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ry commented on the word plumbum oscillans
(probably pseudo-) Latin for "swinging the lead"; British doctors' slang for malingering, or seeking a sick note to take time off work. I believe I saw this a while back in an old Eric Partridge slang dictionary. It may originally have been a British armed forces' slang term, equivalent to the U.S. goldbricking
May 10, 2013