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Geocaching Acronyms and Glossary
By: Griff Grof Date: September 10, 2015, 1:36 pm
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[center][glow=red,2,300]CacheWalker's Geocaching Acronyms and
Glossary[/glow][/center]
New to Geocaching? Like many pastimes, Geocaching has its own
language! The jargon is always evolving, but here are some of
the most commonly used terms along with some slightly more
obscure ones. Also included in italics are some CacheWalker
acronyms, so if you've been wondering what 'CWSBC' or 'ABH'
mean, see below! :)
If you think the list is missing anything, feel free to let me
know by posting below and I'll add it! :)
[list]
[li]ABH - Another Bloomin' Hill. A pharse coined by bikermel76
while tackling one of Wrighty's caches.[/li]
[li]Archived - Caches that no longer exist. [/li]
[li]BOT - Bowl Of Tree or Base Of Tree [/li]
[li]BYOP - Bring Your Own Pen [/li]
[li]Cacher - also known as Geocacher, Terracacher or Opencacher.
Someone who finds caches.[/li]
[li]Challenge cache - requires cachers to to meet a requirement
before logging.[/li]
[li]CITO - Cache In Trash Out event[/li]
[li]CND - Cache 'n' Dash [/li]
[li]CO - Cache Owner [/li]
[li]CW - CacheWalker[/li]
[li]CWFC - CacheWalker Footballer's Challenge, our Travel Bug
race for 2014.[/li]
[li]CWSBC - CacheWalker SuperBike Challenge, our annual Travel
Bug race.[/li]
[li]D/T - Difficulty / Terrain. The rating system for
geocaches.[/li]
[li]Disabled - CO's can temporarily disable cache listings if
they require maintenance. [/li]
[li]DNA – Did Not Attempt [/li]
[li]DNF - Did Not Find [/li]
[li]DNL – Did Not Look [/li]
[li]FF – First Finder (this term tends to be used only on
terracaching.com) [/li]
[li]FLTF - Full Log To Follow[/li]
[li]FP – Favourite Point. Premium Member's can award these to
their favourite geocaches.[/li]
[li]FTF - First To Find. Bragging rights that you were the first
to find a newly placed cache.[/li]
[li]GC - Geocoin. Custom minted coins which are trackable. They
can be placed in caches, or collected.[/li]
[li]Geocaching - A real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game
using GPS-enabled devices.[/li]
[li]GPS - Global Positioning System[/li]
[li]GPSr - Global Positioning System Receiver[/li]
[li]GPX - GPS eXchange Format (A file type used by GPSr's) [/li]
[li]GZ - Ground Zero (refers to the vicinity of the cache's
hiding spot) [/li]
[li]ICP – Ivy Covered Post [/li]
[li]ICT – Ivy Covered Tree [/li]
[li]LHS - Left Hand Side[/li]
[li]LN - Left Nothing [/li]
[li]LOC – LOCations file format (a simple XML file, Extensible
Markup Language) for representing a set of geographic locations.
[/li]
[li]LPC - Light Pole Cache [/li]
[li]MKH – Magnetic Key Holder [/li]
[li]MTT – Multi Trunked Tree [/li]
[li]Muggle - A non-geocacher[/li]
[li]Muggled - the discovery of a geocache by a muggle.[/li]
[li]NQF - Nice Quick Find[/li]
[li]NV - Nice View[/li]
[li]P&G - Park & Grab [/li]
[li]PAF - Phone A Friend [/li]
[li]PQ - Pocket Query[/li]
[li]QEF - Quick Easy Find [/li]
[li]Reviewer - Community volunteers who review geocaches before
they are published online.[/li]
[li]RHS - Right Hand Side[/li]
[li]Signature item - Something unique that a geocacher places in
every cache they find[/li]
[li]SL - Signed Log [/li]
[li]SLTN - Signed Log Took Nothing [/li]
[li]SOOP - Something Out Of Place [/li]
[li]STF – Second To Find [/li]
[li]SWAG - Stuff We All Get [/li]
[li]TB - Travel Bug. Trackable items which travel from cache to
cache.[/li]
[li]TBD - Travel Bug Drop [/li]
[li]TFTC - Thanks For The Cache [/li]
[li]TFTE - Thanks For The Event [/li]
[li]TFTFTF - Thanks For The First To Find (or TF3) [/li]
[li]TFTH/T4TH - Thanks For The Hide [/li]
[li]TN - Took Nothing [/li]
[li]TNLN - Took Nothing, Left Nothing [/li]
[li]TOTT - Tool Of The Trade [/li]
[li]TTF – Third To Find [/li]
[li]Twixmas - The period between Christmas and New Year. A
CacheWalker event is traditionally held every Twixmas. [/li]
[li]UPR – Unnatural Pile of Rocks [/li]
[li]UPS - Unusual Pile of Sticks [/li]
[li]YAPIDKA – Yet Another Park I Didn’t Know About[/li]
[/list]
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Re: Geocaching Acronyms and Glossary
By: walktall Date: September 10, 2015, 5:11 pm
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FLTF - Full Log To Follow
#Post#: 9803--------------------------------------------------
Re: Geocaching Acronyms and Glossary
By: Griff Grof Date: September 11, 2015, 1:46 am
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Added :)
Any more?
#Post#: 9804--------------------------------------------------
Re: Geocaching Acronyms and Glossary
By: walktall Date: September 11, 2015, 4:04 am
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As I come across any, I'll add.
Question: Should the definition of Cacher be changed, as they
might have found a Terracache or Opencache or yes, a Geocache?
#Post#: 9805--------------------------------------------------
Re: Geocaching Acronyms and Glossary
By: Griff Grof Date: September 11, 2015, 5:17 am
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Yes it should. Changed :)
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