What do those Abbreviations/Acronyms mean?

[SYates]

I put this in here because I feel it is most useful for new members, if I am wrong dear mods, please move it ;-)

I just realise that we use quite a few abbreviations on this forum, some specific, some not specific to the Camino. I also noted that some newer members are a bit shy to ask what we mean with them, so I compiled this little list from the top of my head, feel free to add to it and Buen Camino, SY

PS I decided, for better overview, to add the abbreviations mentioned in the follow-up posts to the first post. So no, I didn't come up with the whole list ...

Camino Specific

• ALSA- Main, but not only, bus/coach network (website) in Spain.
• CdN - Camino(s) del Norte
• CF - Camino Francés (The pilgrimage route that comes from SJPdP (Saint Jean Pied de Port) and crosses the Pyrenees and passes through Roncesvalles and Puente la Reina where it joins with the route coming from Somport pass. Often translated as the French Way it actually means the Way of the Franks aka those foreigners that come from behind the Pyrenees out of the Frankish Empire ;-)
• CI - Camino Ingles (The English Way, in ye olde times the way taken, predominatly, by English and Irish pilgrims who arrived by ship/boat in A Coruña or Ferrol and walked/rode from there to Santiago).
• CP - Camino Portuguese or Camino Primitivo depending on the sub-forum you are in ;-)
• HYOH - Hike Your Own Hike and WYOW - Walk Your Own Way:
  Go at your own pace and don't let other people's experiences determine or affect yours.
• MMDD - Miam Miam DoDo (a French Camino guide series concentrating on the bare essential composed of the informal words Miam Miam= yummy food and dodo=nighty-night/sleep)
• PCB - Post Camino Blues (common pilgrim illness and indication for being infected with the Camino Virus, best treatment is planning your next Camino ;-)
• RENFE- Spanish Railway (website)
• SDC/SdC - Santiago de Compostela
• SJPdP/SJPP - Saint Jean Pied de Port (a popular starting place in France)
• SNCF - French Railway (website) - useful for researching travel to/near SJPdP.
• TSA - Transportation Security Administration (USA) - Those that refuse to let you take more than 100ml of shampoo and/or your walking poles on board of a civilian aircraft ;-) For a more 'dry' explanation see this post.
• VdlP - Via de la Plata (Camino from the South of Spain to Santiago)

General

• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• FSO - From Skin Out (putting all items you plan to take in one ordered list without distinguishing what you wear and what you carry, without food nor water but with the respective containers included).
• IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion/In My Humble Opinion (mostly a very strongly defended opinion ;-)
• KSO - Keep Straight On (used in guides and way descriptions)
• LOL- Laughing Out Loud
• OP - Original Poster (the person who started a thread)
• PM - Private Message (me), also called Conversation on this forum. Just click the name of the person you want to message and click on 'start a conversation'.
• ROFL - Rolling Over Floor Laughing
• TBW - Total Base Weight, similar to the above, for a different opinion than mine see @dougfitz posts starting here.
• TL;DR - Too Long Didn't Read (With or without the semi-colon)
• YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (Meaning this is what I experienced, your experience may be different.)
• @ - An invisible abbreviation, if you type @+forum name, it converts the forum name into a link to the respective profile page of that member and sends him/her a message/alert that s/he has been mentioned in such and such thread if they have that enabled. F.e. @BShea and @nzPhreadde your contributions have been added to the main post.

[Moderator note: A few additions and re-ordering have been made to the above list.]

 

[marbuck]

How about SDC?

 

[SYates]

SDC/SdC - Santiago de Compostela

Thanks @marbuck, I will add it to the OPs (mine ;-) original post to keep it all in one list. Buen Camino, SY

 

[wayfarer]

Another very important one for the forum is IMO, in my opinion, which is what most posts are rather than gospel IMO.

 

[nidarosa]

FSO, from skin out, meaning the weight of the pack and everything else you take, including the clothes you wear but without snacks/food or water.

And PCB, Post Camino Blues...

 

[Kitsambler]

CF for Camino Frances (the route in Spain - often a point of confusion as it is NOT the route through France).

 

[SYates]

All added to the first post ;-) Buen Camino, SY

 

[jarlath]

Thanks @SYates - I often wondered what OP meant !

