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terms. Professionalisms can be used in informal professional
communication but they should be avoided in the official
professional language.
"10,000 Foot View" Seeing a business proposition or
proposal from a 10,000 foot view often means that you're just
beginning to delve into a business idea. You can, at a glance, get
an initial feel for what the project or proposal entails without first
getting into the nitty-gritty details.
"Bang for the Buck" - is one of the most used and favored
business jargon words or phrases these days. Giving your
customers the best bang for the buck means you're delivering an
excellent product for the amount they spend.
"Sweat Equity" - Many business, particularly recent start-
ups, do not have money available to pay for key employees or
consultants. Instead of paying them a salary, hourly, or a retainer,
they let them earn "sweat equity". This means the work/sweat put
into the business gets compensated by equity/ownership in the
business.
Medical Professionalisms
Much of doctors’ slang serves a very particular need: the
need to jot things down on a patient’s notes that explained the
patient’s situation, but in a way that the patient themselves would
not be able to understand. As such, it’s often quite insulting, and
usually involves some quite dark humour. This kind of doctors’
slang is now in decline, as records are increasingly computerised
and made available to patients who want to know what these odd
abbreviations mean. However, the other variety of doctors’ slang –
mocking nicknames for different departments and specialities – is
still going strong.
1. CTD – Circling the Drain: A typically dark example of
medical humour, a patient who is ‘circling the drain’ is expected to
pass away soon. Unsurprisingly, doctors have endless coded ways
of referring to this, in order to make each other aware of the

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