Words You Hate

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Is there a medical word that you absolutely hate? Or one that you can never seem to pronounce correctly?

Hate:

  • Meatus. (Eww)
  • Gargle.

Mispronounce:

Prophylaxis. I ALWAYS say prophylaxicks.

I have a co-worker that says Cefazolin wrong and is convinced she is right. Drives me nuts.

With regards to the "cocky" comments, are you sure they weren't saying "caci" (would be pronounced the same as cocky)? As in an even slangier version of the Spanish slang term "caca" for poop? More than half of my patients are Hispanic and I hear "caci" fairly frequently.

Moi aussi. Caci and caca both. I've heard it my entire career.

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Specializes in kids.

"Are you available AT ALL this weekend, we are really short staffed" in a whiney voice...

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"Are you available AT ALL this weekend, we are really short staffed" in a whiney voice...

Actually, I was literally walking out the door. So, No.

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Specializes in Broad range, mental health, school nursi.

Prepuce.

Prolapse.

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Specializes in Telemetry.
Dogen said:
I actually like flustrated. It's like hangry. A nice portmanteau of two emotions. I feel like when I first started as a nurse I was flustrated all the time.
canigraduate said:
Nice! My two favorite combos are craptacular and shitrus.

My unit smells like shitrus quite frequently, thanks to all the people who love spraying stuff. It's enough to put you off oranges for life.

I say I'm "snarkastic", a blend of what I believe are two of my best traits, snarky and sarcastic. Others may not agree those are my best qualities but I do enjoy them. 

Oh, and I am not crazy about the word masticate.

And I couldn't work L& D cause I'd go a little nuts if a woman told me she knew she lost her mucous plug because her panties were moist.

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Specializes in Psychiatric.

The one that irks me more than it really should is when people use 'then' instead of 'than'!!

The one that irks me more then it really should ... Arghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

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Specializes in ORTHO, PCU, ED.

I hate it when people say "he/she has a temp". Yep. We all do. Even if you're dead.

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Specializes in Clinical Documentation Specialist, LTC.

"I know you've already worked 16 hours, but if you will stay over just 4 more hours I'll buy your lunch." Umm...yeah...no.

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Specializes in Psych.

And your senior team agreed to the use of "juicy cough" in the documentation? Very odd.

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

Consumed (makes me think of what certain insects do on Discovery Channel, also related to my "NETY"* aversion.)

Pendulous (it's hanging and it could theoretically swing? oh no, uh-uh :no:)

Fungating (no explanation needed)

I haven't read through everyone else's yet, now I can check to see if I'm as weird as I thought I was.

*semi-unofficial AN acronym for nurses eat their young

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Specializes in Telemetry.
I hate it when people say "he/she has a temp". Yep. We all do. Even if you're dead.

Yes! This is so annoying!

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Nurse Leigh, that's my new favorite word ---"snarkastic"!!! I'm gonna use that one!!!!

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