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HogsSmellGood
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9:21p, 10/16/14
What is the story behind y'all's tradition of saying "Gig em"?
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technoviking
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9:23p, 10/16/14
http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/symbols/gigem.html
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Fsanmig
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9:24p, 10/16/14
Bar B Que lore
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fightintxaggie10
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10:37p, 10/16/14
That TCU story is was totally made up less than 10 years ago and now everyone goes with it. It came from the military term "gig" which is basically like a demerit. Cadets would basically get hazed with they got gigs
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technoviking
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In reply to fightintxaggie10 • 10:39p, 10/16/14
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That TCU story is was totally made up less than 10 years ago and now everyone goes with it. It came from the military term "gig" which is basically like a demerit. Cadets would basically get hazed with they got gigs
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ProsperTxAg
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10:44p, 10/16/14
I'm not sure that's correct /norm
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WILDMAN95
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In reply to fightintxaggie10 • 11:25p, 10/16/14
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That TCU story is was totally made up less than 10 years ago
Not true.
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Crandall
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In reply to fightintxaggie10 • 11:54p, 10/16/14
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That TCU story is was totally made up less than 10 years ago and now everyone goes with it. It came from the military term "gig" which is basically like a demerit. Cadets would basically get hazed with they got gigs


Well, made up or not, I heard that story twice.

At bonfire.

On campus.

Do the math.

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fistofsouth
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In reply to fightintxaggie10 • 3:57a, 10/17/14
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That TCU story is was totally made up less than 10 years ago and now everyone goes with it. It came from the military term "gig" which is basically like a demerit. Cadets would basically get hazed with they got gigs
As a veteran this has always made more sense to me. During uniform reviews and block of instruction "gig" is probably the most used word.
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HogsSmellGood
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9:37a, 10/17/14
Thanks for the replies. At first I thought it was a reference to TCU. Only problem is a Horned Frog is actually a Lizard. Military phrase makes more sense.
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In reply to WILDMAN95 • 9:39a, 10/17/14
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That TCU story is was totally made up less than 10 years ago
Not true.
I heard it in the late '90s
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WILDMAN95
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In reply to vander54 • 10:52a, 10/17/14
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That TCU story is was totally made up less than 10 years ago
Not true.
I heard it in the late '90s
I heard both growing up in the 80s/90s.
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Ozamataz Buckshank 01
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11:00a, 10/17/14
I heard both from Ol' Ags. I think the mystique of the origins of "Gig' Em" makes it a cool tradition.
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Fsanmig
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2:22p, 10/17/14
TCU version is correct.
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Scotch
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2:25p, 10/17/14
TCU story is the origin of the Gig'em handsign, not the saying, as I read it.
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Scotch
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2:27p, 10/17/14
I'll look in some of my A&M books to see if the origin of the term is mentioned.
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