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Commonly Used Acronyms & Abbreviations
AR - After Rebate B1G1 or BOGO - Buy One Get One Free BC/AC – Before/After Coupons BIL - Brother-in-law Blinkie - SmartSource machine with a red blinking light on it. Coupons are thus referred to as ‘ Blinkies’ BTFE - Box Tops for Education BTW - By the way C/O - Cents Off CH - Clearing House CAT - Coupon that prints from a Catalina machine at the register. CRT - Cash register tape (receipt) CYE - Check your email DB - The WeUseCoupons.com coupon database DD - Darling daughter DEAD - Refers to a dead deal, or that the offer is no longer valid DH - Darling husband DND - Do Not Double DS - Darling son DW - Darling Wife ECB - Extra Care Buck (earned at CVS) ENVIE - Envelope ES - Easy Saver, seen at Walgreens rebate booklet EX or X. - Expires on FAR - Free after rebate FC - First class postage stamps FIL - Father in law FSOT - For Sale or Trade GDA - Good Deal Alert GM - General Mills Insert, a booklet of coupons that appears in newspapers every month or two. HBA - Health & Beauty Section in the store HTH - hope that helps IDSO - in desperate search of INSERTS – Coupon booklets found in the Sunday paper IMHO - in my humble opinion (there are variations of this, but that's the most common!) IP – Internet Printable coupon ISO - In Search Of (basically you need it) IVC - Instant value coupons - seen in Walgreens rebate booklet IVDSO - In very desperate search of KWIM - Know What I Mean LMK – Let Me Know LOL - Laugh/Laughing Out Loud MFR - Manufacturer MIL - Mother in law MIR - Mail In Rebate MQ - Manufacturer coupon MRP - Manufacturer's retail price NAZ - Name, address, zip code NAZP# - Name, address, zip code, phone number NED - No Expiration Date NFN - No Form Needed NIB - New in Box NIP - New in Package NP - No problem NT WT - Net Weight OAS - A Coupon that is good on one Purchase, Any Size OASN – On A Side Note OOP - Out Of Pocket OOS - Out of Stock OP - Original poster or original post (person who started the thread) OT - Off Topic OYNO -On Your Next Order P&G - Proctor & Gamble (Sunday Booklet Coupons) Peelie - Coupon found attached to a product. You have to peel it off. PITA - Pain in the *** (we use abbreviations for a reason!) PLMK - Please Let Me Know PM - Private Message POP - Proof of purchase PP - PayPal PSA - Prices Starting At Q - Coupon RAOK - random act of kindness (means you will give the coupons away free) RC - Rain-check ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my *** off (found in the mood tab) RP - Red Plum (Sunday Booklet Coupons) (formerly Valassis) RR - Register Reward from Walgreens - use as a $ off coupon on your next purchase SAHM - Stay At Home Mom SAHW - Say At Home Wife SCR - Rite Aid Single Check Rebate SIL - Sister or son in law SMP - Specially marked package SO - Significant other SRP - Suggested retail price SS - Smart Source (Sunday Booklet Coupons) STACKING - Often stores will allow the use of more than one coupon per item, IF the coupon itself does not restrict such usage. (Usually store Q + mfr Q) SUPER DOUBLES or DOUBLES - coupons that are doubled $1 + in value (IE, a $1 coupon - $2, etc) TEARPAD - A pad of forms/coupons found hanging from a store shelf or display TIA - Thanks in Advance TMF - Try Me Free - mail in rebate for full amount of product TRIPLE COUPON - A coupon that a grocery store triples in value TYVM - Thank You Very Much UPC - Universal Product Code, barcode on the product WL - Wish list WSL - While supplies last WUC - We Use Coupons (refers to the site) WYB - When You Buy YGEM - You've got an email YGPM - You've got a private message! YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary ("Worked for me, may not work for you") YVW - You’re very welcome Last edited by MrCoupon; 12-03-2008 at 02:53 PM. Reason: updated |
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Best Answer - Posted by MrCoupon
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| Just post them...as you think of them....and i'll add them to the master list...or if you want to edit the master list...go right ahead! |
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Tia-thanks in advance
raok-random act of kindness tyvm-thank you very much hth-hope that helps ip-internet printable Last edited by MrsCoupon; 10-04-2008 at 01:40 AM. |
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3kids (10-29-2008), LivingLarge (07-27-2009), MrCoupon (10-03-2008), SKEETER (02-23-2009), Treasurehouse (05-26-2009) | ||
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Just post them...as you think of them....and i'll add them to the master list...or if you want to edit the master list...go right ahead!
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LMK-let me know
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3kids (10-29-2008), Treasurehouse (05-26-2009) | ||
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AC/BC after/before coupons
YMMV your mileage may vary OOP out of pocket MQ manufacturer coupon TQ target coupon ECB extra care bucks WUC We Use Coupons RR Register Rewards CAT Catalina coupon |
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3kids (10-29-2008), Treasurehouse (05-26-2009) | ||
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IMHO - In my humble Opinion
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still updating this.....if anyone else has any that i missed....post them here...i'll add them!!
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OH HERE IT IS! I've been searching for this since the day I joined! Thanks for pointing me in this direction NCSB!
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NCSouthernBelle (05-20-2009) | ||
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TMI - Too Much Information
IRL - In Real Life |
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Treasurehouse (05-26-2009) | ||
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