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1. jeffbe+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-21 20:58:04
I guess it's a dialect thing, but I have become accustomed to disregarding absolutely every article that employs the word "jab".
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2. foglem+b1[view] [source] 2025-12-21 21:05:21
>>jeffbe+(OP)
That's just what they call it in British English, and this is a BBC article.
3. eterm+e1[view] [source] 2025-12-21 21:05:28
>>jeffbe+(OP)
> (British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation).

From https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jab

I hope that helps

4. XorNot+s4[view] [source] 2025-12-21 21:22:48
>>jeffbe+(OP)
The word itself is just insufferable at this point. The media collectively went bonkers for it while describing COVID vaccine delivery.
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