Fwd: [SOAPM] titers to evaluate vaccines

[Baker, John]

        Or maybe it's just "gig," in the "to move backwards and forwards" sense.   In OED and Webster's Third, pronounced with hard G's.


John Baker


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joel S. Berson
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 2:48 PM
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Subject: Re: Fwd: [SOAPM] titers to evaluate vaccines

At 2/24/2012 02:19 PM, Dan Nussbaum wrote:
>Is this a new use for the word "gig?" Also is it pronounced guig or jig?

I think it's simply a mistake for "jig" -- "To move up and down or to
and fro with a rapid jerky motion."  OED 2.a.  See also
"jiggle".  (Makes sense if "lood" below should be "blood".)

Joel


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>From: Christoph Diasio <cdiasio at GMAIL.COM>
>To: SOAPM <SOAPM at LISTSERV.AAP.ORG>
>Sent: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 10:42 am
>Subject: Re: [SOAPM] titers to evaluate vaccines
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>I think you are correct- AND it is much less painful to get another
>ound of vaccines than gig around in a small child's arm to get enough
>lood to run titers....
>Christoph
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