The increasing rate of litigation means that there is a far higher chance that doctors will be asked in court to explain the exact meaning of NFN (Normal for Norfolk), FLK (Funny looking kid) or GROLIES (Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt). —Doctor Slang is a Dying Art (BBC)
Here’s an amusing couplet, taken from one of the many medical slang lists that seem to derive from* cover the same subject as Fox’s work:
- DRT – Dead Right There (patient dead at scene of accident)
- DRTTTT – Dead Right There, There, There and There (patient dead and in multiple parts at scene of accident)
* Update, 28 Aug: A reader who prefers to keep a low profile rightly questions my assumption that the other online lists derive from Fox’s work. Indeed, it’s plausible that Fox and the others all drew from the same sources (including ER in the US and Casualty in the UK).
Similar:
Owner of former Latrobe Athletic Club continues pursuit to transform it into a theater
The lead roles in “A Midsummer Night’s...
Culture
A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse
The newest and most powerful technolog...
Business
In August, 2002, I was blogging about ebook readers and email in teaching; how urban legen...
In August, 2002, I was blogging about
...
Academia
Sources tell Seton Hill University's Dennis Jerz that TV news websites emphasize self-prom...
Sources tell Seton Hill University's Den...
Business
As part of an ongoing feud over the rights to use a particular shade of ultra-black paint,...
As part of an ongoing bid to get his han...
Aesthetics
In June, 2001 it seems I only blogged three times...
I'm not sure what else I was doing durin...
Amusing


