| 550 | Paracord |
| "JUNK" SILVER | 1964 or earlier mint date US coins with a silver content of 90% |
| 2WD | Two Wheel Drive |
| 4WD | Four Wheel Drive |
| 4X4 | Four Wheel Drive |
| ABAO | All Bets Are Off |
| ACH | Advanced Combat Helmet |
| ACOG | Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (Trijicon) |
| ACU | Army Combat Uniform |
| AGL | Above Ground Level |
| ALICE | All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment |
| ALPHA STRATEGY | A hedge against inflation |
| AO | Area of Operations |
| AOW | Any other Weapon (BATFE classification) |
| APC | Armored Personnel Carrier |
| API | Armor Piercing Incendiary |
| APIT | Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer |
| AR | Automatic Rifle |
| ARC | American Red Cross |
| ARK | Armed Response Kit |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ASL | Above Sea Level |
| ATF | Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATFE) |
| ATL | Attempt to Locate (BOLO) |
| ATV | All Terrain Vehicle |
| AWD | All Wheel Drive |
| BIB | Bug-In Bag |
| BLUF | Bottom Line Up Front. (The most important point stated first.) |
| BOB | Bug Out Bag |
| BOL | Bug Out Location |
| BOLO | Be On the Look Out for |
| BOV | Bug Out Vehicle |
| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (a.k.a. "Mad Cow" disease) |
| BTU | British Thermal Units |
| BUG IN | Shelter in place. |
| BUG OUT | Leave in a hurry |
| CACHE | A stash of supplies |
| CARRINGTON EVENT | A naturally occurring EMP-like effect, caused by a CME |
| CM | Compressed Meals (The Army' new alternative to MREs) |
| CME | Coronal Mass Ejection (Solar flares) |
| CYA | Cover Your Assets |
| DEEP | Disaster and EmErgency Preparedness |
| DHTRO | Defecation Hits The Rotating Oscillator |
| DLP | Defense of Life and Property |
| DOOMSTEAD | Synonymous with survival retreat |
| DRT | Dead Right There |
| EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse |
| FAK | First Aid Kit |
| FARADAY CAGE | A shielding enclosure for electronics |
| FAST | Fitness Adventure Survival skills and Training |
| FIFO | First In, First Out—used for food storage rotation |
| GHB | Get Home Bag |
| GOOD | Get Out Of Dodge |
| HDR | Humanitarian Daily Ration |
| HEMP | High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse. See also EMP |
| HORDES | People leaving the big cities looking for supplies. |
| INCH BAG | I’m Never Coming Home Bag |
| JIC | Just In Case |
| JIT | Just In Time (inventory control system) |
| KISS | "Keep it Simple, Stupid!" |
| LOS | Line Of Sight |
| MAD | Mutually Assured Destruction |
| MALL NINJA | Someone that values style over substance |
| MOE | Measures of Effectiveness |
| MOLLE | Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment |
| MOLON LABE | Greek for "Come and Take [It]" |
| MRE | Meal, Ready to Eat (U.S. Army field rations) |
| OPSEC | Operation(s/al) Security |
| PERK | Personal Emergency Relocation Kit |
| PM’s | Precious Metals |
| PREP | Slang for prepare |
| PREPPER | Slang for prepared individual (A Survivalist.) |
| PREPS | Slang for preparations |
| SHTF | Sh*t (Stuff) hits the fan |
| SOL | Sh*t Out of Luck (Simply Out of Luck) |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure(s) |
| TEOTWAWKI | The End of the World As We Know It |
| THE CRUNCH | See WTSHTF |
| WROL | Without Rule of Law |
| WTSHTF | When the Sh*t Hits the Fan |
| YOYO | You're On Your Own |
| ZOMBIE | Unprepared aggressive masses who will take what you have painstakingly prepared, or...Zombies. |
Get DEEP, FAST in this Acronym/Dictionary so you can know the language of survival.
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