Pam and Sara's Leaper Lingo List

page updated 10/28/2002

This document was originally created by Pam, painstakingly updated and formatted by Sara, and (hopefully) formatted for HTML by Pam

Intro
Online Acronyms
Scott Projects
Emoticons
Quantum Leap Episodes
Enterprise Episodes

 Welcome to the wonderful world of Leaper Lingo!

If you've ever been confused during one of our chat sessions, or if you're just new and want to learn what we're all about, then this is for you. We're very fond of acronyms, as you'll discover. The list is broken into four parts: Online Shorthands, Emoticons, Scott Projects and QL Episodes.
This project was started by Pam, in 1993, as self-defense, when she found herself drowning in acronyms at the Quantum Leap chats on AOL.

ONLINE SHORTHANDS:

AOL = America On-Line
AHO= Acute Hormonal Overload (usually produced by too much visual ingestion of Scott : ) )
<BG>= Big grin
BRB = Be right back
BTW = By the way
the CD = the Quantum Leap album (on either tape or CD)
"the Con" = usually refers to the QL conventions, held in February; can also mean a more recent convention is being discussed.
CON = Color of Night, one of Scott's movies
E-mail = electronic mail, sometimes referred to as an "EM," as in, I sent you an EM this morning.
<EG> = Evil grin
EOD = Equal opportunity drooler (meaning you like Scott and Dean equally well).
<g> or <G> = grin
FWW--Fate's Wide Wheel (from QL CD)
GEnie = another on-line service. Known for its concentration of Leapers.
GLTA = Great Leapers think alike
GMTA = Great minds think alike
HEIGHT! = This is an inside joke from the QL set. Apparently, one cameraman had his camera directed at a "certain part" of a female guest star's anatomy, so the director yelled "Height!" to get him to redirect the camera. After that, when anyone yelled HEIGHT! the whole cast/crew would echo it.
IM = Instant Message (you can send a private message to anyone who is currently online by using "Send an Instant Message" under the MEMBERS menu if you are on AOL. If not, go to www.aim.com and download instant messenger)
IMHO = In my humble opinion
IMO = In my opinion
IYKWIM = If you know what I mean
LOL = Laughing out loud
LOI = Lord of Illusions, one of Scott's movies
LPO = Local Project Observer for the Project Quantum Leap fan club
MB = Murphy Brown (Scott plays Peter Hunt)
MM = Mercy Mission, one of Scott's tv-movies
MOO = My own opinion
NR = Necessary Roughness, one of Scott's movies
NTH = Nowhere to Hide, one of Scott's tv-movies
P* or P$ = Prodigy, another on-line service
"Peas" = An AOL Leaper watchcry (see: HEIGHT!) This all started when Laurie, at the Quantum Leap chat, demonstrating her swiss cheesed memory, remarked that she couldn't remember important stuff but she *could* remember that I (Pam) don't like peas. This led to a rash of pea puns such as "give peas a chance" and has become an inside joke (but now you know the secret... welcome "inside" : ) )
PQL = Project Quantum Leap, the official fan club
RR = Romance/Romance, a Broadway show of Scott's. He was nominated for a Tony award for this one.
ROTF = Rolling on the floor
ROTFL = Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO = Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
ROTFLWTIME = Rolling on the floor laughing with tears in my eyes
{S something} = these are sounds people send to each other in the chats if they have sound cards or programs in their computers.
SC = Swiss cheese. Often used in a sentence, as in, I'm swiss cheesing on (whatever), meaning "I forgot."
SCFB = Swiss cheese for brains
SDOS = Sweet Dreams of Scott, a wish Leapers often send when saying goodbye
SR = Sibling Rivalry, one of Scott's movies
SYL = See you later
TGN or TGNFDWD = Three Guys Naked From the Waist Down, a Broadway show of Scott's (note--Pam usually uses 3GN)
TTFN= Ta ta for now
TTYL or TTYS = Talk to you later (or soon)

OTHER SCOTT PROJECTS

Movies

 
A Passion to Kill (1994 Limited Release) APTK
Color of Night (1994) CON or CoN
Lord of Illusions (1995) LOI

Major League Three  (Back to the Minors) (1998)

