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General Slang
Hasselhoff
· noun · medical
A patient turning up with a bizarre injury and an even more bizarre story to explain it.
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ER shorthand for the patient whose injury comes with a backstory so improbable it has to be true — or at least entertaining. Named after David Hasselhoff, who allegedly turned up at A&E having hit his head on a chandelier while shaving. Coined by London medics and recorded in mid-2000s slang glossaries.
“Triage just sent through a proper Hasselhoff — laceration to the scalp, claims a parrot did it.”
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Hasselhoff In A Sentence
Triage just sent through a proper Hasselhoff — laceration to the scalp, claims a parrot did it.
Origin & Usage
British emergency-medicine slang, traced to a 2006 incident involving the actor David Hasselhoff and a shaving accident with a chandelier.
Variants
Hasselhoff sign
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