Appendix N

First Abridged Unapproved Dictionary of Scientologese

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ACK:

n. Acknowledgment; thank you. v. To acknowledge; to thank.

AFFLUENCE:

One of the higher Conditions of Ethics.

ANALYTICAL MIND:

The thinking, computing mind; term used chiefly in Dianetics.

AO:

Advanced Org(anization).

AOLA:

Advanced Org Los Angeles.

AOUK:

Advanced Org United Kingdom.

ARC (A=Affinity; R=Reality; C=Communication):

Understanding and/or affection.

ARC BREAK:

An upset with someone or something.

ARC STRAIGHTWIRE PROCESS:

A memory drill.

ASSESSMENT:

The reading of a list to locate the most highly-charged item on that list.

ASSESSMENT, ARC BREAK:

An assessment to locate the cause of upset.

ASSIST, SOLO AUDITOR'S:

A process the auditor runs on him/herself to prepare for self-auditing.

ATTESTATION:

An oral or written statement that one has completed a course or stage or understands a set of instructions.

AUDITING:

The administering of a Scientology process by a Scientology practitioner.

AUDITING COMM CYCLE:

Asking a question, getting an answer and acknowledging the answer.

AUDITING COMMAND:

An auditing question or instruction.

AUDITING QUESTION:

An auditing command.

AUDITOR:

A person trained to administer Scientology processes; "one who listens."

AUDITOR'S CODE:

Nineteen do's and don'ts for the auditor to observe when auditing.

AUDITOR'S REPORT:

A record made by the auditor during the session of the beginning and end of the session, and the major events of the running of the process during the session.

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BANK, THE:

The reactive mind, or stimulus-response mechanism.

BASIC:

The earliest and most malignant engram (traumatic event) on a chain.

BASIC EWs (END-WORDS):

A series of words found in the reactive mind.

BLOW:

1. To disperse charge, tension, trauma; 2. To run away from auditing, Scientology, an org.

BLOWDOWN:

A rapid and significant discharge of tension, as indicated by an E-meter.

BODY THETAN:

An alien soul affixed to a person's body.

BULL-BAITING:

A drill that teaches an auditing-in-training to confront a preclear.

BUTTONS:

Words, subjects or gestures highly-charged to an individual, upsetting him or making him laugh.

BY-PASSED CHARGE:

Charge, or tension, missed in previous auditing.

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CALLING:

Reading out loud an item from the Upper Level materials.

CASE:

1. One's state of being vis-a-vis Scientology. 2. Inner trouble, from mild quirks to violent mental or physical disturbance.

CASE, TALK:

To discuss one's own processing, or mental or physical symptoms, out of an auditing session.

CASE BOOK OF REMEDIES:

A handbook that lists every type of preclear disturbance, diagnoses it, and gives a counteracting technique.

CASE REVIEW:

A comprehensive examination and checking out of all the processing a preclear has had to date.

CAVED-IN:

Sick; overwhelmed; cracked-up.

CERTAINTY:

1. Confidence in one's understanding of Scientology data, or of the running of a process. 2. Faith in L. Ron Hubbard.

CERTS AND AWARDS:

The office at an org that gives out certificates for completions of Grades, Levels, courses and review sessions.

CHARGE:

Harmful energy of the reactive mind.

CLASS VI AUDITOR:

One who has completed the Special Briefing Course and is qualified to audit preclears to Grade IV Release.

CLASS VII AUDITOR:

A Class VI who has done internship at Saint Hill, Sussex, England.

CLASS VIII AUDITOR:

At the time of this book, an elite Upper Level auditor. (Now superseded by Classes IX, X, XI and XII.)

CLEAN:

v. Destimulate; discharge tension. adj. Non-reading, flat. n. A question or area with no charge.

CLEAN NEEDLE (or CLEAN QUESTION):

No reads, or a floating needle.

CLEAR:

n. A Clear; a person who no longer has a reactive mind. v. To erase the reactive mind. adj. The state of being clear.

CLEAR SPEECH:

A testimonial.