 

[SYates]

Feel free @jarlath to add any abbreviations you know or don't know that might help others! Buen Camino, SY

 

[dougfitz]

FSO From the skin out weights measures everything you plan to carry - including food and water.

CI Camino Ingles

 

[SYates]

@dougfitz The first one we had already, but minus the food and water, as they are variable during the day, but including the respective containers. CI will be included shortly. Buen Camino, SY

 

[BShea]

PM
(With instructions how to)

 

[nzPhreadde]

Another one which I don't see very often, but should accompany most IMO/IMHO advice - YMMV (= Your Mileage May Vary, meaning this is what I experienced, your experience may be different)

 

[dougfitz]

@dougfitz ... but minus the food and water, as they are variable during the day

That is not what is relevant, and would completely miss the point of using the FSO approach.

 

[SYates]

That is not what is relevant, and would completely miss the point of using the FSO approach.

If you add food and water to a packing list for the Camino de Santiago you either would just add an average "1l water and 300g snacks" or add a random amount "1-4l water and 300-1000g food" as it changes from stage to stage. For example on the section between Carrion to Calzadilla I will take more water and snacks as for the section between Belorado and Villafranca. I think FSO without water and snacks but with the respective containers included works fine for the Camino and for getting feedback on ones packing list here on the forum. For expedition-style hikes it is another kettle of fish and your approach should be used. Buen Camino, SY

 

[dougfitz]

If you add food and water to a packing list for the Camino de Santiago you either would just add an average "1l water and 300g snacks" or add a random amount "1-4l water and 300-1000g food" as it changes from stage to stage. For example on the section between Carrion to Calzadilla I will take more water and snacks as for the section between Belorado and Villafranca. I think FSO without water and snacks but with the respective containers included works fine for the Camino and for getting feedback on ones packing list here on the forum. For expedition-style hikes it is another kettle of fish and your approach should be used. Buen Camino, SY

The measure you are talking about is more commonly called the Total Base Weight (TBW), and comprises the Base Pack Weight and the weight of everything being worn or carried except consumables.

I think that the underlying point is that if you set a FSO target weight, say 20% of one's ideal walking weight, then the difference between Total Base Weight and the target weight is then the measure of the amount of consumables that you can carry while still staying within your FSO target weight.

This is not a matter that changes just because one is walking the camino or hiking in the wilderness.

You might want to check a resource like http://www.hikingdude.com/hiking-styles.php for a more complete explanation of the difference between base and total weight measures.

 

[SYates]

To keep this thread on topic I have added TBW to the first post and added a link to point interested people to your posts. Buen Camino, SY

 

[SYates]

Just added CdN to the list - if you are puzzled about any other abbreviation used on this forum or elsewhere - post it here and we, the forum community, do our best to enlighten you BC (Buen Camino) SY

 

[Kate fowles]

Thanks - it's good to know these. Personally I prefer words but at least I know what you are on about now.

 

[SYates]

Just added TSA ...

 

[movinmaggie]

Shucks.....and I thought CdN was 'Canadian'
A very helpful list, even for those who are not new to the forum.

 

[dougfitz]

Just added TSA ...

TSA - Transportation Security Administration - Those that refuse to let you take more than 100ml of shampoo and/or your walking poles on board of a civilian aircraft ;-)

Would it be possible to make it clear that the TSA is a US organisation, and only one of the national or pan-national aviation safety authorities that have the common purpose of making air-travel safe. Amusing as the tongue in cheek description of their role is, my humourless side thinks it rather denigrates the broader beneficial impact these organisations have had on aviation safety.

 

[SYates]

the Total Base Weight (TBW), and comprises the Base Pack Weight and the weight of everything being worn or carried except consumables.

Would it be possible to make it clear that the TSA is a US organisation, and only one of the national or pan-national aviation safety authorities that have the common purpose of making air-travel safe. Amusing as the tongue in cheek description of their role is, my humourless side thinks it rather denigrates the broader beneficial impact these organisations have had on aviation safety.

Your wish is my command! I added (USA) and a link to your post here. Buen Camino, SY

 

[sandykayak]

HYOH Hike Your Own Hike

As I understand/interpret it could mean:

Go at your own pace

Don't let other people's experiences determine or affect yours

 

[dougfitz]

For those with a broader interest in the meanings of an acronym, abbreviation or initialization, the site http://www.acronymfinder.com/ is a great resource. A little research there show how specialised this forum is in its language. For example, SDC returns 165 discreet meanings, none of them anything to do with Santiago, and TSA has 148 other meanings than the one provided here.

