Coupons: Basic Terms & Abbreviations

Here is a basic list of terms and their corresponding abbreviations (coupon matchup sites will use these, you should know them) for future reference. 

Trust me, you can handle this. 

BOGO: Buy One, Get One

Blinkies: Little red coupon machines in grocery store aisles with small blinking lights.

CAT / Catalina: Buying groups of items together resulting in a money-off coupon for future purchases. They print from a catalina printer at the register.

ECB: Extra Care Bucks (CVS... we love these!)

FAR: Free After Rebate

GM: General Mills

IP / Printable: Internet Printable 

MFR / MQ: Manufacturer Coupon

MIR: Mail In Rebate

MM: Money Maker!!!! Yes, you can make money with coupons.

OOP: Out Of Pocket, what you pay after coupons

OYNO: On Your Next Order 

Peelies: coupons on the actual product (usually say ‘save $$ now!’)

PG / P&G: Proctor and Gamble

Q: Coupon

RP: Red Plum, a Sunday coupon insert

SC: Store coupon, redeemable only at certain stores will say ‘redeemable only at...’

SS: SmartSource, a Sunday coupon insert

Tear Pads: a pad of coupons, you tear off individually

WYB: When You Buy

Again, these are the most basic and most used terms. I’ll be doing a coupon blog post every week so if there is something you’d like to know more about, ask away! And if I’m not sure, we can find the answer together!