Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Mixed Messages

Pimp my slang

BMJ 2007; 335 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39414.699005.94 (Published 20 December 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;335:1295

Rapid Response:

Toenails

Toenails.

An enthusiastic junior member of the team, who has ingratiated
themselves with their boss, to the extent that they are so far up the back
passage of his/her boss that his/her toenails are the only part of their
body which can be seen.

For example "Here comes tubby and toenails for the ward round"

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

15 January 2008
Andy Wood
Senior Teaching Fellow
ST Andrew Fife