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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 slang of the trenches and the Air Force; British and American service terms and expressions in everyday use; nicknames, sobriquets, and the titles of British and Commonwealth Regiments and their origins; 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, some of which may seem derogatory by today's standards. The following words and phrases have been transcribed from three primary sources (see contents). Feel free to help improve any of the entries in these lists.
- d.
- Dabster
- Daddy, A Sea
- Dado
- Dados
- Dag
- Dag up
- Dago
- Dags
- Dags, On the
- Daisy pushing
- Daisy roots (rhyming slang)
- Dandy
- Dardanelles
- Dark night patrol
- Dart
- Daty
- David
- David, Send it down
- Day's pack
- Dazzle painting
- DCM
- Dead Marine
- Dead, On the
- Debus
- Deck, Going off the
- Declaration of London
- Declaration of War
- De-coder
- Decoration, Military
- Decoy ships
- Deep end, To go off the
- Defeatist
- Defilade
- Degommy
- Dekko
- Delible
- Delousing chambers
- Demies
- Dennis
- Deolali tap (Doolally tap)
- De-racks
- Derby
- Der tag day
- Derzy
- Desert, Swing it across the
- Detail, Attack in
- Deuce and ace (rhyming slang)
- Devil's Wood
- DFC
- Dial
- Dick, Money for
- Dicky dirt (rhyming slang)
- Dicky flurry
- Dicky flutter
- Dicky leave
- Dicky run
- Died of wounds
- Diddlum buck
- Dido, Cut a
- Dig in
- Dig in the grave (rhyming slang)
- Digger
- Digger, Up the
- Dig out
- Dimback
- Dinar
- Dingbat
- Dingy
- Dinkum
- Dinkum oil
- Dinky
- Dipped
- Disband
- Dispatches
- Distinguished Conduct Medal
- Distinguished Service Order
- Ditch, The
- Ditched
- Ditty box
- Division
- Divisional signs (see Signs)
- Dixie (Dixy)
- Dizzy
- Do, A
- Do an alley
- Dobbs
- Dobra
- Dobying
- Dock
- Doctor, The
- Dodger
- Dog and Bonnet
- Dog biscuits
- Dog fight
- Dogs
- Dogsbody
- Dog’s leg
- Dog watches
- Doing it
- Doings, In the
- Doings, The
- Do its damndest!
- Dolphin, The
- Don
- Done in
- Done to the wide
- Donkey’s breakfast
- Doo hicky
- Dooly
- Do one's bit
- Do one's nut
- Dope
- Dora
- Dosinghem
- Do Svidanya
- Do the dirty
- Dots on one, Put
- Douane
- Double, Come the
- Dough
- Doughboys
- Dough nuts
- Dovecote, The
- Dover Patrol
- d.o.w. (DOW)
- Dragged
- DRLS
- Drowning flotilla
- Drum, Follow the
- Drum up
- Drummy
- DSC
- DSM
- DSO
- Duay
- Ducat
- Duckboards
- Duckboard glide
- Duckboard harrier
- Ducks disease
- Duck shoving
- Dud
- Duff
- Duffos
- Dufter
- Dug-out
- Duke of Fife (rhyming slang)
- Duke of York (rhyming slang)
- Dukies, The
- Dullmajor
- Dumb insolence
- Dum-Dum bullet
- Dummy ships
- Dump
- Dun cow
- Dunnage bag
- Dunsterforce
- Duration, The
- Duration, For the
- Duster, The red
- Dustman
- Dusty boy
- Dutchman