I have made a list of Disney Acronyms!

Here it is below:

-A-
AA - Audio-Animatronics [The robot characters in the attractions.]
AP - Annual Passport
APer - Annual Passportholder

-B-
Bears or CBJ - Country Bear Jamboree
BTMR - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

-C-
CM - Cast Member (aka employee)
CoP - Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress (retired)
CS - Casual Seasonal (type of CM)
CT - Casual Temporary (type of CM)

-D-
DC - Disney Club
DCA - Disney's California Adventure
DCL - Disney Cruise Lines
DD - Downtown Disney
DEP- Disney's Electrical Parade (MSEP)
DL - Disneyland
DLH - Disneyland Hotel
DLP - Disneyland Paris
DTD - Downtown Disney

-E-
ECV - Electronic Convenience Vehicle
ELP - Main Street Electrical Parade

-F-

-G-
GC - Disney's Grand Californian Hotel

-H-
HISTA - Honey, I Shrunk the Audience
HM - The Haunted Mansion
HM - Hidden Mickey
HOB - House of Blues

-I-
IASW - "It's A Small World"
Indy - "Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye"
ITTBAB - Its Tough To Be A Bug

-J-
JC - Jungle Cruise

-L-

-M-
MAoWtP - Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
MM - Mickey Mouse
MS - Main Street
MSEP - Main Street Electrical Parade
MTWR - Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
MV3D - Jim Henson's MuppetVision X3D 4D

-N-
NOS - New Orleans Square

-O-
ODV - Outdoor Vending

-P-
PI - Pleasure Island
PM - Peoplemover (Retired)

-Q-

-R-
RFC - Rainforest Cafe
PoC - Pirates of the Caribbean
PotC - Pirates of the Caribbean
PS - Priority Seating
PVH - Pinocchio's Village Haus restaurant
RnRC - Rock 'N' Roller Coaster

-S-
SM - Splash Mountain
SM - Space Mountain
SOP - Standard Operating Procedures
SplM or Splash - Splash Mountain
SpaM or Space - Space Mountain
ST - Star Tours

-T-
TDL - Toyko Disneyland
TD - Team Disney
TDS - Toyko DisneySea
Tiki - The Enchanted Tiki Birds
TKPR - Timekeeper
TL - Tomorrowland
ToT - "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror"
TSI - Tom Sawyer Island
TT - Test Track
TTA - Tomorrowland Transit Authority (Peoplemover In WDW)

-U-

-V-

-W-
WDW - Walt Disney World Resort
WDI - Walt Disney Imagineering
WDTC - Walt Disney Travel Company
WED - Walt Elias Disney
WoD - World of Disney Store
WDS - Walt Disney Story

-X-

-Y-

-Z-

My goodness, you spent some time working on this. Thank you very much for your hard work. I haven't had the time I needed to update the acronyms list; seeing as you posted this here, I assume you would like this incorporated into the list in the FAQ. Thanks.

Originally posted by MonorailMan
-E-
ELP - Main Street Electrical Parade
Where exactly did you get the " L " from ? BTW: The word " light " was never in the title.
-W-
WDS - Walt Disney Story
WDS is also used for the Walt Disney Studios in Euro Disney Resort Paris/ Disneyland Resort Paris.

ED - Euro Disney
EDL - Euro Disneyland ( Disneyland Paris )

Originally posted by zapppop

Where exactly did you get the " L " from ? BTW: The word " light " was never in the title.



Yes, but I have seen a few posts with the "ELP" thing, so I threw it in.


WDS is also used for the Walt Disney Studios in Euro Disney Resort Paris/ Disneyland Resort Paris.

Never thought of that


ED - Euro Disney
EDL - Euro Disneyland ( Disneyland Paris )
Two other good additions. :)

Holiday Season Is Coming, some more should be added:

NBC- Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack - Jack Skellington, a NBC character
Sally - A NBC character
HMH - Haunted Mansion Holiday, when HM has a NBC layover.

(Sorry to resserect on old thread.) :)

Personally MM,

I hate it when the is one acronym for more than one item! How dose one know if SM is Space or Splash? Right now I use the one word shorts for them. Got any ideas of what we can start? SCM, SLM? Spa, Spl ? SpaM, SplM? Or would that just confuse people more? Especially the SPAM one....

And HM IS Haunted Mansion. Period. So Hidden Mickey could be H?M or H/M. I like the latter the best.

Also, is there an acronym place where I cane find out what some of these other things are all about. I always thought lol was Lots Of Love. Now I think it is Lots Of Laughs. I know BTW and J/K. But the rest is Latin to me.

Thanks for the hard work!

P.S. Thanks for the greeting work as well!:)

I totally KWYM, Rstar. When my DH introduced me to the internet, I had to learn all the letters. Once I got, LOL, I had to figure out ROTFLMAOPIMP and more. FWIW, I went to google (IMNSHO, Google is the *best* SE,) and typed in "Internet Acronyms" Actually, I spelled it wrong, but Google figured that out for me.

BTW, I'll be AFK for awhile, but I'll BBL if I can answer any other questions for you.

Internet Acronyms Dictionary (http://home3.inet.tele.dk/hgaarde/Acronyms.html)

Sharpened.net Glossary (http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/acronyms.php)

whatis.com (http://whatis.techtarget.com/definitionsCategory/0,289915,sid9_tax1671,00.html)


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Adrienne K

Aha! So THAT'S what the PIMP stands for. I was well aware of rotflmao, but the suddenly I started seeing PIMP tacked on and couldn't figure it out for the life of me. That's, umm, interesting. Yeah.

