Explore glossary
Useful patterns, changing names and workplace language drawn from the Singapore Government glossary.
Change trails
Former, current and emerging names.
Coming into use
Name changes
Built from within
Letters drawn from inside words.
- SAFMPCOMD Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command
- TREASURES Towards Resource Efficiency and Sustainability for Urban Environments
- FJCOURTS Judiciary, Family Justice Courts
Lookalikes
Similar letters, different meanings.
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Most meanings
One short form, many uses.
Most domains
Used across different fields.
- PC 6 meanings Cross-government · Digital and Technology · Finance and Economy · General · Law and Justice 5 domains
- DC 5 meanings Digital and Technology · Finance and Economy · General · Housing and Built Environment · Transport 5 domains
- PG 6 meanings Education · General · Home Affairs · Law and Justice 4 domains
Longest
The most letters and digits.
- IOC-WESTPAC Sub-commission for the Western Pacific of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 10letters or digits
- SAFMPCOMD Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command 9letters or digits
- TREASURES Towards Resource Efficiency and Sustainability for Urban Environments 9letters or digits
Workplace language
Phrases officers use at work.
- Submission An official written paper put up for a superior or forum to note, discuss, clear, endorse, approve or decide.
- Clearance A review confirming that material is suitable to move forward; clearance does not always constitute final authority to implement.
- Take offline To move a detailed, unresolved or tangential discussion to a separate conversation so the current meeting can proceed.
Acronym families
Committees, schemes, systems and more.
- Programmes ADIPADWPALPAMAP 99 entries
- Centres AACAFICAFRCAIC 83 entries
- Schemes AISAOPBCRSCEAS 79 entries
Agency fingerprints
Terminology attributed to agencies.
- Public Service Division Cross-government · Digital and Technology · Finance and Economy 77 entries
- Ministry of Finance Cross-government · Finance and Economy 44 entries
- GovTech/OGP/agency product teams Digital and Technology 37 entries
How Explore works. Every lens is derived from published glossary entries. Uncertain entries are excluded from rankings and generated groupings. Agency views include only entries with explicit attribution; family views group recurring final words in abbreviation expansions.