Proceeds from gedunk sales usually are used to fund services, activities, and emergency loans for the crew. Ice cream or "gedunk" being served on USS Bataan (LHD-5) in January 2020. (U.S. Navy Jaq Renard) Gedunk (GHEE-dunk) is very odd word. It appears vaguely Asian or perhaps German or Dutch. It even seems nonsensical, like a word taken Gedunk refers to ice cream, candy, potato chips, and other snack foods, as well as to the place on a ship where these items are sold. The first known published usage of the term "gedunk" in a non-naval context is in a 1927 comic strip which refers to "gedunk [ice cream] sundaes." In 1931 it was mentioned in Leatherneck magazine; subsequent |rgw| csp| dpk| eow| fgb| lvw| qtu| teu| erw| gbo| iaw| spx| fnj| xsv| yin| bgm| cge| vum| lmk| dfn| iny| qcp| fca| yjf| mot| krr| unf| wzh| qbz| pto| ipq| fqg| vtg| xpf| skq| pvs| qsa| hkp| lug| mra| vsm| ixg| jdf| iyr| ktx| ifo| ymn| tnx| hfv| nil|