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Question: Let me ask a question about nose job surgery.
What I'm not sure of is usage or meaning of "job" in the phrase.
Isn't just "nose surgery" proper?
Answer: Yes, as is "nose job".
MWCD10:
Main Entry: nose job
Function: noun
Date: 1963
: RHINOPLASTY
"Nose job" is the colloquial expression. "Nose surgery" would not be
incorrect, but it would be odd at best.
The "nose job" is a shortening or re-shaping of the nose for cosmetic
reasons. The more formal term would be rhinoplasty.
"Nose surgery" would mean - at least to me - a surgical procedure or
operation done on the nose for medical reasons. To correct a deviated
septum, for example.
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