Hate the word "jab" in the media.

we certainly say we're taking the weans for their jags and I have had many a jag that was painful.'Theres a nurse in our practice who I avoid like the plague ,her jags are sore and draw blood

My two year old dgd had the flu jab (in her thigh) a couple of months ago, and apparently didn't even notice. Her dad, when he had one of his routine innoculations at about that age, actually laughed, which even the nurse hadn't seen before. Strange children! ?

B12 injections are painful, in my experience. Apparently it is the B12 substance itself that stings, not just the needle going into the muscle.

Baggs, some injections are, depending on what kind they are. I've had many different ones and I can assure some can be pretty painful and nothing to do with who administered them.
I am certainly not a wimp and have a very high pain threshold.
jag is the perfect word choice for me.

Years ago the doctor said to children, ‘just a little prick’ which is now amended to ‘scratch’ ? in fact the nurse said this to me in October when I had the flu ‘jab’ .....I mean honestly! Treating me like a child! And she never even gave me a lollypop afterwards.?

Hmm, I’d say most jagsdo involve pain, even if it’s usually fleeting. I’ve only had pain-free ones a very few times.

SueDonim

It’s been ‘jag’ in all three areas of Scotland I’ve lived in.

Lemongrove, we all have jags in Scotland, courtesy of the SNP.

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^ jag has connotations of pain, therefore very appropriate.^

Most injections aren’t painful though, marydoll, at least not in my experience.

As a child we called it "a prick". I don't really care - I just want it as soon as possible!

Baggs

Though, when you think about it, most injections are just little pricks.

So are some others I could mention.........

Just hope my jab, jag, little prick or injection is reasonably painless and keeps me safe from Covid.

A jag is also a barb, which a needle could well be! It also means to move in jerks, which at one time injections tended to be. ‘Take aim. Fire!’

I suspect it's a derivation of jaggy, which means prickly or sharp. In my opinion, jag has connotations of pain, therefore very appropriate. ?

So where does ‘jag’ come from ladies of Scotland ? I can of course see where jab fits in as that’s what literally happens but jag doesn’t seem to fit, without an explanation hopefully

Kate1949

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Indeed! I'm glad, I'd begun to think I'd dreamt it!! ?

Though, when you think about it, most injections are just little pricks.

When I was a child in East Yorkshire, we called them pricks. I prefer jag or jab.

It’s been ‘jag’ in all three areas of Scotland I’ve lived in.

Lemongrove, we all have jags in Scotland, courtesy of the SNP.

I did not know that people really complained to the BBC, thought it was just something said in a comedy programme. Did they reply?
It wasn’t a formal complaint patsy.
I just made a comment on the Today programme’s Twitter thing.
Not being fully competent in Twitter use, I don’t know if anyone responded or not.
It obviously fell on deaf ears though!

She did last time with the flu vaccination!
I was trying to pull up my sleeve when she said "I'll go in from the top", hauled down the neck of my jumper and jabbed the top of my arm.
Wham, bam, thank you ma'am.
(At least I couldn't see it.)

The word jab does conjure up a picture of a nurse or doctor lunging at your arm with a needle!

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So you all have jags in Scotland?? Have always wanted one, a very superior car.
Remember the old children's rhyme ‘Hark Hark the dogs do bark, the beggars are coming to town, some in rags and some in jags and one in a velvet gown’ which always seemed a bit strange, I mean if they have a jag then they’re not a beggar.?
I said this once to my Grandma who laughed and said it’s an old word meaning to jape or dance around acting the fool.

I couldn't believe the new Ryan Air ad, which says we can all book our holidays now an 'just jab n go'.

The worst thing I heard on TV yesterday was a Ryanair advert which proclaimed that now that vaccination is here it's safe to book holidays because now you can "Jab and Go!". I kid you not.