20 words added to the English language 100 years ago, after World War 1 hundred years ago, in 1918, ended the First World War. A few months after that, in a diary entry dated September 10, 1918, the term entered English language. We didn't wait for the Second World War to coin the word "First" before the only World War the world had seen at the time. Though it was called the Great War or the War To End Wars prior to this, the changing terminology in a way, the decision predicted the future yet to unfold. The year 1918 saw a great many developments on the planet apart from the World War and the incredible number of "new things" happening created the need for a lot of new words. Society was advancing by leaps and bounds in the fields of arts, aviation and industry. It was barely two decades since moving pictures or films entered the scenario, while medicine was improving and the concept of women's freedom was on the rise. Arou
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