1. The term designated to the average time it takes a doctor to interrupt a patient who is describing their own symptoms. Coined in 1984 by Beckman and Frankel in the Annals of Internal Medicine. This is used by doctors to control the flow of pertinent information regarding the symptoms, keep focus on what's important, and keep the conversation brief.
2. An informal term designated to how much time it takes in average for a person or animal to completely empty their full bladder unimpeded and without forcing it. Briefly mentioned by the show Mythbusters during the testing of the myth "Peeing on Third Rail".
1. The patient may ramble on about their daily lives, but you gotta know when and how to intercede. In average, doctors learn when to speak in the examination at about 18 seconds. This is known a the 18 Second Rule.
2. Did you know that it takes you the same time to pee as an elephant does regardless of the fact that it's bigger than you? 18 Second Rule, man!
church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"