Where Did the Term “Shot in the Arm” Come From?
It might not be what you thought.
Published in
3 min readDec 18, 2020
A Word-Nerd Wonders…
We’ve been waiting for the COVID vaccine, the shot in the arm we all need.
On the day before the much-anticipated, much-needed vaccine arrived in the United States, I began wondering about the phrase “shot in the arm.” When did it originate…
