walkitoffism
/ˈwɔːkɪtɒfˌɪzəm/nounVerified NewThe inherited doctrine that pain and illness should be walked off, shaken off, and not mentioned — with its measurable cost in late presentation.
It is transmitted by grandfathers and coaches, and it shows up decades later in the emergency department's notes: "symptoms for six months." The doctrine feels like toughness and functions like a delay. Walkitoffism names the ideology so it can be argued with.
Etym. — walk it off + -ism — a folk instruction promoted to a belief system.
Rel. — nofussdelay · burdenline
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