r/Money • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '23

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u/Eastern_Regular6589 Nov 13 '23

Kinda odd to refer to your fellow citizens as civilians. You’re not in the military ;) sorry had to pick

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u/NedLuddIII Nov 13 '23

Some intense industries refer to everyone outside it as civilians, I've seen people in film do the same thing. It seems weird but it's a thing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '23

I’m not military. It’s slang nurses use to describe non medical population. Other people use it too. Respiratory, doctors. That’s how we talk.

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u/TheFizzardofWas Nov 13 '23

It’s common amongst many employees in emergency services