Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

code brown

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: code brown
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation of a person defecating in an undesirable location (e.g. hospital bed or retail store), requiring cleanup.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"I hear the store speaker call for a cleanup crew: "Code brown on Aisle 2 with a possible runaway cart track to 16.""

Etymology

Probably originally a code used in some hospitals; some hospitals today still use code brown to one or another kind of environmental or hazardous-material emergency.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

code browns (plural)

Phrases

colour code code blue code red number two

Frequently Paired Words

colour code code blue code red number two code yellow

Questions

What does code brown mean?: The situation of a person defecating in an undesirable location (e.g. hospital bed or retail store), requiring cleanup.
Where does code brown come from?: Probably originally a code used in some hospitals; some hospitals today still use code brown to one or another kind of environmental or hazardous-material emergency.

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