A colourful slang term for an ambulance, playing on 'band-aid' (a common brand name used generically for a small adhesive plaster) as a symbol of medical care, combined with 'buggy' (informal for a vehicle).
A colourful slang term for an ambulance, playing on 'band-aid' (a common brand name used generically for a small adhesive plaster) as a symbol of medical care, combined with 'buggy' (informal for a vehicle). The term is typically used in a light-hearted or wry register rather than in genuine emergency contexts. Part of a family of informal names for emergency vehicles. Usage appears to be American in origin and is sporadic rather than widespread.
The crowd parted as the band-aid buggy came wailing down the street toward the accident scene.
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(derogatory, slang) Emergency medical technicians, first-aiders, or other pre-hospital medical workers.
(informal, idiomatic, Australia, Canada, US, Philippines) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
(derogatory) A group of injured people.
Informal American slang for an ambulance, combining the Band-Aid brand name used generically for a medical patch with buggy, an informal term for a vehicle. Typically used in casual conversation rather than in medical or emergency settings. The term has a slightly irreverent tone, treating emergency response with the same breezy informality as other vehicle nicknames in American slang. The term is part of a broader tradition of informal American vehicle nicknames that personalize or domesticate emergency or official vehicles.
Someone must have called 911 because a band-aid buggy pulled up to the gym within minutes.
(slang) An ambulance.