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CONUS

Continental United States - The 49 states, including Alaska and the District of Columbia, excluding Hawaii, on the North American continent.

When a delivery is referred to as CONUS, that means its point of origin and destination are within the continental United States. Includes APO (Army/Airforce Post Office) and FPO (Fleet Post Office) which are for overseas armed forces postings.

Citation: USGS

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DM

Direct Message

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FP

First Post

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FROR

First Right Of Refusal; Seller gets first option when/if the buyer sells the same chips

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FTW

for the win!

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FWIW

for what it's worth

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FYP

Fixed your post

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GB

Group Buy

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GO

Grand Opening

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GSTBCC

get samples then buy China clays

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Harvesting

the act or process of gathering a 'crop', in this case a poker chip (check) typically from a Casino or Card room.

it is considered rude to harvest poker chips from a home game.

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IIRC

if I recall correctly

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IMHO

in my humble opinion

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IMO

in my opinion

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ITT

in the thread, e.g. your answer is ITT

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Ken Pricing

Reference to Tiger Palace NAGB chips seller Ken (@kk405) pricing that the chips were first offered at.

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NAGB

Not A Group Buy. A group that privately purchases a product, typically chips, without including the majority.

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NP

no problem

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OP

original post or original poster

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PAHWM

play a hand with me, i.e, used to illustrate or walk through a poker hand and its action, typically for strategy

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PM

Private Message

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Pron

Slang term for chip photos. Comes from a misspelling of porn.

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Rat Rod

This is a term coined by a member (Indiana Native @FDLmold), with an inference to Rat Rod hotrods, where gear heads would use what they had to build a Hot Rod. In the same passion we have members that build chip sets using what they have or can find. Often time going out of their way (and budget) to build playable sets with an assortment of chips from various entities and sometimes molds.

The Post that started it all

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RNG

Acronym for Random Number Generator

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Stripper Dust

Chip manufactures often use additional materials in the production process for chips, the reflective surfaces often show up on the sides of the chip. Typically lead or brass.

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TL;DR

too long; didn't read. Forum lingo used when the thread you are responding to is just too long to read.

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WCPR

Windy Crest Poker Room - A member's Private Room where he hosts, and boasts one of the largest member MeetUps.

(@CraigT78)

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YGIAGAM

your guess is as good as mine

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YMMV

you mileage may vary

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