CLEARING THE COMMANDS:

Looking up words in the English and Scientology dictionaries before processing to make sure that the preclear understands the auditing commands to follow.

COGNITION:

n. An insight.

COMM:

Communication; the "C" in "ARC."

CONDITIONS (OF ETHICS) (FORMULAS):

See ETHICS.

CONDITIONS BOARD:

Shows the Ethical Condition of the students, staff, Sea Org members at an org or Scientology dwelling.

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS:

Auditing or study material from Grade V on up.

CONFUSION GPMs (GOALS-PROBLEMS-MASS):

A series of phrases in the reactive mind.

CONSIDERATIONS:

1. Thoughts, ideas, notions, opinions. 2. Criticisms of Hubbard/Scientology.

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DATA:

1. Facts, reality, truth. 2. Scientology information; that which emanated from Hubbard's mouth or pen.

DEGRADED BEING:

The lowest Condition of Ethics.

DEV-T:

(developed unnecessary traffic):

Deviation from correct procedure for lines, hats, policies.

DIANETICS:

The locating and erasing of unconscious trauma.

DIRTY NEEDLE:

Erratic, traces jagged patterns.

DISCONNECT:

To cut off all communication with one who has been found to be suppressive.

DISCONNECT LETTER:

A written statement that one is disconnecting from person, family or group.

DISSEM (DISSEMINATION):

Proselytization of Scientology.

DOUBT:

One of the lower Conditions of Ethics.

DRAMATIZATION:

Aberrated behavior stemming from the reactive mind.

DUPLICATION:

Correct carrying out of Hubbard's instructions.

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E-METER:

A portable electrical device that gauges one's mental state and its moment-to-moment changes. The E-meter is based on a Wheatstone bridge, which measures differential resistance in an electric current, and has dials, knobs, and needles, and two empty tin cans, clamped to wires connected to the box, which are gripped by the preclear during an auditing session.

END-PHENOMENON:

Termination, or release point, of a Scientology process; floating needle.

END-WORDS (EWs):

Highly-charged words that describe a preclear's dramatizations.

ENEMY:

One of the lower conditions of Ethics.

ENGRAM:

A mental image picture, memory or recording or an incident containing pain and unconsciousness.

ERASURE:

Elimination of the charge, or harmful effect, of an incident or an item.

ETHICS:

1. A system for classifying one's moral or spiritual state at any given moment. 2. A system of rewards and punishments.

ETHICS CHIT:

A written reprimand.

ETHICS, CODE OF:

See ETHICS.

ETHICS CONDITIONS (in ascending order):

Degraded Being; Treason; Enemy; Doubt; Liability; Non-existence; Danger; Emergency; Normal Operation; Affluence; Power.

ETHICS CONDITION FORMULA:

A series of steps followed to arrive at the next higher Condition than one is in at the moment.

EVALUATION:

Judgment, appraisal, opinion.

EW:

End-word.

EXAMINER:

Determines the course of action to be taken on one's case; found in Qual Office.

EXTERIORIZATION:

The state of being out of one's body.

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FAST-FLOW:

Attestation, or honor system.

FLAT:

Charge removed; unrestimulative.

FLOATING NEEDLE:

Release point, as indicated by the E-meter.

FRANCHISE:

A private auditing business run by professional auditors.

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GOALS-PROBLEMS-MASS (GPMs):

Word phrases that make up the core of the bank (reactive mind).

GREEN-FORM:

A list of questions that customarily begins a review session.

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HANDLE:

To do something in a Scientology way.

HAT:

Job; post; duty; chore.

HAT BOOK:

Detailed written description of a hat.

HIDDEN STANDARDS:

Considerations, or preconceptions, about what Scientology processing should accomplish.

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IMPLANTS:

Words or incidents imprinted on a person's Time Track eons ago by malicious beings bent on overwhelming, suppressing and controlling him.

INCIDENT:

An engram or secondary.

INTENTION:

Determination; decision; postulate.

