An orthopedic surgeon is someone who is specialized in bones. For example, i have a bad knee injury, and i’ll have to get 2 or 3 surgeries next year, and the orthopedic will do the surgeries.
An orthopedic is also someone who helps people, like me. He sent me to do physical therapy, and i was the youngest there and all the other people was 60+ qnd he had done surgery on almost all of them.
“Hey i went to the orthopedic yesterday and i need surgery”
Doctors: i’m gonnasend you to an orthopedic surgeon.
Function: noun
: the study of medicine concerned with the correction or prevention of deformities, disorders, or injuries of the skeleton and associated structures.G
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.