Diabetic foot has always been a complex disease with outcomes of delayed treatment being amputation. Over few decades, one can observe that there have been efforts to simplify the understanding of diabetic foot and also there has been an increased surge in introduction of various new concepts in diabetic foot. There are various distinct acronyms in diabetic foot many of which are popular worldwide and some are recently introduced with each having their own merits and demerits. Apart from rendering it as a easy method to remember, some of the acronyms can even guide treatment in simplified manner so that it can form a protocol in a clinicians practice. This article focuses on various acronyms relevant to diabetic foot including the latest ones.