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code brown en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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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.

Meanings

1. (humorous) The situation of a person defecating in an undesirable location (e.g. hospital bed or retail store), requiring cleanup.
   • I hear the store speaker call for a cleanup crew: "Code brown on Aisle 2 with a possible runaway cart track to 16." 2005 September 9, Bruce Michaud, “Dog-day misery in Aisle 16”, in North of Tampa, St. Petersburg Times, page 2:

Forms

Coordinates

code yellow

Relateds

code red · number two · code blue · colour code