Health Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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barrida n. My grandmother still gets Barridas. She got scared when she saw a hose and thought it was a snake. The next day she felt sick. The day after—she got a barrida. I’m hiding while taking the picture, because once again, she’d kill me. You can’t see them, but my Aunt and mom are off to the sides shaking their heads. They obviously don’t believe in Barridas, even though my mom did get herself cured of Susto the other day. [Spanish United States Health] [full cite] (Dec. 26, 2004)

bat wing n.pl. With so much celebrity flexing and flaunting going on, more women are turning to plastic surgeons to give them shapelier, more sinuous arms, Harper’s Bazaar reports. The “bat wing procedure” for tightening and defining the triceps has become increasingly popular. [English Health] [full cite] (Sep. 29, 2004)

bat wings n.pl. Women often complain about bat wings, also known as less-than-toned triceps. [English United States Health] [full cite] (Sep. 29, 2004)

bat wings n.pl. You don’t want someone to grab the backs of your arms and come up with bat wings. [English Health] [full cite] (Sep. 29, 2004)

beaver fever n. Pender said the water treatment plant will resolve long-standing complaints that residents have had with the quality of drinking water. In the early 1990s, the city’s supply was contaminated with giardia, a parasitic infection that attacks the digestive system and is often known as “beaver fever.” [English Health] [full cite] (Jul. 6, 2007)

Beijing hack n. Within a couple hours of our arrival, Elisa and I had already acquired what we referred to as the “Beijing hack."…He warned that some of the games would have to be rescheduled because of pollution if Beijing did not, literally, clean up its act. [English China Health Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 20, 2007)

big snip n. Circumcision reared its head again this week, this time on Northern Exposure (ITV) Friday. Holling decides to take the big snip at age 63 in order to please girlfriend Shelly. The best line, delivered by Dr. Fleishman as he tries to talk Holling out of the unnecessary surgery was, “It’s different with me, I’m Jewish. It’s in the contract.” [English Health Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 18, 2007)

big snip n. Taking me to the vet for "the big snip," then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Health Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 18, 2007)

bigarexia n. Over-exercising may be a sign of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, two common and potentially fatal eating disorders. It may also be due to other psychological disorders (e.g. obsessive-compulsive disorder), or to megarexia (also referred to as “bigarexia” or “muscle dysmorphia"). [English Health] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

bigarexia n. Many men also have a disorder called reverse anorexia, or bigarexia, which means that they see themselves as scrawny when they’re really very big and muscular. [English Health] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2005)

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