adjective
General Slang
fluffy
· adjective · medical
Polite-sounding code for a morbidly obese patient.
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Definitions
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Sneaky hospital euphemism for severely obese — soft enough to slip into earshot or notes without flagging anything, mean enough to count as derogatory slang in the ethics literature. Sits in the same family as 'Milwaukee goiter' and gets the same critique: it shapes how staff treat the patient before they've said a word.
“Handover just said 'fluffy gentleman in bed six' — we knew exactly what they meant.”
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fluffy In A Sentence
Handover just said 'fluffy gentleman in bed six' — we knew exactly what they meant.
Origin & Usage
Anglo-American hospital slang; flagged in derogatory-slang reviews of clinical language.
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