TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
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TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
We are a sad bunch and frequently abbreviate stuff. SC (Stevie Cage) once did an abbreviation thread on WS (Wine Spectator) for his MP (Millennium Post). This is TPF's official abbreviation thread, especially useful to the newbies who could be baffled. I will start with a few, please add in replies, with descriptions, and I will update this post, I may get around to putting links in as well:
ADV - Andrew Dexamenus Velebil (Portacoppin)
AHB - Alexander Horatio Bridgeman (scribe and Vesuvio fanatic)
AP - Axel Probst (Pilot, glass provider and King of WOP)
ARK - Alexander Robert Kilbey (KillerB, AKA bloke with the keys)
BMHR - Benjamin Michael Howard Read (the guy in the inflatable suit)
CYY ”“ Vintage Cockburn’s and year
CrYY ”“ Vintage Croft and year
CSR - Cockburn's Special Reserve (bleuuchh)
DYY - Vintage Dow and year
DM - Decanter Magazine
FYY - Vintage Fonseca and year
DRT - Derek Robert Turnbull (administrator and Munro bounder)
FG - Fonseca Guimaraens (Nectar producer)
FGYY - Vintage Fonseca Guimaraens and year
FrYY - Vintage Ferreira and year
FTLOP - For the Love of Port (The Dark Side)
GYY - Vintage Graham's and year
GCYY ”“ Vintage Gould Campbell and year
GEE - Glenn Edward Elliott
JDAW - Julian Daedalus Aloisius Wiseman (administrator and resident pedant)
LBV - Late Bottled Vintage (variable type of Port varying from disappointing to Nectar)
LR - Lady Roots (Dutch Aristocracy with incredible palate)
MM - Michael Mildew (German Representation)
NV - Non Vintage (not necessarily a bad thing)
NYY ”“ Quinta do Noval and year
NNYY ”“ Quinta do Noval Nacional and year
QdC - Quinta do Crasto (beauty spot producing Nectar, run by very nice man)
QdN - Quinta do Noval (beauty spot producing Nectar, run by very nice man)
QdNN - Quinta do Noval Nacional (exceptional Nectar)
QHYY ”“ Vintage Quarles Harris and year
RH - Roy Hersh (Lord of The Dark Side)
RM - Richard Mayson (Bloke what knows a bit about Port)
RR - RonnieRoots (Middle East Representative)
SYY ”“ Sandeman’s and year
SQVP - Single Quinta Vintage Port (Nectar at nice price)
SWYY ”“ Vintage Smith Woodhouse and year
TYY - Vintage Taylor and year
TCP - The Crusting Pipe (London venue that we love)
TFP - Taylor Fladgate Partnership (Producer of many forms of Nectar)
THRA - Thomas Henry Ross Archer AKA Uncle Tom(kindly gentleman with large quantities of Port)
TPF- The Port Forum (Home)
VYY ”“ Quinta do Vesuvio and year
VP - Vintage Port (Nectar)
VVV - Taylor Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha
WYY- Vintage Warre and year
WS - Wine Spectator
WOP - World of Port (AP's Home)
10YOT - Ten Year Old Tawny
20YOT - Twenty Year Old Tawny
30YOT - Thirty Year Old Tawny
40YOT - Forty Year Old Tawny
ADV - Andrew Dexamenus Velebil (Portacoppin)
AHB - Alexander Horatio Bridgeman (scribe and Vesuvio fanatic)
AP - Axel Probst (Pilot, glass provider and King of WOP)
ARK - Alexander Robert Kilbey (KillerB, AKA bloke with the keys)
BMHR - Benjamin Michael Howard Read (the guy in the inflatable suit)
CYY ”“ Vintage Cockburn’s and year
CrYY ”“ Vintage Croft and year
CSR - Cockburn's Special Reserve (bleuuchh)
DYY - Vintage Dow and year
DM - Decanter Magazine
FYY - Vintage Fonseca and year
DRT - Derek Robert Turnbull (administrator and Munro bounder)
FG - Fonseca Guimaraens (Nectar producer)
FGYY - Vintage Fonseca Guimaraens and year
FrYY - Vintage Ferreira and year
FTLOP - For the Love of Port (The Dark Side)
GYY - Vintage Graham's and year
GCYY ”“ Vintage Gould Campbell and year
GEE - Glenn Edward Elliott
JDAW - Julian Daedalus Aloisius Wiseman (administrator and resident pedant)
LBV - Late Bottled Vintage (variable type of Port varying from disappointing to Nectar)
LR - Lady Roots (Dutch Aristocracy with incredible palate)
MM - Michael Mildew (German Representation)
NV - Non Vintage (not necessarily a bad thing)
NYY ”“ Quinta do Noval and year
NNYY ”“ Quinta do Noval Nacional and year
QdC - Quinta do Crasto (beauty spot producing Nectar, run by very nice man)
QdN - Quinta do Noval (beauty spot producing Nectar, run by very nice man)
QdNN - Quinta do Noval Nacional (exceptional Nectar)
QHYY ”“ Vintage Quarles Harris and year
RH - Roy Hersh (Lord of The Dark Side)
RM - Richard Mayson (Bloke what knows a bit about Port)
RR - RonnieRoots (Middle East Representative)
SYY ”“ Sandeman’s and year
SQVP - Single Quinta Vintage Port (Nectar at nice price)
SWYY ”“ Vintage Smith Woodhouse and year
TYY - Vintage Taylor and year
TCP - The Crusting Pipe (London venue that we love)
TFP - Taylor Fladgate Partnership (Producer of many forms of Nectar)
THRA - Thomas Henry Ross Archer AKA Uncle Tom(kindly gentleman with large quantities of Port)
TPF- The Port Forum (Home)
VYY ”“ Quinta do Vesuvio and year
VP - Vintage Port (Nectar)
VVV - Taylor Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha
WYY- Vintage Warre and year
WS - Wine Spectator
WOP - World of Port (AP's Home)
10YOT - Ten Year Old Tawny
20YOT - Twenty Year Old Tawny
30YOT - Thirty Year Old Tawny
40YOT - Forty Year Old Tawny
Last edited by KillerB on 02:14 Thu 28 Jan 2010, edited 5 times in total.
