Abbreviations

[cohibaIV]

Done, with some edits. Some more edits to go though...

Many thanks..

[Simon-JG-hr]

If no-one's beaten me to it I'll give it a go after work. Got to while away the evening somehow...

Done, with some edits. Some more edits to go though...

[cohibaIV]

...and the list goes on, and on, and on....

Nice list, senor IV. Whazamatta' ? Is the honeymoon over?

Muchachos! Let's not dumb down the site, por favor.

Here's an idea...if you don't understand an acronymn, ASK!!

Something like "excuse me senor, but what does WTF mean?"


TJ

[cohibaIV]

Good list, but stick it on the wiki!

Thats what I asked for someone to do???

[TJCoro]

WTF! LMAA!

"A" - A 24cm double corona made by Montecristo
Banda Volcano - A fast burning tobacco that is used as a binder
Belicoso - A shell shaped cigar made by Bolivar
Belvedere - A corona by Partagas
Wrapper - Outer leaf of a cigar

...and the list goes on, and on, and on....

Nice list, senor IV. Whazamatta' ? Is the honeymoon over?

Muchachos! Let's not dumb down the site, por favor.

Here's an idea...if you don't understand an acronymn, ASK!!

Something like :excuse me senor, but what does WTF mean?


TJ

[G-man]

Now lets see how we can make a bible for the forum. Add these

Time to start a ’fresh’ new thread on the commonly used acronyms ... since the old one finally was killed off. Now we can all add-on to the ones that are missing in the list below: Hope this helps some of you ’newbies’ ... 898 varn = 898 Varnished AF = Arturo Fuente AFAIK - = As far as I know AKA = Also know as asc = alt.smokers.cigars (a USENET Newsgroup) bb (or bbs) = bulletin board or forum BBF = Bolivar Belicoso Fino Big Smoke = cA’s cigar events. BLTTW = Be less trouble that way Bol CG = Bolivar Coronas Gigantes Boli CG = Bolivar Coronas Gigantes BOTL/SOTL = Brother/Sister of the Leaf BS = Hemingway Best Seller BTL = Hemingway Between The Lines cA = Cigar Afficianado cammie = Cameroon CF = Cigar Family Connie = Consuegra (seconds to Punch, HdM, ERDM) CS = Conneticut Shade Wrapper CUL8R = See you later CW = Cigar Weekly/CigarWise D4 = Partagas D-4 (Robustos) DC = Don Carlos, Double Corona, or Diamond Crown EPI 1 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 1 (corona gorda) EPI 2 = Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No 2 (robusto ERD M = El Rey Del Mundo FAQ = Frequently Asked Question FCOL = For Crying Out Loud FFOX = Fuente Fuente Opus X FNG = F***ing New Guy FOAD = F*** off and Die FOG = F***ing Old Guy FUBAR = F***ed up beyond all recognition FWIW = For what it’s worth FYA = For your amusement FYI = For your information HDM = Hoyo de Monterrey Herf = A gathering of people enjoying cigars and the company of each other HP = Herfer’s Paradise IBTL = Hemingway In Between the Lines IHNDIWTFYATA = I Have No Damned Idea What The F*** You Are Talking About IMHO = In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO = In my not so humble opinion IMO = In my opinion INWAP! = I’m Not Wearing Any Pants! ISOM = Island South Of Miami J/K = Just kidding JL = Juan Lopez JL S2 = Juan Lopez Seleccion No 2 (Robustos) L = Laugh L8R = Later LGC = La Gloria Cubana LL - = LaLuna LL AF = LaLuna African Fuerte LL LHB = LaLuna Little Havana Blend LL MF = LaLuna Maduro Fuerte LMAO = Laughing my a** off LOL = Laughs Out Loud LRE = La Rosa Especial Lusi = Partagas Lusitanias LVR = Hemingway Limited Vintage Release M&B = Moore and Bode Mac = Macanudo Mad or Maddie = maduro MMMM = Maria Mancini Magic Mountain MMP = Hemingway Masterpiece Maduro Monte = Montecristo MP = Hemingway Masterpiece Nat, Nattie = natural (cameroon, Conneticut Shade, etc.) OF = Old Fashioned (seconds to Partagas, Cohiba and Macanudo) OTT = Off The Truck PAM = Padron Anniversario Maduro PAN = Padron Anniversario Natural PBP = Punch Black Prince PERF X = FFOX Perfexcion X PL = FFOX Petite Lancero PP = Punch Punch RAG = Ramon Allones Gigantes RASCC = Ramon Allones Small Club Coronas RASS = Ramon Allones Specially Selected RC = Bolivar Royal Coronas RdC = FFOX Reserva de Chateau ROTFL = Rolling on the Floor Laughing (also ROFL) ROTFLMAO = Roll on the floor laughing my a** off ROTFLMAOPIMP = ROTFLMAO Peeing in My Pants RyJ = Romeo & Julietta RyJ CF = Romeo y Julieta Celestiales Finos (panatella) RyJ POW = Romeo y Julieta Prince of Wales Sams-a-dor = a cheap, but nice, humidor, purchased at Sam’s Club SD4 = Partagas Series D #4 SDB = Standard Dress Box SIG = Hemingway Signature SLB = Slide Lid Box (this is the slide box or mini-cab with the slide lid top) SLR = Saint Louis Rey SS = Hemingway Short Story TFAMGD = Time for a Miller Genuine Draft TIA = Thanks in Advance TOP = A way bring attention to a msg thread without addding content TTFN = Ta Ta for Now TTYL = Talk to You Later or Type to You Later UPP SW = H Uppman Sir Winston UTS = Hemingway Untold Story VR = Vega Robaina VR DA = Vega Robaina Don Alejandros (prominente) VSG = Ashton Virgin Sun Grown WOA = Hemingway Work of Art WTF = What the Foobar? xXx = Opus X^3 (Power Ranger)

