The community's shorthand, transcribed verbatim from the recovered rec.music.gdead FAQ. A term the FAQ gave two meanings keeps both - nothing is invented, paraphrased, or resolved to a single guess.

AKA
Also Known As (sometimes written "a/k/a")
AWBYGN
And We Bid You Good Night
BCT
Berkeley Community Theatre
BG
Bill Graham
Boston Garden
BGP
Bill Graham Presents
BIODTL
Beat It On Down The Line
BTW
Black Throated Wind
By The Way
DDN
Dupree's Diamond News
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FOAF
Friend Of A Friend
FOTD
Friend of the Devil
FQA
Frequently Questioned Acronyms
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FTR
For The Record
FWIW
For What It's Worth
FYI
For Your Information
GD
Grateful Dead (of course;-)
GDH
Grateful Dead Hour
GDM
Grateful Dead Merchandising
GDTRFB
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
GDTS
Grateful Dead Ticket Sales
IJWTS
I Just Want To Say
IKYR
I Know You Rider
IMHO
In My H{umble, onest} Opinion
IMNSHM
In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO
In My Opinion
ITALTLITATTC
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
JAPD
Just Another Picky Deadhead
JBG
Johnny B. Goode
JGAB
Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
JGB
Jerry Garcia Band
LDR
Long Distance Relationship
LJBF
Let's Just Be Friends
LLR
Looks Like Rain
LSD
Lysergic acid Diethylamide
LTGTR
Let The Good Times Roll
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MO
Mail Order
MSG
Madison Square Garden
MonoSodium Glutamate
MSWS
Man Smart, Woman Smarter
NFA
Not Fade Away
NSB
New Speedway Boogie
NYE
New Year's Eve
ODC
Obligatory Dead Content
OFTV
One From The Vault
OMSN
One More Saturday Night
OTOH
On The Other Hand
PITB
Playing In The Band
PPPS
Peace
RSVP
Repondez, S'il Vous Plait (French for "please reply")
SASE
Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
SIOMWTMBA
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
SO
Significant Other
SOTM
Standing On The Moon
SPAC
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
SSAE
Stamped, Self-Addressed Envelope
SYF
Steal Your Face, Space Your Face
TANSTAAFL
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TLEO
They Love Each Other
TOC
Table of Contents :)
TWLWMYD
That's What Love Will Make Ya Do
TWYDTTYD
The Way Ya Do The Things Ya Do
UJB
Uncle John's Band
VLDR
Very Long Distance Relationship
VOTC
Victim Or The Crime
WALSTIB
What A Long Strange Trip It's Been
WELL
Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
WRT
With Regard To (sometimes written "w/r/t")
YATG
Yet Another Ticket Grovel
YLGM
Your List Gets Mine

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