Smooth moves imo

 

[Redz]

2003?!

Never noticed that. It's on their main page most popular e-mailed bit.

 

[Ben M]

2003?!

I just noticed that as well lol, the wiki page sources a lot of its info from that article.

 

[GarethDW]

Heh, it might be an old article but it's a funny one too!

 

[The Dread Pirate]

I've suffered form many a UBI

 

[Delvis]

lol @ CTD

Don't laugh at me

 

[Sarduk]

lol @ LOL

 

[VaderDSL]

UBI - Unexplained Beer Injury excellent!

 

[HeX]

Full list:

http://www.messybeast.com/dragonqueen/medical-acronyms.htm

 

[Goliath]

Dammit, sat in a meeting and can't stop sniggering at "pumpkin positive"

 

[FluffySheep]

Any lady here had a TUBE? Heard this years ago from a medical student. They were told some of the more common ones so they never dropped another doctor in the dog do-do

Fluffy

 

[apeZ]

Better watch what is been said if I ever go into an operating room again

 

[milkinc13]

best for me is "Departure lounge - geriatric ward"

 

[yermum]

I've heard of heartsink patients. These are the ones that, as they walk in the door, cause the GP's heart to sink.

 

[PyroboyUK]

PAFO was always a good one - "A word for rather drunk" And Fell Over