# G Men - what did the G stand for again?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-men-what-did-the-g-stand-for-again/27672>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 1, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-men-what-did-the-g-stand-for-again/27672 "2000-08-01T05:58:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-men-what-did-the-g-stand-for-again/27672/1 "2000-08-01T05:58:43Z")

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I know I used to know this but I’m damned if I can remember it…

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**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-men-what-did-the-g-stand-for-again/27672/2 "2000-08-01T05:59:39Z")

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Government.

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**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-men-what-did-the-g-stand-for-again/27672/3 "2000-08-01T06:01:48Z")

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You’re kidding right? It’s THAT simple?

_knocks head to punish brain cells that had different - yet vague - ideas_

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**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-men-what-did-the-g-stand-for-again/27672/4 "2000-08-01T06:45:37Z")

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Yup … the blood sucker has it dead on

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**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-men-what-did-the-g-stand-for-again/27672/5 "2000-08-01T08:22:54Z")

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Actually, it was first “T-men” for Treasury Agents.

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**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-men-what-did-the-g-stand-for-again/27672/6 "2000-08-01T08:29:39Z")

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Ya wanna hear something that sounds straight out of an old gangster movie? I worked with some federal employees a few years ago, and they were trying to decide whether they should take a personal car, rent a car, or check out a ‘G-car’…I thought we were going after Capone or Dillinger!