Acronym |
Meaning |
$/1 |
Cents off when you buy one item. |
$/2 |
Cents off when you buy two items. |
AC |
After Coupon |
Albies |
Albertsons a grocery store. |
ASAV |
Any Size, Any Variety |
AR |
After Rebate |
AYOR |
At Your Own Risk |
B&M |
Brick & Mortar, i.e. an actual store, as opposed to an online store. |
B1G1 or BOGO |
Buy One Get One Free, i.e. if you purchase one item, you get the second item free. |
B5G1 |
Buy Five Get One Free |
BC/AC |
Before/After Coupons |
BIL |
Brother-In-Law |
Blinkie |
A coupon dispensing machine found in store’s aisles. Because the machines often have a red blinking light to attract attention, its coupons are thus referred to as ‘Blinkies’ |
BOGO or B1G1 |
Buy One Get One Free, i.e. if you purchase one item, you get the second item free |
BOLO |
Be On the Lookout |
Bricks |
Refers to the program used when printing IP coupons |
CC or CCash |
Concealed Cash.
Money concealed well inside paper before mailed. It is not easy to mail coins however so usually restricted to paper money |
CDB |
Coupon Database |
CH |
Clearing House |
CLFE |
Campbell’s Labels For Education |
C/O |
Cents Off an item |
CRT |
Cash Register Tape (i.e. receipt). Often required as proof of purchase for mail-in rebates. See also DCRT |
CYE |
Check Your Email |
DB |
Coupon Database |
DCRT |
Dated cash register tape, usually required for a rebate |
DCRTC |
Dated cash register tape with the price circled, usually required for a rebate |
DD |
Darling Daughter |
DEAD |
Refers to a dead deal, or that the offer is no longer valid. |
DH |
Darling Husband |
DND |
Do Not Double |
DNT |
Do Not Tripple |
DS |
Darling Son |
Dumpster Dive |
To dig in recycling bins or trash for extra coupon inserts |
DW |
Darling Wife |
ECB |
Extra Care Buck (applicable for CVS) |
ENVIE |
Envelope |
EPOP |
Each pay own postage (trading term) |
ES |
Easy Saver (seen at Walgreens rebate booklet) |
ESR |
EasySaver Rebate (Monthly rebate program at Walgreens) |
ETA |
Edited to add |
ETS |
Excludes Trial Sizes |
EX or X |
Expires on |
FAC |
Free After Coupon |
FAQ |
Frequently asked questions. A question and answer style guide |
FAR |
Free After Rebate |
FC |
First Class postage stamps |
FIL |
Father-In-Law |
FL |
Either Food Lion, or a site Forum Leader |
FLIP |
Food Lion Internet Printable. Printable coupon(s) |
Free item coupon |
A coupon that is for a free product |
FREES |
Manufacturer coupons for a free item.
These are generally issued to reimburse you for an item that was defective or unsatisfactory.
Sometimes used to refer to a coupon that when used with a current sale will make the product free |
FS |
Free Shipping or Forever Stamp |
FSI |
Free Standing Insert. The free Sunday paper coupon inserts |
FSOT |
For Sale or Trade |
FWIW |
For What It’s Worth |
GC |
Gift Card/Gift Certificate |
GDA |
Good Deal Alert |
GM |
General Mills Insert, a booklet of coupons that appears in newspapers every month or two |
Hangtag |
A coupon or form found hanging from a tag around the neck of a bottle or jar |
HBA |
Health & Beauty Aid section in the store |
HDA |
Hot deal alert or Home delivered ad |
HGT |
See Hangtag |
HL |
Have list. A list of coupons, forms and items that another member has to offer for trade |
HT |
Harris Teeter grocery store, or Hangtag |
HTH |
Hope This Helps |
IDSO |
In Desperate Search Of |
INSERTS |
Coupon booklets found in the Sunday paper |
IME |
In My Experience |
IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
IMO |
In My Opinion |
IP |
Internet Printable coupon |
IRL |
In Real Life |
ISO |
In Search Of (basically you need it) |
IVC |
Instant Value Coupons (can be seen in Walgreens rebate booklet) |
IVDSO |
In Very Desperate Search Of |
JIC |
Just In Case |
JLMK |
Just Let Me Know |
JMHO |
Just My Humble Opinion |
KG |
Kroger grocery store |
KM |
Kmart, a national retailer |
KWIM |
Know What I Mean |
LFE |
Labels For Education (Campbell’s soup) |
LMAO |
Laughing My A** Off |
LMK |
Let Me Know |
LOL |
Laugh/Laughing Out Loud |
MFR |
Manufacturer |
MIL |
Mother-In-Law |
MIR |
Mail In Rebate |
MM |
Money Maker, a deal where after coupon or rebate you make money with overage of some sort. |
MOD |
Site Moderator |
MQ |
Manufacturer Coupon |
MRP |
Manufacturer’s Retail Price |
NAZ |
Name, Address, Zip code |
NAZP# |
Name, Address, Zip code, Phone number |
NBPN |
No beer purchase necessary, terms of a beer sponsored rebate or coupon. |
Nearly Free |
A coupon that when used, usually on an item on sale, to make the product “almost free”.
