JAG (disambiguation)

JAG or Jag or jag may refer to:

In slang

* jag, a phase of indulgence in some activity
* An extended period of drug-induced studying
* A common slang term in Scotland for an injection
** 'The jag' (literally, 'the injection') is Scottish English slang for the contraceptive injection Depo Provera.

Initialisms

* James Alexander Gordon (announcer) (born 1936), an announcer (for example) on the BBC's "Sports Report"
* Java Application Generator, an open-source tool for generating Java EE applications
* Java Applications Group, formed when Sun Microsystems purchased Lighthouse Design
* Jobs for America's Graduates
* Johan August Gripenstedt (1813-1874), Swedish politician and statesman
* Judge Advocate General's Corps, the judicial arm of a military force in some jurisdictions (such as the United States of America)
** "JAG", a U.S.-produced television show based on the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps
* Judicial Arbiter Group
* Just Another Geek - A Geek slang term to offset the Footer overload attached to emails, usually finished with a binary number like 1024. If the Geek does not have multiple certifications like CCIE/MCSE/etc, they could just be a JAG.

Shortened forms

* An informal name given to things named Jaguar
* A derogatory slang term, popular in the Chicago region, referring to someone considered to be a jerk, short for "jag-off" ("jack-off" or "jerk-off")
* A derogatory slang term for a homosexual man of Japanese descent, derived from the combination of the words "Japanese" and "fag"
* The abbreviated name for JAG Communications, a mobile-phone retailer based in the south west of England
* "Jag", an abbreviation for Punjabi names such as Jagdish, Jagwant, Jagvinder, etc

Other uses

* JAG (band), a Christian rock band
* JAG Communications - Britain’s third largest independent mobile phone retailer
* jag: a tool used in cleaning the inside of shotgun barrels
* The IATA code for Jacobabad Airbase, an airport in Pakistan
* A popular term given to attempts to gain publicity for a musical performance via the internet
* "Jag": a song on The Mad Capsule Markets' album "Osc-Dis"
* "Jag": the Swedish word for "I"