All soldiers in all wars have come up with their own terms and phrases to describe what they do and see.
Blighty/ A Blighty |
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The Hun |
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Alleyman |
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Barker |
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Char |
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Bonzer |
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Clicked It or Caught a Packet |
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Bully or Bully Beef |
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Chit |
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Chub |
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Cooties |
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Dixie |
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Dud |
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Egg |
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Elephant Dugout |
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Having a Doss/Kip |
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Holy Joe |
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Hop the Bogs |
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Up Against it |
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Cite this article as: William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team), "WW1 Trench Slang," in SchoolWorkHelper, 2022, https://schoolworkhelper.net/ww1-trench-slang/. 