Hate the word "jab" in the media.

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

Kate1949

Crossed posts Ailidh

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

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

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

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!’

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

Baggs

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

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

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

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

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

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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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.

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.?

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.

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

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! ?

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

When I was a girl, a "Jag" was a fancy car that my cousin aspired to.

Castillemon I divorced the little prick followed by a dull ache

Tweedle24 ?

I am going to give an armful on Monday and will take note of what she (or he) says!

It is unbearable to me too that we are dumbing down and using childish euphemisms when discussing an important process. Just say inoculation - how difficult can that be.

Interesting that the use of jab originates in U.S. from criminal slang for the illicit use of drugs. The second example in the OED relates to injecting a bullock.

1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 48 Jab, current amongst morphine and cocaine fiends. A hypodermic injection.
1959 Punch 13 May 658/3 Receiving the hypodermic jab intended for the bullock.

Both suggest, perhaps, a less gentle application of the needle than the word injecton.

The word 'jab' is mildly annoying yes, but not nearly as annoying to me as the term 'my bad' which is in common use now and means 'my mistake.'

It is actually American basketball slang and some quite old members of staff where I work use it, to my irritation.

Happy with jab-the sooner the better, but if a vaccination will move me up the list I’m willing to say that.

Jag here in Scotland ???????.

Inoculation works better than jab if you’re a ventriloquist