Saving, couponing and the forum can be overwhelming when you don’t know what all the acronyms and unusual words mean.

A/C: After Coupon
BB/ BBF: Best Before
BOGO or B1G1: Buy One, Get One (free) – watch for the small print on this, it could be BOGO 1/2 price in which yo get the second half price
CO: Cents Off
CFK: Cash For Kids (a coupon program that donated a portion to childrens charities)
Exp: Expiry Date
FaR: Free After Rebate
FPC: Free Product Coupon (This gives you the coupon free and usually includes tax)
FT: For Trade
HBA: Health and Beauty Aid
HV: High Value
IP: Internet Printable coupon
LF: Looking For
MIR: Mail-In Rebate
NED: No Expiration Date
OOP: Out Of Pocket
OOS: Out Of Stock
Overage: Using a coupon for more than the item price to ‘earn’ extra money towards other purchases
OYNO: On Your Next Order
PM: Price Match
Peelie: A coupon attached to the product packaging for “peel off”
POP: Proof of Purchase
PP: Purchase Price
RC: Rain Check
RAOK: Random Act of Kindness
RP: RedPlum
SCOP: Scanning Code of Practice
SC: Smart Canucks (www.smartcanucks.ca)
SMP: Specially Marked Packaging
SPC: Student Price Card
STACKING: Using more than one coupon per item.
SASE: Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope
SS: Smart Source (a coupon booklet)
Tear-pad: A paper pad of coupons, usually located on the shelf or display for tearing off and use at check-out
TFT: Toonies for Tummies (a coupon program that donated a portion to childrens charities)
TL: Trade List
TMF: Try Me Free
Train: Coupon train
VWT: Virtual Wishlist Train
WL: Wish List
WYB/WUB: When You Buy
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary

Stores & Products:
BB: Best Buy
FS: Future Shop
LD: London Drugs
P&G: Proctor & Gamble
NF: No Frills
RCSS: Real Canadian Super Store
SDM: Shoppers Drug Mart
SS: SuperStore
WM: Walmart
NF: No Frills

Often used on online coupon forums:
BFF: Best Friend Forever
BTW: By The Way
Bump: Nice way of pushing a thread back to the top of the page
DH: Dear/Darling Husband (or replace the D with less nice words) DW (wife) DS (son) DD (daughter) etc
FB: Feedback (in trading) or Facebook
HTH: Hope That Helps
LMK: Let Me Know
NP: No problem
OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer (Not Retail)
OP: Original Poster (Person who started the thread)
Mod: Moderator
PM: Private Message
Report: clicking the star button to the left of a post will alert mods to an issue in that post (rude, spam, etc)
SAHD: Stay At Home Dad / SAHM: Stay At Home Mom
TY: Thank You
TIA: Thanks in Advance
TTT: To The Top (aka BUMP)

Thanks to tech_gurl who posted most of these in our forums

Any other words you ever wondered about

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