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Title: Slang request
Post by: Ghost Whistler on September 08, 2008, 10:15:07 AM

Anyone know a good modern colloquial (not too obscure) for the job of doctor. All i know is sawbones, which is rather old west.

Title: Slang request
Post by: wulfgar on September 08, 2008, 10:17:12 AM

Doc?

Title: Slang request
Post by: Cerulean Lion on September 08, 2008, 10:20:29 AM

Pill-pusher

Title: Slang request
Post by: Zealot on September 08, 2008, 12:53:30 PM

Quote from: Cerulean Lion;245674Pill-pusher

Mr. Feelgood?

Z

Title: Slang request
Post by: OneTinSoldier on September 08, 2008, 01:16:56 PM

Croaker

medico

medic

cutter (surgeons)

Title: Slang request
Post by: KenHR on September 08, 2008, 01:18:44 PM

Damn, I was just about to post that I'd found "croaker" here: http://www.insideprison.com/glossary.asp

Title: Slang request
Post by: KenHR on September 08, 2008, 01:21:53 PM

Others:

Quack
Leech
Ignorant MFer (this is a favorite of a few people I know...)

Title: Slang request
Post by: Ghost Whistler on September 08, 2008, 03:17:59 PM

I need a name for the medic stat that isn't, well, medic. 'Doc' sounds...odd.

Title: Slang request
Post by: KenHR on September 08, 2008, 03:27:42 PM

So this is a descriptive for a stat or skill?

What sort of game is it? Do you have examples of other skills from the game that might help finding a word that fits the atmosphere you're going for?

(Though I do like the sound of "I have three ranks in Ignorant MFer!" :) )

Title: Slang request
Post by: walkerp on September 08, 2008, 03:33:20 PM

Whitecoat?

Title: Slang request
Post by: wulfgar on September 08, 2008, 03:47:05 PM

Stitching

Bedside Manner

Guts

Steady fingers

Title: Slang request
Post by: MoonHunter on September 08, 2008, 05:24:20 PM

I work in an emergency room. You have three nicknames for Doctors:
Docs, Coats, and Gods (Surgeons usually, attendings often).

(Only doctors outside of the ER normally wear the white coats).

Residents, doctors in training, are called Ducklings, because they follow behind a God like a ducklings behind a mommy duck in a little line.

We call all medicals (medical trained people) , medicals, meds, and most recently medfolk.

Title: Slang request
Post by: JohnnyWannabe on September 08, 2008, 06:33:14 PM

How about M.D.?

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Pen & Paper Roleplaying Central => Pen and Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion => Topic started by: Ghost Whistler on September 08, 2008, 10:15:07 AM