What do you think G.I. stand for in G.I. Joe?

[her209]

Select from poll above.

 

[nakedfrog]

First one

 

[KLin]

Second one

 

[LTC8K6]

I was one, and it's the first one.

 

[OCGuy]

Third one

 

[ViviTheMage]

first one

 

[swbsam]

galvanized iron

 

[hanoverphist]

5th one

 

[Crono]

galvanized iron

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: Crono
galvanized iron

This.

 

[dudeman007]

genital intercourse

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
I was one, and it's the first one.

You would think so.

 

[SpunkyJones]

1st One.

 

[Mo0o]

Government issued right?

 

[Homerboy]

**** SPOILERS ****



















The term is often thought to be an initialism of "Government Issue" or "General Infantry" but actually refers to galvanized iron. The letters "G.I." used to denote equipment made from galvanized iron, such as metal trash cans, in U.S. Army inventories and supply records.[1][2] During World War I, U.S. soldiers sardonically referred to incoming German artillery shells as "GI cans". Somehow it was later assumed that "GI" stood for "Government Issue". The term was later applied to all military equipment, then to the soldiers themselves.[2]

 

[drum]

second

 

[PepePeru]

general infantry

 

[knawlejj]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
general infantry

this

 

[Crono]

Is it cheating if I knew the answer because I read the Wikipedia article a month ago?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Dumac

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
I was one, and it's the first one.

Haha, you are wrong

Nope. It may have initially meant galvanized iron, but it's meant government issue since the 30s.

 

[KeithTalent]

Glycemic Index

KT

 

[BW86]

govt issue?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Glycemic Index

KT

New Glycemic Index Joe! Watch as he fights off the evil CARBO!

 

[mugs]

The problem with your question is that you specified in G.I. Joe and then assumed that you can go back to the original etymology of G.I. and use that meaning. Really, the G.I. in G.I. Joe stands for what it stood for when G.I. Joe was created, not when the acronym G.I. was created. So I will say it stands for - or rather, means - "soldier."

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Dumac

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
I was one, and it's the first one.

Haha, you are wrong

Nope. It may have initially meant galvanized iron, but it's meant government issue since the 30s.

nakedfrog is correct.

The OP asked what G.I. in G.I Joe stood for and in reference to G.I. Joe it means Government issue not galvanized iron. If the OP asked what G.I. stood for then it would mean first, galvanized iron and then the other two.