Why Do They Say Marines Eat Crayons

What does crayon mean in the Marines?

By far, however, the most popular way to insult a Marine’s intelligence is to call him or her a crayon eater. There are a lot of things you could attribute to the start of the joke that Marines are dumb enough to be “Crayola gobblers” — or, in other words, about as smart as a hungry toddler.

What do Marines have to do with crayons?

After years of facing ridicule for being the most illiterate of all the branches, most Marines have accepted their connection to eating crayons. The vast majority of Marine eating crayon jokes are made in good faith.