[G-man]

Too many short cuts. Id have to spend half my time going back and forth .

[Deano]

Good list, but stick it on the wiki!

[Simon-JG-hr]

If no-one's beaten me to it I'll give it a go after work. Got to while away the evening somehow...

[whisky77]

Comprehensive.

Comprehensive list indeed mate

[cohibaIV]

Can someone please add to WIKI???

"A" - A 24cm double corona made by Montecristo
Banda Volcano - A fast burning tobacco that is used as a binder
Belicoso - A shell shaped cigar made by Bolivar
Belvedere - A corona by Partagas
Binder - A large leaf layer between the filler tobacco and the wrapper
Blender - A device used to blend the leaves prior to rolling a the cigar
Body - The part of the cigar held in the hand that is lit
Bombone - A cigar made by La Escepcion de Jose Gener
Box - Cigar boxes are generally made of Cedar wood
Bunch - The filler part of the cigar which is enclosed in the binder
Caballeria - A unit of measure used in Cuban plantations
Canon - A rolled cigar with an unfinished head and foot
Capa - Wrapper plant
Capadura - The second harvest of the year
Capote - Binder
Casa de tobacco - A wooden hut used to dry the tobacco leaves on
Cedros - A cigar made by Romeo y Julieta
Centro Fin - The 5th part of the tobacco plant
Chaveta - A sharp tool used by cigar makers to cut and roll the cigars
Chico - A slim cigar (60-120mm long)
Churchill - (Double corona). Cigar measuring 17-18cm
Cigar Cellar - A room sized humidor
Cigar Cutter - A guillotine used to cut closed cigar heads
Cigarillo - A cigar made from shredded tobacco leaves
Cigarito - A cigarette with a tobacco leaf wrapper
Clarissimo -- The lightest colour of tobacco leaf
Claro - A light shaded Havana coloured leaf
Cohiba - Term used by the natives of the Caribbean Islands for tobacco
Colorado - A reddy-brown coloured tobacco leaf
Colorado claro - A light brown coloured tobacco leaf
Connaisseur - A very high quality range of cigar made by Partagas
Convicale - Cigar made by Rafael Gonzalez
Coprova - French importer of Cuban cigars
Corojo - A wrapper plant
Corona - A straight-bodied cigar with a closed rounded head
Corona gigante - Double corona by Bolivar
Corona grande - An alternative term for a double corona
Corona major - Upmann tubo
Corona senior - Partagas tubo
Criollo de sol - The plant used as a binder
Cubatabaco - A state controlled company that manufactures Cuban cigars
Culebras -- Small cigars made from three individual interwoven cigars
Curing - The method used to dry tobacco leaves
Degado - The smallest cigar (4cm) ever manufactured
Demi-Tasse - A cigar measuring 7-10cm
Diadema - Cigar by Punch
Doctor - Plantation managers in Cuba
Dom Perignon - The largest Davidoff cigar
Double claro - A very light coloured tobacco leaf
Double corona - A corona cigar measuring 17-24cm in length
Dulcinea - Cigar by Sancho Panza
Epicure - Very high quality cigars by Hoyo de Monterrey
Escogida - A festival held after the leaves are chosen and graded
Exhausting - A cigar that has suffered heat loss after fermentation
Fabrica - Factory where cigars are rolled
Fabuloso - The biggest cigar
Filler - The leaves that form the inner part of a cigar
Finca - A Cuban firm whose sole purpose is to produce tobacco
Foot - The end part of a cigar that is lit
Fumar crudo - Holding a cigar in the mouth before lighting
Gavilla - A sheaf of tobacco leaves
Guillotine - A straight bladed cigar cutter
Half corona - Short corona, measuring 7-8cm
