Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

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Ever searched in a patients' room for what you thought she said she needed to "watch her pocketbook" , she staring at you and you staring at her. Then finally saying, mam what color is your pocketbook because I don't see a pocket book here. Only to have her say, no get my washtub out of the drawer, my washcloth and soap. I always like to wash my pocketbook before I go anywhere. Especially down for tests. And close that curtain, too. Then you say, Oh. ;)

fuffu ,bibbit, mr. happy

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Specializes in Geriatrics/Family Practice.

My husband is a police officer and one day he went to a call for a older lady in distress. She proceeded to tell him she need a bambulance because she had espilepsy. Hooked on phonics didn't work for her. Ha!

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I had a male patient he had his left nut removed.

My daughter's best friend's mother calls her breasts her 'girls.'

Have also heard lady parts referred to as 'wooch.'

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Maybe because it had parted a red sea? (sorry, just couldn't help myself with that one......)

Eeewww!!!

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Have you ever heard a lady parts called Molly or Suzanne? Someone told me these were common terms, the later referring to an experienced one, the former to a virginal one.

Life is rich, huh?

I did have elderly female patient complain that her Susie was hurting.

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Specializes in Breast Cancer, Arterial, General Surgery.
I've heard females call it a 'twat' before

Twat has been a vulgar synonym for the female vulva for a long time.

It fell out of use a while back, but I remember being told what it meant as a teenager.

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Specializes in L&D.

Several years ago we had to write down in the patient's (or parent's) own words to describe the procedure they were signing consent for. So, on a Circumcision consent, I had to write "cut the extra meat of the baby's wing wing."

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.
Several years ago we had to write down in the patient's (or parent's) own words to describe the procedure they were signing consent for. So, on a Circumcision consent, I had to write "cut the extra meat of the baby's wing wing."

Oh. my. dear. Lord.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

How about a monkey...anybody know that one?

I'll give you a hint. A 25 year old male without any prior health problems and no broken arms can wash his own monkey. :monkeydance:

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Specializes in ER.

So I got about 75% of the Spanish language down and I had a patient who wanted to tell me he had like a cyst like piece on one of his testicles...it came out like this... "yo tengo un...-hesitates-bolita on mi huevo.." Translation...I have a ball on my "egg" aka testicle..

I had to smile and I knew what he meant but when I left I had to chuckle lightly.

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Specializes in ICU/SDU.

When doing an ICU admit one night at 3am we were asking this patient his medical history...Of course one of those questions is have you ever fractured any bones his response was "no but i've broken my scrapula."

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i heard someone calling his genitals his :"family's jewels". another one doesnt want us to touch his "bling bling" upon catheterization.

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