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Oh. WTF is this article? “Jabs”? No one seriously studying the science of this would refer to them as that.

by dpkonofa 3y ago

richbell 3y ago
"Jab" is slang for injection commonly used in the UK. It's not necessarily a derogatory term.
- iamthemonster 3y ago
  Agree - I know plenty of British and Australian doctors who routinely say "jabs" in their day to day work, it's a completely neutral term, if anything it'd go down better with patients than "injection".
  - klipt 3y ago
    "I thought you might like an injection" https://youtu.be/3ZOoKCOWlbs https://youtu.be/3ZOoKCOWlbs
busymom0 3y ago
"Jab" has been used in courts too to describe "jab or job" policies.
adamredwoods 3y ago
I thought it was odd at first, but then I saw the author was from "Cambridge" and that cleared things up. For those that don't know: "jab" was a derogatory slang used in the US when people would discuss the COVID vaccine in a negative way. I believe the US uses the word "shot" instead (not that it has any better connotations).
- jesterson 3y ago
  > For those that don't know: "jab" was a derogatory slang used in the US when people would discuss the COVID vaccine in a negative way. lol, it's a first time i see jab as a "derogatory" definition. Mind to explain where you get it from?
  - kelipso 3y ago
    It's a result of being on twitter too much lol.
    - dpkonofa 3y ago
      I don't use Twitter so, no, it has nothing to do with Twitter.
  - srcreigh 3y ago
    it’s just the reality of language in America. Anti vax people tend to use the word jab mockingly, others call it the vaccine or the COVID shots. For example you’d never hear someone say “I just got my Covid jab”.
    - dpkonofa 3y ago
      This is exactly it. Anti-vaxxers use "jab" as a derogatory term to try and make it seem malicious.
- dpkonofa 3y ago
  Thanks for not downvoting me and attempting to see things from a different perspective. This is exactly what my reaction was based on. Anyone in the US is probably sick of hearing their crazy family members talk about "the jab" and all the nonsense that surrounds statements like this.

Oh. WTF is this article? “Jabs”? No one seriously studying the science of this would refer to them as that.

richbell 3y ago

"Jab" is slang for injection commonly used in the UK. It's not necessarily a derogatory term.

iamthemonster 3y ago
Agree - I know plenty of British and Australian doctors who routinely say "jabs" in their day to day work, it's a completely neutral term, if anything it'd go down better with patients than "injection".
- klipt 3y ago
  "I thought you might like an injection" https://youtu.be/3ZOoKCOWlbs https://youtu.be/3ZOoKCOWlbs

busymom0 3y ago

"Jab" has been used in courts too to describe "jab or job" policies.

adamredwoods 3y ago

I thought it was odd at first, but then I saw the author was from "Cambridge" and that cleared things up. For those that don't know: "jab" was a derogatory slang used in the US when people would discuss the COVID vaccine in a negative way. I believe the US uses the word "shot" instead (not that it has any better connotations).

jesterson 3y ago
> For those that don't know: "jab" was a derogatory slang used in the US when people would discuss the COVID vaccine in a negative way. lol, it's a first time i see jab as a "derogatory" definition. Mind to explain where you get it from?
- kelipso 3y ago
  It's a result of being on twitter too much lol.
  - dpkonofa 3y ago
    I don't use Twitter so, no, it has nothing to do with Twitter.
- srcreigh 3y ago
  it’s just the reality of language in America. Anti vax people tend to use the word jab mockingly, others call it the vaccine or the COVID shots. For example you’d never hear someone say “I just got my Covid jab”.
  - dpkonofa 3y ago
    This is exactly it. Anti-vaxxers use "jab" as a derogatory term to try and make it seem malicious.
dpkonofa 3y ago
Thanks for not downvoting me and attempting to see things from a different perspective. This is exactly what my reaction was based on. Anyone in the US is probably sick of hearing their crazy family members talk about "the jab" and all the nonsense that surrounds statements like this.