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29 March 2009, 04:59 PM
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Grunt = Ground Recruit Usually Not Trained
Comment: A short question for you. I have been told, since I have been a
soldier that the term "GRUNT" is an old army acronym for Ground Recruit Usually Not Trained. Is there any way that you could find out. I was in the infantry in the mid 90's and was told it originated in WWII so that commanders getting new recruits to the front lines would know if they had been to the school of the infanry(now at Ft. Benning, GA.). I'm guessing on this but, since so many troops were dying on the front lines during that war the army was taking soldiers out of jobs like supply, aviation, and administration and putting them on the front lines. If you could I'd love to know the answer to this riddle. Thanks for even reading this rabble. 
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29 March 2009, 07:41 PM
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What is the obsession with acronyms? Why does every slang term have to be one?
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30 March 2009, 02:30 AM
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According to one source it was first seen in the Vietnam war as slang for a soldier, and the early 20th century for hard low level work. Both probably imitating the grunting that can accompany heavy lifting and similar grunt work.
Webster also dates the term as primarily from the Vietnam era.
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30 March 2009, 02:39 AM
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I heard that snopes was actually an acronym for silly nonsense online punished exceptionally severely.
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