Acronyms

Paulm said:
that IS another topic , that along with just different words to describe things or nicknames, grunt, leg, squid, etc.... two phonetic words i still use a lot are CHARLIE MIKE, and ALPHA MIKE FOXTROT... just 2 that stuck with me for different reasons...lol
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CHARLIE MIKE was a favorite of a former colleague, a retired USAF E-8. He was probably the hardest working, most focused, driven guy I ever worked with.
 
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Duke said:
CHARLIE MIKE was a favorite of a former colleague, a retired USAF E-8. He was probably the hardest working, most focused, driven guy I ever worked with.
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was he by any chance a former or trained PJ specialist ? ... CHARLIE MIKE is a term used commonly in spec war groups.
 
Paulm said:
was he by any chance a former or trained PJ specialist ? ... CHARLIE MIKE is a term used commonly in spec war groups.
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No, he had been an aircraft maintainer, did three tours in SEA. His last job before retiring was as the maintenance supervisor for an F-111 wing.
 
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titch2k6 said:
Putting them politely (you will get an idea of what banned words should fit. If not, they begin with the same letter.....):

TARFU - Things Are Really Fluffed Up (can also be, Totally And Royally Fluffed Up)
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fluffed Up
FUBAR - Fluffed Up Beyond All Recognition

There is another stage beyond FUBAR, and that is SFUINEF (sfoo-in-ef) - So Fluffed Up It's Not Even Funny!!
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Thanks you saved me 15 min of googling lol
 
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This thread is too hard to understand lol.
 
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I use many acronyms daily when I write up my patient notes... here are some of them (with the explanations!):

MH - medical history (you can even shorten "history" to "hx", although that's not an acronym as such)
STE - soft tissue examination
NAD - nothing abnormal detected
CO - complains of (as in the patient)
OE - on examination
DNA - did not attend
FTA - failed to attend
ANK - appointment not kept
NV - next visit
TCA - to come again

There are dozens more but these are enough to be going on with!
 
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