WWI stands for “what was it.” If you need to ask someone about a piece of information you forgot, don’t know, or don’t understand, and you don’t have the time to type out 12 full characters, you can send WWI instead.

What WWI means?

World War One

British Dictionary definitions for WWI



WWI. abbreviation for. World War One.

What does WWI mean on snap?





World War One” is the most common definition for WW1 on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.

What does WWI mean urban?

What does WWI stand for?

Rank Abbr. Meaning
WWI What Was It?


What is WWI known for?



Also called The Great War, World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and set the stage for another world war just 20 years later. It was known as “The Great War”—a land, air and sea conflict so terrible, it left over 8 million military personnel and 6.6 million civilians dead.

What is another word for WW1?

What is another word for World War I?



the Great War World War One
First World War the First World War
World War 1 the war to end all wars
WWI WW1


What are the 2 nicknames for WWI?

World War I or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1, and referred to by some Anglophone authors as the “Great War” or the “War to End All Wars”, was a global conflict which lasted from 1914 to 1918, and is considered one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

What is the slang meaning of snap?

Hi Merideth, Snap as a slang expression means “the same“. If you do or say something at the exact same time as someone else, you can say “Snap!”.

What is the main acronym for WW1?



M-A-I-N. The M-A-I-N acronym is often used to analyse the war – militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism.

What were 3 different slang terms from WWI?

Trench Lingo

  • Kip: to sleep.
  • Clobber: clothing (from Yiddish)
  • Cold feet: fear.
  • Cakehole: mouth.
  • Dead soldier: empty beer bottle.
  • Kaput: finished, broken (from German)
  • Thunderbox: toilet.
  • Howler: a big mistake.


Why is it called WW1?

After 1945, historians found the term “First World War” appropriate because they saw 1914-1918 as the first of a particular type of international conflict – the world’s first industrialised “total” war – which had been followed by a second industrialised world war of this kind – 1939-1945.

Why is WW1 called?



As the first pan-European War since Napoleon, ‘Great’ simply indicated the enormous scale of the conflict, much as we might today talk of a ‘great storm’ or a ‘great flood’. However, the term also had moral connotations. The Allies believed they were fighting against an evil militarism that had taken hold in Germany.

What was WW1 original name?

Until the year 1939, the 1914-18 war was referred to as the “Great War“.

What is WWI called in Russia?

Great Patriotic War (term)

What are two nicknames for ww1?

Names for the war

  • first world war.
  • Great War.
  • Kaiser’s war (also Kaiser Bill’s war)
  • war to end all wars.


Why did ww1 start?



The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914) was the main catalyst for the start of the Great War (World War I). After the assassination, the following series of events took place: • July 28 – Austria declared war on Serbia.