Jargon Watch: Gastric Condom, Equasy, Dark Flow, Virtual Parent
- Filed under: Horse Racing News, Horse Racing Results, Horse Racing Tips
- Date: Jun 15,2009
Gastric condom n. An alternative to gastric bypass surgery in treating morbid obesity. The polymer sleeve is fed through the patient's gullet and fixed below the stomach to prevent calorie absorption in the first 2 feet of small intestine. Equasy n. Short for equine addiction syndrome, the clinical name for avid horsemanship proposed by David Nutt. The British psychopharmacology expert peeved the Home Secretary and the British Horse Society by claiming that equasy is as risky as taking the dr



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