#gallows-humour
7 words tagged “gallows-humour”
Good Looking Mum — the discreet chart note for an attractive mother on the paeds ward.
A patient turning up with a bizarre injury and an even more bizarre story to explain it.
Lights On But Nobody Home — patient who looks awake but isn't really there.
Hospital slang for a motorcycle — a reliable pipeline of fresh organ donors.
British medical acronym: Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt.
Good for Parts Only — the patient who's not going to make it but could save several others.
Failure To Die — the frail, dying patient who somehow keeps not dying.