I'd like to also find something of the "(verbing) some weight" or "(blanking) some pounds" form.
Doctor-speak is full of phrases that put the emphasis in the wrong place. For example, if I give someone some medication for a particular condition, and it doesn't help them, the standard phrase is "patient failed a trial of drug X." Me, I think that drug X failed the patient....
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Date: 2006-09-10 03:37 pm (UTC)I'd like to also find something of the "(verbing) some weight" or "(blanking) some pounds" form.
Doctor-speak is full of phrases that put the emphasis in the wrong place. For example, if I give someone some medication for a particular condition, and it doesn't help them, the standard phrase is "patient failed a trial of drug X." Me, I think that drug X failed the patient....