gomer
2
9.9
- noun
- /ˈɡoʊmər/
- Slur
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[término ofensivo para paciente anciano o crónico]
- It's not even fun until they send up three at once, then we give the gomers our first bracket while you dive under.
Examples
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I learned that the gray-haired patients that I had once called "gomers" were people with stories to tell and things to teach.
Fiction book (1997) -
The doctor sighed as he glanced at the chart of another gomer who had been admitted for chronic heart failure.
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Come to collect your gomer, doctor.
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Listen, as far as this hospital is concerned, gomers do not exist.
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You sent a gomer up to gastro.
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I heard the tired voice of my resident say, "Another hit, some 90-year-old gomer with cancer."
Fiction book (1997) -
We don't treat gomers.
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In the busy ward, the nurses often referred to patients like Mr. Smith as gomers, knowing they were unlikely to make any significant recovery.
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She expressed her frustration about the gomer in room 204, whose condition had not improved in months.
Idioms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gomer in hospitals is often remembered by the rude, made-up phrase 'Get Out of My Emergency Room', but that story was probably made later. It came from older slang for a hopeless or difficult patient, which is why calling someone a gomer is disrespectful and suggests little chance of recovery.