- http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/june-2014-update/release-notes-the-language-of-world-war-i/
- http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/june-2014-update/wwi-revised-words-list/
- 1940s slang - http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/slang/1940s-slang.html
- https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/bien-well/fra-eng/vocabulaire-vocabulary/mots1940-words1940-eng.html
You've obviously read a good range of sources. I wanted you to post a summary that you could revise from - can you pick up on two or three words coined then and examine their diachronic semantic shift?
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