All the Acronyms....what do they mean?

[fordman]

I see a lot of acronyms used on FCB and to a new user, I think it might be a little confusing.

Maybe if there was a sticky post of all the acronyms used, new members could be up to speed and decipher more of the threads easier. Also, explain why they are used vs. typing out the words.

PC, PWE, TTM, IP, LCS and many many more.

I know what they are as I've been able to guess and be correct but some may not be able to do so.

Any thoughts?

Fordman

 

[DiebytheCubs]

PC=Personal Collection
PWE=Plain White Envelope
TTM=Through the Mail
IP=In person
LCS=Local Card Store

It's just a bit of a time saver to abbreviate everything instead of writing it all out

 

[Laxcat]

I see a lot of acronyms used on FCB and to a new user, I think it might be a little confusing.

Maybe if there was a sticky post of all the acronyms used, new members could be up to speed and decipher more of the threads easier. Also, explain why they are used vs. typing out the words.

PC, PWE, TTM, IP, LCS and many many more.

I know what they are as I've been able to guess and be correct but some may not be able to do so.

Any thoughts?

Fordman

I could use the help. My leet speak is subpar. I know all but LCS.

 

[BBCgalaxee]

Fcb= freedom card board

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[MisterT]

OP = Opening/Original post in a thread
PED = Performance enhancing drugs
Troll = Not an acronym...just someone who is trying to agitate other posters

Then there are the standard acronyms that people use in texting...FWIW, IMO, etc. and all the baseball/sabremetrics that are too numerous to mention.

 

[Fandruw25]

I see a lot of acronyms used on FCB and to a new user, I think it might be a little confusing.

Maybe if there was a sticky post of all the acronyms used, new members could be up to speed and decipher more of the threads easier. Also, explain why they are used vs. typing out the words.

PC, PWE, TTM, IP, LCS and many many more.

I know what they are as I've been able to guess and be correct but some may not be able to do so.

Any thoughts?

Fordman

PC = Personal/Private collection
PWE = Plain White Envelope
TTM = Through The Mail
IP = In Person
LCS = Local Card Shop

 

[All In Cards]

AIC - all in cards


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[ChasHawk]

I see a lot of acronyms used on FCB and to a new user, I think it might be a little confusing.

Maybe if there was a sticky post of all the acronyms used, new members could be up to speed and decipher more of the threads easier. Also, explain why they are used vs. typing out the words.

PC, PWE, TTM, IP, LCS and many many more.

I know what they are as I've been able to guess and be correct but some may not be able to do so.

Any thoughts?

Fordman

Not to be a dick, but if you collect cards, you should know what all these mean.

 

[olerud363]

I've often thought there ought to be a thread like this. Maybe [MENTION=9350]fordman[/MENTION] can update the OP with a running alphabetical list?

Some common general ones:
BTW = by the way
FWIW = for what it's worth
IMHO = in my humble opinion
LMAO = laughing my *ss off
LOL = laughing out loud

Some others often used here that haven't akready been mentioned:
BC = Bowman Chrome
TC = Topps Chrome

- Rodrick

 

[Laxcat]

I don't collect BC or TC. I haven't been to a LCS since I was 14.

 

[All In Cards]

BG - Leaf Brian Gray

nt - national treasures
Bb - baseball
Fb - football
Bk - basketball

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[RogerMarisCollector61]

Not to be a dick, but if you collect cards, you should know what all these mean.

I collected cards before I joined any online baseball card forum and I didn't know any of them until I joined one. It is not lingo used in person... only on the internet.

 

[ChasHawk]

I collected cards before I joined any online baseball card forum and I didn't know any of them until I joined one. It is not lingo used in person... only on the internet.

I've used that "lingo" IP before.

See what I did there?

 

[RogerMarisCollector61]

I've used that "lingo" IP before.

See what I did there?

 

[Krom]

Not to be a dick, but if you collect cards, you should know what all these mean.

If someone has not been online much (relating to cards) before joining a forum there would be no need to know these and would likely not even come across them.

 

[alexs64]

AESC = Andre Ethier Super Collector
ALEXAZ = ME
ALEXPNW = [MENTION=2055]metallicalex777[/MENTION]
GC = [MENTION=2418]George_Calfas[/MENTION]
TY = [MENTION=1758]Ty Hope[/MENTION]
FloriDave = [MENTION=2685]69MetsFan[/MENTION]
Adam = [MENTION=1794]A_Pharis[/MENTION]
MD = [MENTION=2413]MojoDan[/MENTION]
DR. = [MENTION=2418]George_Calfas[/MENTION]

These are ALL hobby names and acronyms you need to get familiar with.

