| ACRONYM | DEFINITION |
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| AFAIK | As Far As I Know |
| Alf | Mike Alofsin |
| Animal™ | V65 Magna |
| ATGATT | All The Gear All The Time |
| Axel | Hooligan alter ego of Alex Sears |
| bab(d/b) | Bad Ass Biker Dude/Babe |
| BABD | The Bad Ass Biker Dude (Mark MacKinnon) |
| BB | Bun Burner - 1500 miles in 36 hours (IBA category) |
| BBG | Bun Burner Gold - 1500 miles in 24 hours (IBA category) |
| BDC | Brain Dead Cager |
| Beast™ | V65 Sabre |
| BFD | Big Fewkin' Deal |
| B(M)FH | Big (Mother) Fewkin' Hammer ('Maggot tool of choice for stubborn parts) |
| Brute™ | V45/VF700 Magna |
| BTDT | Been There Done That |
| BTW | By The Way |
| Cage | Those 4-wheeled contraptions that we have to share the road with. |
| COMOAM | Crazy Old Man On A Motorcycle (Bob Cuttler - ask him the story!) |
| COP | Certified Olde Phart - 'Maggots with exceptional level of experience & knowledge (just ask them) |
| CROT | Crossroads Of Time - former name of Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort |
| The DarkSide™ | The Seductive Lure of a V65; once you succumb to the DarkSide™, you'll never go back |
| DD | Dave Dodge, SabMag guru |
| Deals Gap | Pass through the Smoky Mountains between NC and TN traversed by US 129 (see The Dragon). Also, Motorcycle Resort (formerly CROT) |
| DR | David Ryder |
| Dragon, The | Stretch of US 129 through Deals Gap, famous for its "318 curves in 11 miles" |
| DRB | Dirty Rat Bastard |
| DRP | Dodge Racing & Promotions - Dave Dodge's business; source of many SabMag parts & mods |
| Evil Twin #1 | Joe Thorne, aka JoeyT, aka Woodpecker |
| Evil Twin #2 | Michael Juriga, aka ??Michael |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) |
| FOJ | Friend of Jude |
| FUBAR | Fewked Up Beyond All Recognition |
| FWIW | For What It's Worth |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| Gadget Dan | Dan Pierce |
| GOB | Grumpy Old Bikers |
| Goof | Honda CBR 600 F |
| Hawg/Harley Hunting | Baiting a clueless Harley owner into a race. |
| Harvey Hexnut | Cartoon drawn by, and alter ego of, Martin Gerald. |
| His Philness | List Admin Phil Ross |
| Hooligan | Someone you like who rides as crazy as you do. (see Squid) |
| HTH | Hope This Helps |
| IAC | In Any Case |
| IBA | Iron Butt Association - sadistic sponsor of long-distance events |
| IBM | Iron Butt Mike (Mike Stewart - 3rd place, 1997 rally) |
| IBR | Iron Butt Rally - IBA's major biennial event (11 consecutive 1000+ mile days) |
| IBR | Iron Butt Russell (Russell Stephan - 34th place, 2001 rally) |
| IIRC | If I Recall Correctly |
| IMO | In My Opinion |
| IMHO | In My (Humble/Honest) Opinion |
| IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IOW | In Other Words |
| JM | Java Man (Pat Coffee) |
| KB | Katherine Becker |
| KK2K | Krispy Kritter 2000® (flame thrower wielded by List Admins) |
| LEO | Law Enforcement Officer |
| Lizzie | v. [after Lizzie Borden's 40 whacks] To whack, as in the throttle |
| LOL | Laugh(s/ing/ed) Out Loud or sometimes Lots Of Luck |
| LTL | Larry The Legend (Larry Link) |
| 'Maggot | One who owns a SabMag, one who is a member of the SabMag mailing list |
| MCN | Motorcycle Consumer News |
| NBD | No Big Deal |
| NOS | Nitrous Oxide or New Old Stock (15 year old parts unopened on a dusty shelf) |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer (if tires, generally shite; if anything else, probably desired) |
| OTOH | On The Other Hand |
| Ozzie | Anthony Osborne |
| Pants | Shawn Romano (one half of "So Sue Me" Racing) |
