I hate the word 'jab'

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There, I said it.

In what context? It's fine in boxing, but do you mean used instead of injection / vaccination?

@iklboo yes, instead of 'jag' mostly.

I don't know why it bothers me so much, but it does!

The most hideous phrase to come out of the pandemic was ‘jabs in arms’.

Oh, I hate 'jag' much more.

Are you Scottish? We say jag. Even the Scottish news used jag. But uk news and politicians all say jab.

Jag is much worse! Isn't it Scottish dialect, though?

Loathe jag.

I can cope with ‘jag’ because it’s traditionally Scottish, and I got used to my aunties saying it.

@watcherintherye never heard that one!

@museumum I am.

I hate ‘jag’, sounds so American, and we’ve enough of that creeping in !

Okay, seems I'm just ignorant then. Apologies!

Jag is much better, scrab is better than scratch. NI and Scottish words rock.

well you can hate it all you like but its actually scottish

Do others not use 'jaggy' then?

No, never. tbh, I's always assumed that people saying "jag" were mis-saying "jab". 😃

I just thought all the jabs in arms people were people who couldn't say jags.😀

No, you're not ignorant! Just different to others.

www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/jag_n1_v1

Jag has been in use in Scots for centuries. No creeping Americanisms here!

As an Australian in the UK, I loathe both. Makes me feel like I'm being spoken to as if I'm about 5. Sort of like 'tummy' for stomach/abdomen, or other infantilising words.

Well, I shall now let the rage wash over me when I read 'jab' on here or hear it on TV.

I will continue to seethe quietly when I hear my friends/colleagues/fellow Scots say it.

Quickest therapy session ever.

Stop being so rational op, can't you continue with your frothing ways? This is MN after all!

Like jaggy nettles?
I'm also scottish but will use jabs or jags

Well YANBU to find it an annoying word - we all have things which irrationally irritate us.

But YABVU if you're under the mistaken impression that 'jag' is the 'correct' informal term for an injection and that the people saying 'jab' are getting it wrong. 'Jag' is Scottish, 'jab' is English, simple as that. Besides, it's 'jab' because you can 'jab' someone with a pointed object. Would a Scottish person say 'he jagged me with his finger '?

You could be jagged by the finger nail on that finger they are jabbing you with

I would relate a jab to a blunt object (like a punch or a poke) and a jag to a pointed, sharp object (thorns, needles)