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                        Ken Aitchison's Acronym list 
         Please Note: * denotes a very frequently used acronym or term. 

     UNIVERSAL ACRONYMS: 
  SF - Science Fiction               * ST - Star Trek 
* YA  - Yet Another                  * <G> - I am Grinning 
* :-) - Smiley face (Many variations)  BTW - By The Way 
  LOL - Laughing Out Loud              FYI - For Your Information 
  IMO - In My Opinion                  POV - Point of View 
  FWIW - For What It's Worth           GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike 
  IMHO - In My Humble Opinion          OTOH - On The Other Hand 
  TTFN - Ta Ta For Now                 TTYL - Talk (or Type) To You Later 
  TTYS - Talk To Ya Soon             * ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing 
  YADAF - YA Douglas Adams Fan       * <GD&R> - Grinning, Ducking & Running 

     COMMON TERMS (not acronyms) we use here: 
* CANON - what Roddenberry/Paramount decides is "official" Trek. 
  TEASER - The part of then episode before the opening credits. 
  R'NOLD - (Derogatory) Richard Arnold, Paramount's "Research Consultant" 
  SPOILER - Discussions of shows/movies that would "ruin the plot" for some. 
  TRAILER - A preview or commercial for an upcoming episode. 

     SERIES and MOVIES: 
  TAS - The Animated Series            TFF - ST V: The Final Frontier 
  TFS - The Film Series                TMP - ST: The Motion Picture 
* TNG - The Next Generation          * TOS - The Original Series 
  TVH - ST IV: The Voyage Home         TUC - ST VI: The Undiscovered Country 
  TWOK - ST II: The Wrath of Khan      TSFS - ST III: The Search for Spock 

     EPISODES: 
  RI - Redemption                      RII - Redemption II 
  UI - Unification I                   UII - Unification II 
  EAF - Encounter At Farpoint          BOBW - Best of Both Worlds 
  WNMHGB - Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS) 
  WNOHGB - Where No One Has Gone Before (TNG) 

    OTHER TREKRONYMS: 
* E - Enterprise (EA = 1701-A, etc.)   EX - Excelsior 
  GR - Gene Roddenberry                PT - Photon Torpedo 
  SD - StarDate                        WF - Warp Factor 
  BOP - Bird Of Prey                   ILM - Industrial Light and Magic 
  NCC - Naval Construction Contract    RPG - Role Playing Game 
  SFX - Special Effect(s)              SSN - (Something wonderful) 
  TNZ - The Neutral Zone               UFP - United Federation of Planets 
  USS - United Space Ship              IDIC - ì Diversity in ì Combinations 
  LLAP - Live Long And Prosper         TPTB - The Powers That Be (Paramount) 
* YATI - YA Trek Inconsistency         IMOGR - In memory of Gene Roddenberry 
  ROTBA - Reality On the Blink Again   TNGTM - TNG Technical Manual 
  TGBOTG - The Great Bird Of The Galaxy (Roddenberry, RIP) 

    TREKNOLOGY: 
  c - Speed of light (3 x 10^8 m/s)    TS - Time Stream 
  FTL - Faster Than Light              O&S - (Mike) Okuda & (Rick) Sternbach 
  IDF - Inertial Dampening Field       SIF - Structural Integrity Field 
  W10 - Warp 10 (Infinite speed)       FASA - FAntaSimulations Associates 
  F**A - (Derogatory) Same as FASA            (they put out Tech manuals) 
  VISOR - Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement