| Acronym | Meaning |
| GLF | Ground Level Fall (tripped Over) |
| SYB | Save Your Breath (for Patients Who Don't Take Advice) |
| BSS | Bilateral Samsonite Syndrome: Patient Admitted With Both Their Bags Packed In Preparation |
| WITPOMS | Why Is This Patient On My Service |
| FOL | Fat Old Lady, Gone Off Legs (GOF), Full Of Sh*t(FOS). Confused Elderly Female, Unable To Exercise At Home, Now Unable To Move Unaided And Badly Constipated As A Result (see Also TCS). |
| 4H | (US) Haemophiliac, Hispanic, Homosexual, Heroin Addict |
| TFTB | Too Fat To Breathe |
| BOHICA | Bend Over, Here It Comes Again |
| MFC | Measure For Coffin |
| VTMK | Voice To Melt Knickers (the Voice Deliberately Cultivated By Some Doctors) |