I have tried to put together a glossary of terms/jargon/loaded language most commonly used by JWs. What do you think I've missed or not got quite right? Thanks in advance.
| the Truth | What JW's call their religion/Watchtower corporation dogma |
| 1914 | The date the Watchtower corporation says Jesus returned to Earth but was invisible |
| 1914 | Date the end of the world was predicted |
| 1918 | Date the end of the world was predicted |
| 1951 | Date the end of the world was predicted |
| 1975 | Date the end of the world was predicted |
| 144,000 | Amount of humans going to heaven |
| Accurate Knowledge | Only Watchtower doctrine |
| Anointed | A JW that thinks god has chosen them to go to heaven rather than live on Paradise earth. |
| Apostate | Pejorative term A word changed by the JWs to mean a person that has left the Watchtower corporation's religion. These ones are shunned (even by close family) and vilified. |
| Assembly | Large gathering of congregations |
| Awake! | A magazine distributed by JWs |
| Babylon the great | Non Watchtower corporation religions/cults |
| Bad association | Someone that does not obey Watchtower corporation rules. |
| Baptism | Full water immersion to show allegiance to Watchtower corporation |
| Bethel | Headquarters of the corporations |
| Bible study | Process of indoctrination using Watchtower corporation publications. Also refers to a non JW that is being indoctrinated by Watchtower corporation dogma |
| Bible-Trained Conscience | Obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Brotherhood | Only JWs |
| Brotherly Love | Conditional love based on obedience to Watchtower corporation |
| Brothers | Male JW (Usually 'baptised') |
| Christendom | All Christian religions that are not the Watchtower corporation |
| Circuit Assembly | Large gathering of congregations |
| Circuit Overseer | Watchtower corporation company man in charge of a 'circuit' |
| Congregation | Designated group of JWs that meet together |
| Contribution | Money given to the Watchtower corporation |
| convention | Large gathering of congregations |
| Demonistic | Someone with a mental illness or something not approved by Watchtower corporation |
| Demonized | Someone with a mental illness |
| Demons | Invisible magical creatures that JWs fear |
| Disassociation or DA/ed | When someone does not wish to be a JW anymore they are to be shunned. this is a control method used to prevent ones from leaving or giving Watchtower corporation a bad name. Disassociated ones must be ignored and shunned. Watchtower corporation recommends this practice to break up families where they deem corporation policies are violated |
| Disfellowshipping or DF/ing | A control method used to prevent ones from leaving or giving Watchtower corporation a bad name. Disfellowshipped ones must be ignored and shunned. Watchtower corporation recommends this practice to break up families where they deem corporation policies are violated |
| District Assembly | Large gathering of congregations |
| District Convention | Large gathering of congregations |
| District Overseer | Watchtower corporation company man in charge of a district |
| Elders | Local leaders |
| Encourage/ment | Reminders to obey Watchtower corporation rules |
| Faithful and Discreet Slave | A title (from the Bible), that the corporation leaders give themselves |
| Faithful Christians | Only JWs |
| Faithful slave | A title (from the Bible), that the corporation leaders give themselves |
| fear of man | Not obeying Watchtower corporation rules because of a non JW's opinion |
| Field ministry | Door knocking |
| Field service | Door knocking |
| Field Service Time | Counting how many hours one spends in the 'ministry'. This is to buy salvation and so the elders can judge one's 'spirituality' |
| Getting time in | Buying salvation buy turning in 'report slip'. |
| Gilead | Watchtower corporation school |
| Goats/Goat like ones | All of mankind that are not JWs |
| God’s Channel (of communication) | Watchtower corporation |
| Good news of the Kingdom | Watchtower corporation doctrine |
| Good news of the Kingdom | Watchtower corporation doctrine |
| Governing Body | A title (NOT from the Bible), that the corporation leaders give themselves |
| Great Crowd | Non 'anointed' JWs that will live on 'paradise earth' after 'Armageddon'. |
| Great tribulation | A supposed time when all JWs will be persecuted for staying loyal to Watchtower corporation. This is said to be just before 'Armageddon' |
| Honest-Hearted-ones | Only JWs |
| Hours | To qualify for eternal life in 'paradise', a JW must report how many hours they have spent in the 'ministry' each month. |
| Householder | Non JW met on the door knocking work. |
| Inactive | A JW that is not reporting 'hours' to the elders |
| Incidental witnessing | See: Informal witnessing |
| Informal witnessing | Talking to a non JW about Watchtower dogma in an effort to recruit them |
| Jehovah | JW's name for god |
| Jehovah's Happy People | Only Jehovah's witnesses |
| Jehovah's Organization | Watchtower corporation and legal entities |
| Jehovah's Theocratic Arrangement | Watchtower corporation and legal entities |
