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"PT" means Physical Therapist. If you cannot bring yourself to type out "patient", the correct abbreviation is "pt".

It's LOSE your license, not "loose" your license. I've seen this one so often I'm starting to type "loose" myself.

"Needless to say" means it is so obvious that you don't even need to point it out. Why do people persist on using this when it is neither obvious or even remotely likely?

Why is "NETY" even still a thing?

Just saw a great little obit in the town paper. "She is survived by her son John, her daughter Mary, and her late brother Richard."

It's a damn miracle.

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Specializes in LTC, Rehab.
Just saw a great little obit in the town paper. "She is survived by her son John, her daughter Mary, and her late brother Richard."

It's a damn miracle.

Well, I think Richard is just chronically late. :cat:

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Specializes in Cardicac Neuro Telemetry.
"PT" means Physical Therapist. If you cannot bring yourself to type out "patient", the correct abbreviation is "pt".

It's LOSE your license, not "loose" your license. I've seen this one so often I'm starting to type "loose" myself.

"Needless to say" means it is so obvious that you don't even need to point it out. Why do people persist on using this when it is neither obvious or even remotely likely?

Why is "NETY" even still a thing?

What about people who say they're going to "get their RN"? No, you are going to school to get a ADN or BSN, then take the NCLEX-RN and become a Registered Nurse. Saying "I'm going to XYZ University to get my RN" sounds so dumb.

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Specializes in LTC, Rehab.

This has nothing to do with nursing, but just for one more thing (that'll show how crazy *I* am :^). For the past what, 20 years? - people having been saying 'gonna be', as in, let's say I ask where something is in the grocery store, and they say "It's gonna be on aisle 7". When they first started saying it like that - although I still think of it - the joke in my head is that whatever it is ISN'T ACTUALLY THERE YET, but someone's going to run out from the back room and put it on aisle 7 before I get over there. Because they didn't say it's ON aisle 7, just that it's going to BE on aisle 7. Ha ha.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

One of the most commonly misused words is diffuse versus defuse. I've seen "diffuse" written even in scholarly articles when the correct term is "defuse", as in deescalating a situation. You "diffuse" when you spread something around, as when you plug in a diffuser to make your bathroom smell better.

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Specializes in LTC, Rehab.
One of the most commonly misused words is diffuse versus defuse. I've seen "diffuse" written even in scholarly articles when the correct term is "defuse", as in deescalating a situation. You "diffuse" when you spread something around, as when you plug in a diffuser to make your bathroom smell better.

I actually haven't seen those misused, but I certainly believe you. There are a million 'word pairs' where people either don't know both of them exist, or don't know which one to use. Like phase/faze, which I know has been mentioned earlier in this thread, and - surprise, surprise - lately I'm seeing more people starting threads who are actually using advice/advise correctly (but I've seen them used wrongly many, many times on an.com).

Btw, I love 'VivaLasViejas' ... yo le gusta las viejas también.

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The word "imma" effectively condenses 4 words- "I am going to"

as in: Imma make some dinner.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Mine at our facility is near miss. You realize that a near miss means they hit right?

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