another: GOK god only knows.
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From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of Chris Pearson
Sent: 26 January 1998 21:31
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: abbrev.
In article <[log in to unmask]>, Iain L M Hotchkies
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>In a certain netnews newsgroup, it was written:
>
>> >Junior doctor contacts suggest that `NFX' for X in `single-letter
>abbreviation
>> >for small town near here' is common. I also particularly like `TTFO' as
in
>> >`...patient's relatives Told To Fuck Off'. I'm told this one goes down
>> >particularly well when the notes, for whatever reason, need to be
explained
>at
>> >inquest or FAI or wherever.
>>
>> One I saw mentioned recently was GROLIES, Guardian reader of limited
>> intelligence, ethnic skirt.
>
>I must come clean here and admit that I don't often use
> abbreviations such as GOK (God Only Knows). I use
> TATT (tired all the time) but that's not really going
> to get me into trouble.
>
>Anyone have any favourite examples they use or have happened
> upon in the notes?
I swear this is true... a consultant I once worked for, started a reply
in the notes of a patient he has been asked to give an opinion on...
"TYFAMTSTP"
any ideas?
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Chris Pearson
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