More faux-acronymic "grunts"

[Dave Hause]

>From when I was one, I'd suggest it as onomotopoetic.  Especially when a
unit staggers back to its feet after a break.
Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Waynesville, MO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>


Some time ago I reported on the assertion that the military sense of "grunt"
is an acronym for "GRound Unit - Untrainable."

  That's kind of a stretch, even for a fake acronym, so here are improved
versions:

  "Folklore has it that GRUNT was originally an acronym of Government
Reject - Unfit for Normal Training.

  "Grunt Ground Roving Unit, Not Trainable"

  If grunt's are "government rejects," they shouldn't be wearing uniforms,
but both tidbits come from here:
http://www.milterms.com/search.php?method=exact&q=grunt&s=0.

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