Abbreviations

A&E	Arts and Entertainment
AA	Attempted Abortion
AAC	Advanced Ability Center
ABC	American Broadcasting Company
Abil.	Ability (magazine)
ABLE	Association for Better Living and Education
abbrev.	abbreviation
ACC	Advanced Clinical Course
Ack	acknowledgement
ACLU	American Civil Liberties Union
ACT, a.c.t.	alt.clearing.technology (news group)
AD, A.D.	After Dianetics; Year of our Lord (Latin: Anno Domini)
Admin	administration
AFAIK	as far as I know
AFF	American Family Foundation
AG	Assistant Guardian; Attorney General
AMA	American Medical Association
ANC	African National Congress
ANZO	Australia, New Zealand, Oceania
AO	Advanced Organization
AOL	America On Line
AOLA	Advanced Organization, Los Angeles
AOSHANZO	Advanced Organization, Saint Hill, Australia/New Zealand/Oceania
AOSHDK	Advanced Organization, Saint Hill, Denmark
AOSHEU	Advanced Organization, Saint Hill, Europe
AOSHUK	Advanced Organization, Saint Hill, United Kingdom
AP	Aberrated Personality
APA	American Psychiatric Association; American Psychological Association
apt.	apartment
ARC	Affinity, Reality, Communication
AZ, Ariz.	Arizona
ARS, a.r.s.	alt.religion.scientology (news group)
ARSCC	alt.religion.scientology Central Committee
ARSCC(wdne)	alt.religion.scientology Central Committee (we do not exist)
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASF	Astounding Science Fiction
ASHO	American Saint Hill Organization
ASHOD	American Saint Hill Organization Day
ASHOF	American Saint Hill Organization Foundation
ASI	Author Services, Inc.
AU	Americans United (for the Separation of Church and State)
AVC	Authorization, Verification and Correction
Ave.	Avenue
AVU	Authorization, Verification and Correction Unit

B-1	Branch One
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
BBS	bulletin board system
BC	British Columbia; Before Christ
BDA	British Dianetic Association
BI	Bureau of Information; Bad Indicator
BIS	Bodies in the Shop
BofI	Board of Investigation
BMS	Building Management Services
BP	Basic Personality; Battle Plan
BPC	Bypassed Charge
BPI	Broad Public Issue; Bridge Publications, Inc.
BPL	Board Policy Letter
BT	Body Thetan
BTB	Board Technical Bulletin
BTIAS	but that is another story
BTW	by the way

CA, Calif.	California
CAN	Cult Awareness Network
CC	Celebrity Centre
CCC	Canadian Criminal Cases
CCHR	Citizens Commission on Human Rights
CC Int.	Celebrity Centre International
CCLV	Celebrity Centre Las Vegas
CCO	Child Care Organization
CCRD	Clear Certainty Rundown
CD	compact disc
cd	could
CDEI	Curiosity, Desire, Enforce, Inhibit
CDU	Christian Democratic Union
CE	Civil Engineer
CEO	Chief Executive Officer; Cadet Estates Organization
CESO	Cedars Estate Service Organization
CF	Central Files
CHP	California Highway Patrol
CI	Counter-Intention
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CLO	Continental Liaison Office
CMO	Commodore's Messenger Organization
CMO INT	Commodore's Messenger Organization International
CMO IXU	Commodore's Messenger Organization Internal eXtension Unit
CO	Commanding Officer; Company
COB RTC	Chairman of the Board, Religious Technology Center
comm	communication
Comm Ev	Committee of Evidence
CoS, CofS, Co$	Church of Scientology
COSRECI	Church of Scientology Religious Education College International
CPLO	Continental Publications Liaison Office
CPO	Central Personnel Office/Officer; Chief Petty Officer
C/S	Case Supervisor; Course Supervisor
CSC	Church of Scientology of California
CSFSO	Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization
CSG	Commodore's Staff Guardian
CSI	Church of Scientology International
CSS	Cascading Style Sheet
CST	Church of Spiritual Technology
CSW	Completed Staff Work
CT	Conditional Target

D	Democrat
DA	Dead Agent; District Attorney
DAG	Deputy Assistant Guardian
DB	Degraded Being
dba	Doing Business As
DC	District of Columbia
DCI	Dianetic Centers International
DCSI	Dianetic Clear Special Intensive
DE	Dennis Erlich
DEA	Drug Enforcement Agency
depo.	deposition
dept.	department
Dev-T	Developed Traffic
DFGB	Dianetic Federation of Great Britain
DFI	Dianetics Foundation International
DG	Deputy Guardian
DGI	Deputy Guardian (International?)
Dir.	Director; Directorate(?)
Div.	Division
DM	David Miscavige; Deutsch Mark
DMCA	Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DMSMH	Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
Dn	Dianetics
DSA	Deputy of Special Affairs
DVD	digital versatile disc

