Abbreviations

Sometimes TransFans use shorthand to refer to certain Transformers series, toylines, episodes, characters, or other elements by acronyms or abbreviations. Sometimes you might not recognize an acronym or abbreviation, especially if it refers to a new series/episode/something you're only hearing about for the first time. Here's a guide to some of those abbreviations. Note that some of the links below go to their own disambiguation pages (such as OP, which can refer to any number of Optimus Primes, among other definitions). Also included are some definitions which are not exclusive to Transformers, but may turn up in conversations about Transformers, especially online.

A

AHM

• The Transformers: All Hail Megatron

AM

• Action Master
• Alex Milne
• Arms Micron
• Automorph

B

BB

• BB
• Bumblebee

BM

• Beast Machines
• Brainmaster

BS

• Bot Shots

BT

• Binaltech

BTA

• Binaltech Asterisk

BTR

• Built to Rule

BW

• Beast Wars

C

CHUG / CHUGGERTS / CHUGGUR / other variations

• Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations, Gentei, Exclusives, United, Reveal The Shield

(a number of toylines which overlap in terms of when they were available and what molds they used)

CJ

• Cliffjumper (disambiguation)

Shattered Glass Sideswipe once refers to Cliffjumper as CJ

CR

• Car Robots
• CR chamber

D

DD or DDP

• Devil's Due Press

DOTM

• Dark of the Moon

DP

• Dreamwave Productions

DW

• Dreamwave
• DreamWorks

F

FIBRIR/FIRRIB

• "Frenzy is Blue Rumble is Red" and vice-versa

G

G1

• Generation 1

G2

• Generation 2

G4

• The excessively short-lived cable channel that aired "Action Blast!"

H

HA

• Human Alliance

HM

• Headmaster

HMW

• Heavy Metal War

HOC

• Heroes of Cybertron

HoS

• Hearts of Steel

I

IDW

• IDW Publishing

K

KP

• Kiss Players

M

MTMTE

• More than Meets the Eye

MW

• Machine Wars

N

NAIL

• Non-Aligned Indigenous Life-form

NBE

• Non-Biological Extraterrestrial

NEST

• Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty

O

OP

• O.P.
• Optimus Primal
• Optimus Prime
• original poster

(refers to someone who posts a message/image which starts a converstion/thread online)

P

PCC

• Power Core Combiner

PG

• Powerglide
• Parental Guidance Suggested

PG-13

• Parents Strongly Cautioned some content may be inappropriate for children under 13

PM

• Powermaster
• private message

R

RH

• Robot Heroes

RIBFIR/RIRFIB

• "Rumble is Blue Frenzy is Red" and vice-versa

RiD

• Robots in Disguise

RM

• Robot Master (disambiguation)

ROTF

• Revenge of the Fallen

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

S

S7

• Sector Seven

SCF

• Super Collection Figures

SD

• super-deformed

SF

• science-fantasy
• science fiction
• Stealth Force

SG

• Shattered Glass

SS

• Starscream (disambiguation)

S.T.A.R.S.

• Secret Transformer Autobot Rescue Squad

SW

• Shockwave
• Soundwave
• Star Wars

SWTF

• Star Wars Transformers

T

TC

• Thundercracker (disambiguation)

TF or TFs

• Transformer(s)

TFA

• Transformers Animated
• TFA does not refer to the Transformers/Avengers crossover.

TFU

• any/all Transformers Universe(s)
• TFU.info, a reference website for Hasbro/TakaraTomy Transformers toys and Tonka Gobots

TM

• Targetmaster
• Trademark
• Transmetal

TROOP

• The Return of Optimus Prime
• But not Trent Troop.

TWW

• The War Within

U

UM

• Ultra Magnus

UT

• Unicron Trilogy

V

VS

• Vector Sigma
• versus (sometimes abbreviated vs. or vs)

W

WoH

• Wings of Honor

WW

• War Within

WWI

• War Within
• World War I

WWII

• World War II

WWIII

• World War III