To be effective, a team must be proximate, purposeful, and periodic.

3P (RULE OF)

Strength, Speed, Stamina, Toughness (physical), and Toughness (mental).

3S2T

An invitation to The Nation from a Region or Nomad to Post to a Workout.

3VITE

Building a Leadership Road forty-three feet ahead of the people driving on it.

43 FEET

Fourth Estate

The Q’s delegation of every task that a team member can perform 80% as well as he can, 

except for the 1% that absolutely and positively must be done by him.

80/1 RULE:

ACCELERATE

ACCELERATING MAN

Ability to maintain energy throughout a work day due to the extended adrenaline release as a direct result of accomplishing the early morning workout.

ACCOMPLISHMENT ADRENALINE

Submission to Standard through Enforcement and Consequence. (Q2.5).

ACCOUNTABILITY

Setting and maintaining high Standards within the Team. (Q4.8).

ACCOUNTABILITY.TEAM

An Organization’s undisclosed but primary goal.

ACTUAL PURPOSE

A superior circumstance achieved by Movement.

ADVANTAGE

A challenge to Acceleration created by Obstacles.

ADVERSITY

A brief review of what took place after an Event of some kind (workout, GrowRuck, etc.), 

particularly regarding leadership displayed by a Q during said event. 

An essential part of a good LDP. 

Typically comprised of 3 things that went well and 3 things that could use improvement, 

but could go much deeper as well. 

(abbr. AAR)

AFTER ACTION REPORT

An alternative name for a man, a place or a thing. Abbr: AKA.

ALSO KNOWN AS

A Q’s determination to never miss an opportunity to transform a Sad Clown into an FNG. Abbr: ABH.

ALWAYS BE HEADLOCKING

The portion of the day between midnight and noon 

when most of what is going to get done 

does get done.

A man ruled by emotional reaction rather proactive Preparedness.

AMATEUR

The stage of the COT during which the PAX dispense G2 to the Faithful.

ANNOUNCE-A-RAMA

When a PAX hard commits to an AO, then posts elsewhere. 

While considered better than fartsacking altogether, it is still a dubious practice.

AO-DULTERY

Any winding, gloomy and dangerous trail through the woods, best run at an ankle-breaker pace.

APOCALYPTO

The phase of an LDP within which Positive Habit Transfer takes place. (Q4.3).

APPRENTICESHIP

The geographical location at which an Event takes place. Abbr: AO.

AREA OF OPERATIONS

The forceful juxtaposition of opposing viewpoints in order to Persuade.

ARGUMENT

The primary Advantage sought by a Team or Organization.

ARTICULATED PURPOSE

ARTICULATION

The method by which the Q builds Trust with his Group Members. 

He asks questions, listens to the answer and remembers what he hears. 

Abbr: ALR.

ASK LISTEN REMEMBER

A written account of a Workout or Event that the Q Posts to a public forum. Abbr: BB.

BACK BLAST

Congregation of two or more men in physical contact, usually (but not exclusively) in the prayer that terminates the COT. 

Abbr: BOM.

BALL OF MAN

Those PAX prone to demonstrative celebration of their rebellion against Institutional or cultural orthodoxy.

BAT FLIPPERS

BEARDED MILLENNIAL

A very difficult Workout delivered by a Q with Zeal.

BEAT DOWN

The conviction that there is a supernatural governing force outside of oneself that provides an ordered explanation for our existence and delivers consequences for the violation of that order.

BELIEF SYSTEM

The Earth. 

More generally, that which can be seen rather than that which comprises the Super Unknown.

BIG BALL

(v) getting run from an AO by a security guard or EE of said AO. 

Used in a sentence, “BV, I’ve got some bad news, we got Black Miata’d at Lord Kensington today by a couple of Paul Blartts…”

BLACK MIATA’D

Thriving in the chaos of the unpredictable.

BLACK SWAN

Removing a man from a position in which he cannot Prosper.

BLACK TAHOE

A Workout so tough it leaves the PAX standing there looking backward half-unconscious from the Pain.

BLACKWATER

A man who is Sharpened by another man within a Whetstone relationship.

BLADE

An area of a man’s life that he cannot protect without help.

BLIND SPOT

An attempt by Governance to initiate Movement by fiat.

BLOOMBERG

The choice of the easy-false life of a Mascot over the hard-true life of the HIM.

BLUE PILL

BLUF

A Q’s demonstration of his Commitment to Living Third. EG: a wedding ceremony.

BOAT BURNING

When a man Posts to one Workout, but leaves after Startex to go to a different AO. 

Also, a non-Workout LIFO initiated by the M or CBD.

BOBBY CREMINS (as in, to pull one)

The sound a new Workout makes when it is Planted.

BOOM

A Q’s manner of speaking and writing that makes it very clear very early what his central point is. 

Abbr: BLUF.

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT

A singular positive Habit that is Advantageous to the individual or others.

BRICK

BRICKLAYING

Calling on a man to lead without providing the training necessary to form positive Habits. 

Abbr: BWS

BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW

The recognition that you are going to need a bigger boat.

BRODY

BROTHER

A Mammon that technology has passed by, but for some reason (other than necessity) still persists.

BUGGY WHIP SALESMAN

An Organization whose primary goal is Existential Continuity.

BULLFROG

A not-so-obvious Skill possessed by a HIM. EG: Indian Jones’ ability to snap a bullwhip.

BULLWHIP

Taking offense at mere words or anything other than actual sticks and stones 

(the only things that truly break bones).

