Editing Gedunk bar (section)

A '''Gedunk bar''' or '''geedunk bar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|iː|d|ʌ|ŋ|k}} {{respell|GHEE|dunk}}) is the [[canteen (place)|canteen]] or [[snack bar]] of a large vessel of the [[United States Navy]] or the [[United States Coast Guard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uscg.mil/sealegs/terms.asp|title=US Coast Guard Glossary|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229031142/https://www.uscg.mil/sealegs/terms.asp|archive-date=2016-12-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> The term in this sense was first recorded in ''[[Leatherneck Magazine]]'' in 1931.<ref name="NHHC">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia03-3.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20040221092726/http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia03-3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-02-21 |title=Navy Traditions and Customs: Gedunk |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command }}</ref> A service member who works in the geedunk is traditionally referred to only as that "geedunk guy" or "geedunk girl", or more informally as a "geedunkaroo".{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} The term was popular during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/g/gedunk.html | title=Gedunk (also Geedunk and Gedonk) | date=12 September 2017 | accessdate=2021-12-12 | author=U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command}}</ref>