Gospelist: (n)

Someone who loves the Gospel of Jesus Christ and takes it upon him or herself to learn as much from all sources of truth and apply it in every aspect of life. It’s more than a hobby; it’s more than a passive membership. It’s a lifelong dedication to truth and improvement based upon the life and merits of Jesus Christ. A person who regularly and consistently finds ways to apply those principles to fulfilling goals, dreams, and building an abundant life.

e.g. “I love the scriptures and talking about Jesus and the wonders of the universe. I’m such a gospelist.”

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FoWo: (n), (adj), (psuedo-acronym)

A mash-up of two words that’s fun to say: For Women. When the study groups started out, we tried a number of different acronyms, and it just got shortened to “FoWo” because it was the easiest to spit out.

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Nerdbucket: (n)

Satan’s minions — the ones who scream, belittle, and discourage you from doing anything good. We don’t even like to give them the power of calling them a minion, so they are just jerk nerdbuckets. They’re those little voices that whisper to you that you are “less than,” not worthy, not worth it, can’t achieve, do, or be. Any thought that distracts you from your true purpose of being a divine woman is a nerdbucket.

Also, the term can be used as the derogatory thought or idea that fights with the good, positive stuff you’re trying to accomplish.

e.g. “Nerdbuckets are yelling at me again, telling me I’m not good enough for this assignment.”

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Atmosphere: (n)

The space and aura around you, coming from within you, which you have control over, regardless of what happens to you or what other people feel about you.
We wrote a whole blog post about it, in fact.

e.g. “My roommate came home so upset and nit picked at me about everything, but I didn’t let it disturb my atmosphere.”

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The River: (n)

The state at which you reside in the peace of the Holy Spirit regardless of the turbulent experiences of life. It’s a state of being, as steady, constant and deep as a giant, smoothly flowing river – like the Mississippi or the Nile.

e.g. “I’ve dipped my toes into the river, but I would really like to know what it would feel like to be immersed into it – all day long.”

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Spiral Upward: (v)

Building gospel principles line upon line and precept upon precept in an upward trajectory toward God and eternity. It’s a forward and an upward movement. Learning upwards, strengthening things we already know. It’s the feeling you get when you have a testimony of something, but then there’s knowledge wrapped up in the testimony, and a testimony wrapped up in knowledge, and it spirals you upwards.

e.g. “I no longer struggle with the same problems I’ve had for years; I’m treading on them as I spiral upward.”

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Spiritual Intelligence, or SQ: (n)

Similar to “IQ” (intelligence quotient) or “EQ” (emotional intelligence quotient), your Spiritual Intelligence Quotient represents how spiritually intelligent you are. Unlike IQ and EQ, there is no set test that can measure your SQ or put a number against it. The value for this is personal and measured between you and God. There are milestones that can broadly be used to measure your progress of your SQ, however, such as lessons you learn during your spiral upward. A person’s spiritual intelligence quotient is not to be confused with how well someone knows the scriptures or can quote chapter verse. (See 2 Nephi 9:28-20 on an example between being “learned” and “wise.”)

Elder David A. Bednar, then president of BYU-I, gave a great talk about spiritual intelligence in 1997, that can be found here.

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