Terminology

[python]

When using an abbreviation, it's really helpful to others to have used the full name first. -added October 6, 2021, by jpm.

Here are some abbreviations that are commonly used on pipe forums.
965 - Dunhill My Mixture 965

1792 - SG 1792 Flake

5100 - McClelland's 5100

BBF - SG Best Brown Flake

BC - Butz-Choquin Pipes

BCF - GH Bob's Choc Flake

BFP – C&D Baileys Front Porch

B&M - Brick and Mortar, i.e. an actual tobacco store, rather than an online shop.

CAO – A Brand of Meerschaum Pipes

C&D - Cornell & Diehl Tobacco Company

CH - Carter Hall Tobacco (An OTC)

DBE - GH Dark Bird's Eye

DGT - Delayed Gratification Technique

DH - Dunhill

DLF - Dunhill Light Flake

DLNR - Dunhill Deluxe Navy Rolls

EMP - Dunhill Early Morning Pipe

ERR - Edgeworth Ready Rubbed- sometimes ERRd

FM - McClelland Frog Morton

FMOTB - McClelland Frog Morton On The Bayou.

FMOTT - McClelland Frog Morton On The Town.

FVF - SG Full Virginia Flake

GH or G&H - Gawith & Hoggarth Tobacco Company

GLP - G.L. Pease Tobacco

HB – C&D Haunted Bookshop

HCA - Hans Christian Anderson, a line of pipes made by Stanwell Pipes

H&H - Hearth & Home (Pipesandcigars.com House Blend)

HOTW - Rattray's Hal o' the Wind

HOW - House of Windsor

IPSD - International Pipe Smoking Day

KW – Kaywoodie Pipes

LBF or PSLBF - Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bulls Eye Flake

LNF or PSLNF - Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake

LTF or PSLTF - Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake

McB – Mac Baren Tobacco Co.

McC - McClelland Tobacco Co.

MM - Missouri Meerschaum Corncob Pipe

NAC - North American Carvers (Pipe Makers from North America)

OG - Rattray's Old Gowrie

OGS – Orliks Golden Sliced

OJK – C&D Old Joe Krantz

OTC - Over the Counter (i.e. Drugstore Tobacco Blends)

PA - Prince Albert Tobacco (An OTC)

PAD - Pipe Acquisition Disorder

PS - Peter Stokkebye

P&W or PW - Pipeworks & Wilke

SG - Samuel Gawith Tobacco Co.

SL – SG Squadron Leader

SMS – A Brand of Meerschaum Pipes

SMM - Dunhill Standard Mixture Medium

SWR - Sir Walter Raleigh (An OTC)

TAD - Tobacco Acquisition Disorder

YMMV - Your mileage may vary.
You can find out more useful information and definitions here - The Yellow Lemon Shop - http://www.tobaccopipesdictionary.com/

 

[eddiegrob]

Wait! Give me two and a half seconds to memorize the list..(beat)..(beat)...(beat) - Done!

 

[lordnoble]

I know this is threadromancy in the extreme, but perhaps we could make this a sticky, or have this list as a pop-up when you hover over it. I found Bob's abbreviation list helpful, and would've been a godsend when I started smoking months ago...
Just a thought...
-Jason

 

[krgulick]

I think lordnoble has a great idea. Maybe a sticky or somewhere on one of the side bars would be a good place to put the list, so it is easily accessible.

 

[chuckw]

I would add SWMBO. She who must be obeyed.

 

[krgulick]

Rumpole would insist upon it.

 

[juozapas]

Great...thanks !!

 

[sirgeorge]

Brilliant! I was feeling a little lost reading some of these posts.
I had figured out what a B&M was, but had no idea it stood for Brick & Mortar.
PAD had me completely lost.
TY for the post Bob.

 

[pstlpkr]

Guys there is a link on the right side just below the search area.

Here is the link anyway:

Terminology & Abbreviations

 

[papipeguy]

Great. It took me about 6 mothhs to figure out what LMAO meant. This is very helpful.

 

[sirbogglesworth]

Brilliant! I was feeling a little lost reading some of these posts.
I had figured out what a B&M was, but had no idea it stood for Brick & Mortar.
TY for the post Bob.

+1

 

[papipeguy]

You're right, sirbogglesworth. The first time I saw B&M was on this site and I thought to myself, "Man, these guys are really tight with each other."

 

[eaglerico]

May I suggest a stickey for this. This cleared up a lot for me.

 

[sirbogglesworth]

:laughat:

The first time I saw B&M was on this site and I thought to myself, "Man, these guys are really tight with each other."

:rofl:

Thanks for the laugh pa! :D
@eaglerico Lawrence had a very helpful post:

Guys there is a link on the right side just below the search area.

Here in the link anyway:

Terminology & Abbreviations

Edit: I added the link to the quote. Lawrence

 

[unclearthur]

Having worked as a nurse's Aide when I first saw B&M I missed the & and wondered about someone smoking a bowel movement.

 

[igloo]

My blend is R3N and several people here smoke RHOW . Also I like to smoke GLPP and what about WOL blends .

 

[ssjones]

Here is a silly question, but nonetheless: what exactly qualifies as an "aromatic tobacco"?

 

[bubbadreier]

There have been a number of different threads on this but I believe it has always boiled down to a blend that has had a topping or flavoring added to enhance the flavor of the tobacco....

 

[bailey331]

Thanks for the information. I had been wondering about B&M for a while now but didnt want to ask.

 

[gmwolford]

Alrighty then: What do the "+1" and such mean? And I apologize in advance if this is as dumb a question as I think it might be lol