Port is basically a red drink
Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
BMHR- 3rd generation " X X Howard Read", in my case, XX being Benjamin Michael. In the case of my grandfather, "Keneth Wilson.." and my father "Andrew Kenneth.." My son is "Edward Donal.." and I am "Benjamin Michael.."
Ben
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
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Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
As I neither keep elephants (or eat liver & Chianti..) - nor punish pianos; you might note that the H is a the name of a monarch of which we have had several, but none recently; and the R is one of the few main characters in Macbeth to survive to the end of the play.
Tom
Tom
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
Newbies should also be aware that some of KillerB’s acronyms above are a little light on accuracy.In a thread entitled [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2191]Port acronyms[/url], dated Thu 30 Oct 2008, jdaw1 wrote:This thread is to hold port acronyms. But please gather them together in sets, related somehow ideally humorously. Think of it as a game.
I’ll start.
- TPF = ThePortForum[.com] ;
- TFP = Taylor Fladgate Partnership;
- TFH = The Factory House, known in Portuguese as Feitoria Inglesa.
I propose that these threads be merged into the older, this line then being deleted.
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Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
As there's an icon for it, we should add:
WS - Wine Spectator (for those who have not seen the light)
WS - Wine Spectator (for those who have not seen the light)
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Not forgetting:
DM - Decanter magazine (for those who wish to be left completely in the dark)
Tom
DM - Decanter magazine (for those who wish to be left completely in the dark)
Tom
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
I am GEE in the TN lists, the middle E belonging to more than a handful of English kings as well.
Glenn Elliott
Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
Sadly, I never had the pleasure of bounding up the delightful Marylin. However, I have bounded (or was it crawled) up a few Munros.KillerB wrote: DRT - Derek Robert Turnbull (administrator and Munroe bounder)
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Oops - I knew that spelling, I must have had something else on my mind.DRT wrote:Sadly, I never had the pleasure of bounding up the delightful Marylin. However, I have bounded (or was it crawled) up a few Munros.KillerB wrote: DRT - Derek Robert Turnbull (administrator and Munroe bounder)
Port is basically a red drink
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Not yet RM for Richard Mayson (Dignified High Priest of Port I'd say)?
Regards,
MM (Michael Mildew)
Regards,
MM (Michael Mildew)
Shut Up 'N Drink Yer Port
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Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
Oh yes, and on the subject of spelling, it is Marilyn Monroe not Marylin Munroe.DRT wrote:Sadly, I never had the pleasure of bounding up the delightful Marylin. However, I have bounded (or was it crawled) up a few Munros.KillerB wrote: DRT - Derek Robert Turnbull (administrator and Munroe bounder)
Port is basically a red drink
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Shouldn't that be Derek Rabbie Turnbull? Climber of multiple Monros (when the weather is nice)?KillerB wrote:DRT - Derek Robert Turnbull (administrator and Munro bounder)
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
Just realised that Ben's middle names are 'Michael Howard' - I always thought that there was something of the night about him.
Port is basically a red drink
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"Alex, (Killer Beyond) ... I am your father!"
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Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo - my father is Nigel Powers, here's proof:
I've thrown a few more legitimate ones in. Mostly due to seeing the constant use of abbreviations like F85, which we know is Fonseca 1985 but some poor unsuspecting newcomer could be just baffled. I've shown that as Fnn. Please make suggestions for any others like that that we use on a regular basis.
I've thrown a few more legitimate ones in. Mostly due to seeing the constant use of abbreviations like F85, which we know is Fonseca 1985 but some poor unsuspecting newcomer could be just baffled. I've shown that as Fnn. Please make suggestions for any others like that that we use on a regular basis.
Port is basically a red drink
Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
I have changed the confusing ‟Frnn” to ‟FrYY”, and likewise for other houses. If so minded you might wish to add NYY and NNYY, as well as CYY, CrYY, SYY, VYY, SWYY, GCYY, and QHYY.
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Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
Please be careful about using your admin rights to moderate posts in such a way. A suggestion should have been made and I would probably have agreed with you and changed it myself. I don't like the changing the colour so I've changed it back but I've left the YYs as they make sense. I've also put your suggestions in.jdaw1 wrote:I have changed the confusing ‟Frnn” to ‟FrYY”, and likewise for other houses. If so minded you might wish to add NYY and NNYY, as well as CYY, CrYY, SYY, VYY, SWYY, GCYY, and QHYY.
Port is basically a red drink
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Apparently, this was meant to be Edward rather than Ethelred. How was I supposed to know that? Surname updated as well.Glenn E. wrote:I am GEE in the TN lists, the middle E belonging to more than a handful of English kings as well.
Port is basically a red drink
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Re: TPF (The Port Forum) Abbreviations
After a mild disagreement over this topic, it seems appropriate to move it to the top and allow admins to update it. It's changed from a whimsical muckabout to something of use. Please feel free to add suggestions and any of us will add at our pleasure. My alter-ego promises not to get too precious about it.
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