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medical Greek

medical Greek noun: the English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.

Noun

medical Greek (uncountable)

  1. (UK, historical) The English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.
    • Their form is like the "Medical Greek" of London medical students, who "poke a smipe" instead of smoking a pipe, and take a "stint of pout" for a pint of stout.1898, The Pedagogical Seminary, volume 5, page 375

Questions about medical Greek

What does medical Greek mean?
Medical Greek means the English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.
What part of speech is medical Greek?
Medical Greek is a noun.

Words near medical Greek in the dictionary

  1. medical examiners
  2. medical finger
  3. medical fingers
  4. medical glove
  5. medical gloves
  6. medical Greek
  7. medical histories
  8. medical history
  9. medical informatics
  10. medical isotope
  11. medical isotopes

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