Here is a list of acronyms and other terms that are frequently used.  Thanks 
to
Glenn McPherson, Nancy Feldman, Ken Aitchison, Bill Lambdin, Owen Oulton, 
roy
Cheek, Adam Zion, Cindy Hill, Andrew Bennett, Marshall Presnell, Darryl
Gonzalez, Wen Hsien, Wei-Yuen Tan, Shawn McMahon, James Dixon, Gary Miles
Robert McKay, Ron Laufer, Bill Willmerdinger and Rita Smith.
Star Trek acronyms
==================
     Shows and Movies
     ================
TOS     - The Original Series                    AGT    - All Good Things
TAS     - The Animated Series                    BOBWI  - Best of Both Worlds 
I
TNG     - The Next Generation                    BOBWII - Best of Both
DSN/DS9 - Deep Space Nine                                 Worlds II
VOY     - Voyager                                EaF    - Encounter At 
Farpoint
TMS     - The Movie Series                       RI     - Redemption I
TMP   - The Motion Picture       (Star Trek I  ) RII    - Redemption II
TWOK  - The Wrath of Khan        (Star Trek II ) UI     - Unification I
TSFS  - The Search for Spock     (Star Trek III) UII    - Unification II
TVH   - The Voyage Home          (Star Trek IV ) ITHOTP - In The Hands Of The
TFF   - The Final Frontier       (Star Trek V  )          Prophets
TUC   - The Undiscovered Country (Star Trek VI ) IWWH   - If Wishes Were 
Horses
GEN   - Generations            (Star Trek "VII") RoA    - Rules of 
cquisition
FC    - First Contact         (Star Trek "VIII") WNOHGB - Where No One
WNMHGB  - Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS)              Has Gone Before 
(TNG)
     Others
     ======
BoP   - Bird of Prey                  PaLL     - Peace and Long Life
E     - Enterprise (EA=1701-A, etc.)  PHASER   - PHASed Energy Retification
Ex    - Excelsior                     ROTBA    - Reality On The Blink Again
FASA  - Freedonian Aeronautics and    RPG      - Role Playing Game
        Space Administration (Role    SD       - StarDate
        playing game company that     SFA      - Star Fleet Academy
        used to publish a Star Trek   SFX      - Sound Effect(s)
        RPG)                          TGBOTG   - The Great Bird Of The Galaxy
FTL   - Faster Than Light                        (Gene Roddenberry)
FX    - Special Effect(s)             TMOST    - "The Making of Star Trek"
GNDN  - Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing    TNGTM    - TNG Technical Manual
GPL   - Gold Pressed Latinum          TNZ      - The Neutral Zone
GR    - Gene Roddenberry              TPI      - Tuvok Pip Issue
IDIC  - Infinite Diversity in         TPTB     - The Powers That Be
        Infinite Combinations         UFP      - United Federation of Planets
IMOGR - In Memory Of Gene Roddenberry USS      - United Space (Star) Ship
JAG   - Judge Advocate General        VISOR    - Visual Instrument and
LASER - Light Amplification by                   Sensory Organ Replacement
        Stimulated Emission of        VHTSKOOI - Voyager Has The Snot Kicked
        Radiation                                Out Of It
LLaP  - Live Long and Prosper         WF       - Warp Factor
NASA  - National Aeronautics and      YAGLA    - Yet Another God Like Alien
        Space Administration          YAOI     - Yet Another Odo 
nconsistency
NCC   - Naval Construction Contract   YATA     - Yet Another Transporter
        or Navigational Contact Code             Ability
NX    - eXperimental Registry         YATI     - Yet Another Trek
OPI   - O'Brien's Pips Issue                     Inconsistency
PADD  - Personal Access Display       YMBAT    - You Might be a Trekkie
        Device                                   (Trekker)
     Common Terms
     ============
CANON   - what Roddenberry/Paramount decided/decides is "official" Trek.
SPOILER - Discussions of shows/movies that would "ruin the plot" for some.
TEASER  - The part of the episode before the opening credits.
TRAILER - A preview or commercial for an upcoming episode.
     Universal Acronyms and Symbols
     ==============================
AFAIK       - As Far As I Know              IIRC   - If I Remember (or 
ecall)
AAMOF       - As A Matter of Fact                    Correctly
AWGTHTGTATA - Are We Going To Have To Go    IMHO   - In My Humble Opinion
              Through All That Again        IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble 
Opinion
                                            IMO    - In My Opinion
BTW         - By The Way                    L8R    - Later
c           - speed of light (physics)      LOL    - Laughing Out Loud
              186,000 miles per second      OOTC   - Obligatory On Topic 
Comment
              [300,000 kilometres per       OTB    - Off To Bed
              second or 3 x 10^8            OTOH   - On The Other Hand
              metres/second]                POV    - Point of View
EOT         - End Of Thread                 ROTFL  - Rolling On The Floor
FAQ         - Frequently Asked Question(s)           Laughing (Many 
Variations)
FWIW        - For What Its Worth            TIC    - Tongue In Cheek
FYI         - For Your Information          TTFN   - Ta Ta For Now

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