noun
General Slang
GROLIES
· noun · medical
British medical acronym: Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt.
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Definitions
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Notorious UK hospital acronym aimed at a specific stereotype of patient — the earnest, middle-class, alternative-medicine type who reads The Guardian and turns up in ethnic dress with a folder of internet research. Catalogued in a 2003 BMJ piece on hospital slang that caused a small media storm. Properly retired now, but historically real.
“Adams flagged the new admission as a classic GROLIES — bring the herbal tinctures.”
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GROLIES In A Sentence
Adams flagged the new admission as a classic GROLIES — bring the herbal tinctures.
Origin & Usage
UK hospital jargon, brought to wider attention by Adam Fox's 2003 BMJ article on medical slang.
Variants
G.R.O.L.I.E.S.
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