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posted: Dec. 29, 2008 @ 9:30a

The two we really like to use:
FW: FatWallet (one word, F and W capitalized)
Walleteer: fellow FatWallet employee

Alphabetized list:
AC: After coupon
AGC: After Gift Card
AR: After Rebate
ARewards: After Rewards
B&M: Brick and mortar: in store deals
BF: Black Friday
BOC: Bag of crap
BOGO: sometimes B1G1 - Buy One Get One (usually followed by free, a % off, etc)
CB: Cash Back
CB&C page: Cash Back and coupons page
COB: close of business
DB: database
DD: dear daughter
DW: dear wife
dev: development team
DH: Dear Husband
DPA: Dell Preferred Account
DS: dear son
ECB: Extra Care Bucks - earned at CVS with select purchases
EPP: Employee Purchase Program
ER: Easy Rebate
FAR: Free after rebate
FIL: father in law
FS: Free shipping
FSSS: Amazon's Free Super Saver Shipping
FT: featured text
FTW: For the Win
GC: Grocery Coupon or Gift Card/Certificate
GCO: Google checkout
HD: Hard Drive or High Definition
HD: Hot deals
IR: Instant rebate
Manuals: manual entries into user's Cash Back account
Mars: Bryan Marsden
MIL: mother in law
MIR: Mail in rebate
mod: moderator
MP: merchant page
MVP: Most Valued Player
NIB: New in Box
NM: Never Mind
NOOB: newbie: new user
OC: order confirmation
OID: order ID number
OMG: Oh My God
OOS: Out of stock
OP: original post (first post in topic) OR original poster (author of topic)
OT: Off Topic
PM: private message OR price match
Pyeed: content of a post is removed by user and replaced with a symbol or punctuation
rev: revenue
ROI: return on investment
RR: retailer ratings
SASE: Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
SEO: search engine optimization
ST: support ticket
TRU: toys r us
TU: Thank You
WTG: Way to Go
YMMV: Your mileage may vary: you may have varying degrees of success with this deal
ZOMG: Oh My God, with a with a Z in front of it. Gamer-speak, just to put emphasis on OMG.
posted: Jan. 2, 2009 @ 1:23p

GC is also gift card.
FTW for the win
HD is hard-drive or High Definition
AR is after rebate
posted: Jan. 16, 2009 @ 2:27p

mvp: most valued player (you know who)
er: easy rebate
lmao: laugh my ass off
wtf: what the f***?
posted: Jan. 31, 2009 @ 4:43a

What is BOGO?
posted: Jan. 31, 2009 @ 11:21a

Buy One Get One (second item usually free, though sometimes at half off)
posted: Feb. 14, 2009 @ 10:52a

what is NIB ?
posted: Feb. 14, 2009 @ 5:35p

New in Box.
posted: Feb. 20, 2009 @ 12:14p

FSSS?
posted: Feb. 20, 2009 @ 10:15p

FSSS = Amazon's Free Super Saver Shipping (free shipping wyb $25+ of eligible products)
posted: Feb. 23, 2009 @ 3:06p

EPP?
posted: Feb. 23, 2009 @ 3:52p

tlaxson said: FSSS = Amazon's Free Super Saver Shipping (free shipping wyb $25+ of eligible products)

TU
posted: Feb. 23, 2009 @ 9:21p

wyngz said: EPP?
Dell's Employee Purchase Program. Also available to qualified non-employees.
posted: Feb. 27, 2009 @ 11:11p

SR = store Rob

When you win on such a deal, you SR that joint
posted: Feb. 28, 2009 @ 3:35p

What does SD mean? I've seen it many posts.
posted: Feb. 28, 2009 @ 6:05p

SD is shorthand for slickdeals, a competing site.

or, depending on context, it could be short for secure digital.
posted: Feb. 28, 2009 @ 8:25p

tlaxson said: SD is shorthand for slickdeals, a competing site.

or, depending on context, it could be short for secure digital.

ah thanks...
posted: Mar. 25, 2009 @ 8:01p

DH, as in..."I've ordered one for my DH." Dear Husband? Dead Hamster? Danish Hotel?
posted: Mar. 26, 2009 @ 10:39a

DH - Dear Husband (although Danish Hotel is funnier)
DD - dear daughter
DS - dear son
MIL - mother in law
FIL - father in law
posted: Apr. 1, 2009 @ 12:50a

NM
posted: Apr. 11, 2009 @ 11:22p

TCM?
posted: May. 3, 2009 @ 8:31p

What is DPA?
posted: May. 10, 2009 @ 3:31p

Doh! Total blonde moment! TCM would be me.

texascountrymama said: TCM?
posted: May. 14, 2009 @ 11:07a

thanks op and all
posted: May. 15, 2009 @ 8:18p

BOC? (In Woot tread)
posted: May. 15, 2009 @ 8:18p

BOC? (In Woot tread)
posted: May. 15, 2009 @ 8:47p

boc = bag of crap. basically (a) random item(s) that varies from bag to bag.
posted: Jul. 9, 2009 @ 5:13p

OOS?
posted: Jul. 9, 2009 @ 10:03p

OOS = out of stock
posted: Jul. 25, 2009 @ 1:45a

ha ...bogo is cool
posted: Aug. 9, 2009 @ 5:50p

I have seen this all over and I am still a bit confused:
"with Rolling Thunder"
posted: Aug. 18, 2009 @ 9:20a

It's the name given to some auto updating threads. It's just the name used for it
posted: Oct. 6, 2009 @ 3:18p

What is AOR? (found in FWF)
posted: Oct. 6, 2009 @ 5:06p

AOR = App-O-Rama
posted: Oct. 22, 2009 @ 7:49a

I am a newbie here and this topic really helped.
posted: Nov. 13, 2009 @ 1:52p

DPA = Dell Preferred Account (I was looking for the definition, but when I realized that the item was at Dell.com, I figured it out)


posted: Nov. 20, 2009 @ 7:02p

this should be helpful to me
posted: Nov. 21, 2009 @ 8:54a

sparkgem said: tlaxson said: FSSS = Amazon's Free Super Saver Shipping (free shipping wyb $25+ of eligible products)

TU

TU = thank you

NM = never mind (usually when poster deletes the contents of their post)
posted: Dec. 12, 2009 @ 11:09a

What is BCB?
posted: Dec. 12, 2009 @ 11:09a

What is BCB?
posted: Dec. 12, 2009 @ 1:47p

BCB = Bing Cash Back
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posted: Mar. 22, 2011 @ 7:11p

H&B = Hookers and blow. I'm serious, it gets tossed around a lot and noobies ask what it means.


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