Star Trek Acronyms
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Shows and Movies
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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
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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
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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
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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.