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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

jocular terms for a doctor

Hi,

quack?
bolus?
croaker?

Which of them will do?

Imagine your good friends (a young couple) are both doctors. And you run into them on the street...

Would the following "salutation" be ok?

"Hi quacks! How are you today?"

Can I use "croaker" (or some other jocular term) in a similar case?

Thanks a lot!

mus-te
  

Top answer

Of those, I only know 'quack'. MUSCOVITE "Hi quacks! " Oh my!

— Mister Micawber

  • Of those, I only know 'quack'.
  • MUSCOVITE "Hi quacks!
  • " Oh my!
  • No.
  • It is not a jocular term; it is insulting.
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Of those, I only know 'quack'.
MUSCOVITE"Hi quacks! How are you today?"
Oh my! No. It is not a jocular term; it is insulting.
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I am so sorry... My dictionary positions "quack" next to "esculapian" ...that is why I was 100% sure "quack" was absolutely innocent
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MUSCOVITEI am so sorry... My dictionary positions "quack" next to "esculapian" ...that is why I was 100% sure "quack" was absolutely innocent Don't tell me that 'esculapian' does not work here either .... I will be the last straw for me .... Sorry - sorry - sorry
Thanks for the new word. I doubt I'll ever use it, but it's nice to know. Esculapian. Another on t
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Hi,,

To me, 'sawbones' is an extremely old-fashioned term.

'Croak' is slang for 'die'.
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Some slang terms for doctor:

sawbones (or 'bones, for short)

shrink (for psychiatrist, short for headshrinker)

daktari (Swahili for doctor - this is my favorite, and I'm just waiting to get on friendly enough terms with a doctor so that I can call him/her this)

doc (short for doctor)

medic
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If you want a jocular way to greet a doctor, probably your best choice is "What's up, Doc?" This combines the casual term "doc" (for "doctor") with a line from the old Bugs Bunny cartoons.
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Hi,

The only time I've heard of a doctor being called 'bones' was the fictional Dr Leonard McCoy on the TV series Star Trek.
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Many thanks to everybody who responded/commented on my 'quack' query! Emotion: bow
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Any time!

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