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Ken Aitchison's Acronym list
Please Note: * denotes a very frequently used acronym or term.
UNIVERSAL ACRONYMS:
SF - Science Fiction * ST - Star Trek
* YA - Yet Another * <G> - I am Grinning
* :-) - Smiley face (Many variations) BTW - By The Way
LOL - Laughing Out Loud FYI - For Your Information
IMO - In My Opinion POV - Point of View
FWIW - For What It's Worth GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion OTOH - On The Other Hand
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now TTYL - Talk (or Type) To You Later
TTYS - Talk To Ya Soon * ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
YADAF - YA Douglas Adams Fan * <GD&R> - Grinning, Ducking & Running
COMMON TERMS (not acronyms) we use here:
* CANON - what Roddenberry/Paramount decides is "official" Trek.
TEASER - The part of then episode before the opening credits.
R'NOLD - (Derogatory) Richard Arnold, Paramount's "Research Consultant"
SPOILER - Discussions of shows/movies that would "ruin the plot" for some.
TRAILER - A preview or commercial for an upcoming episode.
SERIES and MOVIES:
TAS - The Animated Series TFF - ST V: The Final Frontier
TFS - The Film Series TMP - ST: The Motion Picture
* TNG - The Next Generation * TOS - The Original Series
TVH - ST IV: The Voyage Home TUC - ST VI: The Undiscovered Country
TWOK - ST II: The Wrath of Khan TSFS - ST III: The Search for Spock
EPISODES:
RI - Redemption RII - Redemption II
UI - Unification I UII - Unification II
EAF - Encounter At Farpoint BOBW - Best of Both Worlds
WNMHGB - Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS)
WNOHGB - Where No One Has Gone Before (TNG)
OTHER TREKRONYMS:
* E - Enterprise (EA = 1701-A, etc.) EX - Excelsior
GR - Gene Roddenberry PT - Photon Torpedo
SD - StarDate WF - Warp Factor
BOP - Bird Of Prey ILM - Industrial Light and Magic
NCC - Naval Construction Contract RPG - Role Playing Game
SFX - Special Effect(s) SSN - (Something wonderful)
TNZ - The Neutral Zone UFP - United Federation of Planets
USS - United Space Ship IDIC - ì Diversity in ì Combinations
LLAP - Live Long And Prosper TPTB - The Powers That Be (Paramount)
* YATI - YA Trek Inconsistency IMOGR - In memory of Gene Roddenberry
ROTBA - Reality On the Blink Again TNGTM - TNG Technical Manual
TGBOTG - The Great Bird Of The Galaxy (Roddenberry, RIP)
TREKNOLOGY:
c - Speed of light (3 x 10^8 m/s) TS - Time Stream
FTL - Faster Than Light O&S - (Mike) Okuda & (Rick) Sternbach
IDF - Inertial Dampening Field SIF - Structural Integrity Field
W10 - Warp 10 (Infinite speed) FASA - FAntaSimulations Associates
F**A - (Derogatory) Same as FASA (they put out Tech manuals)
VISOR - Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement
