Paranoid means being suspicious, having illusions about being followed, persecuted, or about being afraid or distrustful of others. Do others accuse you of being paranoid because you are concerned about disaster preparedness? Do they remind you that "Y2K" was a big joke?
Do You Understand These Acronyms?
Do you know, understand, or use a lot of these in your everyday speech?
- BOB – bug out bag
- BOV – bug out vehicle
- CCP - Concealed Carry Permit
- CCW - Concealed Carry Weapon (permit or gun)
- CWP - Concealed Weapons Permit
- Decon – decontamination
- EMP – electromagnetic pulse
- FAK – first aid kit
- FIFO – first in first out (food rotation)
- FWIW – for what it’s worth
- GOOD – get out of Dodge
- GTG – good to go
- JIC – just in case
- KISS - keep it simple stupid
- LRW - long Range Weapon
- MRE – meals ready to eat
- NBC – nuclear or biological warfare
- POV – personally owned vehicle
- Prepper – one who practices preparedness, a survivalist
- TEOTWAWKI – the end of the world as we know it
- WMD – weapons of mass destruction
- WTSHTF (when the shit hits the fan) or TSHTF or SHTF – when the "stuff" hits the fan
- Anthrax
- Apocalypse
- Atomic Bomb attack
- Barter Currency
- Chemical spills
- Dirty Bomb
- Disasters
- Droughts
- Earthquakes
- Economic collapse
- EMP Bombs
- End-Of-Days
- Floods
- Global pandemics (Avian bird flu)
- Just-in-time-food-supply
- Mayan calendar
- Mud slides
- Peak Oil
- Power Grid Outage
- Riots
- Solar flare
- Tornadoes
- Tsunamis
- Y2K
You're a Prepper! Welcome to the club! You're following the Boy Scout's motto: "Be Prepared." You're GTG!!!
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