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.

[laceymelissa]

This thread just made my day. "Moist" and "Phlegm" get me every time - glad I'm not alone!

[MedChica]

Attaching the '-shame' suffix to everything. I never hear it in person. Only online. It just makes me hostile.

'Bully'.

What's a 'sontimeter'? (centimeter)

Coochie. When I did xray(ivp), had a little girl who kept referring to her lady parts as her coochie. "Mommy - my coochie!" ; "Mommy, my coochie hurts." Eww. She just kept saying it.. When I have 'workmares', this is what I dream of.

"Dude -- !" My coworker taught me that this is a question, exclamation and a response. I used to think it was funny. Now. I found myself using it all the time

"...and I was all -" ; "...and she was like -" ; "...and we were all like --" I have a coworker who talks like this. Cracks me up. Now, I talk like this, too!

"Super"...because nothing is just cute. It is SUPER cute. Awesome can't just be awesome. It must be SUPER awesome. One of my coworkers talks like this. Often. I like the feelgood motive behind it. I mean, have you ever had someone call you 'super awesome'? I have.

I was like, "Yes!" *pumps fist*

"Moist" is only gross sounding because people drop their pitch and enunciate every vowel and consonant. MmmmoooiiiiSSSSSST. See? That's just gross.

When elders use the word 'pet' for fondle or canoodling with a partner. It's like using the word "having relations" instead of "having sex". I tend to use the latter often, though. It just less dirty and more proper to say that someone's 'havin' r'lations'.

Canoodling.

"Lou-wheeze-e-an-uh". (Lousianna) I never heard it pronounced that way (uh, correctly? Lol) until I encountered nonsoutherners and floridians. Screw Webster! I don't care what the vowels dictate. It's "Lou's'anna". .or "Louey'sanna" (slur it!). It's "N'awlins:...or "Na'orlins". It's "tEx-is", not "Tec-sis".

I actually didnt screw up orient and orientate until I became a nurse.

[toomanypants]

Love "platelets"

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

ct What some uncouth men call women. So disrespectful of womankind.

piece of a## is another. UGH!

[amoLucia]

Abortion. As in 'spontaneous abortion' equals 'miscarriage'.

Have to be very careful using 'abortion' around non-healthcare people because of the sensitive negativity association. Saw a situation with a family go ballistic when the word was just used by staff as we would with any other med term. But the family thought the staff was being judgmental & accusatory when the pt had really miscarried. Just a misunderstanding.

[OyWithThePoodles, RN]

superstitious

[Farawyn]

Abortion. As in 'spontaneous abortion' equals 'miscarriage'.

Have to be very careful using 'abortion' around non-healthcare people because of the sensitive negativity association. Saw a situation with a family go ballistic when the word was just used by staff as we would with any other med term. But the family thought the staff was being judgmental & accusatory when the pt had really miscarried. Just a misunderstanding.

They were TOP at the clinic.

Termination of Pregnancy

As opposed to miscarriage or spontaneous abortion for non TOPs

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

evil...

[Cheri174evr]

Or pulmonary hygiene

[mercurysmom]

Smegma. (gag)

[Julius Seizure]

Copious. Like copious secretions.

[Leaemilyy]

Whenever a body fluid is described as "cheesy" or "creamy" .. Gag