ML3 or MLBTTM
American Beauty (1999) AB
Luminarias (1999/2000, now on DVD) LUM
Life As a House (2001) LAAH

TV Movies and Mini-Series

 

Bachelor's Baby (1996)

BB
Netforce (1999) NF
Mean Streak (1999)   MS
In The Name of the People (2000) ITNOTP
Trial of Old Drum (2000) TOAD
Papa's Angels (2000) PA
Above Suspicion (2000)   AS
A Girl Thing (2001) AGT
What Girls Learn (2001) WGL
Role of a Lifetime (200?) ROAL

TV series

 

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996)

M&MS
Enterprise (2001-) ENT

Specials

 

Sciography (2000)

 

Live Theater

 

Anyone Can Whistle (Carnegie Hall, April 8, 1995)

ACW

Love Letters (Glendale CA June 12, 1999)

LL
You Gotta Have Friends -- Hamilton Benefit (Culver City, CA, Feb 2001) Hamilton 1
You Gotta Have Friends 2 -- Hamilton Benefit (Culver City, CA, April 2002) Hamilton 2
Miscellaneous  

Ghost of a Chance (now Roal of a Lifetime)
Still awaiting distribution in the US

ROAL

Night Never Ending (formerly Promises Kept) never produced, alas

NNE or PK

For current status of the above projects, please refer to the Projects Page

EMOTICONS

: ) = Smile
: D = Smile/laughing/big grin
; ) = Wink
: ( = Frown
:'( = Crying
: P = Sticking out tongue
: * = Kiss
: X = My lips are sealed
: B = Drool
: 9 = Licking lips
{} = Hug

If you're not sure how these are supposed to work--tilt your head sideways and look at them again (except for hugs).

QUANTUM LEAP EPISODE ACRONYMS

Abbrev.

Title

Episode #

AA

All-Americans

22

AF

Animal Frat

20

AHWWG

A Hunting We Will Go

48

ALFL

A Leap For Lisa

74

ALM

A Little Miracle

40

AM

Another Mother

21

APFT

A Portrait For Troian

19

ASDOR

A Single Drop Of Rain

61

ASFTS

A Song For The Soul

67

BF

Blind Faith

13

BM

Blood Moon

88

BOWOF

Black On White On Fire

37

CAFS

Catch A Falling Star

18

CK

Camikazi Kid

07

D

Dreams

60

DI

Double Identity

05

DI

Disco Inferno

10

DR

Dr. Ruth

87

DUFE

Deliver Us From Evil

80

EHM

8 1/2 Months

42

F

Freedom

24

FB

Future Boy

43

G

Pilot (a.k.a. "Genesis")

01

GMP

Good Morning, Peoria

14

GNDH

Good Night, Dear Heart

25

GNJ

Goodbye, Norma Jean

91

GR

Glitter Rock

47

GS

Ghost Ship

68

H

Hurricane

55

HE

Honeymoon Express

09

HOAC

Heart Of A Champion

50

HTTWW

How The Tess Was Won

04

IAWL

It's A Wonderful Leap

70

J

Jimmy

16

J

Justice

56

KT

Killin' Time

78

L

Liberation

86

LBTS

Leap Between The States

93

LDBAE

Last Dance Before An Execution

49

LHO

Lee Harvey Oswald

75

LIWAN

Leaping In Without A Net

27

LOF

Leap Of Faith

33

LOTS

Leaping Of The Shrew

76

MB

Maybe Baby

28

MDS

Miss Deep South

36

MI

Mirror Image

95

MIA

M.I.A.

30

MM

Memphis Melody

94

MTL

Moments To Live

71

NF

Nuclear Family

51

NTR

Nowhere To Run

77

OSOTL

One Strobe Over The Line

34

PB

Play Ball

44

PD

Private Dancer

54

PHB

Pool Hall Blues

26

PIAS

Play It Again, Seymour

08

PL

Promised Land

84

PM

Piano Man

45

PW

Permanent Wave

57

R

Runaway

41

R

Raped

58

R

Roberto!

