# When was "World War 2" First Used?

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**Created:** [February 23, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-world-war-2-first-used/393409 "2007-02-23T17:52:40Z")
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### Author: ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-world-war-2-first-used/393409/15 "2007-02-23T19:33:13Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]  
Well, that seems obvious, since the actual WWI started in July of 1914.  
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Please pardon me and my ethnocentrism/complete lack of knowldge in this area of history since my history teachers all spent so much time on the Civil War we always ran out fo semester before the 20th century.

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