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.

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Hipster

Artisan

Craft (as in "craft" beer)

Heh heh.

I live in the land of hipster, craft, artisan...except that "artisan" is sometimes interchanged with "artisanal." Which has to be the word I hate more than any mentioned so far.

Especially when, at my pre-nursing job, I worked at a store that printed weekly promotional messages on our receipts. One time, due to space restraints on the receipt tape, there was an unfortunately-placed hyphen between "artis" and "anal."

Sigh.

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"Bone" as a verb.

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Quiet! That word is bad mojo!

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smartassmommy said:
Quiet! That word is bad mojo!

I like the word Quiet. 

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Obese.

Smegma.

Pus.

Mucus.

Va-jay-jay.

I forgot that last one . . . truly hate that one.

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Specializes in Hospice.

Coitus

Vajayjay (when we all know the technical term is "hoo-hah"!!)

Had a boss once who always said "irregardless". Made me want to bite, lol.

"I hear what you're saying." Yeah, you hear, but you aren't listening!!

"Don't tell Mama she's in Hospice. It would kill her!" Yeah, if Mama is awake and alert enough to understand what Hospice is, why are you trying to sneak it past her? Could it be you just want all that "free stuff" from Hospice you've heard about?? Nah...

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The word ask is awesome. When it's pronounced "ax" I could literally go Lizzie Borden on the person.

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Coitus

Vajayjay (when we all know the technical term is "hoo-hah"!!)

Had a boss once who always said "irregardless". Made me want to bite, lol.

"I hear what you're saying." Yeah, you hear, but you aren't listening!!

"Don't tell Mama she's in Hospice. It would kill her!" Yeah, if Mama is awake and alert enough to understand what Hospice is, why are you trying to sneak it past her? Could it be you just want all that "free stuff" from Hospice you've heard about?? Nah...

Actually its pookie-pop. Where did you go to school ?

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Medical words I don't like: Smegma, crepitus, weeping (wounds).

Other words I don't like: student loans, adulthood, pants.

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

How does she say it?? I love that our MAR helps us with pronunciation bc I kill some med names sometimes!!

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Actually its pookie-pop. Where did you go to school ?

I went to school with the one with the hoo ha!

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Stool. And amazeballs.

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