Coupon Lingo

 

Coupon Lingo

 

• • AY.  All You magazine. This a magazine is sold at Walmart or by subscription.  It has a ton of coupons in it so, bloggers and couponers will refer to the coupons in this magazine.

 

• • Blinkies. Manufacturer coupons that come out of the little machines with (blinking) lights. The little machines are attached to a shelf in a store. 

 

• • BOGO. Buy one, get one free  (BOGO coupon). You might also see this written “B1G1.” If you see B2G2 (buy two, get two) free or B1G2 (buy one, get two) free, and so on.

 

• • Catalina.  A coupon that prints out of a  machine by the register after you purchase certain items that trigger it. These are for money off your next order  (use like cash) or for money off a particular item (to use like a manufacturer’s coupon). They are called “Catalinas” after the Catalina machine and the company that makes the machines.

 

• • Couponer. A person who uses coupons.

 

• • ECB.“Extra (Care) Bucks,” or the coupon that prints out at the bottom of your receipt at CVS and can be used like cash on your next purchase. Watch for these on your receipt.

 

• • GM. Stands for General Mills.

 

• • Hangtags. Coupons that  hang from around the necks of products in the store.

 

• • IP. Stands for “Internet Printable.” Coupons you can print from the Internet and use in a store (not online). 

 

• • K. Stands for Kellogg’s, they put out a back-to-school insert toward the end of summer for Kellogg’s products. Great for back to school sales!

 

• MM. Stands for “money maker” 

 

• • Mfr. “manufacturer”

 

• • MIR.  “Mail In Rebate.”

 

• • Newbie. Someone who is a new couponer.

 

• • OOP. Stands for “Out of Pocket,” or the actual amount of cash you spend  at the store.

 

• • Overage. When you use a coupon worth more than the price of the item.  Overage gives you extra money towards the rest of your order. (If an item is on sale for $.60, and you have a $1.00 off coupon, you’ll get $.40 in overage.)  Overage is a privilege if the store allows you to do it; many stores (like Target) have a policy of adjusting coupon amounts down to the actual item price.  

 

• • OYNO. “on your next order,” refers to a coupon that you can use like cash on your next order/shopping trip. An example of this is a catalina, orders can be done one after the other. 

  

• • Peelies. Coupons that are glued onto an item in the store; you “peel” these off in order to use them.

 

• • PG. “Proctor & Gamble” coupon insert.

 

• • PP. “participating products.”

 

• • Q. “coupon.”

 

• • Roll. To use a Catalina (or Extra Care Bucks, or Register Rewards) to purchase more Catalina-producing items. Remember Register Rewards usually will not “roll”.

 

• • RP. “Red Plum” coupon insert.

 

• • RR. “Register Rewards,” or the Catalina coupons that print out at Walgreens and can be used like cash OYNO.

 

• • SS. “SmartSource” coupon insert.

 

• • Stack. To layer your savings one on top of another. 

 

• • Tearpads. Coupons that you tear off of a pad, found on displays in the store.