Coupon Lingo
Coupon Lingo
~ The Secret Language of a Couponer ~
Scratching your head trying to figure out what these abbreviations mean??? Well, I am here to help. I have complied a list of the most common coupon phrases out there.
Common abbreviations:
– A –
AC – After Coupon
AFAIK – As far as I know
AFK – Away from keyboard
AR – After rebate
– B –
B&M – Brick and mortar store, physical store not online
BB – Best Buy
BBL – Be back later
BBIAB – Be back in a bit
BLINKIES – Smartsource coupons in store, near the products
BOGO – Buy One Get One Free
B1G1F – Also Buy One Get One Free
BRB – Be right back
BTFE – Box Top For Education
BTW – By the way
BVG – Best Value Guarantee (Offered by some credit card companies)
– C –
CAT or CATALINA – Coupon dispensed at register after purchase
CC – Credit card
CLFE – Campbell’s Labels for Education
CPN – Coupon
CRT – Cash Register Tape
CSR – Customer service representative
CYA – See ya
CYM – Check your mail
– D –
DD – Deal discussion
DND – Do Not Double
DOUBLE COUPON – Grocery store doubles the savings from the coupon
DOA – Dead on Arrival
– E –
ECB – Extra Care Bucks from CVS earned on purchases
ER – Easy Rebates (for Staples), sometimes used for CompUSA eRebates
ESR – EasySaver Rebate from Walgreens – More Info
– F –
FAR – Free After Rebate
FS or F/S – Free Shipping
FSI – Free Standing Insert – Single Coupon Pages in Newspaper
FWIW – For what it’s worth
– G –
GC – Gift certificate
GCO – Google Checkout
GDA – Good deal at
GG – Grocery Game
GM – General Merchandise
– H –
HBA or HBC – Health and Beauty Section in store
HCW – Hot Coupon World
HDA – Hot Deal Alert
HLC – Healthy Living Circular – Meijer
HD – Hot deal, Home Depot, High Definition
HDA – Hot Deal Alert
HSN – Home Shopping Network
HT – Hang Tags
HTH – Hope This Helps
– I –
IRC – Internet Relay Chat
IRC – Instant Rebate Coupon – usually sticker applied to product
IIRC – If I Recall Correctly
IMAO – In My Arrogant Opinion
IMHO – In My Honest/Humble Opinion
IMO – In my opinion
IP – Internet PRintable Coupon
IR – Instant rebate
IRL – In Real Life
IVC – Instant Value Coupon (Walgreen’s)
IWG – Instant Win Game
– L –
LAN – Local Area Network
LOL – Laughing out loud
LOND – Land of No Doubles
LMAO – Laughing my ass off
LMK – Let me know
– M –
MFG – Manufacturer
MFR – Manufacturer
MIR – Mail in rebate
– N –
NED – no Expiration Date
NIC – Network Interface Card
– O –
OD – Office Depot
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
OM – Office Max
OOP – Out of Pocket
OOS – Out of stock
OP – Original Poster (author of thread)
OT – Off topic
– P –
P&G – Proctor and Gamble
PEELIE – Coupon you peel off product (same as IRC)
PA- Price Adjustment
PM – Price match
PM – Private Message
– Q –
Q – Coupon
– R –
RAOK – Random act of kindness
RC – Rain Check
RMA – Return Merchandise Authorization.
RP – Red Plum Sunday Insert
ROFL – Rolling on floor laughing
RR – Register Rewards (Earned at Walgreens)
– S –
SASE – Self addressed stamped envelope
S/H – Shipping and handling
SRP – Suggested Retail Price
SS – Smart Source
STACKING – Using Store Coupon with MFG coupon
– T –
TEARPAD – pad of refunds, coupons or discounts
TIA – Thanks in advance
TMF – Try Me Free
TPR – Temporary Price Reduction
TRIPLE COUPON – Same as Double Coupon only Triple
TRP – Temporary Reduced Price
TRU – Toys R Us
TTYL – talk to you later
– W –
WAN – Wide Area Network
WYB – When You Buy
– Y –
YAFTS – Yet another free T-Shirt
YGM – You’ve got mail
YGPM – You’ve got a private message
YMMV – Your mileage may vary (success of the attempt may vary at your store)
YAVW – You are very welcome