Is the Pillsbury dough boy named after those in WWII they called Dough Boy? How did Dough Boy name come to be?

The Pilsbury dough boy is a ball of dough.


There's no relate between the Pilsbury doughboy and the WW I infantry soldier.





For the WWI infantry soldier (from wikipedia):


The origin of the term is unclear. The most commonly held explanation is that it came into use in the Civil War in reference to the dumpling-shaped buttons on the Union soldiers' jackets. Others claim that it goes back to the Mexican-American War or originated from an early form of the doughnut, called the doughboy. Another explanation of the term stems from the time of the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa in 1916, in which the infantry were constantly covered with dust from marching through the dry terrain of northern Mexico, giving them the appearance of unbaked dough. Other explanations point to the use of pipe clay, which looks like dough, to clean infantrymen鈥檚 white belts; another is that it is a corruption of "adobe boy" from the adobe bricks used to house infantrymen in the pre-Civil War Southwest; and yet another that it refers to the "soft" condition of the young soldiers, applied by British and French forces in World War I who had already fought nearly four years. None of these theories are definite. "Doughboy" became most popular during World War I, since the American Expeditionary Force was led by General John J. Pershing, who had been a commander of the Mexican expedition. The helmet worn by Americans in combat was called the Doughboy helmet, even though it was the Brodie helmet design used by the British army. At first, the term applied to only the infantry, but soon extended to the entire American contingent. The term fell into disuse and was replaced by the appellation G.I. in World War II. By then, doughboy had taken on a corny, old-fashioned tone for many GI's, as in the 1942 song Johnny Doughboy found a Rose in Ireland. It dropped out of popular use, and is now of historic interest only.

Is the Pillsbury dough boy named after those in WWII they called Dough Boy? How did Dough Boy name come to be?
"Doughboy" is a term applied to American Army and Marine foot soldiers (infantry) of World War One (WWI). The term can be dated back to the Mexican-American War 1846-47; and, there after - but for generations of the First World War and there after it has become synonymous with those sent to France in "The Great War" (WWI).





Another suggestion is that doughboys were named such because of their method of cooking their rations. Meals were often doughy flour and rice concoctions either baked in the ashes of a camp fire or shaped around a bayonet and cooked over the flames.





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Reply:Well the term Dough Boy was used in WWI, not WWII. The Pillsbury doughboy's original name is Pop 'n' Fresh or Poppin Fresh. And no, it's name is not derived from the WWI term for the American soldier.
Reply:He is made to be a boy and is of dough. No connection to the Dough Boys of World War 1, not 2.Get your history straight.
Reply:Well, he is made of dough.
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