The following comprises a list of words and phrases of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain during the Great War, which also includes: technicalities, trench slang, expressions in everyday use, nicknames, sobriquets, the titles and origins of British and Commonwealth Regiments, and warfare in general. These words and phrases are contemporary to the war, which is reflected in the style and language used of the time, and have been transcribed from three primary sources (see contents). Feel free to help improve any of the entries in these lists.
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- 'Alf a mo
- 'Alf a mo, Kaiser!
- A cart
- A check
- A Choker
- A do
- A fancy religion
- A friendly
- Abdominal crash
- Abdul
- About turn
- Ack
- Ack Emma
- Acting rabbit pie
- AD Corps
- Adam and Eve
- Adam and Eve on a raft
- Adam and Eve wrecked
- ADC
- Addressed to
- Adjutant (rank)
- Admiral (rank)
- Admiralty
- Admiralty ham
- Admiralty to all ships
- Adrift
- AEC
- AEF
- Aeroplane
- Afters
- Aggie
- Ah wee
- Aide-de-camp
- Air pills
- Air raid
- Air torpedo
- Airship
- Ak Dum
- Alice
- Alien
- All arms and legs
- All callio
- All cando
- All cut
- All highest
- All kiff
- All of a doodah
- All out
- All over oneself
- All spruced up
- Alley
- Alley at the toot
- Alleyed
- Alleyman
- Allies
- Allumettes
- Ammo
- Ammos
- An 'alf a mo
- An agony
- An air flapper
- An angel
- An egg
- Andrew, The
- Angel face
- Angel's whisper
- Angels of Mons
- Angry cat
- Annie's room
- Ante-up
- Anticks
- Antonio
- Antwerp expresses
- Anty
- Any more for any more?
- Anzac
- Anzac Cove
- AO
- AOC
- AP
- APC
- APM
- Apples and pears (rhyming slang)
- Apree la Gare
- Archie
- Archie (Archibald)
- Archie barrage
- Area shoot
- Armadillo scout
- Arminteers
- Armistice
- Armstrong hut
- Army
- Army Council
- Army Service Corps
- Arrival
- Artillery
- As many faces as a churchyard clock
- As you were
- ASC
- Ash can
- Asiatic and Egyptian theatres
- Asiatic Annie
- Askaris
- Asquiths
- As you were
- Atkins
- Attaboy
- Attack in detail
- At the word, fix
- AVC
- Avec
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