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 Company

BBIAB ........... 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