JAM
See also: jam, jamb, jám, -jam, and Jam.
Translingual
Symbol
JAM
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Jamaica.
- Synonym: JM (alpha-2)
English
Etymology
Initialism, from just about managing.
Noun
JAM (plural JAMs)
- (UK, informal) A household that is only barely able to meet its financial obligations.
- 2016 November 20, “Jam – the new government acronym ‘just about managing’ to make sense”, in The Guardian:
- Well, technically, a Jam is a working-class Brexit voter who feels alienated by the creeping march of globalisation.
- 2019 February 13, Tahir Maher, “Just About Managing (JAM)”, in Liberal Democrat Voice:
- Although most of the income for JAM families comes from work, it is, in many cases, topped up by welfare support.
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Anagrams
- JMA, Maj, Maj., maj, maj.