Obscure Acronyms.

[GeekKitty]

Looking at some caches, I notice in the clue a couple of acronyms I've not come across before: MTT, and TTT. What do they mean? it's not obvious.

 

Is there a comprehensive list of acronyms used by geocachers?

 

GK

[+Seaglass Pirates]

MTT - multy trunked tree

TTT - triple trunked tree

BOT - base of tree

BOP - base of post

LHS - left hand side / Right - RHS

EOW - end of wall

DISCO - discovered as in TB's or Disguised Container used in Scotland a lot.

CO - cache owner

TBO - TB owner

GZ - ground zero

 

That should keep you going and when Mrs Bloranges surfaces she has a link to a wiki somewhere with loads more. Enjoy and good luck and there is also this list - http://www.geocaching.com/about/glossary.aspx

Edited September 7, 2014 by Seaglass Pirates

[+Pan314159]

A couple of others I've seen multiple times:

 

ICP - Ivy Covered Post

ICT - Ivy Covered Tree

BYOP - Bring Your Own Pencil

UPS - Unnatural Pile of Sticks

TNLNSL - Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log (that one really confused me when I first started hiding caches)

 

[+Just Roger]

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is DPM. This is used on booring caches with no redeeming features. It stands for the french:-

"Les longs sanglots Des Palourdes Mortes blessent mon coeur avec un languor monotone pendant qu'ils dansent à minuit"

Which translates as:-

 

The long sobs of the dead clams wound my heart with a monotonous languor as they dance at midnight.

 

Edited to add:

 

You could also look at these links for more acronyms etc.

 

Glossary

Lexicon of Geocaching

Edited September 8, 2014 by Just Roger

[+mellers]

It's not just acronyms you need to look out for. Acrostics (or mnemonics) are a ways that a disgruntled finder can express their dissatisfaction without arousing the ire of a CO.

 

Cache

Retrieved

As

Planned

 

or 'Cache retrieved as planned' is gaining some recognition in my neck of the woods. Haven't been brave enough to use it myself yet, and I'm pleased to say I haven't had it on any of my own caches either.

[Dave from Glanton]

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is DPM. This is used on booring caches with no redeeming features. It stands for the french

 

Interesting - I'd not heard that before.

 

I'd have taken DPM to stand for Disruptive Pattern Material, the official name of the camoflage pattern used by the UK military (prior to the more recent MTP pattern). If I saw DPM associated with a cache, I'd assume the container was hidden in a bag or similarly disguised using camoflage cloth (like quite a few of my own caches)

[+sbell111]

I recommend that you forget all about DPM. There's no place in this game for such snark.

[+Seaglass Pirates]

DPM - slightly too highbrow for any cacher we have ever met. Pee stained combats and breath of a thousand A holes ...

 

... gotta be some sad retentive civil servant type or or or ... yeah a teacher, gotta be a teacher ... hmmm chuckle lets google it's origins ...

 

... http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=172180 ... I take it back

[+Oxford Stone]

I do like the cache retrived as planned one. "Safely hidden in tree" might get used next time I find a micro in an ICT (hate ivy...)

If I've cached on the way to a Maidstone United game, or it's a cache belonging to a fellow Maidstone fan, you might see a COYS (Come On You Stones)...

Finnish for TFTC is KK, BTW (IIRC)...

[team tisri]

Another slightly barbed comment would be LOFTS - Logged Only For The Smiley

[team tisri]

In terms of descriptions you might also see:

 

MKH - magnetic key holder

MKS - magnetic key safe

LPC - light pole cache (more associated with US lamp posts where you can lift the skirt and hide a cache underneath, and let future finders enjoy the wasps and spiders that also nest there)

UPR - unnatural pile of rocks

[+Seaglass Pirates]

Another is - TNLNSL

Took Nothing Left Nothing Signed Log EDIT: already covered by pan. Missed that soz.

 

Saw one and not sure what it meant but they signed a lot of caches like it: FBF not to be confused with the ever debated thunderbirds FAB.

 

Can't find FBF on any index. I mean I could imagine an impolite version with boring and find as the last two.

Edited September 17, 2014 by Seaglass Pirates

[+Harry the furry squid]

Also:

FTF/STF - first/second to find

NM - needs maintenance

TFTE - Ta for the event

 

And some that I use on my notes ... just in case anyone's ever wondered what I'm actually scribbling on the Magic Clipboard of Invisibility:

 

DNFPM - DNF, probably missing

NMPB - NM, pot bust

NMLW - NM, log wet

OPOS - obvious pile of sticks/stones/stuff

NIH - needle in haystack

CBA - couldn't be a*sed

PFC - pointless film can

FTP - far too public

NOSIG - no gps signal, usually due to tree cover

HTFS - signed with initials only to save space on logsheet

 

These *don't* (usually) make it into the online logs. Largely because I don't want hordes of angry CO's to shove my GPS somewhere fundamental at the next Brummie meet.

[BOBBLES WORLD TOUR]

DDDs

DASTARDLY DEVILISH DANGLERS!

Found and DNF a few of these recently randomly hidden in very prickly hedges.

[+stormysea]

Can anyone tell me what POTB means?

[Dave from Glanton]

Can anyone tell me what POTB means?

I'd guess it as meaning Plain Old Tupperware Box

[GeekKitty]

Wow, there seems to be lots more replies after I got the answer to the original question all with helpful acronyms to add to the list.

 

Thanks everyone

 

Julia

 

PS Apologies for the slight thread necromancy.