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Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?

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Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« on: 23/09/2020 16:28:44 »
I feel that a title such as "penisologist" would lead to less confusion.
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #1 on: 23/09/2020 18:15:03 »
Yeah, I too have wondered why such an unspecific name was chosen (I think I know why...) The word urologist implies (to me) that they specialize in subjects related to urine, or urethras or ureters... but both men and women have these.

Phallologist would make more sense (and is more fun to say)

Of course there's always Dickter  ;)
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #2 on: 23/09/2020 18:19:27 »
You guys do know that women go to urologists too, don't you?
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #3 on: 23/09/2020 18:32:28 »
I was not aware--but that makes more sense!
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #4 on: 23/09/2020 23:21:02 »
The clinic is usually called "Genito-Urinary Medicine", even if the practitioners only use half the title, and soldiers, at least, are apt to refer to the "cock doctor" or even the "willy wallah" when things go wrong. I guess that makes the house pharmacist a GUM dispenser.
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #5 on: 24/09/2020 00:23:38 »
I like "penis docto r". Although that would not allow for testicles . Gynecologist is Greek for" women looker" , urologist is about waterworks
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #6 on: 24/09/2020 09:00:23 »
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 24/09/2020 00:23:38
urologist is about waterworks
I think it extends to kidneys and adrenal glands
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #7 on: 24/09/2020 09:08:32 »
Somewhat off-topic, but Rick Wakeman accepted an award a few years back and quipped that he muddled up the Tippex pot with his liquid viagra capsules... he woke up with a massive correction...
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #8 on: 24/09/2020 09:20:58 »
Asked the secret of his political success, Mao Tse-Tung said "No elections".
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #9 on: 24/09/2020 10:17:24 »
Quote from: chris on 24/09/2020 09:08:32
Rick Wakeman ... quipped that he muddled up the Tippex pot with his liquid viagra capsules... he woke up with a massive correction...
Not much reason for him to be an awake man then!
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #10 on: 24/09/2020 10:23:43 »
A long time ago  my GP rejoiced in the name of Dr Dingle- which isn't a euphemism, but sounds like it should be.
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #11 on: 01/10/2020 01:47:21 »
I once tutored a guy named Dick, which is usually an uncontroversial name. His last name, however, was Breath...
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #12 on: 01/10/2020 04:45:15 »
I saw a photograph taken in the grounds of some foreign hospital I think it was Malaysia directing the ladies to  the **** department
Your censorship wont let me write the word but it is a common term for female genitalia
« Last Edit: 01/10/2020 04:49:57 by syhprum »
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #13 on: 01/10/2020 11:46:38 »
And US presidents.
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Re: Is "urologist" a good name for penis doctors?
« Reply #14 on: 20/01/2023 15:23:55 »
I feel sorry for female penis doctors. They see them all the day long, and when they go home the last thing they're interested in seeing is their husband's genitalia...
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