Because it's easier to just explain it all once than every time . . .
(if I need to add something, let me know)
Florida Based
WDW ~ Walt Disney World
MK ~ Magic Kingdom
Studios ~ the Disney-MGM Studios . . . now technically known as Disney's Hollywood Studios . . . which is a really dumb name.
DAK/AK ~ (Disney's) Animal Kingdom
LMA ~ Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show (I worked here)
BLT/Backlot ~ the Studio Backlot Tour (I worked here too)
Shuttles/Tank ~ the two halves of the tour, generally operated by two completely separate casts, I was trained at both
Honey/HISK/the playground ~ Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure (I worked here three)
CM ~ cast member, aka employee
SSW ~ Super Soap Weekend
SWW ~ Star Wars Weekends
SoL/Spectacle ~ the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights
dead height ~ too tall to be a duck, too short to be anything else when playing a character
USF ~ Universal Studios Florida
IoA ~ Islands of Adventure
HHN ~ Halloween Horror Nights, Universal's Halloween special event that requires a separate admission ticket
Utah Based
LDS ~ Mormon
ward ~ LDS congregation
RS/Relief Society ~ the LDS church's womens organization
YW/Young Women's ~ officially The Young Women's Program, basically a pre-RS for girls 12-17
SUU ~ Southern Utah University
Berver ~ Bear River High School
Ellis ~ Ellis Elementary (where I work, not where I went as a student)
Conference ~ General Conference
MTC ~ Missionary Training Center
LYS ~ Lincoln Youth Symphony
blessing (in reference to babies) ~ the Mormon equivalent to a christening, more or less
Primary ~ kids' Sunday School (ages 3-11)
Nursery ~ pre-Primary for toddlers 18 months and up
Sunbeams ~ name of the Primary class for 3/4-year-olds
Primary Program ~ a presentation by the Primary some Sunday in the mid-to-late fall about what they've learned in Primary that year
Just Plain Lacey-ese
Team Jayla ~ my sister (Shayla) and her husband (Jason)
the craptop ~ the laptop I had my first two years of college . . . it was a piece of crap . . .
IF - Idaho Falls
the niece-phew ~ Team Jayla's baby due in December 2012 (and by extension any other unborn baby born to a sibling before I know whether it's a niece or a nephew)
Rogan ~ the niece-phew, who is a nephew, and whom my phone has a tendency to autocorrect to Rogaine
