| Acronym | Meaning |
| BSS | Bilateral Samsonite Syndrome: Patient Admitted With Both Their Bags Packed In Preparation |
| WNL | (Ambulance/casualty) Within Normal Limits, But More Often Interpreted As We Never Looked |
| CTS | Cold-tea Sign / Cold Tea Syndrome - Refers To The Several Cups Of Cold Tea On The Bedside Cabinet Beside A Dead Geriatric (i.e. No-one Noticed The Patient Had Died) |
| DSB | Drug-Seeking Behaviour (faking Illness To Fuel Narcotic Addiction) |
| TATT | Talks All The Time (also "Tired All The Time") |
| PBABLTO | Pine Box At Bedside, Leave Top Off |
| VOMIT | Victim Of Modern Imaging Technology (i.e. Try Treating The Patient, Not The Report From Radiology; Particularly Referring To Invasive Procedures For False Positives. |
| PPA | Practicing Professional Alcoholic |
| ERNOBW | Engine Running, No One Behind The Wheel (questionable IQ) |
| TFTB | Too Fat To Breathe |