Common Abbreviations

[Zombie Axe]

http://www.survivalblog.com/glossary.html

Has many many acronyms and their definition :)

[TheUnboundOne]

Diesel,

Those are some great acronyms, all of which I know and heartily support.

To this, I would add a favorite acronym which embodies the Survivalist ethic well:

TANSTAAFL--"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch," made famous by libertarian Science Fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein. Sometimes grammatically corrected and spelled TINSTAAFL ("There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.") Libertarian-minded Nobel Prize-Winning economist Milton Friedman made a book of the same title with some of his economic insights.

[Diesel]

Common Abbreviations you may see here on the forum

BO...- Bug Out/Bail Out. Basically 'get the hell outta dodge' when bad stuff happens. BO can be attached to a variety of letters in this manner (e.g. BOB, BOL, etc.)
BOB- Bug Out Bag (AKA "go bag"). In essence, your means of carrying your survival equipment. Military style "assault packs", Hiking backpacks are examples.
BOL- Bug Out Location. Your planned destination if something goes down. Optimally, you've already got it stocked with what you'll need in a crisis.
BOV- Bug Out Vehicle (less commonly it can mean Bug Out Vest for those who choose vests over bags). Your means of travel to your BOL/through the wasteland that our world has become.


PAW- Post-Apocalyptic World
TEOTWAWKI- The End of The World As We Know It
SHTF- Shit Hits The Fan (i.e. worst-case scenario, perhaps leading to a PAW or TEOTWAWKI).

LEO- Law Enforcement Officer
MIL- short for Military, either as a descriptive term for gear or a current/former member of the military.
.GOV- Represent the .gov domain extension but is used to represent or mean the governement