So you've just started caching? FTF, DNF, BYOP, GZ... what is this strange language that Geocachers are using to communicate with each other!? Often the words used are acronyms. We have listed some of the more commonly used ones, and a few of the obscure, to assist your understanding.
A.P.E. - Alternative Primate Evolution (Refers to the Project A.P.E. series of caches of which at 15.10.14 there is only one surviving example)
BOT - Bowl Of Tree or Base Of Tree
BYOP - Bring Your Own Pen
CITO - Cache In Trash Out
CND - Cache 'n' Dash
CO - Cache Owner
DNA – Did Not Attempt
DNF - Did Not Find
DNL – Did Not Look
D/T - Difficulty / Terrain
FF – First Finder (A term more used on TerraCaching.com)
FP – Favourite Point
FTF - First To Find
GZ - Ground Zero (Refers to the vicinity of the cache's hiding spot)
GPS - Global Positioning System
GPSr - Global Positioning System Receiver
GPX - GPS eXchange Format (A file type used by GPSr's)
ICP – Ivy Covered Post
ICT – Ivy Covered Tree
LN - Left Nothing
LOC – LOCations file format (Is a simple XML file (Extensible Markup Language) for representing a set of geographic locations with view directions)
LPC - Light Pole Cache (Not common in the UK)
MKH – Magnetic Key Holder
MTT – Multi Trunked Tree
PAF - Phone A Friend
PI – Poison Ivy (Not common in the UK)
P&G - Park & Grab
PQ - Pocket Query
QEF - Quick Easy Find
ROT13 – ROTate by 13 places (A particular variant of the Ceasar Cipher used for the Geocaching.com hint system)
SL - Signed Log
SLTN - Signed Log Took Nothing
SOOP - Something Out Of Place
STF – Second To Find
SWAG - Stuff We All Get
TB - Travel Bug
TBD - Travel Bug Drop
TFTC - Thanks For The Cache
TFTE - Thanks For The Event
TFTH - Thanks For The Hide
TFTFTF - Thanks For The First To Find (Sometimes shortened to TF3)
TTF – Third To Find
TN - Took Nothing
TNLN - Took Nothing, Left Nothing
TNLNSL - Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
TOTT - Tool Of The Trade
UPR – Unnatural Pile of Rocks
UPS - Unusual Pile of Sticks
WDYLUTTSS – Why Did You Lead Us To This Stinking Swamp
XNSL – Exchanged Nothing, Signed Log
YAFF – Yet Another Find and Forget
YAPIDKA – Yet Another Park I Didn’t Know About
Know of commonly used others that you feel should be on the list. Do let us know through our forum.