Definition of departure lounge
departure lounge
noun
- the geriatric ward. Used by doctors in the UK.
Citation: "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003
- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
Last edited on Aug 06 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 23 2010.
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