I went looking...

Posted By: CrankyBeach on 2009-04-29
In Reply to: help! - on exam, says "patient lying naked in bed, having removed - vn

Subject: I went looking...

... and found out that "johnny" can be slang for a condom....

Otherwise, I found an interesting list of medical slang at Wikipedia. It doesn't contain "johnny" but it's pretty entertaining.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_slang

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help! - on exam, says "patient lying naked in bed, having removed - vn
- I asked a doctor if he'd heard of this. - CrankyBeach
- Hey, I found this link, looks like it is Johnny - sm - ?
  - oops, I mean johnny - nm - ?
- I went looking... - CrankyBeach
  - thanks so much for looking into it - I'm just hoping - vn
- I think johnny is a nick name for those skimply little hospital gowns...... - MT and worn out
  - that's what I was thinking, but I've never heard of - vn
    - I don't think I would cap the J as it is not a "brand" name, just slang. nm - MT and worn out

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