gung ho

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Etymology

From a catachresis of Mandarin 工合 (gōnghé), an acronym for 工業合作社／工业合作社 (gōngyè hézuòshè, “ Industrial Cooperative Society”), as 工 (gōng, “work”) +‎ 合 (“together”), literally “to work together”.[1][2] The interpretation "work together" was created by U.S. Marine Evans Carlson, who was posted in China during the 1930s. It became the motto and nickname of the enthusiastic battalion Carlson commanded, leading to other marines adopting the term to mean "overly enthusiastic". It was popularized in the United States by the 1943 war film Gung Ho!, which profiled the battalion's leadership of the Raid on Makin Island during World War II.[3]

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Adjective

gung ho (comparative more gung ho, superlative most gung ho)

  1. (informal, often derogatory) Overly enthusiastic or energetic.
    No matter how gung ho you are when you start, you will tire as you become mired in details.
  2. (informal, derogatory, military) Cocky; undisciplined; contemptuous of rules.[3]

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References

  1. ^ “Yingzi and "Gung Ho"”, in languagehat.com‎, 2003 May 4, retrieved 4 June 2020
  2. ^ “gung-ho”, in The Mavens' Word of the Day‎, Random House, 1998 January 26, archived from the original on 30 July 2001
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kung, Jess (2019 October 18) “The Long, Strange Journey Of 'Gung-Ho'”, in NPR‎, retrieved 4 June 2020

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