BUTT HURT

BUTTERBEAN

The Workout group in CNC from which F3 emerged.

CAMPOS

CANC

Graciously telling the hard truth and demanding to hear it from others. (Q3.8).

CANDOR

A Jackass who gracelessly tells a hard truth.

CANSECO

Refusing to let the weather report cancel a Workout.

CANTORE

Delivering a Weinke to a Workout without Posting for it.

CARRIER PIGEON

Incentives that reward Virtuous behavior.

CARROTS

A large area of land situated between military bases that the feds use to protect us (Cherry Point/Camp Lejeune) and a beautiful seashore that the feds stole from us (Cape Lookout). 

It includes such towns as Beaufort, Morehead City, Atlantic Beach and essentially stretches from Cedar Island to Cedar Point. 

Carterico is clannish. Foreigners are known as dit-dots and dingbatters. 

Carterico is proud of its lack of progress and generally skeptical of any idea that originates “West-a-Raleigh” (including F3). 

(West-a-Raleigh is an acceptable identifier for any Carterican and is used to define the entire rest of the United States). 

The same spirit that once led Cartericans to jump in row boats in January and kill whales with their bare hands can now be found in the gloom in Rotary Park.

CARTERICO

A man’s last screw-up before he hits his bottom.

CAT KICKER

When you push a workout so hard that a member of the pax doesn't merlot, 

but instead has to lay down for the rest of the workout.

CAT NAP

CHAMPAGNE MILLENNIAL:

CHAOS

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The second fastest group at a Workout or CSAUP.

CHASER

CHIPPENDALE

The terminating stage of each Workout, wherein the PAX form a circle and conduct Counterama, Namerama, Announcearama and the Ball Of Man. 

A Core Principle of F3Nation. 

Abbr

CIRCLE OF TRUST

Missing a Workout due to circumstances outside of one’s control.

CIRCUMSACK

The woman a man loves and should marry, but is procrastinating into losing for good to a HIM willing to exude Commitment. 

Abbr: CBD

CLASS-B DEPENDENT

Three or more PAX riding together to a Workout, typically outside of their usual AO. 

Often done in a Yaris for comic relief.

CLOWN CAR

A loose combination of people seeking companionship.

CLUB

An abomination of a Q that elevates the self-confidence of all other PAX in attendance, 

thereby convincing PAX on the fence that they couldn’t possibly do worse than THAT guy, 

leading to an influx in Q signups.

CLUSTERQ

A Pax that tends toward the Meso- or Endomorphic body types, whose body weight exceeds the 200lb mark. 

A very tall ectomorph only sort of counts... 

Generally the opposite of the Shivering Whippet.

CLYDESDALE

Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Where F3 was born in 2011. 

The shining city on the hill, The new Jerusalem. 

A place worth defending from Goo Nation.

A man who tolerates the lack of Virtue among the Leaders in his Community.

COAT HOLDER

An Organization with an unrecognized conflict between its Articulated Purpose and its Actual Purpose.

COGNITIVE PURPOSE DISPARITY

Concentric expansion method, by which a Region plants Nomads outside of its boundaries but within 100 miles.

COLAM

Wisdom gained through Failure, Adversity and Argument.

COLLISION LEARNING

A state of physical ease and freedom from pain, constraint or challenge. 

The watchword of the Kimono.

COMFORT

A cultural myth of Goo Nation that encourages people to be in-Effective.

COMFORT ZONE

Unwavering loyalty to the Group and unflinching determination to accomplish its Mission. (Q3.9).

COMMITMENT

Two or more people who voluntarily live in close Proximity.

COMMUNITY

The ability to perform Mission-essential Tasks.

COMPETENCE

The healthy process of pitting oneself against another man in an objectively measurable endeavor.

COMPETITION

Difficult, dirty and dangerous Events that build Trust between Team Members. Abbr: CSAUP.

COMPLETELY STUPID AND UTTERLY POINTLESS

The Q’s Commitment to Accelerating the quality of communication within his Group.

COMZ

The circular rings formed by a man’s most Proximate relationships.

CONCENTRICA

CONDITION

The efforts made by the Governance of an Organization to maintain a perceived status-quo through the restraint of its Advantage-seeking Members.

CONFINEMENT

The result of the Enforcement of a Standard.

CONSEQUENCE

Unchanging in nature, Standard or effect over time. (Q3.10).

CONSISTENCY

Stability of emotion engendered by the consistent pursuit of Joy rather than Happiness. (Q3.11).

CONTENTMENT

The perceived power to dictate people’s behavior or the course of Events.

CONTROL

The continental United States. Sea to shining sea. The lower 48.

CONUS

A gathering of two or more Groups for a specific Event.

CONVERGENCE

Infectious strength of spirit and manifestation of Perseverance.

COOP STRONG

F3’s Guardrails. 

Every Workout must be: 

1. Free of charge 

2. Open to all men 

3. Held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold 

4. Led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary 

5. End with a Circle of Trust

CORE PRINCIPLES

Zealously advocating for Shared Virtue. (Q2.6).

CORRECTION

A HIM willing and able to provide Correction and take responsibility for the Outcome.

CORRECTOR

Counting off the PAX in the COT to get the total number for the Workout.

COUNTERAMA

Setting aside fear to turn hardship into grace. (Q3.12).

COURAGE

A planned Movement to solve a Problem or achieve an Outcome. Abbr: COA.

F3 Lexicon