code brown
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[edit]Noun
[edit]code brown (plural code browns)
- (Canada, US, medicine) The condition of the occurrence of a hazmat situation at a medical facility.
- (humorous) The situation where a person defecates in an undesirable location (e.g. hospital bed or retail store), requiring cleanup.
- 2005 September 9, Bruce Michaud, “Dog-day misery in Aisle 16”, in North of Tampa, St. Petersburg Times, page 2:
- I hear the store speaker call for a cleanup crew: "Code brown on Aisle 2 with a possible runaway cart track to 16."
- Coordinate term: code yellow
Related terms
[edit]- code black • code blue • code brown • code grey • code orange • code pink • code red • code silver • code white • code yellow
- colour code