"20 slang terms from WWI" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 21 Aug 2019 3:14 p.m. PST |
The Great War was fought by soldiers who spoke many different languages. Here are a few English terms coined during the war, some of which are still used today… link |
| charared | 21 Aug 2019 6:19 p.m. PST |
Nice link Bill.
Thanks! 
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| Bellbottom | 22 Aug 2019 2:18 a.m. PST |
For those interested, 'The Long Trail' by Eric Partridge, a noted wordsmith, contains a dictionary and songs of 'what the British soldier sang or said' in the 1914-1918 war.
To my knowledge he also did a dictionary of RAF slang.
Both highly recommended. |
| emckinney | 22 Aug 2019 9:48 a.m. PST |
My favorite is the incredibly obscene "joystick." (Possibly pre-WWI, but who knows.) |
 Herkybird  | 22 Aug 2019 12:26 p.m. PST |
My Grandad wouldn't talk about WW1 much, but did say a few obscure things from the trenches.
EG: What's 'Bimsy Brown'? – The colour of a bear's fart. I never got it either, I guess you had to be there! |
martin goddard  | 22 Aug 2019 12:50 p.m. PST |
"Chatting" is a good one to know. |
| chironex | 10 Sep 2019 1:16 a.m. PST |
Those stories sound like quite a bunch of furphies. |
| Bowman | 27 Sep 2019 3:04 p.m. PST |
I liked the story that the phrase "the whole nine yards" came from the length of the machine gun belts in WW1 planes. Alas, the phrase was in use earlier. |
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