THE LINGO
First listed is the sections of the newspaper (most common ones) that you will find coupons:
P&G: Procter & Gamble Sunday insertRP: Red Plum
SS: SmartSource
GM: General Mills
Commonly seen as: RP 1-02 ~ this means red plum section of the paper from that date. SS 1-2 or P&G 1-2 are all examples of the same thing. Easy huh!
Now for the lingo we couponers use:
$1/1, $1/2: One dollar off one item, one dollar off two items, etc.
2/$1, 3/$2: Two items for one dollar, three items for two dollars, etc.
BOGO: Buy one item get one item free
B2G1: Buy two items get one item free
Beep: Sometimes the register will beep when a coupon is scanned to indicate that the cashier need to take an action, like entering a price.
Blinkies: Grocery/drugstore coupon dispensers with blinking lights
Catalina: Catalina coupon, prints from a separate machine when your receipt prints (Krogers has these)
CRT: Cash register tape, usually used when referring to CVS coupons that print with receipt
DND: Do not double
Ea.: Each
ECBs: ExtraCare Bucks, CVS loyalty rewards system
ETS: Excludes trial size
Exp.: Expires
GC: Gift card
HM: Homemailer
IP: internet printed or printable coupon
IVC: Instant Value Coupon, Walgreens' store coupons found in ads and monthly booklet
MIR: Mail-in rebate
OYNO: On your next order
OOP: Out of pocket
OOS: Out of stock
Peelie: Peel-off coupon found on product packaging
PSA: Prices starting at
RC: Rain Check
RRs: Register Rewards, Walgreens' Catalina coupons
Q: Coupon
Stacking: Using both a manufacturer's coupon and a store coupon on one item
UPC: Universal product code, bar code
Tearpad: Pad of coupons attached to a display, shelf, or refrigerator door.
WAGS: Walgreens
WYB: When you buy
YMMV: Your mileage (or manager) may vary, meaning some stores might give you a deal but others might not
Other Coupon Sources (of loadables):
ECOUPONS/EQs/LOADABLE - electronic coupons you can load to your grocery loyalty cards(there are currently several distributors of these)
CELLFIRE/CF - cellfire
PGESAVER/PGE - Proctor and Gamble esaver
SHORTCUTS/SC - shortcuts
UPROMISE - upromise
