Re: Acronyms
Michael Bowman (mfbowman@USSCOUTS.ORG)
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 23:36:31 -0400
Stephen,
You asked:
Here are some of the Acronyms that I've seen in use either on Scouts-L or in
related private postings. (Notes: 1. A couple of words have been changed in
a few in the interest of avoiding more vulgar common uses. 2. Some of the
acronyms here are not the official BSA two-letter designations and are
instead three letter designations frequently used in practice.) I'm sure
I've missed many, but this is a fairly good listing:
24/7 24 hours, 7 days/week, full time
404 Can't Find It Anywhere
7Ps Proper Prior Planning Prevents Pretty Poor Programs
AAK Asleep At the Keyboard (made a mistake)
ACM Assistant Cubmaster
ADC Assistant District Commissioner
ADL Assistant Den Leader
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFC Away From Computer
AFK Away from Keyboard
AOL Arrow of Light
AOM Award of Merit
APL Assistant Patrol Leader
ASPL Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
ASM Assistant Scoutmaster
BAGLOL Busting A Gut Laughing Out Loud
BB Bird-Brain
BG Blue and Gold Banquet
BL Boys Life Magazine
BOR Board of Review
BP Baden-Powell
BRB Be Right Back
BSA Boy Scouts of America
BTW By The Way
CA Assistant Cubmaster
CC Committee Chairperson
CM Cubmaster
COH Court of Honor
Commish Commissioner
COMO Commodore
COR Chartered Organization Representative
CR Chartered Organization Representative
CYA Cover Your Aft-end
DOAM District Award of Merit
DC District Chairman
DC District Commissioner
DD District Director
DE District Executive
DL Den Leader
DLC Den Leader Coach
DO Dutch Oven
EBOR Eagle Board of Review
FAQ Frequently Asked Question(s)
FOS Friends of Scouting
FUBAR Fowled Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information
<g> Grin
GTSS Guide to Safe Scouting
HA High Adventure
HAB High Adventure Base
HTH Hope This Helps
IBACS In Brotherhood and Cheerful Service
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMHBCO In My Humble But Considered Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not-So-Humble Opinion
ITSP In the Scouting Spirit
Jambo National Jamboree
JLT Junior Leader Training
JLTC Junior Leader Training Conference
JOTA Jamboree on the Air
JOTI Jamboree on the Internet
JSN Join Scouting Night
KISMIF Keep It Simple Make It Fun
LOL Laughing Out Loud
MC Member of Committee
MT Mate
NJ National Jamboree
NOAC National Order of the Arrow Conference
O-A Order of the Arrow
OA Order of the Arrow
OTL Out To Lunch
OTOH On The Other Hand
PD Pinewood Derby
PITA Pain in the rear-end
PL Patrol Leader
PLC Patrol Leader Council
QM Quartermaster
REP Religious Emblems Program
RL Real Life
ROTFL Rolling On the Floor Laughing
RTFM Read The Fine Manual
S4F Scouting for Food
S4S Sign-up for Scouting
SA Assistant Scoutmaster
SB Silver Beaver
SBC Seabadge Conference
SDE Senior District Executive
SE Scout Executive (Sometimes mistakenly referred to as CE for
Council Executive)
SEAL Sea Experience Advanced Leadership course
SK Skipper
SL Scout Law
SM Scoutmaster
SMF Scoutmastership Fundamentals Course
SNAFU Situation Normal - All Fowled Up
SO Scout Oath
SOAR Save Our American Resources
SPL Senior Patrol Leader
SSAD Scout Show and Do
STA Service to America
TIA Thanks In Advance
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTT Train the Trainer
UC Unit Commissioner
USE Unit Serving Executive (See also DE)
VBG Very Big Grin
VCOMO Vice Commodore
VH Vigil Honor (O-A)
WAGGGS World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
WB Wood Badge
WDL Webelos Den Leader
WJ World Jamboree
WL Webelos Leader
WLOT Webelos Leader Outdoor Training
WONT Webelos Overnight Training
WOSM World Organization of the Scout Movement
WRT With Respect To
WTH What The Heck
WYTK Watch Your Top Knot (What Your Hair or Head)
xAC Area Council where "x" is the name of the Council
YiS Yours in Scouting
YISS Yours In Sea Scouting
YMMV Your Milage may Vary
Smileys
In addition there are a bunch of smiley faces that are used. To
view them, turn your head to the left so that the face appears right-side
up:
:-) normal smiley
;-) winking smiley
:-))) laughter or chuckle
>:-)) devilish laugh
:-o suprised smiley
8-() wide-eyed with amazement
:-)} smiley with a beard
:-( sad face
8-) smiley wearing glasses
(|) rear-end
Grins
<g> grin
<bg>, <G> big grin
<eg> evil grin
<veg> very evil grin
Terms
Lurker Someone who reads a group, but doesn't post
Flame A vitriolic attack in response to a post, generally on a
personal level.
Spam An article (almost always an ad or personal) posted to a
large number of groups which is clearly irrelevant to the
group.
Mike
Mike Bowman, Vice President
U.S. Scouting Service Project, Inc.
Website: http://usscouts.org
E-Mail: mfbowman@usscouts.org
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