Terms we will not admit to using

TSTL: too stupid to live.

CRIS Craniorectal inversion syndrome

TSTL: too stupid to live.

TATD: too annoying to die.

T.W.T.J.T. Totally worth the jail time.

They can tell time - clock watching drug seeker

I work on a cardiac unit. Sometimes we say...

Get the magnet. (for the pacemakers)

Mean...I know. It's all about the coping skills. lol

How about a foreverplasty? Refers to all the cases the "known slow surgeon" does!

We used to talk about a 'horrendoplasty'. This was an abdominal procedure that went horrendously wrong, with almost every complication you could name happening.

Cranio-rectal inversion (head up one's @$$)

:chuckle

The first time I heard that one was on an episode of Third Watch (now off the air) and the "victim" of a car accident claimed he was "hurt and paralyzed" but was moving around! The EMT's asked another EMT what was the problem and the EMT replied "the vic has rectal-cranial inversion!" :chuckle

From the OR/ER:

"_______ SUIT syndrome"

Something Up In There - fill in the blank with the orafice of choice

as in "we've booked a FBR (foreign body removal) for a Rectal SUIT coming from ER"

here is one that we used alot on the ambulance,

wadao pronounced (wa-day-oh)

weak and dizzy all over

for those that can't figure what is wrong with them..

tammy

we call that the wads (weak and dizzy syndrome) we also use gtfo for "get the f&*$ out". or how about spotas, "i spota be at work tomorrow, can i get an excuse?":lol2:

Here's a few...

Percussive maintenance - the sharp tap/bang which cures faulty equipment

PNR - person needed ride i.e. called ambulance instead of taxi

Hole-in-One - A gunshot wound through the mouth or rectum.

DFO-SFJ - Done Fell Out - Screaming For Jesus

BUNDY - But Unfortunately Not Dead Yet

COSMONAUT - Cat Owner, Smells, Made Of Nuts And Used Tampons ("mad cat lady" with poor hygiene and body odour)

Feather Count - measure of skin flakiness (e.g. high feather count)

"Logorrhea" to describe a person who talks way too much.

Logos is the Greek word for "word."

rrhea, as in diarrhea.

I heard a nurse describe a patient to the on-call doctor. Pt. had limited understanding. She said the pt. was "a little short in the higher elevations."