Acronym /abbreviation suggestions?

[zXzGrifterzXz]

I keep seeing the following acronyms and I'm not able to decipher them, even with context:

GHB... Go-Home Bag? Get Home Bag?

EDC... EveryDay Carry? Essential Disaster Carry? Emergency Document Center? I've searched and can't find this defined anywhere

PSK... Pocket Survival Kit?

CCW... Concealed Carry Weapon?

I found MOLLE via wiki... Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment

You pretty much guessed em all.

GHB - Get Home Bag(Usually the bag one has who's purpose is to have the the supplies needed to help get you from where ever you are to back to your home.)
EDC - Everyday Carry(Can refer to the all of the gear carried with you on a daily basis or can also be used in a specific way such as "This light will always be my EDC light")
PSK - Honestly never heard this one used in regular conversation but Pocket survival kit sounds about right.
CCW - Concealed Carry Weapon(Usually refers to a concealed pistol but I have seen it used to describe knives and other items which can be concealed on a person where firearm carry is not possible or legal.

[derajer]

Started a wiki article for this

http://zombiehunters.org/wiki/index.php/Abbreviations_%26_Acronyms

[Y.T.]

thank you both.

[Name]

wow

[TheFreakinBear]

wow

Wow? What does that mean?

[Y.T.]

wow

Wow? What does that mean?

World Of Warcraft. ;P





*sigh* I'm so witty.

[Molon Labe]

wow

Wow? What does that mean?

World Of Warcraft. ;P





*sigh* I'm so witty.

Or a nerd.

[Gatorfarmer]

I keep seeing the following acronyms and I'm not able to decipher them, even with context:

GHB... Go-Home Bag? Get Home Bag?

EDC... EveryDay Carry? Essential Disaster Carry? Emergency Document Center? I've searched and can't find this defined anywhere

PSK... Pocket Survival Kit?

CCW... Concealed Carry Weapon?

I found MOLLE via wiki... Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment

PSK is a pocket survival kit. Sometimes for double acronym goodness there's reference to the AMK PSK with the AMK in being the Adventure Medical Kits company. EDC is "every day carry" (as in "I EDC my AMK PSK next to my CCW rather than in my GHB or on my MOLLE vest", solemn nod.) Back in law school (I dropped out, so I'm not a real lawyer), CCW was a reference to the crime of "carrying a concealed weapon". As in "I was sentenced to two weeks community service for CCW". The usage seems to vary between board culture these days between "Carrying a Concealed Weapon" and "Concealed Carry Weapon". Thus some people will say "My CCW is a Glock" and others might say "I CCW [meaning carry concealed] a Glock". Or if in the spririt of things "I CCW my G19" as Glocks are often referenced by the model number.

Oh, and there are also references to the AMK SOL kit, which they officially call "Survive Outdoors Longer" but some call the "Shit out of Luck" kit.

There's also an "OSN" forthcoming - from a different company - that is a riff on the Ranger Rick survival necklace. It is officially called "Outdoor survival necklace" but informally known as the "Oh shit necklace". If they catch on OSN's may become as common as PSKs for EDC. Solemn nod.

[arc_second]

PSK... Pocket Survival Kit?

That one always gets me as my first thought is that it's for Phase-Shift Keying or Pre-Shared Key.

-James

[Short Bus]

Here is a very good list...

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

[Organdonor]

What does SHARP mean?

[Y.T.]

What does SHARP mean?

I've never heard that used here. Do you have a context? That might help.

I found these options, maybe one will make sense for you:
SHARP Safety Health Awareness and Recognition Program
SHARP Self-Healing Alternate Route Protection
SHARP Shared Reconnaissance Pod (reconnaissance system in development for Navy aircraft)
SHARP System for Human Activity Recognition and Prediction (Intel computer R&D)
SHARP System-Oriented High-Range Resolution Automatic Recognition Program

[Organdonor]

Somebody posted up in another thread that they were a SHARP. I'll PM them directly to find out (and if it's interesting, I'll post it here.) I know it's the second time or so that I've seen it used.

edit: eh... I found out what it means... not PAW related: Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice

[jay_imok]

EDC


try here: http://www.edcforums.com/


just behave - i got bounced!


j

[rick1881]

Started a wiki article for this

http://zombiehunters.org/wiki/index.php/Abbreviations_%26_Acronyms

WTG

[Cybrludite]

DRT = Dead Right There

The version down here in south Louisiana is DRD. (Ded. Right dere.) This from my CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) instructor during the triage class...

[WoG]

We are toying with the idea of a "glossary" of sorts for acronyms/abbreviations that people new to the forums often do not understand.

OMG. Thank you for this post. I've been reading everything I can, and have been stumped by a few of these acronyms. Perhaps you could link a summary of this post in the NEW MEMBERS README thread for a FNG* like me?

-edit -thanks for the wiki page!

[Necrowerx]

RALF?

Actually, I like the idea of "RALPH" : Re-Animated Lifeform Post-Humous
As in, "Shoot that RALPH over there!" or, "Take that, RALPH!"

And yeah, thank god I found this thread, I was lost out there wondering, "PAW" ??.. wtf ?

[Sckitzo]

RALF?

Actually, I like the idea of "RALPH" : Re-Animated Lifeform Post-Humous
As in, "Shoot that RALPH over there!" or, "Take that, RALPH!"

And yeah, thank god I found this thread, I was lost out there wondering, "PAW" ??.. wtf ?

I can't help but think of a cartoon I saw when I was a kid (Tail Spin I think?) where these pirate ducks are shooting at someone and the "boss" says "Fire at Will" *bang bang* no not AT WILL...

Anyway outstanding post, only one I can add is...

tl:dnr or tl/dnr (other variations of this are around) - To Long Did Not Read

Had to google that one before.

[MrMendigo]

How about...

Zombie
Outbreak
Mobile
Battlefield
Infiltration &
Eradication

Fast
Action
Response
Team

"ZOMBIE FART"

That is an acrostic….a really….really….awesome acrostic.

[Lenny]

What does SHARP mean?

I've never heard that used here. Do you have a context? That might help.

I found these options, maybe one will make sense for you:
SHARP Safety Health Awareness and Recognition Program
SHARP Self-Healing Alternate Route Protection
SHARP Shared Reconnaissance Pod (reconnaissance system in development for Navy aircraft)
SHARP System for Human Activity Recognition and Prediction (Intel computer R&D)
SHARP System-Oriented High-Range Resolution Automatic Recognition Program

*EDIT* some how I missed you found it.

S.kin H.eads A.gainst R.acial P.rejudice.

[dkhoward]

TANSTAAFL

There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

[cssims]

Not one thats used much but I've always liked it.

JAFO

Just
Another
F****ing
Observer

From the movie "Blue Thunder". (At least thats the only place I know it from.)

[basscadetz]

dilligaf = do i look like i give a fuck?
stfu = shut the fuck up