Sub-Animated State

A substitution to Physicians calling humans "Vegetables" when they are in a coma or unresponsive and saying that they are in a "Vegetative State". Humans are animals and not plants.

The patient has been in a sub-animated state for several weeks. He/she is sub-animate or a sub-animate. The term replaces the uncouth statement that he/she is a vegetable. He or she is in a vegetative state.

pump

I am old enough to remember when the word "Pump" meant to try and get information from someone. Recently, on a Perry Mason rerun the other day the word "Pump" was used in that context. Lt. Tragg asked Perry if he "pumped" the witness for information.

"Did you pump the witness for information? " - Lt. Tragg to Perry Mason on a recent Perry Mason re-run.