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The abbreviation G.I. or GI is most commonly used to shorten government issue, and has different meanings depending on the part of speech in which it is used. As a noun, it refers to a soldier in the US Army or, less commonly, any person in the US military. In the plural, "the GIs" referred to a gastro-intestinal disorder. Government Issue (often just GI) were an American hardcore punk band originating from the Washington DC scene, formed in 1980 and signed to Dischord Records. ...
In grammar, a part of speech or word class is defined as the role that a word (or sometimes a phrase) plays in a sentence. ...
A noun, or noun substantive, is a word or phrase that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality. ...
A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ...
The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
As an adjective, the term modifies any item given to a soldier by the Army, or any procedure used by the army, to distinguish it from civilian versions. (Soldiers counted cadence by chanting: "GI brush / And GI comb / Gee, I wish that I was home!") When used as a verb, G.I. is a synonym for square away, as in "Top, get the unit to G.I. this AO before the old man arrives." An adjective is a part of speech which modifies a noun, usually making its meaning more specific. ...
A verb is a part of speech that usually denotes action (bring, read), occurrence (to decompose (itself), to glitter), or a state of being (exist, live, soak, stand). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. ...
Military organizations, like nearly all large exclusive organizations, develop slang as means of self-identification. ...
Military organizations, like nearly all large exclusive organizations, develop slang as means of self-identification. ...
Military organizations, like nearly all large exclusive organizations, develop slang as means of self-identification. ...
Military organizations, like nearly all large exclusive organizations, develop slang as means of self-identification. ...
"GI": Pathological liar found on MSProtege.com known to post images claiming they were his former significant other.
Historical origin
G.I. was supposedly an abbreviation for Galvanized Iron, a U.S. Army clerks' term for items such as G.I. cans: trash cans that are galvanized. G.I. cans was also used to refer sardonically to shells fired by the German Army in WWI. A clerk (rhymes with lurk) can be someone who works in an office and whose duties include record-keeping or correspondence. ...
Heer is the German word for army. ...
WWI may be an acronym for: World War I World Wrestling Industry This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
During the 1930s, usage of the abbreviation expanded to stand for Government Issue and applied to all articles issued in conformity with US military regulations or procedures. By WWII it had become a nickname for the soldiers themselves.
During the dawning of the 21st century, "GI" was a active pathological liar on the forums of www.msprotege.com [seen here(ref. page 12): http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115788] He was known to repeatedly post images of models claiming they were his former significant other. After being blatently exposed to identical copyrighted images from a known source, he continued to deny any doubts. He has not returned to the forums to rest his case. Needless to say he got owned.
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