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(UK, historical) The English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.

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medical Greek

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(UK, historical) The English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.

Japanese Meaning

（英国・歴史的な用法）ロンドンの病院で医学生が使用していたスラングで、意図的に音の順序を入れ替える（スプーナリズム）手法を含む、医療用語をもじった表現です。

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深夜の病棟回診中、年長の学生たちはかつてロンドンの医学生が使っていた、意図的なスプーナリズムを用いる歴史的な俗語で楽しみ、新入りを困惑させる巧妙な言い回しを交換していた。

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(UK, historical) The English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.

Their form is like the "Medical Greek" of London medical students, who "poke a smipe" instead of smoking a pipe, and take a "stint of pout" for a pint of stout.

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