INVALIDATION:

Criticism, denial, rejection, suppression, lowering, putting down.

ITEM:

1. An entry on a list made up by the preclear in response to an auditing question. 2. An entry provided by Hubbard in the confidential materials.

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JOBURG:

A lengthy and particularly intimidating security check with the E-meter.

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KEY IN:

n. A moment of restimulation v. To bring restimulation

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LIABILITY:

One of the lower Conditions of Ethics.

LIGHT, THE:

One of the items in the Clearing Course materials.

LINES:

Strictly defined procedures for operations at an org.

LISTING AND NULLING:

An auditing technique used to locate the most highly-charged item on a list concerning a specific subject or question.

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MASS:

The actual mass of thought.

MEST:

Matter/Energy/Space/Time; the physical universe.

MISSED WITHHOLD:

A wrongdoing that was nearly found out.

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NATTER:

1. Picayune chatter emanating from the reactive mind. 2. Criticisms of auditing, the auditor, the E-meter, Hubbard, Scientology.

NON-EXISTENCE:

One of the lower Conditions of Ethics.

NORMAL OPERATION:

One of the Conditions of Ethics.

NULLING:

See LISTING AND,

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OBJECTS, THE:

A section of the Clearing Course materials.

ORG:

Scientology organization headquarters in a given locale.

ORGANIZATION, THE:

General term for the executive element of the Scientology movement, with its various branches and powers.

ORG BOARD:

A chart giving the chain of command at an org.

OT (OPERATING THETAN):

A person who has been spiritually restored through Scientology processing, and possesses superhuman abilities.

OT LEVELS:

Upper Levels; the stages about clear.

OVERRUN:

n. The running of a process past the release point; "cleaning a clean." v. To run a process past the release point; to clean a clean.

OVERT:

n. Wrongdoing in present life or a past life.

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PACKED METER:

Totally unresponsive needle.

PC:

Preclear.

POSTULATE:

n. 1. An intention. 2. An intention in accord with Hubbard's wishes. v. To arrive at or hold an intention.

POWER:

1. The Grade V Power Process. 2. The highest Condition of Ethics.

PRECLEAR:

1. A person who is not clear. 2. A person self-auditing or being audited.

PROCESS:

n. A set auditing command, or series of commands, that culminates in a specific release. v. To audit.

PROCESS QUESTION:

An auditing command on a given process.

PROCESSING:

Auditing.

PTS:

Potential Trouble Source.

PTS-3:

A severely disturbed PTS.

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Q-AND-A (QUESTION AND ANSWER):

v. To deviate from the auditing comm cycle. Colloquial: chatter; argue; talk like a wog. n. "He left home because he couldn't stand all that Q-and-A."

QUAL (QUALIFICATIONS):

Review department; a preclear goes there when having trouble self-auditing or being audited.

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RAW MEAT:

A person who has never been audited.

REACTIVE MIND:

A stimulus-response mechanism that robs the individual of his/her volition, awareness, rationality and health; the bank.

READ:

n. E-meter needle action on a question or item. v. To read.

REALITY:

1. The "R" in "ARC." 2. A person's subjective reality. 3. Scientology data; that originating with Hubbard.

REHAB (REHABILITATION):

A checking out, or revalidation, of a preclear's releases, using an E-meter.

RELEASE:

n. 1. A degree of freedom from the reactive mind; the culmination of a Scientology process. 2. A person who has completed a Scientology process.

RESTIMULATION:

A stirring-up of the reactive mind.

REVIEW:

An extra help auditing session, from a booster to emergency treatment.

R-FACTOR (REALITY FACTOR):

Scientology data; fact; reality; truth.

ROCK SLAM:

A violent needle movement on the E-meter.

ROTATION OF HATS:

Systematic shifting of posts at an org or Scientology dwelling.

RUDIMENTS (RUDS), THE:

A brief series of questions to get, or keep, a preclear auditable.

RUN:

n. One repetition of the Clearing Course materials during self-auditing. v. To do a process (example: to run an engram) or an assessment.

