| Acronym | Meaning |
| 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. |
| UFO | Unidentified Frozen Object: Unidentified Dead Homeless Person In The Winter |
| TFTB | Too Fat To Breathe |
| PIAF | PIssed As A Fart (drunk) (also PAAF -Pissed As A Fart) |
| FMPS | Fluff My Pillow Syndrome (attention/sympathy Seeker) |
| ERNOBW | Engine Running, No One Behind The Wheel (questionable IQ) |
| ALP185 | Acute Lead Poisoning, 185 Grain Injection - 9mm Gunshot Wound |
| 4H | (US) Haemophiliac, Hispanic, Homosexual, Heroin Addict |
| GOMER | Get Out Of My Emergency Room; Extended To Mean Elderly Patient Who Is Unable To Communicate Their Symptoms And Passed From One Department To Another |
| TMB | Too Many Birthdays: Person Dying Of "old Age" |