| Acronym | Meaning |
| BEM | British Empire Medal - Bug-Eyed Monster |
| BFF | Best Friends Forever |
| APOLLO | Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation |
| PAYD | Pay As You Drive |
| SEE | Small Emplacement Excavator |
| 2.5G | Second-and-a-half-generation Mobile Telephone System |
| G7 | Assistant Chief-of-Staff |
| NIB | New In Box (Internet Auction/trading Listings) |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone Service (cf. PANS) - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome |
| INTSUM | Intelligence Summary |