https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/23104/any-new-vocabulary-additions-out-thereOver the last few months I have borne the brunt of my household just because I am so poor when it comes to the new words being generated by the use of social media. It got me thinking, is this also happening in the veterinary circles....does anyone haveen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/140433?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:31:05 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ebdc501a-6746-48bc-a219-ac47d2bcdd53Hannah Wynne Richards<p>ISAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<img src="/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/140424?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:00:02 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ab87ead6-3d46-4e5d-bb54-6e40ef0741d6Martin Atkinson<p>Well one I came across in February was endectoside. I&#39;d never heard it before that and now it is common usage.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/140399?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:46:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:2d8c47f1-49a6-46d2-b944-c8818c63eca7Miriam Lodewyks<p>Well, we do use acronyms to alert colleagues of a client&#39;s general demeanour, or attitude towards spending money, but I don&#39;t think they&#39;re for general consumption. I do occasionally get stumped by a selection of &quot;google diagnoses&quot;: terms that are usually coined by &quot;google-vets&quot; or breeders. They used to fluster me, but nowadays I just laugh them off with an attitude of &quot;well if I&#39;ve never heard of it before, it&#39;s unlikely they&#39;re teaching that one at ANY of the Veterinary Colleges in the UK... Maybe you should go ahead and write a paper about it.&quot; </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>