 

[SYates]

HYOH Hike Your Own Hike

As I understand/interpret it could mean:

Go at your own pace

Don't let other people's experiences determine or affect yours

Just added it together with WYOW (Walk Your Own Way). Thanks and BC, SY

 

[SYates]

For those with a broader interest in the meanings of an acronym, abbreviation or initialization, the site http://www.acronymfinder.com/ is a great resource. A little research there show how specialised this forum is in its language. For example, SDC returns 165 discreet meanings, none of them anything to do with Santiago, ...

That is the reason I started this list, we are a specialised group here ;-) BC SY

 

[KinkyOne]

In many guides I saw KSO (Keep Straight On), L & R but those might be very well known already.

 

[SYates]

I added KSO (good one!) but left L&R out, I think those are really known ;-) BCdlV (Buen Camino de la Vida), SY

 

[SYates]

Just added SNCF, ALSA and RENFE ;-) BC SY

 

[KinkyOne]

Just added SNCF, ALSA and RENFE ;-) BC SY

Yeah, smart one for newbies!

 

[Rainerbernd]

I put this in here because I feel it is most useful for new members, if I am wrong dear mods, please move it ;-)

I just realise that we use quite a few abbreviations on this forum, some specific, some not specific to the Camino. I also noted that some newer members are a bit shy to ask what we mean with them, so I compiled this little list from the top of my head, feel free to add to it and Buen Camino, SY

PS I decided, for better overview, to add the abbreviations mentioned in the follow-up posts to the first post. So no, I didn't come up with the whole list ...

Camino Specific

• SJPdP/SJPP - Saint Jean Pied de Port (a popular starting place in France)
• SDC/SdC - Santiago de Compostela
• CdN - Camino(s) del Norte
• MMDD - Miam Miam DoDo (a French Camino guide series concentrating on the bare essential composed of the informal words Miam Miam= yummy food and dodo=nighty-night/sleep)
• VdlP - Via de la Plata (Camino from the South of Spain to Santiago)
• CP - Camino Portuguese or Camino Primitivo depending on the sub-forum you are in ;-)
• CF - Camino Francés (The pilgrimage route that comes from SJPdP (Saint Jean Pied de Port) and crosses the Pyrenees and passes through Roncesvalles and Puente la Reina where it joins with the route coming from the Somport pass. Often translated as the French Way it actaully means the Way of the Franks aka those foreigners that come from behind the Pyrenees out of the Frankish Empire ;-)
• CI - Camino Ingles (The English Way, in ye olde times the way taken, predominatly, by English and Irish pilgrims who arrived by ship/boat in A Coruña or Ferrol and walked/rode from there to Santiago).
• TSA - Transportation Security Administration (USA) - Those that refuse to let you take more than 100ml of shampoo and/or your walking poles on board of a civilian aircraft ;-) For a more 'dry' explanation see this post.
• HYOH - Hike Your Own Hike and WYOW - Walk Your Own Way:
  Go at your own pace and don't let other people's experiences determine or affect yours.
• SNCF - French Railway (website) - useful for researching travel to/near SJPdP.
• RENFE - Spanish Railway (website)
• ALSA - Main, but not only, bus/coach network (website) in Spain.

General

• OP - Original Poster (the person who started a thread)
• ROFL - Rolling Over Floor Laughing
• LOL - Laughing Out Loud
• IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion/In My Humble Opinion (mostly a very strongly defended opinion ;-)
• YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (Meaning this is what I experienced, your experience may be different.)
  
• FSO - From Skin Out (putting all items you plan to take in one ordered list without distinguishing what you wear and what you carry, without food nor water but with the respective containers included).
• TBW - Total Base Weight, similar to the above, for a different opinion than mine see @dougfitz posts starting here.
• PCB - Post Camino Blues (common pilgrim illness and indication for being infected with the Camino Virus, best treatment is planning your next Camino ;-)
• PM - Private Message (me), also called Conversation on this forum. Just click the name of the person you want to message and click on 'start a conversation'.
• @ - An invisible abbreviation, if you type @+forum name, it converts the forum name into a link to the respective profile page of that member and sends him/her a message/alert that s/he has been mentioned in such and such thread if they have that enabled. F.e. @BShea and @nzPhreadde your contributions have been added to the main post.
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• KSO - Keep Straight On (used in guides and way descriptions)

Olá, for transportation you can find the abbreviations AVIC and AUTNA, both bus companies and in Portugal CP - Comboios de Portugal, the Portuguese train system

 

[FamPed]

Thanks SY, just what I needed. I couldn´t figure out how to send a private message. Good to know if I overcome my "shyness" and actually dare to use it some day.

