The term "Pimped" used by the medical field

My dh picked it up during clerkships / intern year (and we know they were at the same institution).

Would that be the same institution where we are now? I started hearing strong work after we moved here.

[radwife]

"House of God" was very popular when DH was in med school and many people used various phrases from the book, i.e. Gomer.

DH just bought that book from Barnes & Noble. He just told me about "Gomer" the other day!

[MrsK]

Can you believe that "Gomer" is a Wikipedia entry? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMER

[JC76]

My husband refers to "gomers" who come through his ER all the times and it drives me NUTS. I'm a former nursing home and assisted living administrator who has pretty much worked exclusively with the elderly my whole adult life. I get so annoyed with him every time he uses it -- which just makes him say it more, of course.

Would that be the same institution where we are now? I started hearing strong work after we moved here.

No - we were at CWRU / UH. I think it's pretty common. I think it's funny how many people were just so used to it that they didn't realize where it came from. Not that I'm any more perceptive (I'm probably less), I just remember one day when dh came home and was all geeked that his attending had said "Strong Work" to him. I looked at him blankly, and he explained that it meant good job. That's why I made the connection.

Yes, "Gomer." I heard that one the other day.

Yeah - I find "Gomer" more offensive than "Pimping", since it refers to someone who is most likely not in charge of their own facilities and will probably not have a good outcome. It's like making fun or belittling of the helpless. "Pimping" must have stemmed from something other than a - traditional - pimp, since the term has been around for eons. Kind of like the term "Resident", which originated when the people were actual residents of the hospital. (Now it just seems like they are.)

[Ladybug122]

The "circling" term is definately used across the board on L&D units. Another phrase that is used where I work is "waiting in the wings" (i.e. the woman who has come in 4 times for latent labor checks over the past 3 days...) Funny how these things are used universally...

[DCJenn]

Most of the lingo goes away after the training years are over. But everything all of the military spouses said is correct. Basically he is to speak when spoken to, salute first (unless he is being saluted by enlisted personnel) and not screw up that stupid beret. My husband is the most laid back mellow and shy person in the world but they take protocol seriously. Medical world + military world = uptight to the extreme during training. & the Army has a whole universe of lingo to know but Peggy and I are sadly fluent at this point. Ask away!

[HouseofWool]

Malignant is the one that gets me. We spent WAY too much time discussing which programs were reported to be malignant or not.

[MarissaNicole]

Malignant is the one that gets me. We spent WAY too much time discussing which programs were reported to be malignant or not.

Yes we hear/see it all the time now that we are looking at residency programs... it seems to be so overused that it has lost any meaning.

[HouseofWool]

The field is very literal - you say what you mean and mean what you say. Very little gray area.

Our experience has been that it is rife with innuendo and hidden meaning. That very few say what they mean and mean what they say.

Our experience has been that it is rife with innuendo and hidden meaning. That very few say what they mean and mean what they say.

I can agree with both statements. RE: the literal side, I think it's more of that one shouldn't expect people to find humor where you do, take sarcasm as sarcasm, etc. RE: the insincere side, I think it's b/c a lot of people in medicine (especially academia) are all about themselves, their work, and gaining the notariety that goes with success.

Anyone who thinks medicine is pure and avoids the insane political BS of the business world is dead wrong. It's a mine field to be sure.

[Thirteen]

New word, as of yesterday: "gorked"

Use in a sentence: "I am so gorked from call."

Anyone else hear this one?

[Pollyanna]

Anyone who thinks medicine is pure and avoids the insane political BS of the business world is dead wrong. It's a mine field to be sure.

Amen to that!!!

[ides]

dh uses gomer a lot. mostly refering to really really sick old people who pretty much live at the hospital or vascular patients who famously never follow dr's orders and are back over and over again.

he also uses shit storm for when the shit hits the fan i.e there is a complicated serious problem and he becomes insanely busy.

I remember when pimping came into our lives. Just after dh started med school. I thought it was the stupidest term ever. I mean do any of these med/study types even know what a pimp is? I laughed a lot, then tried to ban the word since it's was so stupid then I eventually just gave up and accepted it.