Words You Hate

[OyWithThePoodles]

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.

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

Nurse Leigh said:

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. 

They tell me I'm sarchotic (sarcastic/psychotic). I'm not sure whether to be flattered, amused, hurt, or a combo

[poppycat, ADN, BSN]

They tell me I'm sarchotic (sarcastic/psychotic). I'm not sure whether to be flattered, amused, hurt, or a combo ☺

I think I'd be flattered. It takes talent to be sarchotic.

[Keepstanding, ASN, RN]

Fundus, exudate, pus, purulent,

[Farawyn]

Fundus, exudate, pus, purulent,

Love love love love

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

When someone says theo-fy-lean for theophylline. I learned that word in high school biology.

[Wendy Blount, RN]

I second your opinion on ORIENTATE!

No, it's definitely NOT proper English, so why do so many people say it! Drives me crazy!

Thank you for pointing this out.

For me : a second vote on SMEGMA (urp)

PS - off topic - had a clinical instructor once who described ringworm as being.......you guessed it....a WORM.

Talk about almost falling out of your chair.....hahahah

[Wendy Blount, RN]

Good one! Hahahaha

Not sure how I would take that either.....

But when someone says ACSING a question instead of asking.....wo daddy, stand back! Lol

[Wendy Blount, RN]

Oral cavity - it just sounds like really dirty Media.

[kgirl22]

How about words you love....I love to say amiodarone, intertriginous, and pheochromocytoma!

[rubynrse, ADN, RN]

"I'm ON my period". How can a woman be ON a period. You can be having one, beginning one, ending one, suffering from, (maybe more), but you can't be ON it.

[beckster_01, BSN, RN]

Pulmonary toilet. I don't know if anybody uses it? I think I last heard it in maybe nursing school?

I forgot what pulmonary toileting was until I got to the ICU and a resident kept using it. It took me awhile to get the courage to ask exactly what she was referring to. I like chest physiotherapy much more.

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

I like cardiomegaly.