I've been lurking for some time on and off and I really like this site a lot. There's so much info in this site but I haven't been able to find what all these abbrieviations mean. SAK, EDC, etc. If there's a place on here that I can find the meanings can someone point it out to me? Thanks.

There have been a few threads in the past, but here are some common ones around here.

SAK = Swiss Army Knife - Those glorius little pocket knives that are a great bang for the buck
EDC = Every Day Carry - All the stuff you carry every day.
PSK = Personal SurvivalKit - Most commonly a small kit that can fit into an Altoids tin, but can be used to describe any survival kit that you would carry. Generally meant to last from 1-3 days.
BOB = Bug-Out Bag - Usually a back-pack sized kit, and is meant to keep you going for an extended period of time.

I hope that helps.


Robert

BOB- Bug Out Bag
CPF- Candle Power Forums, a flashlight forum
DR- Doug Ritter
EDC- Every Day Carry
FAK- First Aid Kit
LEO- Law Enforcement Officer (Low Earth Orbit elsewhere)
LM- LeatherMan
PA- Potable Aqua
PSK- Personal (or Pocket) Survival Kit
PSP- Pocket Survival Pak (DR’s usually)
SAK- Swiss Army Knife
SAR- Search And Rescue
TEOTWAWKI- The End Of The World As We Know It. Off topic here.
TSHTF- The Stuff Hits The Fan

BOHICA- Bend over here it comes again

Thanks a lot folks.
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DOUG RITTER:

Ditch
Outdated
Unnecessary
Gear

Repeat
Improve
Tweak
Those
Emergency
Routines

Shouldn't these abreviations be part of a sticky, Frequently Asked Questions post?

I remember clicking the FAQ link that can be found near the top of the page when I first came here... The thing is that it's related to the bulletin board software used by this website, and not the survival topics we like to talk about so much. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

try this link .....

LOL! Okay, that might be a useful site, but what if an ETS newbie searches for... PSP?

Results (only 1 page, there were 76 matches) :

PSP Paralytic Shellfish Poisioning
PSP Part Stress Prediction (engineering)
PSP perforated steel planking (US DoD)
PSP Per-Survivor Processing
PSP Phenolsulfanphthalein
PSP Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis
PSP Physician Sponsor Plan
PSP Physician Sponsor Program
PSP Plasma Separation Process
PSP Plasma Spraying (welding)
PSP Pneumatic Supply Pressure
PSP Polysaccharide Peptide
PSP Poor Sexual Performance
PSP Postsynaptic Potential
PSP Power Support Platform
PSP Precision Spectral Pyranometer
PSP Pressure Sensitive Paint
PSP Primary Sodium Pump
PSP Prime Sierpinski Project
PSP Principal State of Polarization (property of FO cables)

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well.... he has to make what is called "an educated guess".... (IIRC) <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

(if he chooses the 13th..... he might not understand the post ...)