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Not sure what all those Acronyms and Abbreviations in auction titles and listing mean?

What are NR? OOAK? and NWT?

This guide should help you under stand some of those cute little abbreviations Ebayaholics are so fond of using.

Here is a list of common Acronyms used in auction listings.

1. BIN                    Buy it Now
2. BO                     Best Offer
3. BYM                  Bid your Max
4. c.                        Circa
5. C                        Century
6. CT                      Carat
7. CTS                    Carats
8. CTW                   Total Carat Weight
9. DC                     
10. DIA                     Diamond
11. DY or DYN         Dynasty
12. EP                       Electro Plate
13. FAQ                    Frequently Asked Questions
14. FP                       Fixed Priced
15. GP                      Gold Plated
16. GRK                   Greek
17. GU                      Gently Used
18. JPN                     Japan or Japanese
19. KW                     Key Words
20. LG                       Large
21. LN                       Like New
22. LPUO                  Local pick up only
23. MIB                     Mint in Box
24. NIB                      New in box
25. NNPW                 New Never played with
26. NR or N/res          No Reserve
27. NRP                     Not Reproduction
28. NWT                    New with Tags
29. NWOB                 New With out Box
30. NWTO                 New With Tags On
31. NWOT                 New With out Tags
32. OOAK                 One of a kind
33. PP                         Paypal
34. PWWI                  Pre world war I
35. PWWII                 Pre world war II
36. PUO                     Pick up Only
37. RG                        Rolled Gold
38. RMN                    Roman
39. RP                        Reproduction
40. SP                        Silver Plated  
41. SYI                      Sell Your Item
42. TIA                      Thank you in Advance

If you have any that are not on this list please Email us and we will be happy to add them.

Other commonly used Acronyms you may find in chat rooms or on the web.

1. AL                    Auction Listing
2. AFSIK             As far as I know
3. ASAP               As soon as Posible
4. BBL                  Be back later or Blocked Bidder list
5. BBN                 Bye bye for now
6. BBS                  Be back soon
7. BEG                 Big Evil Grin
8. BF                    Boy Friend
9. BBFL               Best friends for life
10. BG                    Big Grin
11. BIL                   Brother in law  
12. BRG                 Be right Back
13. BTW                By the way   
14. BWK               Big wet Kiss
15. CUIC               See you in Church
16. CYA                See ya
17. CYAL8R         See ya later
18. DD                  Dear Daughter 
19. DH                  Dear Husband
20. DS                   Dear Son
21. DIL                 Daughter in law
22. EG                  Evil Grin
23. FIL                 Father in law
24. FUBAR          Fouled up beyond all recognition  
25. FYI                 For your information
26. GAL               Get a life
27. GF                 Girl Friend
28. IMO               In my Opinion
29. IRL                 In real life
30. JK                  Just Kidding
31. KISS              Keep it Simple Stupid
32. KIT                Keep in touch
33. KOL              Kiss on the lips
34. L8R                Later
35. LAY               Looking at you
36. LOL               Laughing out loud
37. LTNC            Long time on see
38. LY                 Love ya
39. MIL               Mother in law
40. NE1               Anyone
41. NOYB           None of your Business
42. NPB              Non payong bidder 
43. NPNG           No pain No gain    
44. NPS              Non Performing seller   
45. NTTFLS        Not till the fat lady sings
46. OIC               Oh I see
47. OL                Old lady
48. OM               Old Man
49. PTL              Praise the Lord
50. QT               Cutie
51. ROTF           Rolling on the floor
52. SETE            Smiling ear to ear
53. SIL               Sister in law
54. SNAD          Significantly not as descrided
55. SO               Significant other
56. SOS             Same old Story
57. SSDD           Same stuff Different day
58. SWAK         Sealed with a Kiss
59. SYS              See you soon
60. SYT              See you tonight
61. TA                Thanks again 
62. TGIF            Thank God it's Friday
63. TNT             Till next time 
64. TOY            Thinking of you
65. TTFN           Ta ta for now
66. TTYL           Talk to ya later
67. TYVM         Thank you very much
68. TX                Thanks
69. UCCOM      You can count on me
70. UR                You are
71. YBG             Very big grin
72. WR or WE     What ever
73. WB                Write back or Welcome Back
74. WTH              What the Heck

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