Half-wheel - Another term for a bundle
Havana - A Cuban rolled cigar
Havana club - A giant double corona that was made by Dunhill
Hecho a mano -- Hand made
Head -The end of the cigar that is held in the mouth
Humidor - A hermetically sealed wooden box, used for storing cigars
Immenso - A non-standard very large cigar
Jaino - Cigar made by El Rey del Mundo
Koh-I-Noor - A cigar measuring 1.70m made in Cuba by Henry Clay
Lancero - The largest cigar made by Cohiba
Lancet - Tool used to pierce the closed head of a cigar
Leaf - The smokeable part of a tobacco plant
Legero - A fast burning filler tobacco
Libre de pied - (?free feet?). The two leaves at the bottom of a tobacco plant
Longo - Cigar made by Hoyo de Monterrey
Lonsdale - A corona measuring 150-170mm
Lunch Club - Corona by El Rey del Mundo
Lusitanias - A double corona made by Partagas
Machine rolled cigar - A cigar that is mechanically rolled as opposed to hand rolled
Maduro - A browny black coloured cigar leaf
Maduro colorado - A brown coloured tobacco leaf
Magnum - A large potbellied cigar
Matt cigar - A cigar with its wrapper coated in a fine film of tobacco
Matting - Coating cigarillos with a layer of tobacco powder
Medi tempo - Average burning speed for filler tobacco
Microscopio - Non standard size of small cigar
Mille Fleurs - Cigar by Ramon Allones
Minuto - Cigar by La Gloria Cubana
Moho azul - A disease that decimated the Cuban harvest in 1981
Moistening - Moistening solutions for the second fermentation of tobacco
Montecarlo - Pantella by Por Larrnaga
Oscuro - The darkest colour of tobacco leaf
Outer envelope - Another term for wrapper
Palmita - Cigar by Gispert
Pantela - A cigar with a straight slim body around 120-130mm
Perfecto - Cigar with a cylindrical body narrowing at the foot
Primero Ligero - The fifth stage of the tobacco plant
Puro - Spanish word for Cigar
Pyrmidos - Shell shaped cigar
Quijote -- Cigar by Sancho Panza
Regalia - Another term for wrapper
Ring- The printed paper ring placed around a cigar near the head
Roller - A cigar maker who rolls cigar
Sancho - -Cigar by Sancho Panza
San Juan y Martinez - A famous village in the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio
Seal of authenticity - A band placed on boxes of Havanas to guarantee origin
Seco - A slow burning filler tobacco
Semillero - A tobacco plant nursery
Small corona - A corona measuring 9-12cm in length
Stripper -- A female worker who removes the central veins of the leaves
Tobaco- Spanish word for tobacco
Tabla de torcer - The working surface of the roller
Tapado - A field of tobacco
Tercio - A sheaf of tobacco leaves during their treatment at the factory
Torcedo - A large potbellied cigar
Toscani - A very strong Italian cigar
Tripa - Filler plant
Uno y medio - A single leaf of tobacco plant on the third level of the plant
Vega - A growing plot
Veguero - Someone who plants the tobacco
Vista - -A decorative image placed on the lid of cigar boxes
Vitole - A wooden board used to grade cigars
Vitolphilia - The art of collecting Cigar rings
Volado - A fast burning tobacco filler
Wilde - A term used for bunch-like cigarillos
Wrapper - Outer leaf of a cigar

[misterbulgarin]

k ppl stfu

[whisky77]

TFT

TFT.CBOB.

[cbob]

IKWYM
I'm a FOG who smokes some NCs but really prefers my BBFs, SD4s, RAGs, and LGC MD1s, especially in the company of my BOTL while sipping a fine AB.
IMHO we do get carried away with our abbreviations.

TTFN

CB

[Stogiedog]