| What jargon term annoys you the most? | Why? |
|---|---|
| non compliant |
Because what should be written is 'client has difficulties with......' Staff need to write what they mean. |
| "Unarrive". As in: "Pt has unarrived clinic." |
Believe it or not, this piece of astonishingly inept Americlish has begun to enter usage in GP clinic admin software, no doubt spurred on by the equally American notion of "Unfriending" people on Facebook. Please don't allow it to take hold here! |
| Brain Storming |
Brain Storming is a commonly used term use in Australia for meetings. On the 20th of June 2008 City Councils in UK banned the use of this word as "Brain Storming" is a term associated and a symptom of a specific neurological disease. |
| jargon |
cause i think it's spelt wrong |
| Where the rubber meets the road |
Consultant speak. Blah |
| Consumers |
Consumers are people. They don't eat services or clinicians! What is wrong with calling them people and preferably by their actual name??? |
| pedagogy |
cos it just means teaching method, it is a stupid word |
| "Lean in" |
Don't we address / discuss / come together to find solutions - I'm over leaning in!! |
| online |
During the era of Windows 95, doing things "online" was a new thing. Now in the 21st century, most people understand many activities can be done using the internet. An online webinar, or an online form are just the worst examples! |
| BOM |
During the height of last horrific Bush-fire season, a Senior Emergency person came forward and announced that he had just checked the "BOM" site. Anybody hearing that referral to the Weather Report could have assumed he was talking about a bomb attack adding to the already horrible unfolding disaster. I have a long list - DOCS, FACS, HSIE, COAG, DFAT, ACT, ADF, PDHPE, medical positive/negative results. Then there's the bonkers term "NEAR-MISS" . Need I explain? Well - I suffered a genuine "near-miss" recently when a driver "rear-ended" or crashed into my car and managed to "write-it-off". THAT WAS A NEAR-MISS, as far as I'm concerned. I'm still chasing him - the bastard drove off! |
| Content |
Everything is 'content' now. It's a word which has democratised |
| IX |
For instance, if your blinds have severe discolouration that does not go away |
| unprecedented |
Heard so often |
| Dyspnea |
I can't even work out how to say it |
| When jargon keeps changing |
I can't keep up with changes and even if I wanted to tell my clients I don't know what it is. Or what acronyms are? |
| Flesh it out |
I imagine skin being rolled out like dough |
| onboarding |
I know it's a common HR term but it sounds too much like waterboarding - a torture technique - for my liking. Can't we use orientation instead? |
| PBS |
I've worked at a pharmacy to 2 years and I still don't know what it means let alone be able to explain it to customers. |
| Touch base |
If you are not American on don't understand baseball, it has a totally different connotation. Trash it. |
| HRT - Humam Resources Team |
It also stands for hormone replacement therapy and is at times very embarrassing. |
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