 

[Marigold Mama]

I put this in here because I feel it is most useful for new members, if I am wrong dear mods, please move it ;-)

I just realise that we use quite a few abbreviations on this forum, some specific, some not specific to the Camino. I also noted that some newer members are a bit shy to ask what we mean with them, so I compiled this little list from the top of my head, feel free to add to it and Buen Camino, SY

PS I decided, for better overview, to add the abbreviations mentioned in the follow-up posts to the first post. So no, I didn't come up with the whole list ...

Camino Specific

• SJPdP/SJPP - Saint Jean Pied de Port (a popular starting place in France)
• SDC/SdC - Santiago de Compostela
• CdN - Camino(s) del Norte
• MMDD - Miam Miam DoDo (a French Camino guide series concentrating on the bare essential composed of the informal words Miam Miam= yummy food and dodo=nighty-night/sleep)
• VdlP - Via de la Plata (Camino from the South of Spain to Santiago)
• CP - Camino Portuguese or Camino Primitivo depending on the sub-forum you are in ;-)
• CF - Camino Francés (The pilgrimage route that comes from SJPdP (Saint Jean Pied de Port) and crosses the Pyrenees and passes through Roncesvalles and Puente la Reina where it joins with the route coming from the Somport pass. Often translated as the French Way it actaully means the Way of the Franks aka those foreigners that come from behind the Pyrenees out of the Frankish Empire ;-)
• CI - Camino Ingles (The English Way, in ye olde times the way taken, predominatly, by English and Irish pilgrims who arrived by ship/boat in A Coruña or Ferrol and walked/rode from there to Santiago).
• TSA - Transportation Security Administration (USA) - Those that refuse to let you take more than 100ml of shampoo and/or your walking poles on board of a civilian aircraft ;-) For a more 'dry' explanation see this post.
• HYOH - Hike Your Own Hike and WYOW - Walk Your Own Way:
  Go at your own pace and don't let other people's experiences determine or affect yours.
• SNCF - French Railway (website) - useful for researching travel to/near SJPdP.
• RENFE - Spanish Railway (website)
• ALSA - Main, but not only, bus/coach network (website) in Spain.

General

• OP - Original Poster (the person who started a thread)
• ROFL - Rolling Over Floor Laughing
• LOL - Laughing Out Loud
• IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion/In My Humble Opinion (mostly a very strongly defended opinion ;-)
• YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (Meaning this is what I experienced, your experience may be different.)
  
• FSO - From Skin Out (putting all items you plan to take in one ordered list without distinguishing what you wear and what you carry, without food nor water but with the respective containers included).
• TBW - Total Base Weight, similar to the above, for a different opinion than mine see @dougfitz posts starting here.
• PCB - Post Camino Blues (common pilgrim illness and indication for being infected with the Camino Virus, best treatment is planning your next Camino ;-)
• PM - Private Message (me), also called Conversation on this forum. Just click the name of the person you want to message and click on 'start a conversation'.
• @ - An invisible abbreviation, if you type @+forum name, it converts the forum name into a link to the respective profile page of that member and sends him/her a message/alert that s/he has been mentioned in such and such thread if they have that enabled. F.e. @BShea and @nzPhreadde your contributions have been added to the main post.
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• KSO - Keep Straight On (used in guides and way descriptions)

Thanks you so ever much. This is so cool. Thanks to another forum member who showed me the way to this. It is just what I was looking for. Hopefully as more text-type spelling emerges you will up date this...(?) Thanks again..,

 

[Marigold Mama]

Whopper! Ya all really got into this acronym thing. Very much appreciate everyone's input and thanks SYates for taking the reins and helping all.

 

[t2andreo]

I have four suggested additions that I did not see in the thread:

SCQ - The IATA (International Air Transport Association) airport code for Santiago de Compostela airport. Personally, I sometimes use it as shorthand to refer to Santiago, both the airport and generally.

