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"Doctor slang is a dying art" The inventive language created by doctors the world over to insult their patients - or each other - is in danger of becoming extinct. So says a doctor who has spent four years charting more than 200 colourful examples. The increasing rate of... more

Reviewed by Trisha24 Apr 04 2006, 05:27pm ( 31 reviews ) • bbc.co.uk

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Rated by Hands-Up on Jan 24 2009, 4:58am

UBI - Unexplained Beer Injury
Rated by uknetweb on Sep 26 2008, 6:11am

Brilliant story revealing doctor's codes on medical notes such as GPO - Good for Parts Only and UBI - Unexplained Beer Injury!
Rated by rutty on Sep 24 2008, 4:19am

Pumpkin positive. LOL! This story must have been linked to from a busy site for it to pop back up again. A bit of a gem
Rated by Myasandar on Sep 24 2008, 4:17am

Lol gassers and slashers - I hope not all of it dies out.
Rated by clangnuts on Sep 24 2008, 3:44am

Curious how these old BBC stories pop up from time to time. This is a good one.
Reviewed by beautifulcorpse on Jun 02 2008, 10:41pm

From the page: "The increasing rate of litigation means that there is a far higher chance that doctors will be asked in court to explain the exact meaning of NFN (Normal for Norfolk), FLK (Funny looking kid) or GROLIES (Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt)."
Rated by otebal on Dec 05 2007, 7:35am

Very interesting. They even talk about our brazilian "PIMBA".

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