Well, World War I was referred to as "the first world war" as early as 1914 [1] and the term was fairly popular even before World War II, so there is some prece

Well, World War I was referred to as "the first world war" as early as 1914 [1] and the term was fairly popular even before World War II, so there is some precedent. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#Names http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#Names