ACC - Acogida Cristiana en el Camino - This is the Cathedral group that coordinates all things related to welcome activities at the Pilgrim Office, including all volunteer activities.

P/H - PIlgrim House, at Rua Nova #19

P/O - Pilgrim Office, at Rua de Carretas #33

Hope this helps.

 

[Caligal]

I put this in here because I feel it is most useful for new members, if I am wrong dear mods, please move it ;-)

I just realise that we use quite a few abbreviations on this forum, some specific, some not specific to the Camino. I also noted that some newer members are a bit shy to ask what we mean with them, so I compiled this little list from the top of my head, feel free to add to it and Buen Camino, SY

PS I decided, for better overview, to add the abbreviations mentioned in the follow-up posts to the first post. So no, I didn't come up with the whole list ...

Camino Specific

• SJPdP/SJPP - Saint Jean Pied de Port (a popular starting place in France)
• SDC/SdC - Santiago de Compostela
• CdN - Camino(s) del Norte
• MMDD - Miam Miam DoDo (a French Camino guide series concentrating on the bare essential composed of the informal words Miam Miam= yummy food and dodo=nighty-night/sleep)
• VdlP - Via de la Plata (Camino from the South of Spain to Santiago)
• CP - Camino Portuguese or Camino Primitivo depending on the sub-forum you are in ;-)
• CF - Camino Francés (The pilgrimage route that comes from SJPdP (Saint Jean Pied de Port) and crosses the Pyrenees and passes through Roncesvalles and Puente la Reina where it joins with the route coming from the Somport pass. Often translated as the French Way it actaully means the Way of the Franks aka those foreigners that come from behind the Pyrenees out of the Frankish Empire ;-)
• CI - Camino Ingles (The English Way, in ye olde times the way taken, predominatly, by English and Irish pilgrims who arrived by ship/boat in A Coruña or Ferrol and walked/rode from there to Santiago).
• TSA - Transportation Security Administration (USA) - Those that refuse to let you take more than 100ml of shampoo and/or your walking poles on board of a civilian aircraft ;-) For a more 'dry' explanation see this post.
• HYOH - Hike Your Own Hike and WYOW - Walk Your Own Way:
  Go at your own pace and don't let other people's experiences determine or affect yours.
• SNCF - French Railway (website) - useful for researching travel to/near SJPdP.
• RENFE - Spanish Railway (website)
• ALSA - Main, but not only, bus/coach network (website) in Spain.

General

• OP - Original Poster (the person who started a thread)
• ROFL - Rolling Over Floor Laughing
• LOL - Laughing Out Loud
• IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion/In My Humble Opinion (mostly a very strongly defended opinion ;-)
• YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (Meaning this is what I experienced, your experience may be different.)
• FSO - From Skin Out (putting all items you plan to take in one ordered list without distinguishing what you wear and what you carry, without food nor water but with the respective containers included).
• TBW - Total Base Weight, similar to the above, for a different opinion than mine see @dougfitz posts starting here.
• PCB - Post Camino Blues (common pilgrim illness and indication for being infected with the Camino Virus, best treatment is planning your next Camino ;-)
• PM - Private Message (me), also called Conversation on this forum. Just click the name of the person you want to message and click on 'start a conversation'.
• @ - An invisible abbreviation, if you type @+forum name, it converts the forum name into a link to the respective profile page of that member and sends him/her a message/alert that s/he has been mentioned in such and such thread if they have that enabled. F.e. @BShea and @nzPhreadde your contributions have been added to the main post.
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• KSO - Keep Straight On (used in guides and way descriptions)

Ohhhh! So thats what KSO means, drove me nuts trying to figure that one. Now i can sleep at night. Lol!

 

[Windwomyn]

Thanks for doing this, I don’t know some of the general computer abbreviation lingo so this helps immensely. Think I need to get a little booklet to keep them in and put it next to my Ipad, I’ve forgotten some already. Take Care, WW (Windwomyn)

 

[wipila]

Thanks - it's good my ip birthday wishes tneb to know these. Personally I prefer words but at least I know what you are on about now.

Another very important one for the forum is IMO, in my opinion, which is what most posts are rather than gospel IMO.