 

[MisterT]

TTT - Topps Triple Threads
T1 - Tier One
BC - Bowman Chrome
BDPP (or just "draft") - Bowman Draft picks and prospects
TC - Topps Chrome
GQ - Gypsy Queen

 

[MisterT]

Well, FWIF, here are the SABR ones... (from Sabermetrics Glossary - Explanations of advanced baseball statistics )

BABIP: Batting average on balls in play. It's the frequency of which a batter reaches a base after putting the ball in the field of play. For pitchers (a measure of the hitters they face), it's a good measure of luck. So pitchers with high or low BABIPs are good bets to see their performances adjust to the mean.
BsR: Base runs. Similar to runs created (see below). It estimates the number of runs a team "should" have scored given their component offensive statistics.
CERA: Component ERA. It's an estimate of a pitcher's ERA based upon the individual components of his statistical line, another statistic that tries to take luck out of the equation.
Def Eff: Defensive efficiency. It's the rate at which balls put into play are converted into outs by a team's defense. Can be approximated with (1 - BABIP).
dERA: This is a measurement of what a pitcher's earned run average would have been, if not for the effects of defense and luck. It uses batters faced, home runs allowed, walks allowed, intentional walks allowed, strikeouts and hit batsmen in a complex mathematical formula.
DICE: Defense-independent component ERA. It's a mathematice formula that measures pitching performance using home runs allowed, walks, hit by pitch, strikeouts and innings pitched.
DIPS: Defense-independent pitching statistics. They are a series of statistics (such as DICE above) that measure a pitcher's effectiveness based only on plays that do not involve fielders: home runs allowed, strikeouts, hit batters, walks, and, more recently, fly ball percentage, ground ball percentage, and line drive percentage.
EqA: Equivalent average. It's a stat used to measure hitters independent of ballpark and league effects. It's a complex formula that takes into account hits, total bases, walks, hit by pitch, stolen bases, sacrifice hits, sacrifice flies, at-bats and caught stealing. It's then normalized for league difficulty.
ERA+: Adjusted ERA. It's earned run average adjusted for the ballpark and the league average.
Fielding Runs Above Replacement: The difference between an average player and a replacement player is determined by the number of plays that position is called on to make.
IR: Inherited runs. It's the number of runners inherited by a relief pitcher that scored while the reliever was in the game.
ISO: Isolated power. It's a measure of a hitter's raw power - extra bases per at-bat.
LIPS: Late-inning pressure situation. It means any at-bat in the seventh inning or later, with the batter's team trailing by three runs or less (or four runs if the bases were loaded).
Runs created: A term to measure how many runs a player creates. Its basic formula is hits plus walks times total bases, divided by at-bats plus walks.
OPS: On-base plus slugging. Measures a batter's ability to get on base and hit for power. It's simply the on-base percentage plus the slugging percentage.
PECOTA: An acronym of Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm. And it's also an homage to journeyman baseball player Bill Pecota, considered a baseline average player. It's an incredibly complex formula that forecasts a player's performance in all of the major categories used in typical fantasy baseball games, and also forecasts production in advanced sabermetric categories.
PERA: Peripheral ERA. It's a pitching statistic that computes the expected ERA, taking into account park-adjusted hits, walks, strikeouts and home runs allowed.
Pythagorean expectation: It's a formula that resembles the mathematical Pythagorean theorem and is used to estimate how many games a baseball team should have won, based on how many runs a team scored and allowed. Comparing the two percentages can determine how lucky a team was.
QS: Quality start. A game in which a pitcher completes six innings, allowing no more than three runs.
RF: Range factor. Used to determine how much field a player can cover. It's nine times putouts + assists divided by innings played.
TPR: Total player rating. It measures the value of players that allows players to be compared for different positions, teams and eras, used in the Total Baseball encyclopedias.
VORP: Value over replacement player. For hitters, it's the number of runs contributed beyond what a replacement-level player at the same position would contribute.
WAR or WARP: Wins above replacement player. It's a statistic that combines win shares and WORP. It represents the number of wins this player contributed, above what a replacement level hitter, fielder, and pitcher would have done.
WHIP: Walks and hits per inning pitched. It's the average number of walks and hits allowed by the pitcher per inning. (BB + H divided by IP).
Win shares: One of the first sabermetrics statistics, it considers statistics for players in the context of their team, and assigns them a number that's one-third of a team win, using a set of complex mathematics that takes almost 100 pages to explain in Bill James' 2002 book, "Win Shares."
XR: Extrapolated runs, similar to runs created, except it assigns a run value to each event, rather than a multiplicative formula.

 

[A_Pharis]

AESC = Andre Ethier Super Collector
ALEXAZ = ME
ALEXPNW = @metallicalex777
GC = @George_Calfas
TY = @Ty Hope
FloriDave = @69MetsFan
Adam = @A_Pharis
MD = @MojoDan
DR. = @George_Calfas

These are ALL hobby names and acronyms you need to get familiar with.

LOL!

 

[gracecollector]

IBF - In before lock
FT/FS - for trade / for sale
TTT - to the top