Glossary
Terms & Phrases used in Scouting and Guiding
A
- Akela
- Traditional name for the Senior leader of a Cub Scout Pack
B
- BP
- Shorthand and affectionate alternative to Baden-Powell as a shorthand version of the name of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout and Guide Movements
- Baden-Powell
- Term commonly used when referring to the Founder of the Scout and Guide movements
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell
(22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941)
Titles Held
Lieutenant General The Right Honourable The Lord Baden-Powell OM GCMG GCVO KCB KStJ DL – Appointed 1907
Baron Baden-Powell of Bentley – Granted 4th December 1922
Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell – Granted 17th September 1929
G
- Gone Home (1)
- Phrase used to indicate that a member has died, as in:
They have Gone Home to the Great Jamboree in the sky, under the ever watchful guidance of BP
- Gone Home (2)
- Tracking symbol used to indicate the end of a trail and that it’s time to return ‘Home’, usually the start point of the trail.
H
- HQ
- Shorthand term for “Headquarters”
- Headquarters (1)
- The main location of the National Organisation
- Headquarters (2)
- The Main Decision making body of the Organisation
- Headquarters (3)
- The main meeting place of the local Group
J
- Jambo
- The shorthand version of the Term ‘Jamboree’
- Jamboree
- A large gathering or camp of members
S
- Skip
- Traditional name for the Senior leader of a Scout Troop