What has 1st, 2nd and 3rth world to do with the cold war?

In school i learned it like this, europe 1st world, america 2nd and the rest is the third world. When i looked up in the inet its only about cold war.

I learned it as NATO was 1st world, USSR was 2nd world, and everything else was third world. Not saying your wrong, I could be wrong, but thats just how I learned it.

What is this gibberish...

Wealthy capitalist countries were considered first world, USSR and its allies 2nd world and I suppose the rest was third world. Although the terms are a bit dated today.xTheExploited

"First world" nations were America and its allies; "second world" nations were the Soviet Union and its allies; and "third world" nations were neutral. The terms then basically evolved from there after the Cold War ended to what we have today.

I learned it that NATO countries were 1st world, and USSR was named 2nd world (Just for anti-communism reasons) and third world are countries that aren't really developed, nowadays, no one really says 1st and 2nd world, however the term "3rd world" is still often used.Mythomniac

Europe is like one big hotel, except you don't like the guy living next door. America is like a scattered field of ranches, and everyone is armed. The rest of the world is comprised of crime and mud shacks.