Of course, that brings up an administrative question I'd always had issue with. If it's okay to type rotflmao, or "witch with a b" or other such things, why is it not okay to type ****** (not that that stands for anything in particular, but you know what I mean)? Where is the line between acceptable substitutions for unacceptable language and unacceptable skirting of the rules? Afterall, lmao stands for something we would not otherwise be allowed to post.

Originally posted by Ghoulish Delight
If it's okay to type rotflmao, or "witch with a b" or other such things, why is it not okay to type ****** (not that that stands for anything in particular, but you know what I mean)?
I guess we could type rotflmbo (rolling on the floor laughing my butt off) but it doesn't have the same kick to it. :D

I've used "lol" before, but I often prefer to creatively describe what I'm saying or mean to say in lieu of an acronym... It saves time typing, but it doesn't have the same flair of actually typing what you mean...

Just my two cents.
:)

Originally posted by Gemini Cricket
I guess we could type rotflmbo (rolling on the floor laughing my butt off) but it doesn't have the same kick to it. :D

I've used "lol" before, but I often prefer to creatively describe what I'm saying or mean to say in lieu of an acronym... It saves time typing, but it doesn't have the same flair of actually typing what you mean...

Just my two cents.
:) The acronyms evolved from chat, rather than message boars. On chat, time is everything. You really want to get across your point asap, so acronyms were the automatic answer. They have since moved into the world of message boards. For those of us used to internet chat and who, therefore, have used the acronyms extensively, they (at least imho) have become just as expressive when used in the right context. But I completely understand that if one is not used to them, they can seem inadequately simplified.

With all due respect, MonorailMan, "Sally" and "Jack" are character names, not acronyms. (Along similar lines, "Indy," on your original list, isn't an acronym either.)

Your original list is impressive, but how often does someone use "MAoWtP"? I've also never seem "Timekeeper" abbreviated.

Personally, if someone is talking about some character I've never heard of, or if they're using abbreviations I've never seen used, I can usually figure it out from context. It wouldn't occur to me to go over to the FAQ to find the answer. I guess I just wonder what the purpose of such a list is--the ones adriennek used in her post above are internet acronyms, not Disney ones. They're not unique to this board, and there are (apparently) sites where you can look them up (and to think I used my brain to fill in the blanks!). Most of the Disney-specific ones you should be able to pick up from reading the boards . . . right?

I think such a list has value. Not everyone who reads the boards is as intimately knowledgeable about the parks, or other Disney aspects, as some of us. And, not everyone has a knack for deciphering acronyms. I consider myself very adept at figuring out what they stand for, and even I've had trouble on occasion. So it's nice to have a place to quickly look it up rather than trying to weed through a post and decipher.

GD, I agree that the primary purpose of an acronym list like this is to provide ready reference of jargon for our readers. To that end, we include more than just abbreviations, which I believe I've stated in the introduction of the FAQ.

I've incorporated the suggested changes in this thread. Please continue to let me know here if you think an item ought to be added.

MF -- part of the reason we provide a list like this is to cut down the number of posts new members make that ask what things stand for. Having a list like this also helps newcomers feel more at home. Have you ever found yourself in a meeting for a new project or gone to a new class where everybody seems to be talking over your head? You can usually figure things out after a while, but it is much more reader-friendly for us to provide folks with a list so they don't feel quite so puzzled.

Originally posted by adriennek
I totally KWYM, Rstar. When my DH introduced me to the internet, I had to learn all the letters. Once I got, LOL, I had to figure out ROTFLMAOPIMP and more. FWIW, I went to google (IMNSHO, Google is the *best* SE,) and typed in "Internet Acronyms" Actually, I spelled it wrong, but Google figured that out for me.

BTW, I'll be AFK for awhile, but I'll BBL if I can answer any other questions for you.




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Adrienne K Thanks Adrianne. I think.... I'll let you know after I look some of that up;)

For all I know you called me a big ***********************:D


NOTE: Cool AK, now I get it. Thanks for the info.!!

~Bob

Originally posted by Ghoulish Delight

If it's okay to type rotflmao, or "witch with a b" or other such things, why is it not okay to type ****** (not that that stands for anything in particular, but you know what I mean)? Where is the line between acceptable substitutions for unacceptable language and unacceptable skirting of the rules? Afterall, lmao stands for something we would not otherwise be allowed to post.

The difference, IMHO, is that this is a family site. We are protecting the children that would otherwise not be able to figure it out, not the adults that know the meaning.

Originally posted by RStar
P.S. Thanks for the greeting work as well!:)

Your Welcome! I do it so the Mods don't have to re-hash stuff from the FAQ to a new user that didn't follow the rules. :)

You know what's fun? Pronouncing the acronyms out loud.

I call Pirates of the Caribbean: "Pot-C" You know, like Ralph Malph's friend in "Happy Days"? It's fun. Try it.

ROTFLMAO: Rot-Flem-Ow
LOL: loll, like lolly without the "y".
NOS: no's
HISTA: Hee-stah
IASM: Ee-ah-sim
DCA: Dee-Sah


hahaha...ha ha... heh... ahem. :rolleyes:

Okay, never mind. I thought it was funny.
:D

Originally posted by Gemini Cricket
You know, like Ralph Malph's friend in "Happy Days"?Amusementrivia of the day: Ralph father's name was Mickey Malph.