RPTR IS CONCERNED HE MAY HAVE TURNED DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN WAS INTENDED BY TRACON.

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WHILE IN POS AND HOLDING FOR TKOF ON RWY 32L AT T-10 TWR CTLR SAID 'FLT X; AFTER TKOF TURN L HDG 090 DEGS; CLRED FOR TKOF' FO SET NEW HDG ON FCU BY TURNING KNOB L TO 090 DEGS CAPT (AS PF); STARTED TURN TO L AFTER LIFTOFF; THEN REALIZING THAT WAS THE 'LONG WAY AROUND' TO 090 DEGS TOLD FO TO CONFIRM L TURN. FO INQUIRED TO TWR CTLR ABOUT L TURN. CTLR (OBVIOUSLY RUSHED AND WANTING TO BE RID OF US) SAID 'FLY HDG 090 DEGS AND CONTACT DEP; NOW!' THIS OF COURSE DID NOT CONFIRM THE DIRECTION OF TURN. ACFT WAS IN L TURN AS WE MADE CONTACT WITH DEP CTL. UPON INITIAL CONTACT WITH DEP CTLR FO INQUIRED ABOUT L TURN. DEP CTLR SAID; 'FLT X; TURN R IMMEDIATELY!' BY THE URGENCY IN THE CTLR'S VOICE; WE ASSUMED THERE WAS A TFC CONFLICT; BUT NO TFC WAS ISSUED TO US AND WE DID NOT GET ANY KIND OF TCASII ALERT. AN IMMEDIATE R TURN WAS INITIATED BY THE PF (CAPT) AND NO OTHER COMMENTS WERE GIVEN BY ATC. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS AT ORD FREQUENTLY. WHEN CTLRS ARE WORKING A HVY LOAD OF TFC AND GET RUSHED; THEY TALK FASTER; AND SOMETIMES DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. ADDITIONALLY; THE FREQS ARE SO CROWDED; THERE IS NOT TIME FOR INQUIRY IN A TIMELY FASHION. IT IS ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF OVERLOADED AND RUSHED CREWMEMBERS; NOT 'CATCHING' A BAD CLRNC IN A TIMELY FASHION. WE HAD A SHORT TAXI (ACR BRAVO S TO RWY 32L AT T-10 VIA A-9; TANGO; T-10) THE FREEZING RAIN WHICH WAS FALLING DICTATED EXTRA PROCS (IE; FO TO CABIN TO CHK WINGS FOR ICE; JUST PRIOR TO TKOF). THIS IN TURN COMPRESSED ALL NORMAL CHKLIST DUTIES; INTO A VERY SHORT TAXI TIME. CREW SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT AND QUESTIONED CLRNC PRIOR TO TKOF ROLL. CTLR SHOULD HAVE SLOWED HIS PACE AND GIVEN CORRECTING INFO WHEN WE ASKED FOR IT. DEP HDGS SHOULD BE GIVEN IN INITIAL ATC CLRNC; NOT DURING TKOF CLRNC. THIS WOULD GIVE TIME FOR REVIEW; AND TO CATCH A 'BAD CLRNC.'