Log Acronyms?

[liquidsnatch]

Hey everybody, I'm fairly new to geocaching (only 13 finds so far), and as I've been browsing through the logs, I've noticed the use of some unfamiliar acronyms.

 

I've picked up on MPiTS, TNLN, TNLNSL . . . but what about the others?

 

Basically, I'm asking y'all to write up all of the acronyms that you either use, or see, on a consistent basis. That way I can add to the mediocre level of "coolness" my log entries have at the moment.

 

Thanks!

 

-LiquidSnatch

[Keystone]

See my post at the very bottom of the FAQ Thread in this forum for some links to Geocaching Glossaries.

 

Some log-specific abbreviations:

TFTC (Thanks for the Cache)

DPM (De palourdes mortes.... an obscure way of saying that this cache was a less than fulfilling outdoors experience)

YAPIDKA (Yet another park I didn't know about)

[The_Brownies]

TNLN = Took Nothing Left Nothing. TNLNSL = Took Nothing Left Nothing Signed Log. MPitS =? My Pits Stink? You got me on that one. Another one I use. TFTH - Thanks for the Hunt..

[liquidsnatch]

MPiTS is a way of indicating the following:

 

Mosquitoes

Poison Ivy

Ticks

Stickers (i.e. stick tites, those-dadgum-things-that-stick-to-EVERYTHING, etc.)

 

They are ranked based on a range between zero and nine. Zero being you didn't run into them on the way to the cache, nine being . . . well . . . I can only assume to be some diety's way of having an evil time with a cacher.

 

Although, I guess if you have stinky pits, that would be the X-factor.

 

Good hunting!

 

-LiquidSnatch

[+welch]

TNLN = Took Nothing Left Nothing. TNLNSL = Took Nothing Left Nothing Signed Log. MPitS =? My Pits Stink? You got me on that one. Another one I use. TFTH - Thanks for the Hunt..

TFTC- Thanks for the cache

FTF - First to find

BFE- means it a long way from anywhere

 

Also seen one person use

BWM for Buggy, Weedy, Muddy

[+Firehouse16]

http://webpages.charter.net/engineco16/geo_terms.pdf

[+benjamin921]

TATMATFOTBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are too many acronyms to follow on this board sometimes

[CacheNCarryMA]

YAPIDKA (Yet another park I didn't know about)

 

Also: YATFIDKA (Yet another town forest I didn't know about)

 

TLA - Three Letter Acronym

ETLA - Extended Three Letter Acronym

Edited November 28, 2003 by CacheNCarryMA

[+DustyJacket]

BFL = a very powerful light (kind of like the sun bottled up into a spotlight) from 500,000 to 2,000,000 candlpower or so.....

 

For night caching in the great white north.

[liquidsnatch]

Thanks to all of you who added to my growing array of caching acronyms.

 

Fewer thanks to those of you who didn't read any of the prior posts in the thread to make sure they didn't overlap acronyms.

 

RTFPRP (Read The F'in Previous Replys People!)

 

-Snatch

[+Renegade Knight]

Don't forget the super short log. (Not everone uses the one Keystone pointed out)

 

"Thanks for the hunt" = Your cache was lame, lame, lame. That's a part of my life you wasted and I can't ever get back. Why would you go out of your way to place such a lame cache? You must be a complete idiot! Don't you realize that my time is valuable and that I can't be wasting it checking out the back side of a trash can in a pickle park? Besides I'm too stupid to notice all the other logs that said 'Thanks for the hunt'".

Edited December 1, 2003 by Renegade Knight

[+Amazon Annie]

I liked the list Firehouse16. I've got one for you to add:

"Kidderized" A cache that had it's contents replaced by cheap junky toys that would only interest very young kids. (feel free to write your own interpretation)