GI
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[edit] English
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GI was originally an initialism for Galvanized Iron; during the 1930s the usage expanded to stand for Government Issue; by World War II it had become a nickname for the military personnel themselves.
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GI (not comparable)
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- (military) Given to a soldier by the army (as an item), rather than brought from home; or used by the army (as a procedure), and different from its civilian counterpart.
- Soldiers counted cadence by chanting: “GI brush / And GI comb / Gee, I wish that I was home!”
[edit] Noun
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GI (plural GIs)
- A member of the U.S. military.
- One who is demanding and strict, in the manner of a stereotypical member of the military.
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to GI (third-person singular simple present GIs, present participle GIing, simple past and past participle GIed)
- (military) To clean aggressively.
- Top, get the unit to GI this AO before the old man arrives.
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GI
- Gastrointestinal.
- I was queasy after my upper GI series, but it far outshone the lower one.
- Galvanized iron.
- (US) Government issue or General Infantry.
- GI Joe.
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[edit] Filipino
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GI
- (informal) Genuine Intsik; a term used generally or exclusively by naturalized Chinese people in the Philippines to refer to Chinese citizens raised in China.
- Ang lalim ng Chinese (vocabulary) ng GI na nakilala ko at 'di kami nagkaintindihan kahit sabay kaming gumagamit ng Mandarin. -- The Chinese (vocabulary) used by the GI I met was deep and we couldn't understand each other despite both our conversing in Mandarin.
