Scrubs (?)

[nq:1]Hello there, I've been watching this US TV drama "Grey's Anatomy" (www.imdb.com/title/tt0413573/) It's only recently that I've heard the characters ... Any idea what they might mean in relation to the kind of language they might use in this particular place?[/nq]
'Scrubs' are the special clothes surgeons wear during operations. 'Scrub up' is the washing process of the hands that they do

[nq:2]Hello there, I've been watching this US TV drama "Grey's ... kind of language they might use in this particular place?[/nq]
[nq:1]'Scrubs' are the special clothes surgeons wear during operations. 'Scrub up' is the washing process of the hands that they do before operations. FYI, in BrE, 'The Scrubs' is Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London.[/nq]
"Scrubs" is also American slang (somew

In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented Walsky
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[nq:1]Hello there, I've been watching this US TV drama "Grey's Anatomy" (www.imdb.com/title/tt0413573/) It's only recently that I've heard the characters ... Any idea what they might mean in relation to the kind of language they might use in this particular place?[/nq]
"Scrub" means to wash vi

[nq:2]Hello there, I've been watching this US TV drama "Grey's ... kind of language they might use in this particular place?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Scrub" means to wash vigorously in English. In medical context it refers to the process of preparing for surgery - ... in" is to prepare to join a surgical team, by washing up, putting on scrubs, and being gowned and gloved.[/nq]
I speak from some experie

In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented Tony Cooper
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[nq:1]I speak from some experience in this, since I've donned scrubs at least as often as anyone here. I've been an observer in countless surgical procedures as part of my business. Scrubs - also called "greens" - are not autoclaved.[/nq]
I've only been on the floor of an o

[nq:1]I've only been on the floor of an operating theatre in a vertical position a couple of times, and both times (same day, same hospital) my scrubs came in a brown paper package which came out of an autoclave in the changing room[/nq]
I wouldn't dispute your own experience, Lars, but an autoclave sterilizes by high pressure steam heat. That's not good for paper or cloth. There are dry heat

In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented Tony Cooper
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:2]I've only been on the floor of an operating theatre ... which came out of an autoclave in the changing room[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't dispute your own experience, Lars, but an autoclave sterilizes by high pressure steam heat. That's not good for paper or cloth. There are

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[nq:2]I don't know what "light indigo" is. Can you find it at: http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html[/nq]
[nq:1]It is the color of slightly faded blue jeans - which were at one time dyed with indigo. I can't ... a shade of pure blue. Bluish magenta? I understand many pe

Lars Eighner filted:
[nq:2]I don't know what "light indigo" is. Can you find it at: http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html[/nq]
[nq:1]It is the color of slightly faded blue jeans - which were at one time dyed with indigo. I can't ... a shade of pure blue. Bluish magenta? I understand many people are unce

I mentioned in my post that greens are now often blue. Some still call blue greens greens. A pile of blue greens will range from the original blue to a faded blue from repeated laundering.

I have to point out that you are 'way over my head when it comes to naming colors. When I go into a department store to look for (blue) jeans, it seems there are several different shades of blue. I don'