prepper
Stockpiles for disasters
A prepper is someone who prepares for emergencies, disasters, or societal collapse by stockpiling supplies, learning survival skills, and developing contingency plans.
The term gained currency in the early 21st century, often associated with those anticipating worst-case scenarios: The prepper had enough canned food to last two years.
Preppers range from practical planners to apocalyptic extremists.
Wilderness survival skill set
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- huntingPursuing wild game
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- off-gridWithout utility connections
homesteading · self-sufficiency · navigation · tracking · camouflage · fieldcraft · snares · signaling
Prophesied world's end
- collapseSudden structural failure
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
- SHTFCatastrophic societal breakdown
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
fallout · disaster · catastrophe · pandemic · EMP · nuclear · blackout · quarantine
Digital research data collection
- tacticalStrategically planned
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
multitool · paracord · flashlight · firestarter · knife · hatchet · tarp · jerry-can
Dehydrated while frozen
- MREsMilitary sustenance packs
- bulk-buyingAcquiring goods in volume
- rotationTurning on an axis
- shelf-lifePeriod before spoilage
pantry · rice · beans · ammunition · fuel · batteries · cache · inventory
bushcraft
Wilderness survival skill set
off-grid · homesteading · self-sufficiency · navigation · tracking · camouflage · fieldcraft · snares · signaling · cordage
doomsday
Prophesied world's end
- collapseSudden structural failure
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
- SHTFCatastrophic societal breakdown
bunker · fallout · disaster · catastrophe · pandemic · EMP · nuclear · blackout · quarantine · evacuation
EDC
Digital research data collection
- tacticalStrategically planned
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
radio · multitool · paracord · flashlight · firestarter · knife · hatchet · tarp · jerry-can · loadout
freeze-dried
Dehydrated while frozen
- MREsMilitary sustenance packs
- bulk-buyingAcquiring goods in volume
- rotationTurning on an axis
shelf-life · pantry · rice · beans · ammunition · fuel · batteries · cache · inventory · rationing
network
Interconnected system
like-minded · barter · meetup · forum · YouTube · intel · vetting
- self-sufficiencyoff-grid, homestead, homesteading, subsistence, autarky
- Doomsayersdoomsday preacher, Cassandra, prophets of doom, Chicken Little, Nostradamus
- doomsday believersdoomsday preacher, millenarian, Adventist
- wellness lifestyleshealth nut, clean eater, vegan, vegetarian, gym rat
- lonershermit, recluse, loner, lone wolf, introvert
- apocalypseapocalypse, Armageddon, end times, rapture, tribulation
prepperimproviser
One who creates spontaneously
winger · grasshopper · procrastinator · ad-libber · fly-by-night
- meal preppingPreparing food in advance
- meal prepperOne who cooks ahead