B1G1- Buy 1 get 1 free
BOGO- Buy one get one free
Catalina- Coupon that prints on the small machine next to register
Cellfire- E-coupon provider
E-coupon- Coupons that can be loaded onto shoppers cards
EXP- Expires
MIR- Mail in rebate
MFR- Manufacturers Coupon
NLA - No Longer Available
OOP- Out of pocket
OYNO- On your next order
Peelie- Coupon on product
PG- Procter & Gamble (From the Sunday paper)
RP- Red Plum coupon insert (From the Sunday paper)
RR- Register Rewards from Walgreens
SCR- Single check rebate from RiteAid
UPS+ - Money coupons from RiteAid
Shortcuts- E-coupon provider
SS- Smart Source coupon insert (From the Sunday paper)
Up Rewards - Similar Register Rewards, exclusive to Rite-Aid. Printed on the receipt.
WYB- When you buy
Abberivations from We use Coupons
AR - After Rebate 
AYOR - At Your Own 
Risk
B1G1 or 
BOGO - Buy One Get One 
FreeB5G1 - Buy FIVE Get One 
Free
BC/AC – Before/After 
Coupons
BIL - Brother-in-law 
Blinkie - SmartSource machine with a 
red blinking light on it. Coupons are thus referred to as ‘ Blinkies’ 
BTFE - Box Tops for Education 
BTW - By the 
way
CAT - Coupon that prints from a 
Catalina machine at the register. 
CC - Concealed 
Cash
CH - Clearing House 
CLFE - Campbell's Labels For 
Education
C/O - Cents Off 
CRT - Cash register tape (receipt) 
CYE - Check your email 
DB - The WeUseCoupons.com coupon 
database 
DD - Darling 
daughter
DEAD - Refers to a dead deal, or that 
the offer is no longer valid 
DH - Darling 
husband 
DND - Do Not Double 
DS - Darling son 
DW - Darling Wife 
ECB - Extra Care Buck (earned at CVS) 
ENVIE - Envelope 
ES - Easy Saver, seen at Walgreens 
rebate booklet 
ETS - Excludes Trial 
Sizes
EX or X. - Expires on 
FAR - Free after rebate 
FC - First class postage stamps 
FIL - Father in 
law
FL - Could refer to Food Lion, or to a 
site Forum Leader
FS - Forever Stamp 
FS - Free Shipping 
FSOT - 
For Sale or Trade 
FWIW - For what it's 
worth
GC - Gift 
Card
GDA - Good Deal Alert 
GM - General Mills Insert, a 
booklet of coupons that appears in newspapers every month or two. 
HBA - Health & Beauty Section in 
the store 
HTH - hope that helps 
IDSO - in desperate search of 
INSERTS – Coupon booklets found in the 
Sunday paper
IMHO - in my humble opinion (there are 
variations of this, but that's the most common!) 
IMO - 
In My Opinion
IP – Internet Printable 
coupon
IRL - In Real 
Life
ISO - In Search Of (basically you need 
it) 
IVC - Instant value coupons - seen in 
Walgreens rebate booklet 
IVDSO - In very 
desperate search of 
KWIM - Know What I 
Mean 
LMK – Let Me 
Know
LOL - Laugh/Laughing Out Loud 
MFR - Manufacturer 
MIL - Mother in law 
MIR - Mail In Rebate 
MOD - Site 
Moder
MQ - Manufacturer 
coupon
MRP - Manufacturer's retail price 
NAZ - Name, address, zip code 
NAZP# - Name, address, zip code, phone 
number 
NED - No Expiration Date 
NFN - No Form Needed 
NIB - New in Box 
NIP - New in Package 
NP - No problem 
NT 
WT - Net Weight 
OAS - 
A Coupon that is good on one Purchase, Any Size 
OASN – 
On A Side Note
OOP - Out Of Pocket 
OOS - Out of Stock 
OP - Original poster or original post 
(person who started the thread) 
OT - Off Topic 
OYNO -On Your Next Order 
P&G - Proctor & Gamble (Sunday 
Booklet Coupons)
Peelie - Coupon found attached to a 
product. You have to peel it off. 
PITA - Pain in the 
*** (we use abbreviations for a reason!)
PLMK - 
Please Let Me Know 
PM - Private 
Message 
POP - Proof of purchase 
PP - PayPal 
PSA - Prices Starting At 
Q - 
Coupon
QQ - Coupon 
Queen
RAOK - random act of kindness (means 
you will give the coupons away free) 
RC - Rain-check 
ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my 
*** off (found in the mood tab) 
RP - 
Red Plum (Sunday Booklet Coupons) (formerly Valassis) 
RR - Register Reward from Walgreens - 
use as a $ off coupon on your next purchase 
SAHM - 
Stay At Home Mom 
SAHW - Say At Home Wife 
SASE - Self addressed stamped 
envelope
SCR - Rite Aid Single Check Rebate 
SIL - Sister or son in law 
SMP - Specially marked package 
SO - Significant other 
SRP - Suggested retail price 
SS - Smart Source (Sunday Booklet 
Coupons)
STACKING - Often stores will allow the 
use of more than one coupon per item, IF the coupon itself does not restrict 
such usage. (Usually store Q + mfr Q)
SUPER DOUBLES or DOUBLES - coupons that are doubled $1 + in value (IE, a $1 coupon - $2, 
etc) 
TEARPAD - A pad of forms/coupons found 
hanging from a store shelf or display 
TIA - 
Thanks in Advance 
TMF - Try Me Free - 
mail in rebate for full amount of product
TMI - 
Too much information 
TRIPLE COUPON - A 
coupon that a grocery store triples in value 
TRU - 
Toys R Us 
TYVM - Thank You Very 
Much
UPC - Universal Product Code, barcode on 
the product 
WAGS - 
Walgreens
WL - Wish list 
WM - Walmart 
WSL - While supplies last 
WUC - We Use Coupons (refers to the site)
WUCkie 
- Member of WUC
WYB - When You Buy 
YGEM - You've got an email 
YGPM - You've got a private message! 
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary ("Worked for 
me, may not work for you") 
YVW - You’re very 
welcome
 
