Scouting Jargon

The Language of Scouting, Acronyms, and Terms

APL - Assistant Patrol Leader


ASM - Assistant Scoutmaster


ASPL - Assistant Senior Patrol Leader


B-P - Baden-Powell (Scouting’s Founder)


BSA - Boy Scouts of America


COPE - (Challenging Outdoor Personal   


Experience)


COR - Chartered Organization Representative


CSE - Chief Scout Executive


DE - District Executive


DiD - District Director


EDGE - Training method (Explain,


Demonstrate, Guide, Enable)


FOS - Friends of Scouting


JASM - Junior Assistant Scoutmaster


LNT - Leave No Trace


NESA - National Eagle Scout Association


NYLT - National Youth Leadership Training 


OA - Order of the Arrow


PRAY - Programs of Religious Activities with Youth


PL - Patrol Leader


PLC - Patrol Leaders Council


PTC - Philmont Training Center


SE - Scout Executive


SM - Scoutmaster


SPL - Senior Patrol Leader


YPT - Youth Protection Training