Medical Slang Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Medical Slang Acronyms

• PIAF — PIssed As A Fart (drunk) (also PAAF -Pissed As A Fart)
• PID — Pus In ‘Dere (PID Actually Means Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)
• PITA — Pain In The Ass
• PLH — Pray Long And Hard
• PLTDP — Practice Limited To Dead People
• PNR — Person Needed A Ride I.e. Minor Ailment But Called Ambulance Instead of Taxi
• POMT — Please Optimize Medical Treatment – Don’t Call Us Until You’ve Done Your Job First
• POPTA — Passed Out Prior To Arrival
• PORG — Person of Restricted / Retarded Growth (dwarf / Midget)
• PP — “Plank Positive – Stupid, As In “”thick As 2 Short Planks”””
• PP — Pumpkin Positive – A Penlight Shone Into The Patient’s Mouth/ear Would Encounter A Brain So Small That The Whole Head Would Light Up
• PPA — Practicing Professional Alcoholic
• PPP — Piss Poor Protoplasm
• PPPPP — Piss Poor Protoplasm Poorly Put-together (really Old And / Or Decrepit)
• PRATFO — Patient Reassured And Told To F*** Off
• PSS — Positive Suitcase Sign – Patients Who Are Repeated Admissions For Prolonged Periods With No Physiological Cause of Their Problems. They Turn Up At Hospital With Packed Suitcases Ready For Admission
• PWFS — Post-Weekend Fatigue Syndrome – An Ailment Which Presents At GP Surgeries On Monday Mornings
• PWT — Poor White Trash (with A Condition Related To Their Lifestyle)
• QID — Queen In Distress (hissy Fit)
• RBG — Received By God (a Person In Receipt of A Celestial Transfer)
• RBS — Really Bad Shape
• RHS — Rocking Horse Stool – Even Rarer Than Hen’s Teeth
• RLI — Rapid Lead Infusion – Obnoxious Patient Ought To Be Shot
• RPVU — Relative Porsche Value Unit: Surgical Index of Potential Income From The Repair of Patient Injuries, Usually Orthopaedic In Nature. Fractured Finger = A Windscreen Wiper; A Fractured Hip = New Tyres Etc.
• RR — Rocket Room – A Ward/unit Where There Are Many Deaths (many Transfers To Heaven)
• RT — Room Temperature (dead)
• RTTBBB — Rat-a-Tat-Tat With A Baseball Bat (hit With Blunt Instrument).
• RTTL — Running Towards The Light – Dying
• RUTUS — Rounding Up The Usual Suspects – Ordering A Set of Tests For A Given Set of Symptoms
• S2 — Sit The F**k Down And Shut The F**k Up
• SAS — Sick As Sh*t
• SBA — Silver Bracelet Award – Patient Is A Prisoner Brought In Wearing Cuffs
• SBI — Something Bad Inside E.g. Undiagnosed Cancer/unexpected Serious Condition Found When Performing Surgery
• SBLEO — (pronounced S-B-Leo) Suicide By Law Enforcement Officer
• SBOD — Stupid Bitch / Bastard On Drugs
• SEP — Somebody Else’s Problem (not To Be Confused With Sepsis)
• SFS — Stinky Foot Syndrome (often Related To Homeless)
• SFSF — Sphincter Factor Scale: 1 To 10 Scale Indicating Degree of Bowel-loosening In Response To An Emergency
• SHA — Ship His Ass (when Patients Refuse To Be Discharged).
