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anti-jabber en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + jab + -er.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal, neologism) A person who opposes vaccination or refuses to be vaccinated (especially against COVID-19).
    • To me, two things are obvious. First, those of us who get the jab should not be held hostage by those who refuse it. The anti-jabbers do so at their own risk, and once we get to the point where all those who actually want the jab in Australia have received it, then it should be game on. 2021 May 23, Peter FitzSimons, “I’ve got a plan to get all the anti-jabbers to get their shots”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

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Antonyms

pro-vaxxer

Synonyms

anti-vaxxer