ohno-second

ohno-second
n
a realisation of error, sudden panic, in e.g. medical slang. The expression mimics technical terms such as nano-second. It describes '...the moment you realise you've dropped that blood sam-ple it took six stabs to get'. (Recorded, British Medical Journal online, 2002).

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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