69

R (EL)

Return (of the Evil Leaper)

89

R (EL)

Revenge (of the Evil Leaper)

90

RFH

Running For Honor

64

RHOG

The Right Hand Of God

03

RWAC

Rebel Without A Clue

39

SB

Sea Bride

29

S-C

Star-Crossed

02

SC

Southern Comforts

46

SHMG

So Help Me God

17

SLSB

Star Light, Star Bright

79

ST

Shock Theater

52

SU

Stand Up

73

T1

Trilogy, Part I

81

T2

Trilogy, Part II

82

T3

Trilogy, Part III

83

TAOM

The Americanization of Machiko

11

TB

The Boogieman
(Sara's note: Leapers prefer to call this "The Halloween Episode," because strange mishaps occurred both during filming and when the episode aired. Using the original title is still considered bad luck.)

35 

TBW

The Beast Within

92

TCOPH

The Curse Of Ptah-Hotep

72

TCOT

The Color Of Truth

06

TE

Temptation Eyes

65

TGS

The Great Spontini

38

TLB

The Leap Back

53

TLG

The Last Gunfighter

66

TLH

The Leap Home 31

 

TLH/V

The Leap Home, Part II-- Vietnam

32

TOTS

A Tale Of Two Sweeties

85

TPTT

The Play's The Thing

63

TSN

Thou Shalt Not...

15

TWS

The Wrong Stuff

59

UC

Unchained

62

WPG

What Price Gloria?

12

The Quantum Leap/Scott/Dean chat on AOL opens every Wednesday night at 9:00pm EST. For directions to the chat, please email Helene

ENTERPRISE EPISODE ACRONYMS

the table is from TrekToday's Episode Guide. The abbreviations are either the obvious or my best guesses

No. Episode Airdate Rerun Abbrev.
#101 Broken Bow 09/26/01 01/09/02 BB
#103 Fight or Flight 10/03/01 05/29/02 FoF
#104 Strange New World 10/10/01 06/05/02 SNW
#105 Unexpected 10/17/01 12/19/01 Un
#106 Terra Nova 10/24/01 12/26/01 TN
#107 The Andorian Incident 10/31/01 01/02/02 TIA
#108 Breaking the Ice 11/07/01 06/12/02 BTI
#109 Civilization 11/14/01 06/19/02 Civ
#110 Fortunate Son 11/21/01 06/26/02 FS
#111 Cold Front 11/28/01 07/03/02 CF
#112 Silent Enemy 01/16/02 03/13/02 SE
#113 Dear Doctor 01/23/02 07/10/02 DD
#114 Sleeping Dogs 01/30/02 07/17/02 SD
#115 Shadows of P'Jem 02/06/02 07/24/02 SoP(j)
#116 Shuttlepod One 02/13/02 07/31/02 S1
#117 Fusion 02/27/02 08/07/02 Fu
#118 Rogue Planet 03/20/02 08/07/02 RP
#119 Acquisition 03/27/02 08/14/02 Aq
#120 Oasis 04/03/02 08/14/02 Oa
#121 Detained 04/24/02 08/21/02 Det
#122 Vox Sola 05/01/02 08/21/02 VS
#123 Fallen Hero 05/08/02 08/28/02 FH
#124 Desert Crossing 05/08/02 08/28/02 DC
#125 Two Days And Two Nights 05/15/02 09/04/02 2D&2N
#126 Shockwave 05/22/02 09/04/02 SW(1)
Season 2
No. Episode Airdate Rerun Abbrev.
#201 Shockwave, Part II 09/18/02 10/23/02 SW2
#202 Carbon Creek 09/25/02 N/A CC
#203 Minefield 10/02/02 N/A MF
#204 Dead Stop 10/09/02 N/A DS
#205 A Night In Sickbay 10/16/02 N/A ANIS
#206 Marauders 10/30/02 N/A Mar
#207 The Seventh 11/06/02 N/A 7
#208 The Communicator 11/13/02 N/A Com
#209 Singularity 11/20/02 N/A Sing
#210 Vanishing Point 11/27/02 N/A VP
#211 Precious Cargo 12/04/02 N/A PC
#212 The Catwalk N/A N/A CW
#213 Dawn N/A N/A Dawn

prepared by: PeachKoala (Pam) and portions by SEArnold (Sara)

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