When I'm talking with another couponer, bystanders sometimes look at us as if we are speaking a different language.
That's because there's a lot of couponing lingo. Understanding it can make navigating coupon sites and deal sites, like MoolaSavingMom.com, easier.
Here are some of the most common terms, meanings and uses:
- SS: Smart Source. This coupon insert appears routinely in the Winston-Salem Journal on Sundays. This abbreviation is used in matching up a sale item with a coupon, letting you know which date the coupon was published.
- RP: Red Plum. This is another insert that routinely is in the Journal.
- PG: Procter & Gamble. This is a coupon insert provided to the Journal. It usually arrives the first Sunday of each month.
- B1G1 or BOGO: Buy one, get one. This usually means that if you buy one item, the second of the same item is free. Many stores allow you to only buy only one item at a 50 percent savings.
- WYB: When you buy. This is usually used as a requirement of a promotion or coupon. An example: "Get a free cat treat WYB a bag of cat food."
- DND: Do not double. This is on some coupons. Many stores that double coupons might not double them when this appears.
- IP: Internet printed. These coupons are printed from the Internet.
- MIR: Mail-in rebate. Many manufacturers will offer a cash rebate when a specific product is purchased, the form is completed and it is mailed back to the company.
- OOP: Out of pocket. This is the amount of cash spent at the cash register after all coupons and discounts are applied.
- Peelie: Coupons that are peeled off a product. These coupons are intended to be used for a specific product. Removing the coupon without purchasing the product is not appropriate.
- UPC: Universal Product Code. This is the barcode on the back of the product that is scanned in the store. It is the shorter barcode on the coupon.
- Databar: The longer barcode on coupons. It can hold a lot more information than the older barcode system.
- RR: Register Rewards. Walgreens provides these rewards for purchasing certain products.
- ECB: Extra Care Bucks. CVS provides these rewards for purchasing certain products.
- Up+: These rewards are provided by Rite Aid for purchasing certain products.
- Catalina: The long, rectangular coupons that are printed from a small box beside the cash register.
- Overage: The credit a coupon gives when its value is greater than the price of a product. Most stores will not allow an overage, and only Walmart gives cash back for overages.
- Money Maker: A deal that produces more rewards than the cash paid at the register. This is most often found at drugstores when a coupon is used with a sale and rewards promotion.
Once you are fluent in the language of coupons, you should find saving money even easier.
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