Glossary of terms used by some post-Mormons. Members of this website should feel free to add to this list as they see fit by clicking on the Edit link at the above right. All edits and authors of edits are tracked on the History page of each entry.
AFAIK - As far as I know
Anti-Mormon - Hostile opposition and falsehoods about Mormons and their theology
AP - Assistant to the (Mission) President
Apologist - A defender of the Church
ASAP - As soon as possible
BAC - Born-Again Christian
BB - Bulletin board
BDK - Baloney Detection Kit
BF - boyfriend
BIC - Born in covenent
BIL - Brother in law
Bish - Bishop
BKP - Boyd K. Packer
BOA - Book of Abraham
BOM - Book of Mormon
BP - Branch President
Breed 'Em Young - A word play on Brigham Young University.
Brethren, The - The LDS leadership
BS - Bulls**t
BTW - By the way
BY - Brigham Young
BYC - Bishop's Youth Council/Committee
BYU - Brigham Young University
CAB - Church Administration Building (seldom used)
CES - Church Education System
Chapel Mormon - A Mormon who embraces the common, traditional notions of the Church.
CHI - Church Handbook of Instructions
CK - Celestial Kingdom
COB - Church Office Building. Often used to mean LDS Church administration in general.
CofC - Community of Christ: formerly known as the RLDS Church (see RLDS)
Cog Dis - Cognitive Dissonance
COJCOLDS - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Corridor, The - The heavily Mormon-populated region in Northern Utah along the Wasatch Front.
CotFP - Corporation of the First Presidency
Cultural Mormon - A Mormon who identifies with the Church due to cultural heritage, but not the theology
D&C - Doctrine and Covenants
DAMU - Dissaffected Mormon Underground
DCP - Daniel C. Peterson. A prominent defender of the LDS Church.
DD - Dear Daughter
DF - Dear Father
DH - Dear husband
DI - Deseret Industries
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - A periodical dedicated to Mormon scholarship.
Dialogue Mormon - A synonym for "Sunstone Mormon" (see below), i.e. a very liberal Mormon.
DIL - Daughter-in-law
DL - District Leader. A leadership position for LDS missionaries.
DM - Dear Mother
DP - Dear Partner
DS - Dear Son
DW - Dear wife
EQ - Elders Quorum
EQP - Elders Quorum President
ETB - Ezra Taft Benson. President of the LDS Church from 1985 - 1995.
Exmo - Ex-Mormon - one who no longer believes in Mormonism
F&T - Fast and Testimony meeting
FAIR - Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research
FARMS - Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
FHE - Family Home Evening
FIL - Father in law
FLDS - Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
FPR - Faith-promoting rumor
Fundies/Fundy - Slang term for Fundamentalist Christians.
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYI - For your information
*G* - Grin
GA - General Authority
GBH - Gordon B. Hinckley
GD - Gospel Doctrine
GF - girlfriend
Happy Valley - Utah County
HF - Heavenly Father
HP - High Priest
HPGL - High Priest group leader
HT - Home teacher/teaching
IHOH - International House of Handshakes. An irreverent reference to the LDS temple.
IIRC - If I recall correctly
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
Internet Mormon - A mormon who embraces the new revisionist ideas of the Church's foundational claims
IOW - In other words
IRL - In real life
Iron-rod Mormon - A conservative, literalist Mormon. The opposite of a Liahona Mormon.
ISL - In Sacred Loneliness, a book by Todd Compton
Jack Mormon - Believer who intentionally does not follow Mormon rules
JC - Jesus Christ
JK - Just kidding
JS - Joseph Smith
KJV - King James Version of the Bible
KWIM - Know what I mean?
LBM - Lead Balloon Moment
LDS - Latter-day Saint(s)
Legacy Mormons - Latter-day Saints who were born into the LDS Church
LGT - Limited Geography Theory
Liahona Mormon - A "liberal" Mormon. The opposite of an Iron-rod Mormon.
LMAO - Laughing my a** off
LOL - Laughing out loud
Mardinal - Stephen Colbert's term for a GA or Mormon Cardinal
MIA - Mutual Improvement Association
MIL - Mother in law
MIT - Married in the temple
MMM - Mountain Meadows Massacre
Mope - Stephen Colbert's term for the Prophet or Mormon Pope
Morg - 1. Mormon organization; 2. A fusion of the words "Mormon" and "Borg"
Morridor - A fusion of the words "Mormon" and "Corridor", referring to the Wasatch Front.
MoTab - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
MP - Mission President
MTC - Missionary Training Center
Nevermo - Never Mormon
NIV - New International Version of the Bible
NOM - New Order Mormons
NT - New Testament
OMG - Oh my God/Gosh
OT - 1. Old Testament; 2. Off-topic
OTOH - On the other hand
Po-Mo - Post Mormon
PostMo - Post Mormon - one who no longer believes but sympathetic to Mormons
Pri - Primary
RfM - Recovery from Mormonism
RLDS - Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now "Community of Christ")
RM - Returned Missionary
ROFL - Rolling on (the) floor laughing
ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
RS - Relief Society
SAHM - Stay at home mom
SIL - Son or sister in law
SLC - Salt Lake City
SM - Sacrament Meeting
SP - Stake President
SS - Sunday School
Sunstone Foundation - organization exploring deeper scholarship in Mormon studies. Very liberal.
Sunstone Mormon - Very liberal Mormon. May not believe all the foundational claims of the Church.
SWK - Spencer W. Kimball
TBM - True Blue (or believing) Mormon(s)
TSCC - The So Called Church
U, the - "The U" refers to the University of Utah
WOW - Word of Wisdom
WRT - With regard to
WTF - What the F[ra]ck
Xian, Xianity - Christian, Christianity
YBU - Rearranged acronym "BYU"
YM - Young Men Program
YW - Young Women Program
Zion Curtain - as in "behind the Zion Curtain." Refers to Utah.
ZLMB - Zion Lighthouse Message Board. An early apologetic discussion forum.
Zoobie - A Brigham Young University student