Common Toy Terms
AB - Action Boy - Captain Action
ACC - Accessories
AF - Action Figures
AFD - Action Figure Digest
AM - Action Man
Amex - American Express
AMX - American Express
AOL - America Online
AT - Adventure Team - GI Joe
ATG - Newsgroup ALT.TOYS.GI-JOE
BB - Billy Blastoff, Beanie Babies, Baseball or Basketball
Beater - Good for parts only
Bendy - Flexible figure, usually rubber with wire base
Bend-Um - See Bendy
BJ - Big Jim
BK - book or books, Burger King
BLK - Black
BO - Best Offer or Battery Operated
BOP - Battery Operated
B/OP - Battery Operated
BOTW - Best of the West
BP - Bubble Pack
BRN - Brown
BTW - By the way
BV - Book Value also Beckett Value
BX - Boxed or with box
C** - if followed by a year, say 75, it means Circa '75
C1 - Useful only for parts (Cotswolds)
C2 - Has had very hard play, OK for dioramas etc. (Cotswolds)
C3 - Quite damaged, useful if covered up (Cotswolds)
C4 - Many faults.  Damaged, frayed, spots  (Cotswolds)
C5 - Heavy wear and spots, ofen damged/repairs (Cotswolds)
C6 - Play wear with some stains or damage (Cotswolds)
C7 - Presentable, has lost crispness, minor stains or damage (Cotswolds)
C8 - Very nice, some wear visible (Cotswolds)
C9 - Near mint, if used it was with great care (Cotswolds)
C10 - Mint, unused (Cotswolds)
CA - Captain Action
CC - Classic Collection, Cotswolds Collectibles or Credit Cards
CD - Compact Disc
CF - Colorform
CFA - Colorform Aliens
CK - Check
CMP - Complete
CNP - Complete no Package (Cotswolds)
COA - Certificate of Authenticity - Generally for Autographed Items
CPK - Cabbage Patch Kids
CST/CUST - Custom or Customized
CST - Central Standard Time
DK - Dark
Elite - Cotswold's GI Joe reproduction pieces
EX - Excellent
EXCL - Exclusive
F - Fine
FAO - FAO Schwarz
FB - Football
FE - First Edition
FF - Fighting Furies, Fantastic Four, Fast Food
FH - Fuzzy Head
Flex - Flexible figure, usually rubber with wire base
FP - Fisher Price
FS - For Sale
FT - For Trade
FTS - For Trade or Sale
FYI - For your information
GH - Green Hornet
GIF - Picture or image with a .gif extension.
H - Handling
Hair Rubs -  Spots on a doll's head where hair has worn off 
HB - Hardback
HD - Hard, Hard Disc
HH - Hard Hands or Hard Head
HOF - Hall of Fame - 90's GI Joe
HOFA - Hall of Fame Anniversary
HP - Hard Plastic
HSN - Home Shopping Network
HT - Hang Tag
HTF - Hard to Find
HW - Hotwheels
INC - Incomplete or Included
JA - Johnny Apollo
JH - Johnny Hero
JPG/JPEG - Picture or image with a .jpg extension.
KB - Kaybee Stores
KF - Kung Fu Grip Hands
KMRT - K-Mart
Knee Cracks - Vertical cracks above the doll's knee joints - GI Joe
Knockoff - Accessories not made by the original manufacturer of a figure
KOD - Knight of Darkness figure - Captain Action
LD - Laser Disc
LE - Limited Edition
LG - large
LGB - Little Golden Book
LMK - Let me Know
Loose - Generally means either incomplete or no package
LR - Lone Ranger
LT - Light, Limited
M - Mint
MB - Minimum Bid
MC - MasterCard
MCD - McDonalds
ME - Masterpiece Edition
MED - Medium
Melting - Damage to plastic from prolonged contact with rubber.
MIBP - Mint in Bubble Pack
MIP - Mint in Package
MIMP - Mint in Mint Package
MISB - Mint in Sealed Box
MMM - Major Matt Mason
MM - Matt Mason
MMB - Mint in Mint Box
MO - Money Order
MOC - Mint on Card
MOSC - Mint on Sealed Card
MT - Mint Tag
MWMT - Mint With Mint Tag
NA - Not Applicable
NA - Nancy Ann
NASB - Nancy Ann Story Book
NCNP - Not complete, no package (Cotswolds)
NIB - New in Box
NM - Mint
NORSV - No Reserve
NR - Never Removed - Not a Rookie
NR - No Reserve
NRFB - Never Removed from Box
NRFP - Never Removed from Pack
NRFC - Never Removed from Card
NRMT - Near Mint
NT - No Tag
OD - Olive Drabs - GI Joe
OF - Outfit
OOP - Out of Print
PB - Paperback
PC - Piece or Pieces
PH - Painted Head - GI Joe
PIC - Picture Included
PKS - Packs
PM - Playing Mantis
POA - Planet of the Apes
POTA - Planet of the Apes
POTF - Power of the Force
PP - PayPal
PPD - Postage Paid
PSA - Professional Sports Authenticator.  Organization that grades the condition of sports cards.
R - Rookie Card
RC - Remote Control or Rookie Card
RL - Red Lines - Early Hotwheels
ROTJ - Return of the Jedi
ROTFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - my a** off
RPT - Repainted
RSV - Reserve
RTAF/RTA-F - Newsgroup REC.TOYS.ACTION-FIGURES
RTM - Newsgroup REC.TOYS.MISC
RTV - Newsgroup REC.TOYS.VINTAGE
RW - Rear Wheels
SA - Self Addressed
SB - Story Book
SGD - Signed
SH - Shipping and Handling
Shipper - Person who ships
Shipper - Original mailing carton
SLU - Starting Lineup
SM - Small
Stress Cracks - Cracks in plastic doll limbs around joints
SW - Star Wars
TAR _ Target Stores
TCR - Total Control Racing
TD - Trade
TM - Trademark also TM GI Joes
TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Terminator
TNT - Twist and Turn
Topper - Adornment for top of cake or a pencil
Topper - Topper Toys, also Deluxe Reading
TRU - Toys R Us
TS - Toy Shop
TT - Toy Trader
TTYL - Talk to You Later
USPS - United States Postal Service
VEN - Venture
VG - Very Good
VHTF - Very Hard to Find
VMC - Visa and MasterCard
W - With
WAL - Wal-Mart
WTB - Wanted to Buy
WTD - Wanted
WTT - Want to trade
YR - Year
XFMR - Transformer