More faux-acronymic "grunts"

[Charles Doyle]

I'll bet this posting has offended many a troop . . . .

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 10:15:01 -0800
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: More faux-acronymic "grunts"
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>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:
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>  "Folklore has it that GRUNT was originally an acronym of Government Reject - Unfit for Normal Training.
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>  "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.
>
>  JL

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