Acronyms

Revision as of 09:02, 16 February 2013

TTF is full of jargon, so here's a list of all coaster related acronyms:
Forum
TS - Towers Street TST - Towers Street Talk TT - TowersTimes
TTF - TowersTimesForum
PM - Private Message
TPR - Theme Park Review
CF - Coaster Force
RCCGB - Rollercoaster Club of Great Britain
ACE - American Coaster Enthusiasts
ECC - European Coaster Club

Alton Towers
AT - Alton Towers
ATH - Alton Towers Hotel
CCL - Cloud Cuckoo Land
FV - Forbidden Valley
DF - Dark Forest N:ST - Nemesis Sub Terra CatCF - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
SW - Secret Weapon
JW - John Wardley
R:QoS - Rita: Queen of Speed
CRR - Congo River Rapids
RMT - Runaway Mine Train
TotT - Terror of the Towers
CoS - Carnival of Screams
CC - Coaster Corner


Rollercoasters in general
B&M - Bolliger & Mabilard
OTSR's - Over The Shoulder Restraints
GCI - Great Coasters International
CCI - Custom Coasters International
GG - Gravity Group
IP - Intellectual Property
ORP - On Ride Picture
ERT - Early (or exclusive) Ride Time

Other Parks
EP - Europa Park
CWoA - Chessington World of Adventures
TP - Thorpe Park
DMP - Drayton Manor Park
DLP - Disneyland Paris
WDS - Walt Disney Studios
LWV - Lightwater Valley
PBB - Pleasure Beach Blackpool


Rollercoasters
PMBO - Pepsi Max Big One
N:I - Nemesis: Inferno
X:NWO - X: No Way Out
BTM - Big Thunder Mountain
SM - Space Mountain


Usage
The idea is to use as mamy acronyms as possible in conversation, in order to make yourself sound big and clever. It also alienates normal people. For example:

"LOL! I was at AT and IIRC, I got an ORP on the RMT during ERT with TTF... FTW."