 

[henrythedog]

Personally I prefer IMHO - in my humble opinion.

Not referring to this thread, but to some of our more ‘experienced’ poster perhaps - TLDR - Too long, didn’t read.

 

[TravelingSalsaShoes]

I put this in here because I feel it is most useful for new members, if I am wrong dear mods, please move it ;-)

I just realise that we use quite a few abbreviations on this forum, some specific, some not specific to the Camino. I also noted that some newer members are a bit shy to ask what we mean with them, so I compiled this little list from the top of my head, feel free to add to it and Buen Camino, SY

PS I decided, for better overview, to add the abbreviations mentioned in the follow-up posts to the first post. So no, I didn't come up with the whole list ...

Camino Specific

• SJPdP/SJPP - Saint Jean Pied de Port (a popular starting place in France)
• SDC/SdC - Santiago de Compostela
• CdN - Camino(s) del Norte
• MMDD - Miam Miam DoDo (a French Camino guide series concentrating on the bare essential composed of the informal words Miam Miam= yummy food and dodo=nighty-night/sleep)
• VdlP - Via de la Plata (Camino from the South of Spain to Santiago)
• CP - Camino Portuguese or Camino Primitivo depending on the sub-forum you are in ;-)
• CF - Camino Francés (The pilgrimage route that comes from SJPdP (Saint Jean Pied de Port) and crosses the Pyrenees and passes through Roncesvalles and Puente la Reina where it joins with the route coming from the Somport pass. Often translated as the French Way it actaully means the Way of the Franks aka those foreigners that come from behind the Pyrenees out of the Frankish Empire ;-)
• CI - Camino Ingles (The English Way, in ye olde times the way taken, predominatly, by English and Irish pilgrims who arrived by ship/boat in A Coruña or Ferrol and walked/rode from there to Santiago).
• TSA - Transportation Security Administration (USA) - Those that refuse to let you take more than 100ml of shampoo and/or your walking poles on board of a civilian aircraft ;-) For a more 'dry' explanation see this post.
• HYOH - Hike Your Own Hike and WYOW - Walk Your Own Way:
  Go at your own pace and don't let other people's experiences determine or affect yours.
• SNCF - French Railway (website) - useful for researching travel to/near SJPdP.
• RENFE - Spanish Railway (website)
• ALSA - Main, but not only, bus/coach network (website) in Spain.

General

• OP - Original Poster (the person who started a thread)
• ROFL - Rolling Over Floor Laughing
• LOL - Laughing Out Loud
• IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion/In My Humble Opinion (mostly a very strongly defended opinion ;-)
• YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (Meaning this is what I experienced, your experience may be different.)
• FSO - From Skin Out (putting all items you plan to take in one ordered list without distinguishing what you wear and what you carry, without food nor water but with the respective containers included).
• TBW - Total Base Weight, similar to the above, for a different opinion than mine see @dougfitz posts starting here.
• PCB - Post Camino Blues (common pilgrim illness and indication for being infected with the Camino Virus, best treatment is planning your next Camino ;-)
• PM - Private Message (me), also called Conversation on this forum. Just click the name of the person you want to message and click on 'start a conversation'.
• @ - An invisible abbreviation, if you type @+forum name, it converts the forum name into a link to the respective profile page of that member and sends him/her a message/alert that s/he has been mentioned in such and such thread if they have that enabled. F.e. @BShea and @nzPhreadde your contributions have been added to the main post.
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• KSO - Keep Straight On (used in guides and way descriptions)

I keep seeing SY in forums...what does that mean?

 

[C clearly]

I keep seeing SY in forums...what does that mean?

They are the initials of @SYates , at least in the post you quote. I have no idea what they might mean in another forum.

 

[AidaYYC]

I put this in here because I feel it is most useful for new members, if I am wrong dear mods, please move it ;-)

I just realise that we use quite a few abbreviations on this forum, some specific, some not specific to the Camino. I also noted that some newer members are a bit shy to ask what we mean with them, so I compiled this little list from the top of my head, feel free to add to it and Buen Camino, SY

PS I decided, for better overview, to add the abbreviations mentioned in the follow-up posts to the first post. So no, I didn't come up with the whole list ...

