From chemistry, I remember that LEO goes GER. Lose electron = oxidation, gain electron = reduction.
There’s something similar for physics that (I think) involves ICE, but I can’t remember it anymore. Apparently it wasn’t very effective.
My husband took a course to be in the ski patrol back in college, and to remember which bone of the lower leg is located to the front of the body, the instructor told them “Tits go in front.” He didn’t have a better way to remember that it’s the tibia that’s in front, but he guaranteed them they’d never forget it after. And he hasn’t.
All Altruists Gladly Make Gum in Gallon Tanks is the mnemonic for the hexoses in binary order if you look at the Fisher projection. It always annoyed me, because I’ve known it for twenty years but had to look it up every time I wanted to tell someone else about it. It’s not a very memorable mnemonic to me.
Lots of medical school (especially anatomy) relies on mnemonics - I bet you could ask almost any doctor to complete the sentence, “As Sally lay flat…” and get the remainder of the old mnemonic -
For the branches of the external carotid artery:
As Sally Lay Flat, Oscar’s Penis Slipped Medially
Ascending Pharyngeal, Superior Thyroid, Lingual, Facial, Occipital, Posterior auricular, Superior Temporal, Maxillary
Cranial nerve function?
Some Say Marry Money, But My Brother Says Big Boobs Matter More
(Sensory, Motor, Both)
Aha! I remembered! It’s “ELI the ICEman” for physics: voltage leading current v. current leading voltage in different circuits. (I did have to look up the application - I vaguely remembered “something leading current” but couldn’t come up with what. I’m no great shakes at circuits.)
A funny mnemonic that is fairly new is “Oh Boy A Feral Giraffe Killed My Little Transparent Yeti”. This mnemonic refers to the classification of stars in astronomy. it stands for OBAFGKMLTY. Yeah that’s a lot of random letters that you need to remember in exact order.
Each letter stands for a certain classification O being for the hottest and brightest stars and Y being for the dimmer stars. This is a newer mnemonic because the letters LTY were just added less than 5 years ago for stars we call brown dwarfs. These are stars that are like really big planets but at the same time really small stars and they are super dim. In some cases you could be right over one and you wouldn’t see it. I saw the mnemonic in a crash course I was watching on YouTube and I haven’t seen it anywhere else.
To know the correct (ascending) order of the general officer ranks: Be My Little General. That’s for Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, General. Yes, that’s how the Drill Sergeant taught it to my platoon in BCT.