SHOPPER ABBREVIATIONS
For consistency and clarity we recommend you use these abbreviations for your classified ads:
animals
Read More- # months old — #mos
- # years old — #yrs
- puppies — pups
- spayed — spay
- neutered — neut
- female — fm
- male — m
- up to date — utd
Appliances/Furniture
Read More- box spring — box
- California — Cal
- capacity — cap
- entertainment — ent
- queen — qu
- refrigerator — fridge
- wooden — wood
Autos, Trucks, 4x4’s, Heavy Equip, Auto Misc.
Read More- 2 wheel drive — 2wd
- 4 wheel drive or 4wd — 4x4
- air conditioner or a/c — air
- all power options — all pwr
- all options — all opts
- all power — all pwr
- all terrain (tires) — AT
- all wheel drive — awd
- automatic — auto
- cassette — cass
- carburetor — carb
- CB or CB radio — cb
- CD or CD player — cd
- Chev, Chevrolet — Chevy
- Club cab — c-cab
- Cruise control — cc
- cubic inch — ci
- # cylinders — #cyl
- distribution (hitch) — dist
- # doors — #dr
- double — dbl
- engine — eng
- extended cab — x-cab
- extra cab — x-cab
- hatchback — h/b
- # horse power — #hp
- # horse — #hp
- # of hours — #hrs
- hydraulic — hyd
- International — Internat’l
- interior — int
- king cab — k-cab
- Limited Edition — Ltd Ed
- liter — ltr
- long bed — lb
- long wide box — lwb
- mag wheels — mags
- mud terrain (tires) — MT
- ##,000 miles — ##k
- miles — mi
- motorcycle — cycle
- motorhome — mh
- mount or mounted — mnt or mtd
- options — opts
- original — orig
- over drive — o/d
- # passengers — #pass
- pickup (if needed) — pu
- # pounds — #lbs
- power — pwr
- power brakes — pb
- power door locks — pdl
- power steering — ps
- power windows — pw
- power take off — pto
- quad cab — quad
- rebuilt — rblt
- short bed — sb
- # speed — #spd
- station wagon — sta wag or wagon
- T-Tops — t-tops
- take over payments — t.o.p.
- Thunderbird — T-Bird
- tilt steering wheel — tilt
- Ton, ton, 1 ton, ¾ ton, etc — t, t, 1t, ¾t, etc
- trailer — trlr
- transmission/tranny — trans
- weight (hitch) — wt
- wheels — whls
Cities
Read More- Bandon — bd
- Brookings/Harbor — b/h
- Charleston — charl
- Coos Bay — cb
- Coquille — cq
- Crescent City, CA — cc
- Drain/Elkton/Scottsburg — hwy38
- Florence — fl
- Gardiner — gar
- Gold Beach — gb
- Hauser — hau
- Langlois — lg
- Lakeside — lksd
- Mapleton — ma
- Myrtle Point — mp
- North Bend — nb
- Port Orford — po
- Powers — pw
- Roseburg — rb
- Reedsport — rdspt
- Remote — rm
- Winchester Bay — wb
Electronics
Read More- Gigabyte — gb
- Gigahertz — ghz
- Hewlett-Packard — HP
- high definition — hd
- high def — hd
- high def tv — hdtv
- Mega bytes — mb
- Megapixels — mp
- Nintendo — Nin
- Play Station — PS
- Play Station 2 — PS2
- Play Station 3 — PS3
- Play Station 4 — PS4
- TV — tv
- VCR — vcr
- Windows 98 — Win98
- Xbox 360 — Xbox360
- Xbox One — XboxOne
Employment
Read More- experienced — exp’d
- hour — hr
- Full Time — F/T
- Part Time — P/T
- references — ref’s
- required — req’d
- week — wk
- year — yr
Garage Sales
Read More- Time example: — 8a-5p
- Days — Fri-Sun
- Dates (if needed) — 3rd-4th
- Highway — Hwy
- Roads — Rd, Ave, Blvd, St, etc…
- Multiple — Multi
Miscellaneous: These apply to all classifications
Read More- $ each — $/ea
- $ or trade — $/trade
- and — &
- approximately — approx
- best offer — b/o
- brand new — new
- board foot — bf
- #carat (gem stones) — #c (gem stones)
- CD or CD player — cd
- cassette — casscondition — cond
- excellent — exc
- electric — elec
- evenings — eves
- # of feet — #’
- good — gd
- great — grt
- heavy duty — h/d
- home (after phone #) — home (after phone #)
- hours — hrs
- inches — #”
- #karat (gold) — #k (gold)
- large — lrg
- liner foot — lf
- make offer — m/o
- medium — med
- message — msg
- microwave — micro
- new in box — new
- or best offer — obo
- pints — pts
- plus — +
- possible — poss
- pounds — #lbs
- quarts — qts
- small — sm
- size — sz
- square foot — sf
- standard — std
- tongue & groove — t&g
- weekends — wknds
- wanted — want
- work (after phone #) — wk
- you haul — uhaul
- you move — umove
Real Estate,
Mobiles, Rentals
Read More- $00 per month — $00/mo
- $00 deposit — $00/dep
- # bathrooms — #ba
- # bedrooms — #bdr
- apartment — apt
- double — dbl
- double wide — dbl
- for sale by owner — FSBO
- manufactured — mfg
- mobilehome — mobile
- no drugs — n/d
- no pets — n/p
- no smoking — n/s
- owner may carry — omc
- owner will carry — owc
- single wide — single
- take over payments — t.o.p.
- washer/dryer hook-ups — w/d hk-ups
- water/sewer/garbage paid — w/s/g pd
RV’s, ATV’s/CYCLES, BOATS
Read More- awning — awn
- fifth wheel — 5th whl
- fully self contained — fsc
- generator — gen
- motorhome — mh
- self contained — sc
- wheels — whls
- 4 wheeler — 4whlr, 3whlr
- four wheeler — 4whlr, 3whlr
- Harley Davidson — Harley
- HD — Harley
- aluminum — alum
- electric — elec
- Evinrude — Evin
- galvanized — galv
- # horse power — #hp
- # horse — #hp
- inboard — i/b
- inboard/outboard — i/o
- long shaft — ls
- Mercury (boats only) — Merc
- outboard — o/b
- outdrive — o/d
- short shaft — ss
Sporting Goods
Read More- Ammunition — Ammo
- Bicycle — Bike
- Camouflage — Camo
- magnum — mag
- mountain — mtn
- Remmington — Rem
- Winchester — Win