china girl n.— «David Bowie’s sultry song “China Girl” could well be an ode to the female lab technicians, models, and actresses who once posed in color timing strips—also referred to as “china girls”—for movies...
Harvard death n.— «I thought about that bitter medical student joke, the “Harvard death,” in which all the lab results are perfect, all the electrolytes and body chemistry numbers “in the boxes”—as the patient dies...
Red P n.— «“The tweakers, they’re doing a red P cook,” said a local NMSP undercover agent in advance of the raid. “Tweaker” is slang for meth user. “Red P” is slang for red phosphorous, one of the precursors...
Foblish n.— «My head’s been out of whack for the past 2 weeks, anybody who has talked to me during that time probably knows what i’m talking aboot(misspelling, breaking/dropping crap in chem lab, speakee in foblish, etc.) otherwise not...