Legal Commentary

Say what, Doc?

By Tom Kirkendall

Inasmuch as my family and social groups include a large number of medical doctors, I've noticed that the slang that the docs use when they are talking shop can be incomprehensible at times. That's why this comprehensive list of Doctor's Slang, Medical Slang and Medical Acronyms will come in handy. A few good ones:

"Blade" -- Surgeon: dashing, bold, arrogant and often wrong, but never in doubt (very much appreciated by the primary care doctors);

"Captain Kangaroo" -- chairman of the pediatrics department;

"DTMA" -- Stands for "Don't Transfer to Me Again";

"Fonzie" -- Unflappable medic;

"Improving His Claim" -- Victim of minor accident, needs no treatment but wants something to support his insurance/legal claim;

"Masochist" -- Trauma surgeon;

"Sadomasochist" - Neurosurgeon

"NOCTOR"-- A nurse who has done a 6 week training course and acts like she or he is a Doctor;

"Two beers" -- the number of beers every patient involved in an alcohol-related automobile accident claims to have drunk before the accident.

Check out the entire list. Those docs are a tough bunch.

Full post as published by Houston's Clear Thinkers on August 19, 2008 (boomark / email).