[Ads-l] Jabs

[Dennis During]

Wiktionary reports 'jab' as "British" in the injection sense. Online Oxford
Lexico UK reports it as "informal", whereas Lexico US doesn't have it.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 10:18 AM Margaret Winters <mewinters at wayne.edu>
wrote:

> From yesterday's NYTimes:
> At Rio’s Carnival, Vaccine Jabs Are In, Glitter and Samba Out <
> https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/8ldCbPcvf7FhSUdNcrK2vg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD2CRP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xNi93b3JsZC9hbWVyaWNhcy9yaW8tY2Fybml2YWwtY29yb25hdmlydXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0yJmVtYz1lZGl0X3RoXzIwMjEwMjE3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MTc5Jm5sPXRvZGF5c2hlYWRsaW5lcyZyZWdpX2lkPTI1Njk3ODAyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTE3ODcmdXNlcl9pZD03YzNlYTU3ZjFiMWNkMzA2YjE1ZGExMmE0Y2Y2NmQxMVcDbnl0QgpgIZHbLGCDcw-yUhNtZXdpbnRlcnNAd2F5bmUuZWR1WAQAAAAA
> >
>
> Clearly we, Americans, are meant to recognize 'jab' as equivalent to
> 'shot' or 'injection'.
>
> best,
> Margaret
>
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