ECHR	European Convention on Human Rights
ED	Executive Director/Directive
ED INT	Executive Director International
e.g.	for example (Latin: exempli gratia)
EOC	End of Cycle
EP	End Phenomenon
EPF	Estates Project Force
EPIC	Electronic Privacy Information Center
et al.	and others (Latin: et alia)
EUS	Eastern United States
ex	example; ex-husband
exec(s)	executive(s)

FAA	Federal Aviation Administration
FACTNet	Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network
FAF	Friends of the Animals Foundation
FAQ	frequently asked questions
FB	Flag Bureaux
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBO	Flag Banking Officer
FCB	Flag Command Bureaux
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FDN	Foundation
FDSing	False Data Stripping
Feb	February
FEBC	Flag Executive Briefing Course
FIV	feline immunodeficiency virus
FL, Fla.	Florida
FLB	Flag Land Base
F/N	Floating Needle
FO	Flag Order
FOI	Freedom of Information
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FOLO	Flag Operations Liaison Office
FPRD	False Purpose Rundown
F/R	Flag Representative
fran.	franchise
Fri.	Friday
FSM	Field Staff Member
FSO	Flag Service/Ship Organization
FSSO	Flag Ship Service Organization
FTC	Federal Trade Commission
FZ	Free Zone

GAS	Guardian Activities Scientologist
GE	Genetic Entity
GI	Gross Income
GO	Guardian's Office; Guardian Order
Gov.	Governor
govt.	government
GPM	Goals Problem Mass

HAS	Hubbard Association of Scientologists; Hubbard Apprentice Scientologist; Hubbard Area Secretary
HASI	Hubbard Association of Scientologists International
HCA	Hubbard College of Administration
HCO	Hubbard Communications Office
HCOB	Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin
HCOPL	Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter
HDF	Hubbard Dianetics Foundations
HDRF	Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation
HES	HCO Executive Secretary
HFA	Held From Above
HGB	Hollywood Guaranty Building
HGC	Hubbard Guidance Center
HIV	human immunodeficiency virus
hldrs.	holders
H.M.	His/Her Majesty
HoM	History of Man
Hon.	Honorable
HQS	Hubbard Qualified Scientologist
HRA	Human Rights Act
HSF	Hanns-Seidel Foundation
HTML	HyperText Markup Language
HTTP	HyperText Transport Protocol

IAS	International Association of Scientologists
I/C	In Charge
ID	identity
i.e.	that is (Latin: id est)
IE	Internet Explorer
IEmac	Internet Explorer for Macintosh
IEwin	Internet Explorer for Windows
IFP	Inkatha Freedom Party
IHELP	International Hubbard Ecclesiastical League of Pastors
IL	Illinois
IMO	International Management Organization
Inc.	Incorporated
INCOMM	International Network of Computer Organized Management
info	Information
INT	International
intell	intelligence
Int'l	International
IOW	in other words
IP	internet protocol; Interpol(?)
IQ	intelligence quotient
IRC	internet relay chat
IRL	in real life
IRS	Internal Revenue Service (US tax agency)
ISP	Internet Service Provider
ITO	International Training Organization

J&D	Joker and Degrader
Jhb, JBG, Joburg, Jo'burg	Johannesburg

K	thousand (Greek: kilo)
KKK	Ku Klux Klan
KoX	Knights of Xenu
K/R	Knowledge Report
KRC	Knowledge, Responsibility, Control
KSW	Keep Scientology Working
KTL	Key to Life

LA	Los Angeles
LAUSD	Los Angeles Unified School District
LDNF	London Foundation
LDS	Latter Day Saints
LF	Long Fall
LFBD	Long Fall Blow Down
LO	Loyal Officer
LOL	laughing out loud
LRH	L. Ron Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard
LRH Pers PRO	L. Ron Hubbard Personal Public Relations Office
LT	Laura Terepin
Lt.	Lieutenant
LV	Las Vegas

M&G	Mail and Guardian
MAA	Master At Arms
mags	magazines
MBE	Member of the order of the British Empire
MC	Multiculturalism
MCCS	Mission Corporate Category Sort-out
MD	Medical Doctor; Maryland
MEST	Matter, Energy, Space, and Time
MI	Michigan
MIA	missing in action
ML	much love
MLK	Martin Luther King (Jr.)
MPH	miles per hour
MS	Microsoft
MSH	Mary Sue Hubbard
MSIE	Microsoft Internet Explorer
MU, m/u	MisUnderstood word
MYOB	mind your own business

