code brown

English

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Noun

code brown (plural code browns)

1. (Canada, US, medicine) The condition of the occurrence of a hazmat situation at a medical facility.
2. (humorous) The situation where a person defecates in an undesirable location (e.g. hospital bed or retail store), requiring cleanup.

   Coordinate term: code yellow

   • 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."

Related terms

• code blue • code brown • code red • code silver • code white • code yellow
• colour code

See also

• number two