SCUBA Colloquialisms and acronyms

[AK47Diver]

MILF - Moro Islamic Liberation Front
A terrorist group with a most unfortunate acronym. :11doh: no known SCUBA relation thankfully.

 

[Randy43068]

I rather like MILFs

DFP
Dumb ****ing Plan

 

[nadwidny]

Most people use the acronym "GI3", actually.

Or GIII. I've never seen "GIT"


And maybe I missed it but I can't see "DIR" anywhere yet.

 

[The Anchor]

BWRAF - BCD, Weights, Releases, Air Final Check
IMHO - In my honest opinion
YMMV - No idea. I have seen it around the site a bunch
SNAFU - Situation normal, all fowled up
TARFU - Things are realy fowled up
FUBAR - Fowled up beyond all regognition / repair
TAD - Temporary additional duties / traveling around drunk

 

[diver918]

Helpful thread with some good info. Thanks for all that contributed.

 

[Daz]

YMMV - No idea. I have seen it around the site a bunch

Your Mileage May Vary

 

[novicediver]

How about IKE - I Know Everything

 

[bowlofpetunias]

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/basic-scuba-discussions/14430-so-just-who-george-irvine-iii.html

And a colloquialism:
Two-tank dive = two one-tank dives

Thanks ... seems to be a rather contentious sbject ... I will leave it at that.

 

[Nemrod]

A longer list of agencies:
ACUC American Canadian Underwater Certification
ANDI American Nitrox Divers International
ANMP Association Nationale des Moniteurs de Plongee
APDI Association of Swiss Professional Diving Instructors
AUSI Associated Underwater Scuba Instructors
BARAKUDA - International Aquanautic Club
BSAC British Sub Aqua Club
CARI Montenegro Diving Instructors association – defer to RCUD
CBPDS Confederação Brasileira de Pesca e Desportos Subaquáticos
CDAA Cave Divers Association of Australia
CDGGB Cave Diving Group of Great Britain
CEDIP European Committee of Professional Diving Instructors
CFT Comhairle Fo-Thuinn
CMAS Confederation Mondiale des Activites Subaquatiques
DAN Diver's Alert Network
Diveheart
DIWA Diving Instructor World Association
DRI Dive Rescue International
DSF Dansk Sportsdykker Forbund
EÖBV Erster Österreichischer Berufstauchlehrer Verband
ERDi Emergency Response Diving international
ETDA European Technical Diving Association (Luxembourg)
FFESSM Fédération Française d'études et de Sports Sous Marins
FIAS Federazione Italiana Attività Subacquee
FIPSAS Federazione Italiana Pesca Sportiva e Attività Subacquee
FQAS Fédération Québécoise des Activités Subaquatiques
FSSS Fédération Suisse de Sports Subaquatiques or
Federazione Svizzera di Sport Subacquei (AKA SUSV)
GUE Global Underwater Explorers
HDS Historical Diving Society
HSA Handicapped Scuba Association
IADRS International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists
IAHD International Association for Handicapped Divers
IANTD International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
IDA International Divers Association
IDD Instructor Dive Development (Netherlands)
IDEA International Diving Educators Association
IDF Israeli Diving Federation
ISA Instructors South Africa
ITDA International Technical Diving Association
IUC Irish Underwater Council - see CFT
JULIA Japan Underwater Leaders and Instructors Association
LACUIA Los Angeles County Underwater Instructors Association
LGS Lifeguard Systems
MAPSDA Massachusetts Public Safety Divers Association
MDEA Multinational Diving Educators Association
NACD National Association for Cave Diving
NAPD National Academy of Police Diving
NAPSD National Association of Public Safety Divers
NASDS National Association of SCUBA Diving Schools - see SSI
NASE National Academy of Scuba Educators
NAUI National Association of Underwater Instructors
NBDHMT National Board of Diving & Hyperbaric Medical Technology
NDF Norges Dykkeforbund
NELOS Nederlandstalige Liga voor Onderwateronderzoek en -Sport
NIADD National Instructors Association for Divers with Disabilities
NOAA NOAA Diving Program
NOB Nederlandse Onderwatersport Bond
NSS-CDS National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section
OFDA Old Fart Diver’s Association
PADI Professional Association of Diving Instructors
PATD Professional Association for Technical Diving
PDIC Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
PSA Professional Scuba Association
PSAI Professional SCUBA Association International
PSDA Public Safety Diving Association
PSI Professional Scuba Inspectors
PSS Professional Scuba Schools
RCUD Regional Center for Divers Training in Underwater EOD
RSTC Recreational Scuba Training Council - see WRSTC
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SAA Sub Aqua Association
SAUSF South African Underwater Sport Federation
SAUU South African Underwater Union - see SAUSF
SDI SCUBA Diving International
SIAS Scuola Internazionale Attivita Subacquea
SNMP Syndicat nationale des moniteurs de plongée.
SNSI Scuba Nitrox Safety International
SRDI Special Response Diver International
SSAC Scottish Sub Aqua Club
SSDF Svenska Sportdykarförbundet
SSI Scuba Schools International
SUF Singapore Underwater Federation
SUSV Schweizer Unterwasser-Sport-Verband (AKA FSSS)
TDI Technical Diving International
TSVÖ Tauchsportverband Öesterreichs
UDIP Ukranian Society of Professional Diving Instructors
UDT Universal Diver Training
UHMS Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
UIA Underwater Instructors Association - see LACUIA
VDST Verband deutscher Sporttaucher e.V.
VDTL Verband deutscher Tauchlehrer e.V.
VVW Vlaamse Vereniging voor Watersport (Belgium)
WASI World Association of Scuba Instructors - see NASE
WOSD World Organisation of Scuba Diving
WRSTC World Recreational Scuba Training Council
WUF World Underwater Federation - see CMAS
YMCA YSCUBA

You missed one, NAVED, National Association of Vintage Equipment Divers.

 

[tedtim]

BWRAF - BCD, Weights, Releases, Air Final Check

Big White Rabbits Are Fuzzy
Bre@$t$ Without Restraints Are Floppy

A couple of easier ways to remember it.