We need to come up with a name for the items in the caches, or is there one already

[+Criminal]

Judging from some of the things that have been traded into my caches, I would go with Geo-Crap.

 

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What is the price of experience, do men buy it for a song,

Or wisdom for a dance in the street.................

[+unclerojelio]

Geedunk

 

... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took the one less traveled by, ...

 

unclerojelio

[+unclerojelio]

Geedunk

 

... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took the one less traveled by, ...

 

unclerojelio

[Argyle-]

The word 'swag' is actually an acronym.

 

It's Stuff We All Get

 

I'm fine with swag, or geoswag...

[+Harrald]

If we're going to bring this up again I'll say

 

Tradeables

 

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As always, the above statements are just MHO.

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[+Seay me]

We've used goodies, trinkets, stuff for the cache, cachetts.....don't know.

 

Chip and Nik

[magellan315]

Trade Goods sounds very professional and I like the way it sounds. But I think Booty Nuggets is a phrase I may use around the people at the office, just to get a good laugh. "I went booty nugget hunting this weekend".

[BassoonPilot]

Well, the items I usually trade are called "Where's George dollars." But since the term was introduced a few months back, I refer to everything found in caches as Bootynuggets.

[+chillas]

quote:

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Originally posted by Argyle-:

The word 'swag' is actually an acronym.

 

It's _S_tuff _W_e _A_ll _G_et

 

I'm fine with swag, or geoswag...

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The word swag has been around much too loiong to be an acronym. General rule of thumb - if a word has been around since before World War II, it isn't an acronym. More likely the acronym was made up after the fact, i.e., words like golf and posh.

 

Sorry to go off topic, but this is how stuff like that gets spread. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

[+ClayJar]

The correct word for a word (mis)construed as an acronym after the fact is "backronym"... I mean, it's even in the Jargon File.

[+GOT GPS?]

MY Ideas:

 

1:) GeoTradeJunk

 

2:) GPS-Cache-Stashe

 

3:) Burger King Toy Stashe

 

4:) Hidden Garbage-in-a-box

 

5:) Hidden stash game goodies

 

The only way this would work is for a new word to be invented to discribe Cashe Stashe, or a compound word is the only way.

 

My home page about GPS units and information

 

Future Dictionary Terms:

 

GeoTradeJunk - The contents of hidden containers used in the game of Geocaching, where people seek the hidden treasures using a GPS, and also they would bring some GeoTradeJunk to exchange. Also look up under GeoCaching.

 

GeoCaching - Where people seek hidden treasures throughout the world using a GPS, then they add an entry in the cache's logbook, and they trade a GeoTradeJunk item. Also look up under GeoTradeJunk.

 

[This message was edited by GOT GPS? on June 24, 2002 at 05:38 AM.]

[+GOT GPS?]

MY Ideas:

 

1 GeoTradeJunk

 

2 GPS-Cache-Stashe

 

3 Burger King Toy Stashe

 

4 Hidden Garbage-in-a-box

 

5 Hidden stash game goodies

 

The only way this would work is for a new word to be invented to discribe Cashe Stashe, or a compound word is the only way.

 

My home page about GPS units and information

 

Future Dictionary Terms:

 

GeoTradeJunk - The contents of hidden containers used in the game of Geocaching, where people seek the hidden treasures using a GPS, and also they would bring some GeoTradeJunk to exchange. Also look up under GeoCaching.

 

GeoCaching - Where people seek hidden treasures throughout the world using a GPS, then they add an entry in the cache's logbook, and they trade a GeoTradeJunk item. Also look up under GeoTradeJunk.

 

[This message was edited by GOT GPS? on June 24, 2002 at 05:38 AM.]

[9mmCaching]

Tribbles...or Geotribbles...from the original Star Trek. It's not a real word, so it can't offend anyone. And, the Tribbles in Star Trek were useless throwarounds...sorta like you know what.

[9mmCaching]

Tribbles...or Geotribbles...from the original Star Trek. It's not a real word, so it can't offend anyone. And, the Tribbles in Star Trek were useless throwarounds...sorta like you know what.

[+briansnat]

I always wanted to use the term tchotchke, but didn't know how to spell it (don't even know if this spelling is correct). Swag is also a term I'd use. I've also referred to it as contents, goodies, stuff and things. How about The Stuff That People Put In Caches (acronynm TSTPPIC, pronounced test-pic). Hey, I think I'm gonna start using that one. Nobody will know what the heck I'm talking about. Picture in the log "Found the cache, traded TSTPPICs".

[Scoupe]

Well, I'm just a total newbie here, in fact I just got back from finding my first cache a little bit ago.

 

In my industry, swag is the stuff we give stage hands after load-in or load-out that has our logo, show logo, etc. - T-shirts and hats mostly.

 

Sounds perfect to me, especially after seeing the acronym and the mountain bike race note. The Tour de France does a similar thing with sponsors tossing out freebies to the crowds waiting for the riders to show up.