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[[File:NEST insignia.png|right|thumb|300px|Take the plunge.]] | |||
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*[[NAIL|Non-Aligned Indigenous Life-form]] | *[[NAIL|Non-Aligned Indigenous Life-form]] | ||
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*[[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial]] / Entity | *[[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial]] / Entity | ||
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*Different meanings for the acronym have been offered by different sources; see [[NEST#Notes]]. | *[[NEST|A combined human/Autobot defense force]]. Different meanings for the acronym have been offered by different sources; see [[NEST#Notes]]. | ||
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*[[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|Nemesis Prime]] | *[[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|Nemesis Prime]] | ||
Revision as of 08:28, 22 November 2013
Sometimes TransFans use acronyms or abbreviations to refer to certain Transformers series, toylines, episodes, characters, or other elements without having to type out long terms every time. Or sometimes even short terms too.
Also included are some definitions which are not exclusive to Transformers, but may turn up in conversations about Transformers, especially online.
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A
- AHM
- AM
- AT / A3
- AT-AT
B
- BB
- BH
- BM
- B.O.T.
- BS
- BT
- BTA
- BTR
- BW
C
- CHUG / CHUGGERTS / CHUGGUR / other variations
- (A number of toylines which overlap in terms of when they were available and what molds they used. The term is most often used to describe modernized toys of characters from the Generation 1 continuity family, and is sometimes used to describe toys repurposed as characters from said continuity, official or otherwise.)
- CJ
- Shattered Glass Sideswipe once referred to Cliffjumper as "CJ"
- C.P.L.
- CR
D
- DD / DDP
- D.J.D.
- DOTM
- DP
- DW
E
- EDC
- ERTD
F
- FIBRIR
- FIRRIB
- FoC
- FP / FuP
G
- G1
- G2
- G4
- The excessively short-lived cable channel that aired "Action Blast!"
- GB
H
- HA
- HM
- HMW
- HOC
- HOS
I
- IDW
- I.I.I. / Triple-I
K
- KP
L
- LoC
M
- M.A.A.B.
- M.A.R.B.
- MIB
- MISB
- M.M.M. / Triple M
- MOC
- MOSC
- MP
- Masterpiece
- military police
- MTMTE
- MW
N
- NAIL
- NBE
- Non-Biological Extraterrestrial / Entity
- NEST
- A combined human/Autobot defense force. Different meanings for the acronym have been offered by different sources; see NEST#Notes.
- NP
- NPC
- non-player character or non-playable character
O
- OC
- Operation Combination
- original character
- (in fan fiction and role-playing, refers to a non-canon character)
- OP
- O.P.
- Optimus Primal
- Optimus Prime
- original poster
- (refers to someone who posts a message/image which starts a converstion/thread online)
P
- PC
- personal computer
- (often used specifically in reference to non-Apple, non-Macintosh devices)
- player character or playable character
- politically correct
- PCC
- PG
- PG-13
- PM
- Powermaster
- private message
R
- R.A.A.T.
- RB
- RC
- Arcee
- radio-controlled or remote-controlled
- R.E.V.
- RGR
- RH
- RIBFIR
- RiD
- RIRFIB
- RM
- ROTF
- RP
- Rodimus Prime
- role play, role-playing, or role-playing game
- RPG
- role-playing game
- rocket-propelled grenade
- RPM
- Revolutions per minute, commonly abbreviated RPM
- Robot Powered Machines, almost certainly named to share the initials of the aforementioned
- RS
S
- S7
- SASF
- SCF
- SD
- SF
- SG
- SS
- S.T.A.R.S.
- SUV
- Society of Ultimate Villainy
- sport utility vehicle
- SW
- SWTF
T
- T-AI
- TC
- T.E.C.H.
- TF or TFs
- Transformer(s)
- TFA
- Transformers: Armada
- Transformers Animated
- TFA does not refer to the Transformers/Avengers crossover.
- TFC
- TFU
- any/all Transformers Universe(s)
- TFU.info, a reference website for Hasbro/TakaraTomy Transformers toys and Tonka Gobots
- TM
- TM2
- TRoOP
- The Return of Optimus Prime
- But not Trent Troop.
- TRU
- TWW
- The War Within
U
- UM
- UT
V
- VS
- Vector Sigma
- versus (sometimes abbreviated v. or vs. or vs)
W
- W.A.R.S.
- WfC
- WoH
- WW
- WWI
- WWII
- WWIII
