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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- BAA Lamb
- BAB
- Babbler
- Baby
- Baby crying
- Baby Killers
- Baby monitors
- Baby's head
- Back-chat
- "Backs to the Wall" order
- Backwash
- Badgy
- Bag of
- Bag of rations
- Baggies
- Bagonet
- Bags, The
- Bake
- Balb
- Ball and bat (rhyming slang)
- Ball of lead (rhyming slang)
- Balloo
- Balloon, The
- Balmorals, The
- Band party
- Band, To follow the
- Bandagehem
- Bandook
- Bandstand
- Bangalore torpedo
- Banjo
- Bankers' Battalion, The
- Bantams, The
- Baralong Fate, A
- Barbed Wire, On the
- Barber's Cat, A
- Barishnya
- Barker, A
- Barn Owls, The
- Barnstormers, The
- Baron, A
- Barpoo, To go
- Barrage
- Base of Operations
- Base Wallah
- Bashi-Bazook
- Bat
- Bat Boat
- Batchy
- Bath Mats
- Batman
- Bats in the Belfry
- Battalion
- Batter, Go on the
- Battery (artillery)
- Battle-Bag
- Battle-Bowler
- Battle surplus
- Battling L's
- Battling Third, The
- Bayonet
- Bayonet trench
- Bazaar Motor Vans
- BB's
- BE
- Beach, On the
- Beachy Bill
- Beam, Forking the
- Beat, My
- Beaucoup
- Beef Trip, On the
- Beer
- Beetle-Off
- Behemoths, The
- Being fatted for the slaughter
- Belgeek
- Bellied
- Belligerents
- Belly Band
- Belly flopping
- Bender
- Bert
- Best, To give it
- Bevvy
- BF
- Biff
- Big Bertha
- Big boys
- Big noise
- Big Willie
- Big stuff
- Bilge
- Bill Harris
- Bill Jim
- Billet
- Billy Wells
- Binge
- Bint
- Bird
- Bird, To get the
- BIO
- Birdcage
- Birdseed
- Biscuits
- Bit, To do one's
- Bivouac
- Bivvy
- Bivvy sheet
- BL
- Black Cow
- Black hand gang
- Black Maria
- Black Watch
- Blank-ed
- Blankets
- Bleat
- Blighty
- Blighty bag
- Blighty one
- Blighty wound
- Blimp
- Blind
- Blind-O
- Blink, A
- Blinking
- Blip
- Blister
- Bloater, The
- Blob
- Block
- Blockade
- Bloke, The
- Blood
- Blood boat
- Blood money
- Blood on the bullet
- Blood spirit, Getting up the
- Bloody
- Bloody flag
- Blotto
- Blow
- Blow in
- Blow off the line
- Blue, In the
- Blue Cross, The
- Blue Cross (chemical warfare)
- Blue Devils, The
- Blue-eyed boy
- Blue-lights
- Blues
- Boa constrictor
- Boat, To push out the
- Bob-a-day gunner
- Bob-down man
- Bob tack
- Bobbajee
- Bobber
- Bobbery
- Bobbing drill
- Bobbing on
- Bobby's job
- Boche
- Body snatcher
- Bogey
- Bollicky
- Bolo
- Bolo house
- Bombardier (rank)
- Bombardier Fritz
- Bombardment
- Bomb-dodger
- Bomb-proofer
- Bomber
- Bombing the chat
- Bon drop
- Bon for the bust
- Bon sonty
- Bonfire
- Bongo boosh
- Bonza
- Boob
- Booby hutch
- Booby trap
- Booka
- Bookri
- Books
- Boost
- Bootneck
- Booty men
- Bosky
- Bosom chums
- Bounce
- Bow Bells
- Bowler, To be given one's
- Box
- Box barrage
- Box respirator
- Boys in blue
- Boy Scouts
- Brads
- Brahma
- Brass hat
- Brass neck
- Brass off
- Brass rags, To part
- Breamy, That's
- Breeze, To
- Breeze up, To have the
- Breezer, A
- Breezy
- Brief
- Brig, In the Dutch
- Brigade
- Brigade, 97th
- Brigadier (rank)
- Brigadier General (rank)
- British Expeditionary Force
- British Legion, The
- British Official
- British Red Cross Enquiry Department
- British warm
- Brock's benefit
- Brodie helmet
- Broken spur, The
- Broody
- Brownies, The
- Bubbly
- Buck
- Buckshee
- Buckshee King
- Buddy
- Budmash
- Buff stick
- Buggly
- Bull, The
- Bulldog Corpse, The
- Bullet
- Bullet with a name on it
- Bullock
- Bull’s Eye
- Bully beef
- Bully the troops, Don't
- Bummer
- Bumming the chat
- Bump, Give your head a
- Bump, To
- Bun strangler
- Bun wallah
- Bunce
- Bundabust
- Bundle-man
- Bundle of ten
- Bung, Bungy, Bung-hole
- Bung in it, Put a
- Bungs, Jimmy
- Bunjee
- Bunker plate with spanner
- Bunkey boo
- Bunting tosser
- Burbury
- Burglars
- Burgoo
- Burney gear
- Burnt cinders
- Burnt offering
- Bus
- Business
- Butterfly boat
- Butt in
- Butt-notcher
- Button loose
- Buy, To
- Buzz
- Buzz off
- Buzz to
- Buzzed, To be
- Buzzer
- Buzznagger
- Byng Boys, The
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