Timeline for Using the word "doc"
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| Aug 4, 2023 at 19:12 | comment | added | Doug Warren | One might directly address a doctor as "Doc", if one wished to be irreverent. However, I feel that hardly anyone would refer to a doctor as "a doc" to a third party. | |
| Aug 4, 2023 at 14:58 | comment | added | John Lawler | They hope. No, they're calling them "doc" because that's the way tough US soldiers talk in movies, to show they're tough US soldiers instead of scared farmboys. | |
| Oct 22, 2014 at 11:41 | vote | accept | user132181 | ||
| Oct 21, 2014 at 20:16 | answer | added | B Curt | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 17:24 | comment | added | Tristan r | I've noticed that in American war films and television series, military personnel refer to medics that are with them, as “doc”. That's despite the fact that they are not doctors, but enlisted medical personnel. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 16:12 | comment | added | Kristina Lopez | ...and "Bones" is probably short for the other questionable nickname for doctors, "sawbones". Ouch! | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 14:37 | vote | accept | user132181 | ||
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| Mar 12, 2014 at 14:37 | vote | accept | user132181 | ||
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| Mar 12, 2014 at 14:25 | answer | added | David M | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 14:07 | answer | added | J.R. | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 13:55 | comment | added | user132181 | The question came to my mind randomly :) | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 13:40 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I can safely say I've never heard a doctor say "There's no need to stand on ceremony - just call me 'Doc'". So I wouldn't do it. Why would you want to? It's probably a step up from "Bones" though, and Captain Kirk always seemed to be on good terms with Doctor McCoy despite the flippant address. | |
| Mar 12, 2014 at 13:17 | history | edited | Matt E. Эллен |
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| Mar 12, 2014 at 13:14 | history | edited | user132181 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 12, 2014 at 13:08 | history | asked | user132181 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |