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TIL British slang for injection is ‘jab’. I like this actually, sounds more jovial than getting a ‘shot’.
by 40four 6y ago
TIL British slang for injection is ‘jab’. I like this actually, sounds more jovial than getting a ‘shot’.
- mc32 6y agoTo me it’s a synonym to shot or injection. It doesn’t seem particularly a Britishism. Perhaps they don’t use shot as much?
- Wohlf 6y agoIt's not uncommon in the US either. Jab, poke, and stab are all used as euphemisms for an injection in my experience.
- TakawaraJu 6y agoMy father briefly worked in the U.K. in the 80’s and claims that British nurses would say ‘you’ll feel a small prick’ just as they were about to insert the needle. I’m not sure if it’s true but it has always made me chuckle.
- rich_sasha 6y agoTotally true. They now replaced it with “sharp scratch”, quite a good description but lacks oomph for sure.