What are some of the words, phrases, and acronyms unique to your job/profession?

For me:

Bibliographic record
Stamper
Date due slip
Processing
Slipping (obsolete)
Reader's advisory
Dewey number
Serials
CIP (cataloging in publication)
Cutter
Verso
Spine label

Oh, so here we go huh WG? LOL

Oligohydramnios (my personal favorite word to say)
PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension)
Placenta abruptio
Placenta previa
Leopolds maneuver
Jewelry
Gravidity
Parity
Nulligravida
Primigravida
viability
Biophysical profile
FHR (fetal heart rate)
Lechithin-sphingomyelin ratio


Shall I go on? LOL

I'll add some more


Hepatospleomegaly
Hypokalemia
Menoxenia
Lordosis
Kyphosis


I especially like the ones very few people, including my instructors, can't pronounce.

Lordosis is an easy one.

How fast can you say phenomonology?

Ah, that's easy... Come on gimme some credit here... I'm not brainless. LOL

Let's save that one for RickJ.

Can you pronounce properly acetlysalicylic acid? Or Sphygmomanometer?

The first one - say it like a cheer. Not the second one. I hate trying to pronounce the second one. I say BP thingy.

You mean blood pressure cuff? LOL

Come on throw some more at me. Giggle

How about:

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Please pronounce and define. (Do NOT Google.)

Ah, this is an easy one too... Now the pronunciation depends on your particular locality. Here it is pronounced Jillian Barray... in other places I have lived it's pronounced Geeyan Barray

Clinical manifestations of Guillain-Barre syndrome usually appear 1 - 3 weeks after a mild episode of fever that may be associated with a viral infection or immunizations.

Symptoms can vary in intensity from very mild to extremely severe and usually involves symmetric pain and weakness that affects the upper and lower extremities. In extreme cases there may be paralysis.

I did not Google, FYI. Just had to do a case study on GBS a couple weeks ago for clinicals. I can tell you more if you like.

I did not google, FYI. Just had to do a case study on GBS a couple weeks ago for clinicals. I can tell you more if you like.

An old friend ended up on his back totally paralyzed for several months with this. I had never heard of it before. He pronounced it with a hard G. not the J-sound. He still (years later) has residual problems with muscles. He says some days he can chop wood just fine or wrestle a burglar if need be, but will pick up his coffee mug and drop it.

Will you be my nurse if I ever need one?

I'd love to be your nurse. LOL

I have heard it pronounced with a hard G also.

Many people, including the case study I did, end up on a ventilator. GBS can take anywhere from 1 - 3 years to recover from and a small percentage of people have permanent residual neurological and/or physiological deficits.