Subject: ACRONYMS DECEMBER
        Date: 01 Dec 98 20:53:00 -0400
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Star Trek Acronyms
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     Shows and Movies
     ================

TOS     - The Original Series                      AGT  - All Good Things
TAS     - The Animated Series                      BOBW - Best of Both Worlds
TNG     - The Next Generation                      EaF  - Encounter at Farpoint
DSN/DS9 - Deep Space Nine                          RoA  - Rules of Acquisition
VOY     - Voyager
TMS     - The Motion Picture       (Star Trek I  )
TWOK    - The Wrath of Khan        (Star Trek II )
TSFS    - The Search for Spock     (Star Trek III)
TVH     - The Voyage Home          (Star Trek IV )
TFF     - The Final Frontier       (Star Trek V  )
TUC     - The Undiscovered Country (Star Trek VI )
GEN     - Generations              (Star Trek VII)
FC      - First Contact            (Star Trek VIII)
???     - Insurrection             (Star Trek IX)
 

     Others
     ======

BoP   - Bird of Prey                  PaLL     - Peace and Long Life
E     - Enterprise (EA=1701-A, etc.)  PHASER   - PHASed Energy Retification
Ex    - Excelsior                     RETCON   - Retroactive Continuity
FASA  - Freedonian Aeronautics and    RHT      - Rerun Hell Time
        Space Administration (Role    ROTBA    - Reality On The Blink Again
        playing game company that     RPG      - Role Playing Game
        once published a Trek RPG)    SD       - Stardate
FTL   - Faster Than Light             SFA      - Starfleet Academy
GPL   - Gold Pressed Latinum          TGBOTG   - The Great Bird Of The
                                                 Galaxy
KIADWI- Kirk is alive, Deal with it.
GR    - Gene Roddenberry                         (Gene Roddenberry)
IDIC  - Infinite Diversity in         TNGTM    - TNG Technical Manual
        Infinite Combinations         TNZ      - The Neutral Zone
JTK   - James Tiberius Kirk           TPTB     - The Powers That Be
JLP   - Jean-Luc Picard               UFP      - United Federation of
                                                 Planets
LASER - Light Amplification by        USS      - United Space (Star) Ship
        Stimulated Emission of        VISOR    - Visual Instrument and
        Radiation                                Sensory Organ Replacement
LLaP  - Live Long and Prosper         WF       - Warp Factor
NCC   - Naval Construction Contract   YAGLA    - Yet Another God-Like Alien
        or Navigational Contact Code  YATA     - Yet Another Transporter
NX    - eXperimental Registry                    Ability
PADD  - Personal Access Display       YATI     - Yet Another Trek
        Device                                   Inconsistency

     Common Terms
     ============

CANON   - what Roddenberry/Paramount decided/decides is "official" Trek.
SPOILER - Discussions of shows/movies that would "ruin the plot" for some.
TEASER  - The part of the episode before the opening credits.
TRAILER - A preview or commercial for an upcoming episode/movie.

     Universal Acronyms and Symbols
     ==============================

AFAIK  - As Far As I Know             IIRC   - If I Remember (Recall)
BTW    - By The Way                            Correctly
c      - speed of light (physics)     IMHO   - In My Humble Opinion
         186,000 miles per second     IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
         [300,000 kilometres per      IMO    - In My Opinion
         second or 3 x 10^8           LOL    - Laughing Out Loud
         metres per second]           OOTC   - Obligatory On Topic Comment
EOT    - End of Thread                OTOH   - On The Other Hand
ETC    - Et Cetera                    ROTFL  - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
FAQ    - Frequently Asked Question(s)          (many variations)
FWIW   - For What Its Worth           TIC    - Tongue In Cheek
FYI    - For Your Information         TTYL   - Talk (Type) to You Later
<GD&R> - Grin, Duck, and Run          YAA    - Yet Another Acronym
GMTA   - Great Minds Think Alike

Thanks to all who have contributed to this list.