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                COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS IN STAR TREK CONFERENCES 

         c - The speed of light (186,000 miles/sec (300,000 km/sec)) 
         G - Grin 
         LA - Laughing Aloud 
         RA - Richard Arnold 
         SD - Star Date 
         ST - Star Trek 
         WF - Warp Factor 
         ;-) - Smiley face. There are many variations 
         BJO - Bjo "Bee-joe" Trimble, author of Concordance 
         BOP - Bird Of Prey 
         BTW - By The Way 
         FTL - Faster Than Light 
         IDF - interial dampening field 
         ILM - Industrial Light and Magic 
         IMO - In My Opinion 
         KHP - Klingon Home Planet (since TPTB refuse to give it a name) 
         LOL - Laughing Out Loud 
         MIE - main impulse engine 
         NCC - Naval Construction Contract 
         O&S - Okuda and Sternbach (authors of TNG Technical Manual 
         POV - Point of View 
         RPG - Role Playing Game 
         SFA - Star Fleet Academy 
         SFX - Special Effect 
         TAS - The Animated Series 
         TFF - The Final Frontier (Star Trek 5) 
         TNG - The Next Generation 
         TMP - The Motion Picture (Star Trek 1) 
         TOS - The Original Series 
         TUC - The Undiscovered Country (Star Trek 6) 
         TVH - The Voyage Home (Star Trek 4) 
         UFP - United Federation of Planets 
         USS - United Space Ship 
         W10 - Warp 10 infinite speed 
         YAR - Yet Another Rumor 
         FASA - FAntaSimulations Associates 
         GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike 
         IDIC - Infinite diversity in infinite combinations 
         IMHO - In my humble opinion 
         LLAP - Live Long And Prosper 
         OTOH - On The Other Hand 
         TPTB - The Powers That Be (usually referring to GR or Paramount) 
         TSFS - The Search for Spock (Star Trek 3) 
         TTFN - Ta Ta For Now 
         TTYL - Talk To Ya Later 
         TWOK - The Wrath of Kahn (Star Trek 2) 
         YATI - Yet Another Trek Inconsistancy 
         BOBW1 - Best of Both Worlds part 1 (Season Finale for third season) 
         BOBW2 - Conclusion to Best of Both Worlds 
         CANON - what Roddenberry/Paramount decides is "real" Trek. Gene has 
                 already declared every novel (including the one(s) he 
                 wrote) to be non-canon. 
         IMOGR - In Memory of Gene Roddenberry 
         ROTBA - Reality On the Blink Again 
         ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing 
         TNGTM - The Next Generation Technical Manual 
         VISOR - Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement 
         VISOR - VIsual Sensory Optical Reflector 
         TEASER - the short scene that comes before the opening credits. 
         TGBOTG - The Great Bird Of The Galaxy (Roddenberry) 
         TRAILER - previews (commercials) for the next EXCITING episode.