NAACP	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAMH	National Association for Mental Health
NCO	Non-Commissioned Officer
NED	New Era Dianetics
NEP	New Era Publications
Nev.	Nevada
NJ	New Jersey
NOI	Nation of Islam
NOTS	NED for OTs, New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans
Nov.	November
NV, Nev.	Nevada
NW	Network
NWU	Northwestern University
NY	New York
NYC	New York City
NZ	New Zealand

OCA	Oxford Analysis Capacity
OCR	optical character recognition
Oct.	October
OEC	Organization Executive Course
OES	Organization Executive Secretary
OIO	Office of International Operations
OMA	Ontario Medical Association
OOD	Order of the Day
Op(s)	operation(s)
OPP	Ontario Provincial Police
Org(s)	Organization(s)
OSA	Office of Special Affairs
OT	Operating Thetan
OTC	Operating Thetan Committee; Operation Transport Corporation
OTO	Ordo Templi Orientalis
OTOH	on the other hand
O/W	Overts and Withholds

PAB	Professional Auditor's Bulletin
PAC	Pacific Area Command
para(s).	paragraph(s)
PC	Pre-Clear; politically correct
PDC	Philadelphia Doctorate Course
PE	Personal Efficiency (course)
PES	Public Executive Secretary
ph	phonetic
Ph.D.	doctor of philosophy (Latin: Philosophiae Doctor)
PI	private investigator
P/L	Policy Letter
POB	post office box
PPRO Res.	Personal Public Relations Officer Researcher
PR	public relations
PRA	Public Relations Area
PRAWW	Public Relations Area World Wide
PRO	Public Relations Office/Officer
PROAC	Public Relations Office/Officer Area Control
PRO TR(s)	Professional Training Routine(s)
PT	Present Time
PTA	Parent-Teacher Association
PTS	Potential Trouble Source
PTS/SP	Potential Trouble Source/Suppressive Person
pubs.	publications
Purif	Purification Rundown

Q&A	Question(ing) and Answer(ing)
QC	Queen's Counsel

R	republican
RAM	Records, Assets and Materiel
RCMP	Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RD	Rundown
re	regarding
Reg	Registrar
rep	reputation
Rev.	Reverend
RJ## (e.g., RJ67)	Ron's Journal (e.g., Ron's Journal 67)
ROFL	rolling on the floor, laughing
RPF	Rehabilitation Project Force
R/S	Rock Slam
RTC	Religious Technology Center
RTFM	read the fucking manual
RVY	Robert Vaughn Young

S.	south
SA	South Africa
Sat.	Saturday
SC	Scientology Church
Scien, Scieno	Scientologist/Scientology
Scn	Scientology
Scnist	Scientologist
Sec	Security; secretary
Sec Check	Security Check
Seced	Secretarial Executive Directive
Ser Fac	Service Facsimile
SF, s-f, sci-fi	science fiction
SFO	San Francisco Org(anization)[?]
SH	Saint Hill
shd	should
SHSBC	Saint Hill Special Briefing Course
SM	Smith Mitchell
SMI	Scientology Missions International
SO	Sea Org(anization); Scientology Organization
SOB	son of a bitch
SOR	Sea Org(anization) Reserves
SOS	Science of Survival
SP	Suppressive Person
SRA	Severe Reality Adjustment
SS	defense squadron (German: Schutzstaffel)
SS#, SSN	Social Security Number
stats	Statistics
STN	Stahlbautechnik Neckar
Sun.	Sunday
SZ	Sueddeutsche Zeitung

TA	Tone Arm
TD	Technical Dictionary
Tech	Technology
tgt	target
Thur., Thu.	Thursday
TM	trademark
TN, Tenn.	Tennessee
TR(s)	Training Routine(s)
TR-K	Training Routine - Kindness
TTC	Technical Training Corps
TV	television
TWC	Two-Way Communication
TWTH	The Way To Happiness

UDI	Unilateral Declaration of Independence
UFO	unidentified flying object
UK	United Kingdom
UN	United Nations
US	United States
USA	United States of America

VAPA	Vanguard Amateur Press Association
VFP	Valuable Final Product
VGI(s)	Very Good Indicator(s)
VIP	very important person
VM	Volunteer Minister

W3	World Wide Web
W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
WAI	Web Accessibility Initiative
WC	Word Clearing
WCAG	Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
wd	would
WDC	Watch Dog Committee
wdne	we do not exist
wdn't	wouldn't
WFMH	World Federation of Mental Health
WI	Wisconsin
WIS?	What Is Scientology?
WISE	World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
WLC	World Literacy Crusade
WRP	Workers' Revolutionary Party
WRT	with regard to
WTC	World Trade Center
WTH	Way To Happiness
WUS	Western United States
WW	World Wide; World War
WWW	world wide web

XHTML	eXtensible HyperText Markup Language

YMCA	Young Men's Christian Association

ZMD	Central Committee of Muslims in Germany (German: Zentralrat der Muslime in Deutschland)