tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post3485891470879124513..comments2024-03-27T21:54:06.467-07:00Comments on Wordlady: Casting dispersionsKatherine Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-84818020664147432812018-02-27T19:20:32.920-08:002018-02-27T19:20:32.920-08:00What you describe is perfectly correct and traditi...What you describe is perfectly correct and traditional usage of "eloped" (literally: "ran away"). Sometime in the twentieth century, a specific usage related to clandestine or unauthorized marriage became so preeminent that the more general definition fell out of favor among the unwashed masses, but one still often encounter its original definition in technical or legal documents. <br />Historically, it was usually employed to describe the act of suddenly breaking a contract, disappearing in the process ("our housekeeper eloped after two months, taking with him four months' cash advance"), so its appearance in the jargon of health care facilities makes perfect sense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16470846261769377265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-83998212271852017692015-12-31T11:06:28.093-08:002015-12-31T11:06:28.093-08:00Thank you so much for that explanation.
Thank you so much for that explanation.<br />Katherine Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-62237244618884863322015-12-31T11:04:03.300-08:002015-12-31T11:04:03.300-08:00I'm late to the party (over 3 years! but an ed...I'm late to the party (over 3 years! but an editor colleague shared this blog when I noted a "cast dispersions" seen in the wild), but no one else has commented, so: "Elope" is common nursing home/memory care parlance for a patient who flees the facility without notice or permission. Some residents are known "elopement risks." (My own FIL once called a taxi to take him away from a nursing home. Staff intervened.) So I surmise it's used in other health care facilities with "residents." HTH, Kristi Heinfidalgowildlifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105044130722380929noreply@blogger.com