gung-ho
extremely enthusiastic
TRANSLATION
übereifrig
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, attacked American television and radio networks for their "shocking" and "GUNG-HO" coverage of the Iraq conflict yesterday. In contrast, the BBC was an "800lb gorilla" that was capable of holding off the Government's attempts to interfere in editorial decisions, he said."
(Ian Burrell - The Independent, April 24, 2003)
(Ian Burrell - The Independent, April 24, 2003)
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gung-ho
The word gung-ho has been in English only since 1942 and is one of the many words that entered the language as a result of World War II. It comes from Mandarin Chinese gnghé, “to work together,” which was used as a motto by the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson (1896-1947) borrowed the motto as a slogan for meetings in which problems were discussed and worked out; the motto caught on among his Marines (the famous “Carlson's Raiders”), who began calling themselves the “Gung Ho Battalion.” From there eager individuals began to be referred to as gung ho.
Some other World War II words include:
- flak (= Fliegerabwehrkanone)
- task force
- black market
- hit the sack (= go to bed)
Nowadays gung-ho is often used negatively as in: "I don't like his gung-ho sales approach".
gung-ho
The word gung-ho has been in English only since 1942 and is one of the many words that entered the language as a result of World War II. It comes from Mandarin Chinese gnghé, “to work together,” which was used as a motto by the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson (1896-1947) borrowed the motto as a slogan for meetings in which problems were discussed and worked out; the motto caught on among his Marines (the famous “Carlson's Raiders”), who began calling themselves the “Gung Ho Battalion.” From there eager individuals began to be referred to as gung ho.
Some other World War II words include:
- flak (= Fliegerabwehrkanone)
- task force
- black market
- hit the sack (= go to bed)
Nowadays gung-ho is often used negatively as in: "I don't like his gung-ho sales approach".