Shampoo on sale for a $1.19 would be nearly free if you used a $1 off coupon. |
NED |
No Expiration Date |
NFN |
‘No Form Needed’ refund offer |
NIB |
New in Box |
NIP |
New in Package |
Non-Inserts |
Any coupon from another source other than inserts, such as magazine coupons or those that have been mailed to you from the manufacturer. |
NP |
No Problem |
NSR |
No state restrictions. Usually in reference to a Winetag or Rebate. |
NT WT |
Net Weight |
NWPN |
No Wine Purchase Necessary. Terms of a rebate or coupon (winetag) sponsored by a wine company. |
NWPR |
No Wine Purchase Required,. Terms of a rebate or coupon (winetag) sponsored by a wine company. |
OAS |
On any size, a coupon or form that is valid on any size product or has no size limitations. |
OASN |
On A Side Note |
OOP |
Out of Pocket |
OOS |
Out of Stock |
OP |
Original Poster or Original Post (the person who started the thread) |
OSI |
On a Single Item |
OT |
Off Topic |
Overage |
When you purchase an item with a coupon and the item costs less than the value of the coupon you may receive overage.
Example: You purchase an item that costs $0.99 cents and you use a $1.50 off 1 coupon to purchase the item you will have $0.51 cent overage. |
OYNO |
On Your Next Order |
P&G or PG |
Proctor & Gamble (Sunday Booklet Coupons) |
Peelie |
A coupon found attached to a product, and can be peeled it off. |
Piggyback |
The use of coupons for products in conjunction with one another in order to maximize savings.
Each coupon is attached to a specific product, and if the purchase requirements are met, these coupons can be used together for the purchase of a group of items. |
PITA |
Pain in the a** |
PLMK |
Please Let Me Know |
PM |
Private Message |
POP |
Proof of Purchase. Generally your cash register receipt, but may also include the UPC. |
PP |
PayPal or Purchase Price or Previous Post(er) |
PPEF |
PayPal Existing Funds. This is when you pay for something using Pay-Pal however the person selling the item is requesting that the funding option from Pay-Pal is existing funds, as opposed to credit card funded Pay-Pal. |
PPHF |
PayPal handling fee. In other words they are asking for money paid via Pay-Pal. |
Printable |
A coupon that you print from the internet on your computer. |
PSA |
Prices Starting At or Public Service Announcement. |
Q |
A short for Coupon, or Qualifier. |
Qualifier |
The proof of purchase required for a refund offer that is physically taken from that package. |
QQ |
Coupon Queen |
RA |
RiteAid drug store |
RAOK |
Random Act of Kindness (means that will give away/get the coupons for free) |
RC |
Rain Check. A slip of paper that a store issues when an item is out of stock, allowing you to purchase that item at a later date at the sale price. |
Rebate |
A mail in offer provided by the manufacture of a product or a store that will refund you back money you spent to purchase a specific item in whole or in part. |
Rep |
Reputation |
RIB |
Reinventing Beauty, a special booklet of coupons issued about once quarterly that contains various coupons for products at CVS store locations. The cost of this booklet is $0.99. |
RME |
Revolution Money Exchange, a form of online payment much like Pay-Pal but without the fees. |
ROFLMAO |
Rolling on The Floor Laughing my a** off (found in the mood tab) |
RP |
Red Plum (Sunday Booklet Coupon Insert) |
RR |
Register Reward (applicable to Walgreens. Use as a $ off coupon on your next purchase) |
SAE |
Self Addressed Envelope. |
SAHD |
Stay At Home Dad |
SAHH |
Stay At Home Husband |
SAHM |
Stay At Home Mom |
SAHW |
Stay At Home Wife |
SASE |
Self Addressed Stamped Envelope |
SCO |
Self Check Out |
SCR |
Rite Aid Single Check Rebate |
SD |
Store Display |
SF |
Store Form |
SIL |
Sister-In-Law or Sun-In-Law |
SMP |
Specially Marked Package |
SO |
Significant Other |
SRP |
Suggested Retail Price |
SS |
Smart Source (Sunday Booklet Coupon Insert) |
STACKING |
The usage of more than one coupon per item (Usually store coupon + manufacturer coupon) |
STG |
Super Target, a bigger version of Target stores that include a full grocery store section of their store. |
Sticky |
A thread marked as important by a moderator of this forum and “stuck” to the top of the forum. Threads that are “stuck” (Sticky) are always at the top of the forum until removed as such by a moderator.
These are usually threads that need high visibility because they are important threads.
All members are requested to read the stickies in each forum before posting as they will help explain rules and policies. |
SUPER DOUBLES orDOUBLES |
Coupons that are doubled $1 + in value (Example: a $1.00 coupon is doubled to $2.00 value) |
SW |
Safeway grocery store |
SWM |
Super Wal-Mart. A bigger version of Wal-Mart stores that include a full grocery store section of their store (a national retailer. |
TEARPAD |
A pad of forms/coupons found hanging from a store shelf or display. |
TG |
Target |
TIA |
Thanks in Advance |
TMF |
Try Me Free – mail in rebate for full amount of product. |
TMI |
Too Much Information |
TP |
Tearpad or Toilet Paper or Toothpaste |
TRIPLE COUPON |
A coupon that a grocery store triples in value |
TRU |
Toys R Us |
TYVM |
Thank You Very Much |
UPC |
Universal Product Code, i.e. the barcode on a coupon or a product. Often required as proof of purchase when applying for a rebate. |
WAG orWAGS |
Walgreens drug store |
WD |
Winn Dixie grocery store |
Winetag |
A coupon, usually found in the form of a hangtag around the neck of a bottle of wine. |
WL |
Wish List |
WM |
WalMart |
WPN |
Wine Purchase Necessary. A coupon for form offered by a wine company that requires the purchase of wine to redeem the offer. |
WPR |
Wine Purchase Required. A coupon or form offered by a wine company that requires the purchase of wine to redeem the offer. |
WSL |
While Supplies Last |
WT |
Winetag |
WUC |
We Use Coupons (refers to the site) |
WUCkie |
Member of WUC |
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 |