prepping
Making oneself ready
Prepping is preparing—getting ready for something.
The word appears in contexts from cooking prepping vegetables for dinner to education prepping for exams.
In its specialized sense, prepping refers to survivalist preparation for disasters or societal collapse: stockpiling food, water, and supplies.
A prepper is someone who engages in this practice.
Accumulating supplies in quantity
- canningAirtight food preservation
- dryingMoisture removal process
- saltingApplying sodium chloride
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
pickling · freezing · vacuum-packing · jarring · curing · fermenting · pantry · larder
Seeking wild food sources
- huntingPursuing wild game
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- navigationDetermining position and course
self-defense · wilderness · survivalist · bushcraft · paracord · off-grid · homesteading · doomsday
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Removal from danger
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
tornado · blackout · pandemic · shelter-in-place · crisis · alert · warning · wildfire
Repetitive training routines
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- skillsLearned competencies
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
CPR · triage · self-reliance · marksmanship · orienteering · knot-tying · fitness
stockpiling
Accumulating supplies in quantity
smoking · pickling · freezing · vacuum-packing · jarring · curing · fermenting · pantry · larder · nonperishables
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
navigation · self-defense · wilderness · survivalist · bushcraft · paracord · off-grid · homesteading · doomsday · SHTF
checklist
Itemized verification guide
evacuation
Removal from danger
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
hurricane · tornado · blackout · pandemic · shelter-in-place · crisis · alert · warning · wildfire · tsunami
drills
Repetitive training routines
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- skillsLearned competencies
conditioning · CPR · triage · self-reliance · marksmanship · orienteering · knot-tying · fitness
- getting readyget ready, readying, equipping, gear up, warming up
- preparationready, readies, readiness, readying, ready up
- outfittingequipping, fitting out, kitting out, outfitting, gearing up
- Preppingbug out bag, bug-out bag, go bag, stockpile, stockpiling
- organizingorganizing, categorizing, grouping, structuring, classifying
- powering upcharging, activating, energizing, turning on, powering up
preppingimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
winging it · ad-libbing · extemporizing · playing it by ear · freestyling
preppingneglecting
Failing to attend to
ignoring · procrastinating · unpreparedness · disregarding · negligence
- meal preppingPreparing food in advance
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