Top 10 World War One Words We Use Today/ WW1 Words

top 10 words that came into use during World War One

note skipping obvious well known words including
trench coat
Shell shock
Tank
Gas mask
over the top
the clap
11th hour
trip wire
flamethrower


Note word origins are tricky things
if I got bad info or you got better just let me know. Don't be a lil beetch about it, life's short.



References

Wikepedia... yep they do well with etoligy
Wall Street Journal
Centenary of WWI

https://graphics.wsj.com/100-legacies-from-world-war-1/words-and-phrases

Sidney Herald

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/us-looks-down-under-to-stop-poll-rot-20121105-28tz1.html
First World War
https://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/bodylice.htm

United States Army  U.S. Army Center of Military History
"Field Order Number 9, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, dated 7 September 1918: DDay"