Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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gung-ho \GUHNG-HO\, adjective:
gung-ho \GUHNG-HO\, adjective:
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1. Wholeheartedly enthusiastic and loyal; eager; zealous.
1. Wholeheartedly enthusiastic and loyal; eager; zealous.
2. In a successful manner.
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As was evidenced by the B.O.'s State of the Union discourse, he is an unabashed, gung-ho spendthrift!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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You end up becoming this perky, gung-ho version of yourself that you know is just revolting.-- Douglas Coupland, Microserfs
You end up becoming this perky, gung-ho version of yourself that you know is just revolting.-- Douglas Coupland, Microserfs
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It's not because he's such a gung-ho company man, he's too smart for that.-- Jonathan Franzen, Strong motion: a novel
It's not because he's such a gung-ho company man, he's too smart for that.-- Jonathan Franzen, Strong motion: a novel
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Gung ho was introduced as a training slogan in 1942 by U.S. Marine officer Evans F. Carlson (1896-1947) from the Chinese chin gōng hé, the abbreviated name of the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society, literally "work together."
Gung ho was introduced as a training slogan in 1942 by U.S. Marine officer Evans F. Carlson (1896-1947) from the Chinese chin gōng hé, the abbreviated name of the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society, literally "work together."
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