| Entry Date | What jargon term annoys you the most? | Why? |
|---|---|---|
| October 26, 2020 at 1:23 pm | People using US slang and spelling |
We're in Australia. We were influenced by the UK. |
| October 22, 2019 at 4:30 pm | People with a disability speaking for themselves |
People with a disability or mental illness should be able to speak for themselves. Medical staff, community services, local governments, families and cares should become aware of when it is good to advocate and when it is great to let people use their voices. |
| October 18, 2024 at 4:02 pm | personality disorder |
Are you saying they are a broken person? This is a stigmatising and judgemental diagnosis, like so many other clinical terms used to describe neurodiversity and social/relationship challenges. |
| October 23, 2024 at 11:37 am | piece |
It just irks me. |
| October 24, 2023 at 10:48 am | Pivot |
This term may have had value during the pandemic but it is way over-used now. I'd suggest change, redirect, reconsider, divert, do things differently. |
| September 19, 2023 at 3:47 pm | PRN |
PRN - medication to be taken as required.... not helpful for mental health patients and no one can ever tell you what PRN actually stands for. |
| October 11, 2019 at 4:56 pm | Quorum |
it's totally outdated and old fashioned - can we not just agree that we have enough committee members present?!! |
| June 3, 2020 at 11:03 am | RDP |
IT specific abbreviation that users may not know or understand. RDP stands for Remote Desktop Protocol and is a Microsoft software to access workplaces remotely. |
| March 7, 2025 at 11:30 am | retarted |
not goof |
| April 8, 2021 at 9:20 pm | sciatica |
Because it means different things to everyone! |
| October 15, 2020 at 1:47 pm | SIT; SCIRT; SACS; CTS; NITH; NOAH; RUSON; SIMON; AIDET; HIS; CDM; |
Some I don't understand or know about and others need to be called what they are. |
| October 21, 2024 at 10:52 am | SOB |
Duplicate meanings |
| October 27, 2021 at 9:07 am | Someone used C suite recently in an add recruiting a health job |
What is that Caesaraian section suite at a hospital, some new hospital department? NO....apparently it relates to executive positions, senior management....ie. CEO/ CFO/ CIO/COO.....more jargon ! Don't like it as it has an elitist feels about it Senior management team/ executive team I understand |
| October 19, 2019 at 2:09 pm | Stakeholders |
Because people holding stakes usually also hold a hammer. When talking about health or public services we hold people in our hands not stakes |
| October 27, 2022 at 3:45 pm | Stand Up Meeting |
Some of us can't stand up |
| October 24, 2023 at 3:22 pm | strategic plan |
Why not 'plan'. Who would have an unstrategic plan? |
| October 15, 2020 at 12:20 pm | sub-optimal |
Its a weasel word, a mealy-mouthed euphemism for "we stuffed up" |
| August 9, 2023 at 12:53 pm | superficial |
It has a different meaning in plain English than in medical English, but doctors forget that |
| October 8, 2019 at 12:51 pm | tachycardia |
A patient will understand "fast heart reate" more quickly - why say tachycardia then have to explain what it is? |
| October 20, 2022 at 2:03 pm | Take it offline |
It reeks of a person on a power trip |
| Entry Date | What jargon term annoys you the most? | Why? |
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