JAM

See also: jam, jamb, jám, -jam, and Jam.

Translingual

Symbol

JAM

1. (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)

1. (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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     Although most of the income for JAM families comes from work, it is, in many cases, topped up by welfare support.

Anagrams

• JMA, Maj, Maj., maj, maj.