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Griff Grof
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Geocaching Acronyms and Glossary
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CacheWalker's Geocaching Acronyms and Glossary
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!
ABH - Another Bloomin' Hill. A pharse coined by bikermel76 while tackling one of Wrighty's caches.
Archived - Caches that no longer exist.
BOT - Bowl Of Tree or Base Of Tree
BYOP - Bring Your Own Pen
Cacher - also known as Geocacher, Terracacher or Opencacher. Someone who finds caches.
Challenge cache - requires cachers to to meet a requirement before logging.
CITO - Cache In Trash Out event
CND - Cache 'n' Dash
CO - Cache Owner
CW - CacheWalker
CWFC - CacheWalker Footballer's Challenge, our Travel Bug race for 2014.
CWSBC - CacheWalker SuperBike Challenge, our annual Travel Bug race.
D/T - Difficulty / Terrain. The rating system for geocaches.
Disabled - CO's can temporarily disable cache listings if they require maintenance.
DNA – Did Not Attempt
DNF - Did Not Find
DNL – Did Not Look
FF – First Finder (this term tends to be used only on terracaching.com)
FLTF - Full Log To Follow
FP – Favourite Point. Premium Member's can award these to their favourite geocaches.
FTF - First To Find. Bragging rights that you were the first to find a newly placed cache.
GC - Geocoin. Custom minted coins which are trackable. They can be placed in caches, or collected.
Geocaching - A real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices.
GPS - Global Positioning System
GPSr - Global Positioning System Receiver
GPX - GPS eXchange Format (A file type used by GPSr's)
GZ - Ground Zero (refers to the vicinity of the cache's hiding spot)
ICP – Ivy Covered Post
ICT – Ivy Covered Tree
LHS - Left Hand Side
LN - Left Nothing
LOC – LOCations file format (a simple XML file, Extensible Markup Language) for representing a set of geographic locations.
LPC - Light Pole Cache
MKH – Magnetic Key Holder
MTT – Multi Trunked Tree
Muggle - A non-geocacher
Muggled - the discovery of a geocache by a muggle.
NQF - Nice Quick Find
NV - Nice View
P&G - Park & Grab
PAF - Phone A Friend
PQ - Pocket Query
QEF - Quick Easy Find
Reviewer - Community volunteers who review geocaches before they are published online.
RHS - Right Hand Side
Signature item - Something unique that a geocacher places in every cache they find
SL - Signed Log
SLTN - Signed Log Took Nothing
SOOP - Something Out Of Place
STF – Second To Find
SWAG - Stuff We All Get
TB - Travel Bug. Trackable items which travel from cache to cache.
TBD - Travel Bug Drop
TFTC - Thanks For The Cache
TFTE - Thanks For The Event
TFTFTF - Thanks For The First To Find (or TF3)
TFTH/T4TH - Thanks For The Hide
TN - Took Nothing
TNLN - Took Nothing, Left Nothing
TOTT - Tool Of The Trade
TTF – Third To Find
Twixmas - The period between Christmas and New Year. A CacheWalker event is traditionally held every Twixmas.
UPR – Unnatural Pile of Rocks
UPS - Unusual Pile of Sticks
YAPIDKA – Yet Another Park I Didn’t Know About
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FLTF - Full Log To Follow
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Any more?
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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?
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Yes it should. Changed
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