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| Badge - A small, round patch on a girl's sash that she can't remember what she did to get |
| Bridging - A ceremondy in which girl is given her honorable discharge from the troop |
| Brownie - Short girl in brown dress which is either 2 sizes too big or 1 size too small |
| Buddy System
- Pairing of girls which guarantees they will never be in the same place
at
the same time |
| Cadette - Tall girl who would rather be caught dead than seen in uniform |
| Candelighting - Ceremony in which a Girl Scout demonstrates that she cannot light a match |
| Color Guard
- Group of Girl Scouts tripping over each other while banging flag poles
into door jambs |
| Court of Awards
- Ceremondy parents attend to make sure their daughter got more badges
than the neighbor's daughter |
| Court of Honor - Mythical part of the Patrol System |
| Daisy - Very
short girl with blue smock covering all food, paint, and grubby hand stains
on regular clothes |
| Fly-Up - Brownie
ceremondy similar to Bridging Ceremony, but girls are booted out
of the nest as well |
| Friendship Circle - Girls standing in a circle trying to out-squeeze each other's hands |
| Girl Scout Sign
- Girl holding up 3 fingers so she has someting to look at while saying
her promise. |
| Girl Scout Week - A week on a calendar, sometime in March, that overstressed leaders can't seem to think of anything special to do to celebrate it |
| Investiture
- Ceremony in which girl forgets her promise after practicing it at least
25
times that afternoon |
| Junior - Medium size girl dressing in green with sash falling off shoulder |
| Juliette Lowe's Birthday - Usually called Halloween because that's more "fun" |
| Kaper - Fancy name to trick girls into cleaning the latrine |
| Kaper Chart - Poster board announcing for all to see, who gets to clean the latrine |
| Motto - Be Prepared, but any experienced leader actually knows it's Be Flexible |
| Neighborhood/Service Unit - A geographical subdivision of a council with a fancy name to confuse new leaders as to where they belong |
| Patrol - Group of 6 - 8 girls who used to be best friends |
| Quiet Sign - Handsignal invented by leader with laryngitis |
| Ranger - Man in charge of Scout Camp -- can see gum wrapper under a tent 50 yards away |
| Scouts' Own - A ceremony where no-one contributes anything and everyone wonders what is coming next |
| Service Team - Group of adults that muddle along trying to convince everyone else they are great administrators |
| Sit-Upon - A mat or pad, usually somewhere else when you really need it |
| Thinking Day - Special Guiding and Scouting day when leaders worldwide wonder why they are spending more than an hour a week on somebody elses' girl |
| Troop - Large group of girls dedicated to making leader insane |
| Try-It - Triangular piece of colored cloth on a girl's sash/vest that shows she's been showing up to meetings |
| WAGGGS - What leaders do with their index fingers to girls that are misbehaving |
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