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Scouting Abbreviations

Look through 166 acronyms and abbreviations related to Scouting:

PKD — Pinkster Kamp Dwingeloo (European Scouting Camp for Scouts and Explorers)
L,R — left, right
NIMBY — Not In My Back Yard
WOSM — World Organization of the Scout Movement
KN — Knot
LDR — Leader
BOQ — Bachelor Officers' Quarters
RICE — Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. (For the treatment of certain leg and foot injuries.)
WDYB — Webelos Do Your Best
YPC — Young Peoples Camp
MBU — Merit Badge University
SABC — self aid and buddy care
OA — Order of the Arrow
PLTC — Patrol Leader Training Camp
CGIT — Canadian Girls in Training [in the United Church of Canada]
LDR — Leadership Development Roundtable
LDR — Leadership Development Report
LDR — Leadership Development Room
VSL — Venture Scout Leader
ASPL — Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
ESU — Explorer Scout Unit
CKY — Camp Kill Yourself
DOB — Do Our Best
APL — Assistant Patrol Leader
NLY — No Limits Youth
HMSR — Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation
GSUSA — Girl Scouts of the United States of America
WAGGGS — World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
COH — Court of Honor
PL — Patrol Leader
SNE — Scouts New England
PLC — Patrol Leaders' Council
DYB — Do Your Best (shouted four times as part of Scouting's Wolf Cub Grand Howl) (cf. DOB)
ZOB — Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa
WEBLOS — We'll Be Loyal Scouts
NSO — National Scout Organization
DESC — District Explorer Scout Commissioner (UK)
AAMES — Association of African Methodist Episcopal Scouters
BSA-TPC — Boy Scouts of America - Tall Pine Council
CIMI — Catalina Island Marine Institute
GSL — Group Scout Leader
YDO — Youth Development Organization
ZHP — Zwiazek Harcerstwa Polskiego (The Polish Scout Association)
GAME — Guide, Acknowledge, Mentor, and Equip
VNJ — Vlaams Nationaal Jeugdverbond
WVSU — Woodpath Venture Scout Unit
ECAD — Explorers Club Annual Dinner
VSU — Venture Scout Unit
HMC — Hawk Mountain Council
IFSR — International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians