BYOP - Bring Your Own Pen (or Pencil). Most micro caches are too small for the miniature log book and a writing utensil, so the cache owner is reminding you to take your own on the hunt.

CITO - Cache In, Trash Out. Refers to an ethic whereby cachers try and leave an area in better shape than they found it by picking up any trash they encounter
after finding a cache.

DNF - Did Not Find. Indicates that the cacher searched for a cache, but could not find it.

GCxxxx - Abbreviation for a cache identifier used on geocaching.com. The "xxxx" is a four character alphanumeric value (i.e. GCPMTT).

Geodashing - GPS game in which players atetmpt to get to more random coordinates in a playing field than the other participants.

GPSr - Global Positioning System receiver. Usually referred to just as a GPS.

FTF - First To Find. Refers to first cacher to find a cache after it has been placed.

GSAK - Geocaching Swiss Army Knife. A popular software program cachers use to manage cache information, send and receive data to and from a GPSr and convert coordinates between the major mapping formats.

GZ - Ground Zero, the place that your GPSr tells you is where the cache should be

Micro - A very small cache container. Altoids tins, film canisters and waterproof
match holders are common micro containers.

Muggle - A non-cacher. Taken from the Harry Potter series. Often used when warning other cachers to be careful about exposing the location of a cache to non-cachers when its hiding place is not in a remote location.

Muggled - Interfered with or taken by a non-cacher.

Multi - Short for a multi-cache (see below).

Multi-cache - A series of caches in which each cache provides coordinates to the next subsequent cache (typically a micro) in the series and eventually to a regular cache container. The simpliest multi can have one redirector, the hardest can have many, many more.

Newbie - An inexperienced geocacher.

Park 'n Grab - A term used to describe a cache located close to a parking area and requiring little walking.

PnG - Abbreviation for Park 'n Grab (see above).

Pocket Query - Custom geocache queries generated by geocaching.com and emailed to premium members. These can be easily downloaded to a GPSr.

Redirector - A cache which will only contain a set of coordinates in order to send the seeker to the actual cache being hunted. One piece of a multi-cache (see definition above).

Spoiler - A hint to make finding a cache easier.

STF - Second To Find. The Silver medal winner in the race to find a cache first.

Swag - Slang term for the treasure and trinkets found in a geocache.

TB - Travel Bug. See definition below.

TFTC - Thanks For The Cache.

TNLN - Took Nothing, Left Nothing. The cacher did not exchange an item from the cache contents.

TNLNSL - Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log. Similar to TNLN above, but also indicating that they signed the cache's logbook.

Travel Bug - An item passed from cache to cache. Travel bugs are assigned tracking numbers and their travels can be tracked online. Many travel bugs have stated goals, such as making its way to a specific city or country.

URP - Unnatural Rock Pile. Refers to common practice of stack rocks on top of the cache to hide its location. The resulting pile often stands out to natural formations.

Virtual - Refers to a virtual cache, which does not represent a hidden container, but a location or monument that the cacher is supposed to find. Virtual caches are confirmed by answering a question posed by the cache owner in the description.

XNSL - Exchanged Nothing, Signed Log. A variation on TNLNSL (see above).

YAPIDKA - Yet Another Park I Didn't Know About. Refers to the fact that some caches bring people to parts of town they know little about.

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