Doctor slang

• howard mcsweeney1

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  27 April 2014     09:57265021
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  a light hearted read.
  
  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3159813.stm
• Guest 1103

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  28 April 2014     22:52265128
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  oh dear did had a good laugh
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• Guest 653

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  29 April 2014     07:38265144
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  Not PC but funny; I can't see any harm in it at all.
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 698

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  29 April 2014     07:55265158
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  Another good one used by students is TUBE.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 653

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  29 April 2014     08:04265162
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  Is that medical students ? What does TUBE mean Peter ?
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 698

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  29 April 2014     08:08265165
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  Yes, medical students. Let's see if anyone can guess what TUBE is.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Bob Whysman

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  29 April 2014     09:37265177
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   Peter Garstin wrote:

  Yes, medical students. Let's see if anyone can guess what TUBE is.

  
  
  Totally Unnecessary Breast Examination.
  Do nothing and nothing happens.
• Guest 698

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  29 April 2014     10:11265183
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  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Terry Nunn

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  29 April 2014     12:58265195
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  Mention of TUBE remind me of when some years ago I was on a tube train sitting next to a medical student (well he had a stethoscope sticking out of his pocket!).
  
  He was reading a book called something like "English for foreign students". It was open at a page which listed euphemisms for testicles. There were hundreds, I was amazed.
  
  
  Terry
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
• Terry Nunn

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  29 April 2014     13:08265196
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  And doctors would sometimes sign sick notes giving the illness as "Plumbus Oscillans".
  
  Terry
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
• Guest 698

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  29 April 2014     15:26265203
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  Or 'chronic inertia'.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson