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gung ho|gʌŋ həʊ| Also kung-hou. [Chin. kung work + ho together.] A slogan adopted in the war of 1939–1945 by the United States Marines under General E. Carlson (1896–1947); hence as adj.: enthusiastic, eager, zealous.
1942Times Mag. (New York) 8 Nov. 13/4 Borrowing an idea from China, Carlson frequently has what he calls ‘kung-hou’ meetings... Problems are threshed out and orders explained. 1943Life 20 Sept. 58, I [sc. E. Carlson] told them of the motto of the Chinese Co-operatives, Gung Ho. It means Work Together... My motto caught on and they began to call themselves the Gung Ho Battalion. 1959She May 21/3 All would be gung ho (in favour) of declaring him a fungus (musty character). 1967R. M. Stern Kessler Legacy (1968) xvi. 143 In those days he was very gung ho for National Socialism and the pan-Germanic grandeur it was going to produce. 1968M. Lockwood Accessory (1969) ii. 59 I've always thought of you as being—I don't know, full steam ahead about life. Not gung-ho exactly, but—well always ready to manage and organize things. 1969I. Kemp British G.I. in Vietnam iii. 49 He..was one of the most ‘gung-ho’ (exceptionally keen to be personally involved in combat) characters I ever met. 1970Times 28 May 7/5 Today's grunts are noticeably different from those who filled the enthusiastic ‘Gung-ho’ units of a few years back. |