Shame-edit
When forced to follow a reviewer's suggestions for an academic rewrite even when patently wrong or misses the point. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
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A collection of 33 issues
Glancecode
The silent exchange of looks between staff when things turn serious.
Pretendoscope
The cheap and non-functional piece of stethoscope-shaped plastic ceremonially bestowed to allow us to pretend we might actually hear something other than our own disappointment. Submitted by Sebastian Knudsen.
Skinprint
Shiftmelt
The total surrender of body and mind collapsing into bed after a brutal night shift.
Scrubshade
Scalpshadow
The faint line of dryness where a scrub cap has pressed all day.
Plastisweat
Pagerdrop
The instant icy sink in your stomach when the cardiac arrest pager erupts.
Nearmissium
The cold-hot relief of catching a near-disaster just in time.