"FNG" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: FNGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} FNG (plural FNGs)
  1. (chiefly US, military, slang) Initialism of fucking new guy. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: fucking new guy Categories (topical): Military Derived forms: fingy

Inflected forms

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          "text": "2003: \"Two agents in a dark blue sedan were waiting for me. One of them, Jim Heekin, took charge immediately, and also put me in my place. \"You must be the FNG,\" he said as we shook hands.\" — https://web.archive.org/web/20050403063411/http://www.twbookmark.com/features/jamespatterson/chapters/bigbadwolf5.html"
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          "text": "2004: \"The other guy is hollering \"F-N-G!\" He's saying \"Your FNG is here!\" And I didn’t understand what FNG meant. I soon learned: Fucking New Guy. Or we called them Cherries, meaning brand-new guy in Vietnam.\" — https://web.archive.org/web/20050313164139/http://www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/voic30-3-4/warstr.html"
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          "ref": "2008, Rick the FNG in EM is awesome!.:",
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          "text": "2009: \"The FNG here says that we have too much ammunition.\" District 9"
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          "text": "\"So, this isn't the first time new personnel have been improperly briefed on the special schedule for 8 September, but it is the first time it's been fatal. Sampi-5243 have our hands full dealing with the actual breach, and since we can't have random FNGs walking into our little anniversary party a bit of inter-Sectional cooperation would be a big help.\"",
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