My husband thinks I’m being a bit silly over this, but why can’t the BBC, ITV and everywhere else talking about the vaccination, call the injection the vaccination, or double vaccination ? Instead they call it the JAB!!!! It drives me mad every time I hear it. Honestly, “double jabbed” for pity’s sake! Anyone with me on that one?
Corryanna I have no problem at all with jabs or jags or many other expressions that seem to cause people such angst - for me life is just too short to be fretting about these things. But I did smile at you complaining about the use of the word “jab” but then happily using the expression “my bad”. It’s a funny old world right enough!
‘Brekkie’ makes me wince, though, and FiL used to say ‘brekker’- wince again.
‘Gifting’ instead of giving. Shall have to brace myself in a few months when shops will be full of signs about C-word ‘gifting’. Even John Lewis was at it last year - I would have hoped that they’d know better.
Some mentioned that 'sick' is now being used for great or nice or wonderful. Something good anyway. Then I heard it on TV and was 'gobsmacked' (sorry). Young people are using it. How on earth did that one come about? It already has two meanings, either vomit or sickening.
Facilitate means to make something easier, so it is not always interchangeable with helping.
We have different words because we want to express nuances.
I object to jab for vaccinate or innoculate because it infers that person doing the vaccinating is not being careful but just sticking a needle into you any old how.
I don't really worry one way or another, but I do raise my eyebrows at adults using childish words such as furbaby and hubby. I think my irritation at use of the word jab is I feel the BBC are assuming that we will not understand long words like injection or vaccination . Dumbing down
JaneJudge I prefer jab or vac to (----)Can't write it certainly not use a word what seems to be the norm these days that many use when shouting abuse at or referring to a person as a 'p---k.' Because they don't like who they are? / what they say/ or do?