code pink
n.— «Key cards get authorized personnel access to where they need to be. All of the nursery staff have a little bear on their ID so you know they’re legitimate. As a last resort, there’s something called “Code Pink,” an alarm system at the nurses station which locks down the whole hospital. No one leaves until the baby is found.» —“Baby security at local hospitals” by Adam Longo WATE-TV (Knoxville, Tennessee) Mar. 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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