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had at least thirty different definitions: free of clouds, having no
blemishes, free from guilt, passing without contact, making a profit,
etc. Yet in Scientology the word "clear" has one very concrete meaning:
a person who has completed the Clearing Course in Scientology.
Another example is the word "release," which in English has nine
different definitions, including: to set free, to let loose, to release
from an obligation, to be set free from pain, to permit to be issued,
etc. But in Scientology, a "release" refers to one thing: someone who
has completed one of the lower levels of Scientology auditing.
Acronyms and abbreviations are common in Scientology, again a way of
abbreviating thought. Acronyms can be parts of the organization: the SO
(Sea Organization), GO (Guardian's Office), AO (Advanced Organization),
ASHO (American Saint Hill Organization), CMO (Commodore's Messenger
Organization).
Or they can have to do with time, e.g., AD (after Dianetics), and BD
(before Dianetics). Years in Scientology are numbered in relation to the
year 1950 -- the year the Dianetics book was published; therefore 1992
becomes AD 42 in Scientology. The year 1940 becomes BD 10.
There are many acronyms that have to do with the "technical"
processes of auditing, such as: VBIs (bad indicators), VGIs (very good
indicators), C/S (case supervisor), F/N (floating needle), BPC (bypassed
charge), TA (tone arm action), EP (end phenomena), TR (training
routine), and S&D (search and discovery)
-- to name a few.
Acronyms can refer to things you can be: SP (suppressive person),
PTS (potential trouble source), OT (operating thetan), PC (preclear),
and HAS (Hubbard Apprentice Scientologist).
Or they can refer to things you can have: PTP (present time
problem), OW (overt and withhold), 2D (second dynamic), ARC (affinity,
reality and communication), MEST (material things, from matter, energy,
space and time).
An acronym can be something to read: an HCOB (Hubbard Communication
Office Bulletin), or HCOPL (Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letter).
It can be something you can do, as in "Q & A" (question and answer,
or to question a command).
Or an acronym can be a person: CO (Commanding Officer), MAA (Master
at Arms or Ethics Officer), D of T (Director of Training), D of P
(Director of Processing), or "wog" ("worthy oriental gentleman," meaning
anyone not a Scientologist).
Many of the words in Scientology are simply shortened, rendering
thought even less necessary than it already was: "ack"
(acknowledgement), "admin" (administration), "tech" (technical), "qual"
(qualifications), "comm" (communication), "cog" (cognition), "inval"
(invalidation), "eval" (evaluation), "org" (organization), "ruds"
(rudiments), "R-factor" (reality factor), "sec" (security), "demo"
(demonstration), "E-meter" (electropsychometer).
Of the many new words created by Hubbard in Scientology, the
majority of them are composed of two words taken from regular English,
but combined to create a new word in Scientology. Some of the completely
new words can be traced to their English origins.
Examples of some of these new words, and their Scientology meanings,
are:
"aberee" -- one who is aberrated
"anaten" -- a state of being unconscious to some degree
"anchor points" a person's boundaries in space
"alter-is" -- to consciously change something
"analytical mind" -- the conscious mind which, without the influence
of the reactive mind, operates logically
"as-is" -- to make something disappear by staring at it for a long
time
"awareness of awareness unit" -- another word for the person
"bad indicators" -- a person not smiling and not having a "floating
needle" after a session
"between lives area" -- a word to describe the events that happen
between the time a person dies and when he picks up his next body
"bypassed charge" emotions restimulated during auditing but not
discharged
"case gain" -- progress made by an individual because of auditing
"case supervisor" -- the person who examines each session done by
the auditor and programs the next session
"clay demo" -- a picture made in clay to demonstrate the learning of
a theory
"comm course" -- the Communication Course of Scientology
"comm lag" -- a long hesitation in conversation
"comm line" -- the imaginary line between two people who are talking
together
"covert hostility" a condition of masked anger
"cycle of action" -- defined by Hubbard as start, change, stop
"degraded being" -- a person in really bad shape
"destimulate" -- to calm down the reactive mind
"dirty needle" -- a certain motion of the needle on the E-meter
which is ragged and erratic
"eighth dynamic" -- the Scientology term for God
"enmest" -- short for "enturbulated MEST," which means anything
material which is in a disorganized state
"entheta" -- short for "enturbulated theta," and means a person or
thing that is destructive and upset, usually referring to someone or
something against Scientology
"enturbulate" -- to upset
"first dynamic" -- things having to do with the person himself