| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | MFB | Measure For Box (coffin) |
| BBLS | Belly-button Lint Sign - Male, Middle-aged, Overweight And Hairy (an Umbilicus That Looks Like The Lint (fluff) Trap In A Tumble Dryer Is Most Common In Overweight, Hairy, Older Men). Known As Belly-Button Fluff Sign In The UK. |
| CHIBLOC | Closed Head Injury, Brief Loss Of Consciousness |
| BTH | Bury The Hatchet - Accidently Leave A Surgical Instrument Inside A Patient. |
| DKA | Don't/Doesn't Know Anything (but Is Explained To Relatives As Diabetic Ketoacidosis If Challenged) |
| JNR | Just Not Right (something Is Wrong, But No Diagnosis Has Been Made Yet) |
| NKDA | Not Known, Didn't Ask |
| DPS | (General Practice) Droopy Penis Syndrome: A Patient Wanting Viagra Prescription |
| AST | Assuming Seasonal Temperature (dead) |
| TWA | Third World Assassins. Slang For The Allegedly Poor Medical Care Delivered By Physicians Who Went To Medical School In Foreign Countries |
| RPVU | Relative Porsche Value Unit: Surgical Index Of Potential Income From The Repair Of Patient Injuries, Usually Orthopaedic In Nature. Fractured Finger = A Windscreen Wiper; A Fractured Hip = New Tyres Etc. |
| LRO | Luck Ran Out (cheated Death Before, But Not This Time) |
| OTDPDS | Out The Door Pretty Damn Soon |
| PAAF | Pissed As A Fart (also PIAF -PIssed As A Fart) |
| ERCP | Emergency Retrograde Clerking Of Patient, An Emergency Procedure Before The Consultant Rounds |
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