Slang words which make me cringe ?

Jab (or jag) is a nice short word. Or even a horrible short word. But the point is, it is short. That's why it's used.

Reminds me of something I was reading at work the other day that talked about facilitating something. What's wrong with the simpler word "helping", I wondered?

Vaccination is all very well from the Latin word for cow but jab (or jag) are equal in terms of meaning.

So I tend to agree that letting its use "drive you mad" is silly.

BTW there is another thread on this! www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1297660-Jab-or-Jag

Vaccination comes from the latin vacca, meaning a cow. At one time vaccinations were limited to innoculations against smallpox using the weaker cowpox virus, hence the name. The word vaccine and vaccination has now come to mean any injection to encourage the body to develop immunity to a disease.

Everything has to be abbreviated as no one seems to like long words any more! Jab, or in some parts of the UK, jag, has now become part of the language. In a sense I am with you, but I doubt you will receive much support, even if jab actually only refers to the piercing of the skin with the hollow needle before the actual injection takes place.