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gung-ho
adjective
dedicated, spirited, enthusiastic US, 1942
Originally coined as a slogan understood to mean “Work together!” by the US Marines during World War 2, then embraced as an adjective.- [H]e’s all gung-ho about current events and I’m passing political science and want to keep passing. — Robert Gover, One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding, p. 97, 1961
- There was the FBI in heavy numbers guarding the National Security and all that other gung-ho shit. — Abbie Hoffman, Woodstock Nation, p. 56, 1969
- Nat says you were a gung ho guy in uniform, Al, always up in the squad room, asking questions, y’ know. — Edwin Torres, Q & A, p. 154, 1977
- Semper fi, do or die! / Gung ho, gung ho, gung ho! — Full Metal Jacket, 1987
- Now Neal was a hard guy to get to know intimately because he lived very much within himself, as gung-ho as he was. — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 94, 1990
- [T]heir [the UK Labour Party’s] gung-ho record during the Falklands War. — Mark Steel, Reasons to be Cheerful, p. 129, 2001
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