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COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS IN STAR TREK CONFERENCES
c - The speed of light (186,000 miles/sec (300,000 km/sec))
G - Grin
LA - Laughing Aloud
RA - Richard Arnold
SD - Star Date
ST - Star Trek
WF - Warp Factor
;-) - Smiley face. There are many variations
BJO - Bjo "Bee-joe" Trimble, author of Concordance
BOP - Bird Of Prey
BTW - By The Way
FTL - Faster Than Light
IDF - interial dampening field
ILM - Industrial Light and Magic
IMO - In My Opinion
KHP - Klingon Home Planet (since TPTB refuse to give it a name)
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
MIE - main impulse engine
NCC - Naval Construction Contract
O&S - Okuda and Sternbach (authors of TNG Technical Manual
POV - Point of View
RPG - Role Playing Game
SFA - Star Fleet Academy
SFX - Special Effect
TAS - The Animated Series
TFF - The Final Frontier (Star Trek 5)
TNG - The Next Generation
TMP - The Motion Picture (Star Trek 1)
TOS - The Original Series
TUC - The Undiscovered Country (Star Trek 6)
TVH - The Voyage Home (Star Trek 4)
UFP - United Federation of Planets
USS - United Space Ship
W10 - Warp 10 infinite speed
YAR - Yet Another Rumor
FASA - FAntaSimulations Associates
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
IDIC - Infinite diversity in infinite combinations
IMHO - In my humble opinion
LLAP - Live Long And Prosper
OTOH - On The Other Hand
TPTB - The Powers That Be (usually referring to GR or Paramount)
TSFS - The Search for Spock (Star Trek 3)
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTYL - Talk To Ya Later
TWOK - The Wrath of Kahn (Star Trek 2)
YATI - Yet Another Trek Inconsistancy
BOBW1 - Best of Both Worlds part 1 (Season Finale for third season)
BOBW2 - Conclusion to Best of Both Worlds
CANON - what Roddenberry/Paramount decides is "real" Trek. Gene has
already declared every novel (including the one(s) he
wrote) to be non-canon.
IMOGR - In Memory of Gene Roddenberry
ROTBA - Reality On the Blink Again
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
TNGTM - The Next Generation Technical Manual
VISOR - Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement
VISOR - VIsual Sensory Optical Reflector
TEASER - the short scene that comes before the opening credits.
TGBOTG - The Great Bird Of The Galaxy (Roddenberry)
TRAILER - previews (commercials) for the next EXCITING episode.
