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|                           Spock's Adventure!                            |
|                      SYSOP: ERIC and GAIL SAKURAI                       |
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|                             SPOCKNET Talk!                              |
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|       SPOCKNET TALK: A LISTING OF BBS AND STAR TREK ACRONYMS            |
|       AND ABBREVIATIONS FOR USERS OF SPOCK'S ADVENTURE! BBS             |
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| :(              frown                                                   |
| :)              smile                                                   |
| <g>             grin                                                    |
| <G>             BIG grin                                                |
| ADN             any day now                                             |
| AFAIK           as far as I know                                        |
| B4              before                                                  |
| BBS             bulletin board system                                   |
| BCNU            be seein' you                                           |
| BOBW            Best of Both Worlds                                     |
| BTW             by the way                                              |
| canon           regarded as correct and acceptable by TPTB              |
|                 at Paramount                                            |
| CEO             Chief Engineering Officer                               |
| CinC            Commander in Chief                                      |
| CMO             Chief Medical Officer                                   |
| CO              Commanding Officer                                      |
| CoC             Chief of Communications                                 |
| con             Star Trek convention                                    |
| CSO             Chief Science Officer                                   |
| CU              see you                                                 |
| CUL             see you later                                           |
| CUL8TR          see you later                                           |
| d/l             download                                                |
| DS9             Deep Space Nine                                         |
| DSN             Deep Space Nine                                         |
| E               Enterprise                                              |
| EaF             Encounter at Farpoint                                   |
| ep              episode                                                 |
| FA              Fleet Admiral                                           |
| faned           fan editor                                              |
| fanfic          fan fiction                                             |
| fanzine         fan written and produced ST literature                  |
| fen             plural of fan                                           |
| FGWB            fat guy with beard                                      |
| filk            fan music, usually with original words set              |
|                 to a familiar tune                                      |
| FITB            fill in the blank                                       |
| FTL             faster than light                                       |
| FWIW            for what it's worth                                     |
| FX              special effects                                         |
| FYI             for your information                                    |
| IC              I see                                                   |
| IMHO            in my honest (or humble) opinion                        |
| IMO             in my opinion                                           |
| IOW             in other words                                          |
| K/S             Kirk slash Spock (see "slash")                          |
| L8R             later                                                   |
| LL&P            live long and prosper                                   |
| LOL             laughing out loud                                       |
| mag             magazine                                                |
| Mary Sue        fan written stories featuring a young                   |
|                 female heroine                                          |
| ms (or m/s)     manuscript                                              |
| NCC             naval construction code; naval construction             |
|                 contract                                                |
| nl (or n/l)     newsletter                                              |
| OIC             oh, I see                                               |
| OTOH            on the other hand                                       |
| ROTFL (ROFL)    rolling on the floor laughing                           |
| ROTFLMHO        rolling on the floor laughing my head off               |
| SA!             Spock's Adventure! BBS                                  |
| SASE            self-addressed stamped envelope                         |
| SF              Star Fleet; science fiction                             |
| SFA             Star Fleet Academy                                      |
| slash           fan written stories involving Kirk and Spock            |
|                 in a sexual relationship                                |
| ST              Star Trek                                               |
| sysop           system operator                                         |
| TAS             The Animated Series                                     |
| TFF             The Final Frontier                                      |
| TMP             The Motion Picture                                      |
| TNG             The Next Generation                                     |
| TOFC            The Official Fan Club                                   |
| TOS             The Original Series (original Star Trek TV              |
|                 series)                                                 |
| TPTB            the powers that be                                      |
| Trekker         serious Star Trek fan                                   |
| Trekkie         offensive term for Star Trek fan                        |
| TSFS            The Search for Spock                                    |
| TTFN            ta ta for now                                           |
| TTUL            talk (type) to you later                                |
| TTYL            talk (type) to you later                                |
| TUC             The Undiscovered Country                                |
| TVH             The Voyage Home                                         |
| TWOK            The Wrath of Khan                                       |
| u/l             upload                                                  |
| USS             United Star Ship; United Space Service                  |
| w/              with                                                    |
| w/o             without                                                 |
| WC!             Wildcat! BBS software                                   |
| XO              Executive Officer (First Officer)                       |
| YATI            yet another Trek inconsistency                          |
| zine            fanzine                                                 |
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| Compiled by Gail Sakurai (c)1992                                        |
| for Spock's Adventure! BBS                                              |
| (513) 779-9717                                                          |
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