Aggies at War

[AggieDave 6]

This was sent to me, GIG'EM AGGIES!

http://www.jbbell.com/sleep-well.html

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[SpeedRacer 1]

I had to look up "gig" in the dictionary. Evidently it means to spear a fish.

Speed Racer
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[AggieDave 6]

Gig'em is a term in the Aggie lexicon. Gig'em can mean a lot of different things, including the following:

Good
Great
Get them
Beat them (sports stuff)
You're right
Yes
No
Hello
goodbye

Along with a few other things.

In this context it means "Way to go Aggies, you're doing good!"

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[SpeedRacer 1]

well, yeah I figured it was something like "kick ass" or something...I just wonder where it came from originally.

Speed Racer
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[diverdriver 5]

It seems to be as useful as the word "fuck".

[AggieDave 6]

Lore has it that it started on campus by a cadet by the name of Pinky Downs, when he was a Pisshead (sophomore, which are like DIs in the Corps of Cadets) he would inspect fish's (freshmen) uniforms and say "gig" when ever they had a cut (something wrong with the uniform, i.e. name tag not centered perfectly, a wrinkle, etc). Eventually people would see him walking around campus and say "Gig'em Pinky" saying go raise hell and get those fish (freshmen).

That was in the late 1920s, and it sorta stuck.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[jtval 0]

that place looks familiar...but then again I guess every tent city looks a lot like that

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[Brains 2]

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Gig'em is a term in the Aggie lexicon. Gig'em can mean a lot of different things, including the following:

Good
Great
Get them
Beat them (sports stuff)
You're right
Yes
No
Hello
goodbye

Along with a few other things.

In this context it means "Way to go Aggies, you're doing good!"

I thought the standard hello in college station was "Howdy dammit!" LOL

Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you.

[AggieDave 6]

Yup. Howdy is the except form, Gig'em gets used every once in a while..

i.e.

"Howdy Dave, doing well?"
"Gig'em"

In that context it means "Hello John, yeah I'm doing pretty good, thanks for asking."

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."