Common abbreviations used here

Lady Lee

We use so many abbreviations here that I thought a list might help people who are unaware of their meanings (not everyone here is or was a JW). Some are related to internet use and some are specific to JWs

So feel free to add to the list.

JWD = this website = jehovahs-witness-discussion

bttt = back to the top = by posting on a thread you send it to the top of the ACTIVE TOPICS

JWs = Jehovah's Witnesses

DFed = disfellowshipped

DAed - disassociated

GB = Governing Body

FDS = Faithful and Discrete Slave

R&F = rank and file = the average Witnesses

CO = Circuit overseer

DO = district overseer

BORG = the WTS that controls everything and rejects individuality = Borg from Star Trek

BORG = Brooklyn ORGanization

DC = district convention

CA - circuit assembly

KH = kingdom hall

MS = ministerial servant

lol = laugh out loud

UBM = unbelieving mate

mrsjones5

I got one:

WTF = What the F___

one of my favs, don't use it often tho

Josie

Nosferatu

Yeah, there's the typical internet acronyms

LMAO = Laughing my ass off

ROTFLMAO = Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off

IMO = In my honest/humble opinion

BTW = By The Way

BF = Boyfriend

GF = Girlfriend

SO or S/O = Significant Other

Vernon Williams

Also,

IMHO: In my hillbilly opinion

From MO,

V

AWAKE&WATCHING

Thanks, very helpful. BORG had me mystified although I could tell what it was by the context I didn't actually know what it meant. I just figured I would wait on Jehovah and eventually see the light.