| Kingdom Hall | Meeting place of JWs |
| Kingdom Ministry | Door knocking |
| Kingdom interests | Pertains to Watchtower corporations possessions and rules |
| Last days | Current period of time. Watchtower corporation say that 'Armageddon' is coming soon |
| Lord's evening meal | Annual meeting after sundown to commemorate the death of Jesus |
| Loyalty | Obedience to Watchtower corporation rules |
| Loyalty To Jehovah | Obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Marked | when a JW/associate cannot be DF'd or DA'd they are semi shunned |
| Mature Christian | Obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Meat In Due Season | Watchtower corporation doctrine |
| Meat In Due Season | Dogma from the Watchtower being received |
| Meek | Obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Meeting | Gathering for indoctrination |
| Memorial | Annual meeting after sundown to commemorate the death of Jesus |
| Mentally diseased apostate | Someone that has left the Watchtower corporation. These 'apostates' must be shunned. 15 July 2011 Watchtower |
| Ministerial Servants | watchtower corporation equivalent of a deacon |
| New light | Changes in Watchtower rules or doctrine |
| New world | Paradise Earth after god kills all non JWs |
| Organisation | Watchtower corporation |
| Paradise (Earth) | Paradise Earth after god kills all non JWs |
| Pioneer/s | Ones that sign up to do more 'hours' per month in the 'ministry' |
| Practicing True Religion | Only JWs |
| Present Truth | Current Watchtower corporation doctrine |
| Privately Reproved | Told off for not obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Public Reproved | Named and shamed for disobeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Public Talk | Watchtower corporation doctrinal discourse at the Kingdom Hall |
| Pure Language | Watchtower corporation speak |
| Remnant | A JW that thinks god has chosen them to go to heaven rather than live on Paradise earth. |
| Report slip | For counting how many hours one spends in the 'ministry'. This is to buy salvation and so the elders can judge one's 'spirituality' |
| Revealed Truth | Only Watchtower corporation doctrine |
| Righteous New Order | Paradise Earth after god kills all non JWs |
| Righteousness | Obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Satan's System | All of mankind that are not JWs |
| Serving Jehovah | Obey Watchtower corporation rules |
| Sheep | Only JWs |
| Sheep like ones | Obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Shepherding Calls | When elders visit to 'encourage' underlings |
| Sisters | Female JW (Usually 'baptised') |
| Slave class | A title (from the Bible), that the corporation leaders give themselves |
| Special assembly Day (SAD) | Large gathering of congregations |
| Spiritual | Obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Spiritually Not Qualified | Not obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Spiritually weak/sick | Not obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Street-Work | witnessing' to people in the street |
| Study | Process of indoctrination using Watchtower corporation publications |
| Stumble | Not obeying Watchtower corporation rules due to being discouraged |
| Talk(s) | Watchtower based lectures |
| Territory | Local area where a JW goes out to do preaching |
| The Body of Elders | All the elder in a 'congregation' |
| The Friends | Only JWs |
| the Light gets brighter | Justification for flip flops or changes to Watchtower laws, rules or doctrine |
| The New Order | Paradise Earth after god kills all non JWs |
| The New System | Paradise Earth after god kills all non JWs |
| The Society | Watchtower corporation and legal entities |
| Theocratic | Watchtower corporation rules |
| Theocratic Order | Watchtower corporation rules |
| Theocratic Warfare Strategy | Permission form Watchtower corporation to lie to non JWs (Watchtower 1 Feb 2007 & Qualified to be Ministers 1967 p197) |
| Time Of The end | Current period of time. Watchtower corporation say that 'Armageddon' is coming soon |
| True Christians | Only JWs |
| Undeserved Kindness | Grace…but limited to Watchtower corporation rules |
| Undeserved/Loving Kindness | Grace…but limited to Watchtower corporation rules |
| Unity | Obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Unrepentant | Not obeying Watchtower corporation |
| Useful Habits | Obeying Watchtower corporation rules |
| Waiting On Jehovah | when the Watchtower corporation does not make a law on a subject, a JW must wait. |
| Watchtower | A magazine distributed by JWs |
| Watchtower Study | Indoctrination session |
| Where the need is great | An where Watchtower doctrine is not widely preached |
| Wicked System Of Things | All of mankind that are not JWs |
| World | All non JWs |
| World Empire Of False Religion | Non Watchtower corporation religions/cults |
| Worldly | All things Non JW |
| Worship Jehovah | Obey Watchtower corporation rules |
| WTBTS | Watchtower corporation and legal entities |
| Zealous | One that obeys Watchtower corporation without question and is proactive in this |