Camino Specific

• ALSA- Main, but not only, bus/coach network (website) in Spain.
• CdN - Camino(s) del Norte
• CF - Camino Francés (The pilgrimage route that comes from SJPdP (Saint Jean Pied de Port) and crosses the Pyrenees and passes through Roncesvalles and Puente la Reina where it joins with the route coming from Somport pass. Often translated as the French Way it actually means the Way of the Franks aka those foreigners that come from behind the Pyrenees out of the Frankish Empire ;-)
• CI - Camino Ingles (The English Way, in ye olde times the way taken, predominatly, by English and Irish pilgrims who arrived by ship/boat in A Coruña or Ferrol and walked/rode from there to Santiago).
• CP - Camino Portuguese or Camino Primitivo depending on the sub-forum you are in ;-)
• HYOH - Hike Your Own Hike and WYOW - Walk Your Own Way:
  Go at your own pace and don't let other people's experiences determine or affect yours.
• MMDD - Miam Miam DoDo (a French Camino guide series concentrating on the bare essential composed of the informal words Miam Miam= yummy food and dodo=nighty-night/sleep)
• PCB - Post Camino Blues (common pilgrim illness and indication for being infected with the Camino Virus, best treatment is planning your next Camino ;-)
• RENFE- Spanish Railway (website)
• SDC/SdC - Santiago de Compostela
• SJPdP/SJPP - Saint Jean Pied de Port (a popular starting place in France)
• SNCF - French Railway (website) - useful for researching travel to/near SJPdP.
• TSA - Transportation Security Administration (USA) - Those that refuse to let you take more than 100ml of shampoo and/or your walking poles on board of a civilian aircraft ;-) For a more 'dry' explanation see this post.
• VdlP - Via de la Plata (Camino from the South of Spain to Santiago)

General

• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• FSO - From Skin Out (putting all items you plan to take in one ordered list without distinguishing what you wear and what you carry, without food nor water but with the respective containers included).
• IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion/In My Humble Opinion (mostly a very strongly defended opinion ;-)
• KSO - Keep Straight On (used in guides and way descriptions)
• LOL- Laughing Out Loud
• OP - Original Poster (the person who started a thread)
• PM - Private Message (me), also called Conversation on this forum. Just click the name of the person you want to message and click on 'start a conversation'.
• ROFL - Rolling Over Floor Laughing
• TBW - Total Base Weight, similar to the above, for a different opinion than mine see @dougfitz posts starting here.
• TL;DR - Too Long Didn't Read (With or without the semi-colon)
• YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (Meaning this is what I experienced, your experience may be different.)
• @ - An invisible abbreviation, if you type @+forum name, it converts the forum name into a link to the respective profile page of that member and sends him/her a message/alert that s/he has been mentioned in such and such thread if they have that enabled. F.e. @BShea and @nzPhreadde your contributions have been added to the main post.

[Moderator note: A few additions and re-ordering have been made to the above list.]

Thank you very much and very good information.

 

[Juspassinthru]

O’C = O’Cebreiro (long and for some, me, hard to spell). Not to be confused with The OC, Orange County, CA

P la R = Puente la Reina

 

[trecile]

O’C = O’Cebreiro (long and for some, me, hard to spell).

Sorry, but no. There is no apostrophe in O Cebreiro!
If you absolutely must shorten it try O Ceb.

 

[Juspassinthru]

Sorry, but no. There is no apostrophe in O Cebreiro!
If you absolutely must shorten it try O Ceb.

I expected that would get you attention @trecile . So, OC? O-C? O C? O Ceb. just doesn’t roll easily off the tongue or thumbs

Are you planning to stay in O Ceb./OC or going on to Liñares? You have to admit it flows better.

The apostrophe I assume was put there to acknowledge the two parts of the name but that’s pure speculation.

 

[C clearly]

The apostrophe I assume was put there to acknowledge the two parts of the name but that’s pure speculation

No, the apostrophe was put there as a reflex reaction by English speakers who assume it is like an Irish surname.

 

[Juspassinthru]

Thank you, learn something new every day. I didn’t know why it was there. I have some O’Malley’s and O’Day’s in my family but no O’Cebreiro’s… @C clearly & @trecile

 

[trecile]

I expected that would get you attention @trecile . So, OC? O-C? O C? O Ceb. just doesn’t roll easily off the tongue or thumbs

I always type out the full name, and when speaking I do say the full name, but I have seen people use O Ceb.