• SHAD — Syphilitic, Hypochondriac, Alcoholic Degenerate
• SHPOS — Sub-Human Piece of Sh*t
• SHS — Sullen, Hostile, Stupid (often An Inner City Drug/alcohol Addict)
• SIG — Stroppy Ignorant Girl
• SIO — Sleeping It Off
• SNUD — Sick Nigh Unto Death
• SOB — Short of Breath
• SOB — Silly Old Bugger / B*stard / Bitch
• SOB — Sitting Out of Bed / Sitting On Bed
• SOCMOB — Standing On Corner Minding Own Business (when Inexplicably Injured)
• SODDI — Some Other Doctor Did It (when One Medic’s Botched Jobs Must Be Put Right/answered For By Someone Else)
• SOG — Sick Old Guy (male Version of LOL (Little Old Lady))
• SPAK — Status Post Ass Kicking
• SRI — Something Wrong Inside (undiagnosable Problem)
• SSDD — Same Sh*t Different Day
• SVRI — Something Very Wrong Inside (usually Terminal)
• SWAG — Scientific Wild Ass Guess
• SWI — Something Wrong Inside
• SWW — Sick, Wet And Whiny (infant)
• SYB — Save Your Breath (for Patients Who Don’t Take Advice)
• TAPS — Thick As Pig Sh*t
• TARFU — Things Are Really F*cked Up
• TATT — “Talks All The Time (also “”Tired All The Time””)”
• TBC — Total Body Crunch: Multiple Injuries
• TBD — Total Body Dolor I.e. Complains of Pain Everywhere
• TBP — Total Body Pain
• TCLT — Transcranial Lead Therapy – Gunshot Wound Passing Through Head
• TCS — Toxic Confusional State – Confused, Usually Elderly, Person Whose Problem Is Due To Constipation (toxic Build Up In Body)
• TDS — Terminal Deceleration Syndrome (e.g. RTA Death, High-rise Syndrome, Jump-suicides And Parachute-failed-to-open)
• TEC — Transfer To Eternal Care I.e. Dead
• TEETH — Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy
• TF BUNDY — Totally F*cked, But Unfortunately Not Dead Yet
• TFO — Too F*cking Old (person Dying of Old Age).
• TFTB — Too Fat To Breathe
• THC — Three Hots And A Cot; Sought In A&E By The Local Homeless
• TLC — Tube, Lavage & Charcoal (given To Poisoning Victim)
• TLGP — Two Legged Guinea Pig – Patient Undergoing Experimental Or Extreme Treatments
• TLR — Two Legged Rat – Refers To A Patient Undergoing Experimental Or Extreme Treatments
• TMB — “Too Many Birthdays: Person Dying of “”old Age”””
• TMI — Three Meaningless Initials (e.g. John Smith, TMI – Applied To Medics With Qualifications Rather Than Ability)
• TOBP — Tired of Being Pregnant (especially Patient Demanding Caesarian)
• TOG — Tears of Gratitude
• TOI — Trans-occipital Implants – Bullet Wound To The Head
• TRO — Time Ran Out
• TSL — Too Stupid To Live
• TSS — Toxic Sock Syndrome (often Related To The Homeless)
• TTFO — Told To F*ck Off
• TTJ — Transfer To Jesus
• TTOAST — Take Them Out And Shoot Them
• TTR — (US) Tattoo-to-Tooth Ratio (Dirtbag Ratio)
• TTTR — Tooth To Tattoo Ratio – Visual Determination of Basic Intelligence. A Positive Ratio (more Teeth Then Tattoos) Is Generally Better Than A Negative Ratio, Which Is Bad.
• TUBE — Totally Unnecessary Breast Examination (might Happen To A GLM / MILF)
• TVTP — Tried Vancomycin, Try Prayer (Vancomycin Is Anti-MRSA Drug)
• TWA — Third World Assassins. Slang For The Allegedly Poor Medical Care Delivered By Physicians Who Went To Medical School In Foreign Countries
• TWSAM — Trash Will Survive And Multiply
• TYFTIC — Thank You For This Interesting Consult – This Is Complete B*llsh*t
• UBI — Unexplained Beer Injury
• UDI — Unidentified Drinking Injury
• UFO — Unidentified Frozen Object: Unidentified Dead Homeless Person In The Winter
• UGLI — Ugly: A Patient (usually A Child) Who Looks A Bit Odd But Has Nothing Wrong With Them
• ULPP — Unlicensed Pharmaceutical Provider (drug Dealer)