The term 'scrub' is used to describe someone who acts as if they have everything but in actual fact they have nothing. It can also be used to refer to another person who is believed to be inferior. Typically they follow a lifestyle that is considered to make them a 'lesser' person. Often this means that they have no job, no car, no partner and no money. They will depend solely on the charity of their friends and family but do not make any effort to earn the money themselves. They are often loners with no social life and may be drug users with no success in their romantic pursuits. People who are referred to as scrubs often have never been enrolled at school and if they have, they are failing.
The term had an increase in popularity after the release of the TLC single 'No Scrubs', a song about a girl with a boyfriend who is a scrub. The song was TLC's third number one single and eighth top ten single on the Billboard Hot 100. 'No Scrubs' remained at number one in the charts for four weeks and stayed in the top ten for 17 consecutive weeks. Within the Rhythmic Top 40, the single has the record for the longest consecutive stay at number one, reaching a total of 15 weeks. The single led to the group receiving a second Grammy nomination and was the second best selling single of 1999. Within the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the United States, the single went platinum.
'Scrubs', as a noun, is the term used to describe the shirts, trousers and gowns that are worn by doctors and nurses when 'scrubbing in' for surgery. They were introduced to hospitals as simple items of clothing that are easy to launder, have minimal places for dirt to hide and are cheap to replace if they become stained or contaminated.
The term had an increase in popularity after the release of the TLC single 'No Scrubs', a song about a girl with a boyfriend who is a scrub. The song was TLC's third number one single and eighth top ten single on the Billboard Hot 100. 'No Scrubs' remained at number one in the charts for four weeks and stayed in the top ten for 17 consecutive weeks. Within the Rhythmic Top 40, the single has the record for the longest consecutive stay at number one, reaching a total of 15 weeks. The single led to the group receiving a second Grammy nomination and was the second best selling single of 1999. Within the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the United States, the single went platinum.
'Scrubs', as a noun, is the term used to describe the shirts, trousers and gowns that are worn by doctors and nurses when 'scrubbing in' for surgery. They were introduced to hospitals as simple items of clothing that are easy to launder, have minimal places for dirt to hide and are cheap to replace if they become stained or contaminated.
