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- ACL .............. Applied Color Label
ADDY ........... Address
ARL .............. Auction Reference Library
ASAP ............ As Soon As Possible
ATM .............. At the moment
B&W ............. Black and White
BA ................. Bronze Age
BBC ............... Bottom Back Cover
British Broadcasting CompanyBBIAB ........... Be back in a bit
BBL ............... Be back later
BBW .............. Buyer beware
BC ................. Back cover
BER ............... Beyond Economical Repair
BG ................. Big Grin
BRB ............... Be right back
BTAS ............. Batman the animated series
BTW .............. By the way
BYOB ............ Bring your own bottle/beer
CC...................Carbon copy or Cut corner
CCA.................Comics code authority
CFO.................Center fold out
CIA..................Cash in advance
CIB..................Cartridge-instructions-box
CIBO...............Cartridge-instructions-box-overlay
CIF..................Cash in fist
COD................Cash on delivery
CONUS...........Continental US
CPS.................Custom picture sleeve
CVR.................Cover
CYE.................Check your e-mail
DJ....................Dust jacket
EP....................Extended playing record
Et. Al. .............And all others
EXT.................Extended
FB...................Feedback
FC...................Front Cover
FN...................Fine
FOB.................Freight on board
FPLP................Fisher Price little people
FR....................Fair
FUBAR.............F****d up beyond all recognition
FUBAR-BT........F****d up beyond all recognition- Big time
FWIW................For what it's worth
FYI....................For your information
G.......................Grin or Good condition
GA.....................Golden Age
GD.....................Good
GF.....................Gold filled
GMTA................Great minds think alike
GP.....................Gold plate
GSP...................Gold sterling plate
HIC....................Hole in cover
HIL....................Hole in label
HIS....................Hole in sink
HM.....................Happy meal
HP......................Homepage or Hewlitt-Packard
HRN...................Highest reorder number
HTH...................Hope this helps
IBC.....................Inside back cover
IFC.....................Inside front cover
ILLO...................Illustration
IMHO..................In my humble opinion
IMO.....................In my opinion
INIT.....................Initials
IRAN....................Inspect & repair as necessary
ISH ..................... Issue
ISL ...................... I'm Still Laughing
L ......................... Large
LBC ..................... Lower back cover
LCD ..................... Liquid crystal display
LED ..................... Light emitting diode
LFC ..................... Lower front cover
LFT ..................... Left
LLBC ................... Lower left of back cover
LMAO .................. Laughing my ass off
LMBO ................... Laughing my butt off
LMK ..................... Let me know
LOL ...................... Laughing out loud
LP ......................... Long playing record or Little people
LRBC .................... Lower right on back cover
LRFC .................... Lower right on front cover
LSASE .................. Large self addressed stamped envelope
LSE ....................... Loose
LTD ....................... Limited edition
M ............... Mint or Medium
MC ............... Miscut
MIB ............... Mint in box
MIBP ............... Mint in blister pack
MIJ ............... Made in Japan
MIU ............... Made in USA
MIOJ ............... Made in Occupied Japan
MIOP ............... Mint in open package
MIP ............... Mint in package
MNB ............... Mint no box
MOC ............... Mint on card
MOTU ............... Masters of the Universe
MOMC ............... Mint on mint card
MONMC ............... Mint on near mint card
MOP ............... Mother of pearl
MT ............... Mint
MWBT ............... Mint with both tags
MWBTM ............... Mint with both tags mint
MWT ............... Mint with tag
MWMT ............... Mint with mint tag
MLAS ............... My Lips Are Sealed
NARU ............... Not a registered user
NBW ............... Never been worn
NC ............... No cover
ND ............... No date
NM ............... Near mint
NP ............... No problem or Not packaged
NRFB ............... Never removed from box
NRFSB ............... Never removed from sealed box
OC ............... Off center or Off cut
OEM .............. Original equipment manufacturer.
OIC ............... Oh, I see
OMG ............... Oh my gawd
OOP ............... Out of print
OTOH ............... On the other hand
P ............... Poor condition
PDQ ............... Pretty darn (damn) quick
PM ............... Priority mail
POC ............... Pencil on cover
POPS ............... Promo only picture sleeve
PP ............... Parcel post
PPD ............... Post paid
PR ............... Poor
PS ............... Power supply
R ............... Reprint
RBC ............... Right side of back cover
RET ............... Retired
RETRD ............... Retired
RFC ............... Right side of front cover
RFDO ............... Removed for display only
ROFLMAO ............... Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
ROFLMAOPMP ............... Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off peeing my pants
ROFLMBO ............... Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off
RS ............... Rhinestones
RSP ............... rodium sterling plate
RSVP ............... Respond please
RT ............... Right
S ............... Small
S&H ............... Shipping and handling
S/O ............... Sold out
S/S ............... Still sealed
SA ............... Silver age
SASE ............... Self addressed stamped envelope
SF ............... Science fiction
SIG ............... Signature
SNAFU ............... Situation normal, all fouled up
SR ............... Slight ring wear
ST ............... Sterling
STBY ............... Sucks to be you
STER ............... Sterling
SUSP ............... Suspended
SW ............... Slight wear
SWCS ............... Star Wars Collector Series
Sysop ............... System Operator
TIA ............... Thanks in advance
TM ............... Trademark
TOBC ............... Top of back cover
TOFC ............... Top of front cover
TOS ............... Tape on spine, or Terms of service
TT ............... Tire tracks
TTFN ............... Ta ta for now
TTYL ............... Talk to you later
TY ............... Thank you
ULBC ............... Upper right corner of back cover
URFC ............... Upper right corner of front cover
URL ............... Universal residence locator
U/S ............... Unserviceable
USPS ............... United States Postal Service
VF............... Very fine
VFD............... Vacuum flourescent display
VG............... Very good
WB ............... Welcome back
WLP ............... White label promo
WOC ............... Writing on cover
WOL ............... Writing on label
WOMD ............... Weapon of Mass Destruction
WP ............... Webpage
WWW ............... World Wide Web
WYSIWYG ........... What you see is what you get
XL ............... Extra large
ZINE ............... Fanzine, magazine