Lexicon sample

Family and friends sometimes ask for clarification when I lazily abbreviate.  I apologize.  Let me say what I’m thinking. 

“A lexicon represents the abstract, living inventory of words belonging to a … group or mind.”  To share and clarify, here is a sample of lexicon as my “mental dictionary: The set of words and phrases known and used by a single individual.”  Far from complete, this list includes common initialisms (like FBI — not acronyms, pronounced as a word like NASA) and regular words I frequently use. 

CRC1 — our #1 Community Resource Center at 555 24th Street before myHometown Ogden South Council classes and activities moved out.  I unofficially continue volunteer work there, next to Seager Memorial Clinic.

CG — City Garden Apartments, Ogden home

MW Ctr / RR Center — Marshall N. White Community Center, Ogden UT (my running & rowing on track above ball courts)

pantry — community service place providing free food & household supply

OCP — obsessive-compulsive photography or proofreading, depending on context

misophonia — selective sound sensitivity syndrome (my daughter diagnosed for me)

EQ — elders quorum (men)

SS lesson — Sunday School lesson

mtg — abbreviation for meeting 

mgt — abbreviation for management 

mtn bike — my non-electric mountain bicycle

Razor — non-electric kick scooter, my senior mobility device

blading — rollerblading with my adjustable inline skates (began in 2024 at Neptune Ogden)

OGX — UTA Ogden Express electric buses

$Tree — Dollar Tree store (inflated to $1.25+)

DI — Deseret Industries Thrift Store & Donation Center

NT — Neighbors Thrift store, Ogden UT

The U (or U of U) — The University of Utah, SLC

WSU — Weber State University, Ogden UT

“Tuesdays with Kay” — special day of the week began September 2018 with sweet visits from family.  I derived it from a book she taught at Northridge High School: Tuesdays with Morrie  by Mitch Albom

Clarification

Landfill sign at Weber State University trash can: Plastics —  no symbol (#3-#7) = trash. “When in doubt, throw it out.” (vs. the recycle can)

Ned announcing on Sunday (first day of week): “The service project is next week, not this week.”

Agreed to meet at 7 … PM, not AM.

Leaving CRC1 (community center:) “See you later this week … maybe tomorrow.”

I usually only eat two or three meals per week; snacking six times a day avoids starvation mode.

A sign at FamilySearch Center broken door: “Please DO NOT EXIT through the left door. (Choose the right)”

ampersand writing

These are a few of my favorite things:

PB&J sandwiches for lunch and dinner

cottage cheese & fruit cocktail for a healthy evening snack

cookies & milk for dessert … anytime

Dana Lou’s sewing with needle & thread

cutting & trimming trees for neighbors

classical concerts & radio on iPhone

BYU Creamery Pralines & Caramel ice cream served today at Deseret Book, SLC (began in 1866 as George Q. Cannon & Sons)

Farr's Cherry Chocolate Chip ice cream & Hershey’s Special Dark Syrup in Ogden

reading & writing since I learned in 1st grade

fascinating family history & stories

true books & magazines and lifelong learning

sunsets & ocean on the Oregon Coast

(Kay & Ned surely agree.)

AI Overview recalls Name Evolution: [19th century] Schoolchildren reciting the alphabet would say "X, Y, Z, and per se &," meaning "and by itself, the character & is 'and'". Over time, people slurred "and per se and" into the word ampersand.  — Reddit +6

Anyway, I use ampersand a lot for fast text, etc. 

The Block

With a stretch of my aging memory, in December 2018, I recalled our “1980 farewell to three separate meetings spread throughout Sunday, plus meetings on other days.”  Now in September 2026, as a baptized member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since age 8, I still remember the years before we changed to the consolidated meeting schedule, commonly referred to as the “three-hour block".

In January 2019, the Church implemented a two-hour Sunday schedule.  As 2018 ended, I looked back at the three-hour block as being a stretch for little ones and aging ones, but a refreshing change nonetheless.  I welcomed the inspired schedule adjustment; two hours followed by individual study would suit me.  I wrote, “Feelings of nostalgia will linger longer ... as I recall ‘the good old days’ of our loving that ‘3.5-hour block’ — my faithful companion and I, [lingering for half an hour] together with dear friends.  Tears ... and cheers, everyone!”

Now I welcome the schedule change to 25-minute classes following sacrament hour, with an increased focus on Jesus Christ, especially with home study, where my Kay is not far away.