Commonly used terminology and abbreviations:

AC - After Coupon
AFAIK - As far as I know
AR - After Rebate
B&M – Brick and mortar store (A physical retail store as opposed to an online merchant)
B1G1 or BOGO – Buy One Get One free
BB – Best Buy
BBB - Better Business Bureau
B$ - bargainshare.com (with the dollar sign )
BTW - By the way
Bump - Replying to a thread to move it to the top of a forum to make it more prominent
BVG - Best Value Guarantee (discontinued program by Amex)
CC – Circuit City
CC – Credit card
CPN - Coupon
CSR - Customer service representative
CYM - Check your mail
DD - Deal Discussion Forum
EBV - Ebay Value - Often used to determined how hot a deal is compared to the market price
ER - Staples Easy Rebate System
FAR - Free After Rebate
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FTC - Federal Trade Commission
FYI - For Your Information
FWIW - For what it's worth
GC – Gift Certificate/Gift Card
GC&D - Grocery Coupons & Drugstore Deals Forum
GCO - Google Checkout
GD - General Discussion Forum (Our chit chat area)
GDA – Good deal at
HD - Hot Deal or our Hot Deals forum
HSN – Home Shopping Network
HTH - Hope That Helps
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMHO - In My Honest/Humble Opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IR - Instant Rebate
IS - Instant Savings
IRD - Internet & Retail Deals Category - has four forums that covers everything from hot deals to coupons
LMAO - Laughing my a** off
LMK - Let me know
LOL - Laughing out loud
LPG - Lowest Price Guarantee (Chase)
MFG - Manufacturer
MFR - Manufacturer
MIR – Mail In Rebate
OD – Office Depot
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OM – Office Max
OOS - Out of stock
OP - Original Poster (author of thread)
OT - Off topic or our Off Topic Forum (Our chit chat area)
OTD - Out The Door
PM – Price match
PM - Private Message
RAOK – Random act of kindness
ROFL - Rolling on floor laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my a__ off
RMA - Return Merchandise Authorization or Replacement Merchandise Agreement
SASE - Self addressed stamped envelope
SKU - Unique Product Number assigned by the retailer
SPAM - Unwanted commercial e-mail advertisements
S/H – Shipping and handling
TIA - Thanks in advance
TRU – Toys R Us
UPC - barcode that retailers use on the bottom of a package
WM - Walmart
WP - World Politics Forum
YAFTS - Yet another free T-Shirt
YMMV - Your mileage may vary
YGM - You've got mail
YGPM - You've got a private message

Grocery and Drugstore forum abbreviations

Other General Internet Acronyms

Please post any more that you have to add in this thread and the list will be updated

FAR- Free After Rebate

FYI - For Your Information

BVG - Best Value Guarantee
LPG - Lowest Price Guarantee

CRT Cash Register Tape or Receipt
DH Dearest (or insert your own "D" word) Husband
DW ditto for wife
DD ditto for daughter
DS ditto for son
DIL, FIL, MIL, BIL, SIL...the in-laws
GS & GD...the grand kids
SO Significant Other...also known as BF (boy friend) and GF (girl friend)
WM Walmart
SWM Super Walmart
WG Walgreens
ESR EasySaver Rebate (Walgreens)
ESC EasySaver Coupon (Walgreens)
SS SmartSource
V Valassis
OOT Out of town or out of touch

EBV - eBay Value

AC- After Coupon

What does "FW" stand for?

fatwallet

FatWallet

pM: Price Match

OOS:out of stock

NABD: Not a Big Deal

WD: Warm deal

I saw "OTD" few times - what's that ?

for instance http://www.bargainshare.com/index.php?showtopic=57731&hl=OTD


Thanks.

My guess is One Time Deal, since each of that poster's OTD tagged items say 'Special Buy' in the Staples ad.

I think they always say "Special buy" if there is some rebate (instant or mail-in)..

Staples usually tags items as 'special buy' if it is not something they normally stock, or is an older product that they've brought back temporarily to sell off at a lower price, not nessarily with an instant or mail-in rebate.

What does IS stand for?

Instant savings

and SD (when used in conjunction with FW [fatwallet] not sandisk)?

SD = SlickDeals.net

It's two steps behind FW in the feeding frenzy of hot deals. Plus, there no petty bickering over trival crap.

here are some terms from the GC forum
GC FAQ Thread
I came across an unfamiliar term in Freebies so these are really not exclusive to that crowd...

OTD = Out the Door
(as in price you pay when you walk out of retail store) This usually does not include MIR's. (Mail in rebates)

See

http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/

for the internet acronym website. it has come in handy for me a few times in the past for decoding cryptic posts

IS = Instant Savings (usually during staples deals).

what does 'pinned' mean? I can't find it in the FAQs

It's when one of the staff places a thread at the top of one of the forums.

Normal threads get moved to the top of the page when a reply is made. A "pinned" thread is always stuck to the top of a forum.

Usually "pinned" threads are one's that are helpful or have some sort of announcement in them.

What does RR stand for?

register rewards