Definition:

Colloquial term for person in charge, usually demeaning to others, as in doctor to nurse or surgeon to internist.

Usage:

Doctor to nurse: Did you go to captain school? Ok, then. Shut the f up and row!

Synonyms:

attending

Created Jul 07, 2009

Definition:

Slang for Veterans Administration health center.

Usage:

I'm on at the VA Spa this afternoon.

Synonyms:

the VA, V.A.

Created Jul 07, 2009

Definition:

Medical students' syndrome is a temporary, hypochondria-like mental condition that strikes medical students, causing them to believe that they are suffering from the diseases that they're studying. By some reports, up to 80% of medical students experience it at some point as a result of studying such frightening diseases in such a highly suggestible environment.

Usage:

Professor: "I wonder how many of them will suffer medical students' syndrome this year."

Synonyms:

hypochondriac

Created Aug 08, 2009

Definition:

Those students who have to return early after summer holidays to retake exams.

Usage:

You have to go back early? I didn't know you were in the September Club? Well, we'll pop some bottles for you.

Created Nov 28, 2009

Definition:

Either a private practice or the final year of medical school.

Usage:

One more year and I'll be entering the Promised Land: a Botox clinic in West Hollywood. Happy days are here again.

Created Feb 08, 2010