Freebie and coupon short forms.

[ilovemykids]

It's been brought to my attention that there is a sort of "lingo" that comes with freebies, coupons, and samples.

Wanna help out our new members that may not know what a short form means but we use all the time?

I"ll start:

BOGO = by one get one
FPC = free product coupon

Sally888 added:
FWP = free with purchase
SASE = self addresses stamped envelope

MissScrooge added:
GTA = Greater Toronto Area
GTV = Greater Vancouver Region
B1G1 or B1G1F = Buy one, get one free
FT = For Trade
MIR = Mail in Rebate
AR = After Rebate
IR = Instant Rebate
S&H or S/H= Shipping & Handling
OOS = Out of Stock
AYCE = All you can eat
OP = Original Post or Original Poster (eg. Thanks OP!)
PM = Private Message or Price Match
*bump* = Pushing a buried thread to top to be seen
TY = Thank you
TVM = Thanks very much
YW = You're welcome
YVW = You're very welcome

ex0ticb3lla added:
SCOP = Scanning Code of Practice


tinambulance added:
RLF = really looking for
HV = high value

For those who sell/buy:

FS = For Sale
WTB = Want to Buy
FSOT = For Sale or Trade
OBO = Or Best Offer



As more people add to this I'll update this post.

[ilovemykids]

[ilovemykids]

I musta got 'em all. lol

[Sally888]

FWP free with purchase
SASE self addresses stamped envelope


SMTS Send money to Sally
DWTS Dontaions welcomed to Sally

[ilovemykids]

Good idea... mine too!

SMTILMK

[RTlady]

Yeh I had to ask about the FPC - couldn't figure it out for the life of me!
(got the reply and really felt stupid) But ya don't ask, you'll never learn!
Thanks

[ilovemykids]

Yeh I had to ask about the FPC - couldn't figure it out for the life of me!
(got the reply and really felt stupid) But ya don't ask, you'll never learn!
Thanks

Exactly! Never feel "stupid" for asking.

[MissScrooge]

Here's more to add to your list:

Shopping Related/Applicable to SC:

GTA: Greater Toronto Area
GTV: Greater Vancouver Region
B1G1 or B1G1F = Buy one, get one free
FT = For Trade
MIR = Mail in Rebate
AR = After Rebate
IR = Instant Rebate
S&H or S/H= Shipping & Handling
OOS = Out of Stock
AYCE = All you can eat
OP = Original Post or Original Poster (eg. Thanks OP!)
PM = Private Message or Price Match
*bump* = Pushing a buried thread to top to be seen

For those who sell/buy:

FS = For Sale
WTB = Want to Buy
FSOT = For Sale or Trade
OBO = Or Best Offer


There's a ton of common lingo as well like TY (Thank you), YW or YVW (You're (very) welcome) or BTW (By the way), TTYL (Talk to you later) etc etc.. but these ones below are also good to point out. I had chatted with a person who kept using "DH" and I didn't know what the hell it meant, but based upon the context my best guess was "Damn husband" LOL.. Apparently these are the proper translations:

DH = Dear Husband
DD = Dear Daughter
DS = Dear Son

[FreebieChick]

Can't think of anymore

[April07]

Ah, forum lingo Thank you, most of those I wold have sat here and scratched my head.

[ilovemykids]

MissScrooge!! That's awesome thank you so much! I've added it to the top.

I didn't add the DH, DD and such because that's more common forum lingo rather then freebie, coupon lingo.

[Tiki]

*bump*

[ex0ticb3lla]

Don't forget:

SCOP - Scanning Code of Practice

[AmberLab]

Here's a new one that gets asked a lot because it is put in thread titles to get the attention of those who live there. There seems to be quite a few of us:

HRM: Halifax Regional Municipality (in Nova Scotia)

[harkatsmom]

Thank you guys for trying to simplify things for us