2125 Acronyms Traditional Cache

Acronyms get used a lot in Geocaching for writing logs.  Here's a handy list for to understand what those seasoned cachers are talking about!

• BOT - Base Of Tree
• BYOP - Bring Your Own Pen/Pencil
• CITO - Cache In Trash Out
• CO - Cache Owner
• DNF - Did Not Find
• DNNTGOOB - Did/Do Not Need To Get Out Of Boat - Used for paddle caches that can be reached from a seat low to the water
• D/T - Difficulty / Terrain
• EGG - Easy Guardrail Grab
• FTF - First to Find - Less commonly will be seen STF and TTF (Second to Find and Third to Find)
• GC - Geocoin
• GZ - Ground Zero - refers to the cache's hiding spot
• GPS - Global Positioning System
• GRC - Guard Rail Cache
• LN - Left Nothing
• LPC - Light Pole Cache
• MTT - Multi Trunked Tree
• NM - Needs Maintenence
• PAF - Phone a Friend - when a cacher calls a friend to get a hint as to a cache hide
• P&G - Park & Grab - refers to a cache that would be close to a parking spot that can be quickly found
• PI - Poison Ivy
• PO - Poison Oak
• PQ - Pocket Query
• QAEPAG - Quick and easy park and grab
• QEF - Quick easy find
• ROOT - Ran out of time
• RW - Rock Wall
• SL - Signed Log
• SOOP - Something Out of Place - describes an oddity at GZ that hints to finding a cache
• SPOR - Suspicious pile of rocks
• STF - Second to Find
• SWAG - Stuff We All Get
• TB - Travel Bug
• TBD - Travel Bug Drop
• TFT? - Thanks for the Mystery Cache
• TFTC - Thanks for the Cache
• TFTE - Thanks for the Event
• TFTH - Thanks for the Hide
• TFTFTF - Thanks for the First to Find. Sometime shortened to TF3.
• TN - Took Nothing
• TNLN - Took Nothing, Left Nothing 
• TNLNSL - Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log 
• TOTT - Tool of the Trade - Any tool used in the progress of acquiring a cache
• UPR - Unusual Pile of Rocks
• UPS - Unusual Pile of Sticks - this would also be SOOP
• WF - Wheelchair Friendly