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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY:

A process designed to locate a suppressive person, group or object.

SBC:

Special Briefing Course.

SCIENTOLOGIST'S CODE:

Eleven rules governing conduct away from the auditing table.

SCIENTOLOGY:

1. A money and power game created and formerly conducted by L. Ron Hubbard. 2. The study of knowledge in the fullest sense of the word.

SEA ORG:

One of the nuclei of Hubbard's die-hard followers; the enforcing branch of Scientology.

SEC CHECK (SECURITY CHECK):

A set of questions, monitored by the E-meter, designed to: 1. Detect those who have evil intent, ulterior motive. 2. Relieve the typical uneasiness of one entering an AO, or exposed to confidential materials for the first time. 3. (in some people's opinion) gather information for the Scientology organization to use against the person sec checked if such need is deemed to occur.

SECONDARY:

A mental image picture of an incident involving loss.

SELF-AUDITING:

Like auditing, except that auditor and preclear are one and the same person.

SERVICE FACSIMILE (SERVICE FAC):

A computation that makes an individual right and other wrong. Example: "They'll never let me succeed so I won't even try."

SEVENS, THE:

A section of the Clearing Course materials.

SOLO AUDIT:

The End-Words process.

SOLO COURSE:

Grade VI.

SOURCE:

L. Ron Hubbard

SPECIAL BRIEFING COURSE (SBC):

Qualifies a person to audit preclears through Grade IV Release.

SPOTTING THE THETAN:

Visualizing oneself, during the Clearing Course, at the earliest moment in time.

STATS:

Statistics.

SUCCESS SPEECH:

Verbal testimonial

SUCCESS STORY:

Written testimonial

SUMMARY REPORT:

A brief account of an auditing session, written up by the auditor or self-auditor just after end-of-session.

SUPPRESSIVE:

n. 1. an evil person. 2. a person who is against Scientology or L. Ron Hubbard. adj. 1. evil. 2. against Scientology or L. Ron Hubbard.

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TA:

1. The tone-arm, a knob that centers the needle on the large dial of the E-meter. 2. The tone-arm numbers, lowering of which signifies charge blown from the bank.

TECH:

Hubbard's technology; the methods of auditing, processing and training.

TECH, IN-:

Correct application; duplication of Hubbard's instructions.

TECH, OUT-:

Mistakes, misduplication.

THETAN (from the Greek letter theta):

The immortal soul.

TIME TRACK:

A recording of every moment lived by an individual during present and past lifetimes.

TONE-ARM (TA):

Knob used to center the needle on the meter.

TONE-40 VOICE:

Voice of powerful command.

TONE LEVEL:

Gradient on the TONE SCALE.

TONE SCALE:

Graded list of emotional states, from negative to positive.

TRAP, THE:

1. The totality of what keeps an individual in spiritual degradation, unaware of himself as a thetan. Implications of karma, illusion, samsara (Oriental), and The Fall (Occidental). 2. Resistance to Scientology; rejection of Hubbard; the voice from the bank.

TREASON:

One of the lower Conditions of Ethics.

TRs:

1. A set of training drills that teaches students how to audit. 2. One's presence; ability to confront another person, or hold an eye-lock.

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UNFLAT:

Has charge remaining.

UNRESTIMULATIVE:

Won't bother you.

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VALENCE:

Role; unwitting imitation of another's characteristics from this or past lifetimes.

VALIDATION:

Approval, encouragement, acknowledgment, recognition of a person as worthwhile, beautiful, a thetan, a Scientologist.

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WHOLE TRACK:

The Time Track, especially past lives.

WITHHOLD:

n. 1. Something a person is unwilling to reveal. 2. Concealment of an overt.

WITHHOLD, PULL:

Find out, clean up, get off, blow a withhold.

WOG:

A non-Scientologist; a square; a tolerable fool, a contemptible idiot; a Neanderthal.

WOG WORLD, THE:

The world outside of Scientology.

WORKSHEETS:

Blow-by-blow account of what is happening in an auditing session.