| PartsMatt | Matt Osborne (whose frequent business trips caused his SO to yearn for a spare) |
| PAT | Pass A Truck (Something some Harley's have a hard time doing without expensive mods) |
| The Pelican | Electronics wizard Bob Peloquin (Remember the name!) |
| Philocity | Super-elevated velocity, normal for His Philness, perhaps explaining his gross underestimating of distances (see below). |
| Philometer | Unit of distance existing in His Philness' imagination, causing one of his "slight" detours or "shortcuts" to be several hundred miles. |
| PMS | Parked Motorcycle Syndrome - suffered during winter (sometimes stoically, more often with much whining) by most northern 'Maggots |
| PO | Previous Owner (on whom you blame all maintainance problems) |
| POS | Piece Of Shite |
| Rain Man | Yet another sobriquet for Bob Peloquin (due to his frequently attracting downpours, not because he's an Idiot Savant) |
| Road Dog | Jack Hunt |
| Rooster | Curtis Hintze |
| ROTFLMAO | Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off |
| RTN | Remember The Name! - appellation allocated to the Pelican by a clueless newbie who thought he'd warn us all about the "ogre in our midst" |
| RUB | Rich Urban Biker |
| RW | Richard Wainwright, Ferengi god |
| SabMag | Sabre/Magna/Interceptor: the early Honda V-4's. |
| Slick | Brent Hackney (the other half of "So Sue Me" Racing) |
| SME | SabMag East -- A semi-organized Gathering of SabMaggots somewhere east of the Mississippi |
| SMEGMA | SabMag East Greater Mid-Atlantic (RW's, Bethesda, MD) |
| SME-NOE | SabMag East North Of Everywhere (The ZimRanch, Piper Pond, ME) |
| SMGWN | SabMag Great White North (Michigan area) |
| SMNW | SabMag NorthWe(s)t |
| SMOT | SabMag Oklohoma/Texas |
| SMW | You oughta be able to figure this one out. |
| SNAFU | Situation Normal: All Fewked Up |
| SO | Significant Other |
| SOL | Shite Out (of) Luck |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| Squid | Someone you don't like who rides as crazy as you do. (see hooligan) |
| Squirrel | Jeff Conlin |
| SS1K | Saddle Sore 1000 - 1000 miles in 24 hours (IBA category) |
| ST | Honda ST1100, model frequently upgraded to by 'Maggots |
| SWAG | Scientific WAG |
| TANSTAAFL | There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
| TFK | The Fringe Kid, aka Mal-cool-m (Malcolm Lorenté) |
| TIA | Thanks In Advance |
| Ticket Twin #1 | Chris Long (ticketed for doing 127 in a 55!) |
| Ticket Twin #2 | Jeremy McGowan (see above) |
| TOWMBO | The One Who Must Be Obeyed (SO, generally female) |
| TOWMO | The One Who Must Obey (SO, generally male) |
| TPM | The Perfect Magna™ (Tony Donisi's V65) |
| TSO | The Silent One (Alicia Gerald, wife of Harvey Hexnut) |
| TSWNS | The Swede With No Shadow (Robert Soback) |
| T.W.O. | Two Wheels Only, a motorcycle-only campground in Suches, GA; site of several SMEs |
| Uncle Milt | Milt Oberman - lawyer cum actor cum teacher: basic Renaissance Man |
| Unobtanium | An electric vest made by Aerostich; anything extremely rare and/or expensive |
| Varmint™ | V30 Magna |
| WAG | Wild Assed Guess |
| WFO | Wide Fewkin' Open (standard position of a SabMag throttle) |
| WMC | Winter Maintenance Clinic |
| Woodpecker | JoeyT, who hit a tree, pecker first |
| Wolf™ | V45/VF700 Sabre |
| Worm | Jeremy Nauta |
| WOT | Wide Open Throttle |
| Wreck Dot Moto | The newsgroup rec.motorcycles |
| WTF | What The Fewk? |
| YMMV | Your Mileage May Vary |
| YWR | Ye Wilde Ryder (Wallace Roberts) |
| Zaphod Beeblebrox | Bryan Lendroth |
| Zim ... | Member or possession of the Zimmerman Clan (ZimBob, ZimLinda, ZimJeff, ZimBarn ...) |
| ?? | Michael Juriga |