Since the definitions got lost in more than 130 posts at INTRO: Creditnet Glossary this is the revised list in alphabetical order. ===================================== CREDITNET JARGON ===================================== AG - Attorney General AU - Authorized User BDD - BackDoor Double, rapidly applying for multiple Citibank CC products with the intention of combining their CL's BF - Bottom Feeder, a species of collection agency who specializes in buying very old debts BK13, CH13 - bankruptcy, Chapter 13 BK7, CH7 - bankruptcy, Chapter 7 BT - Balance Transfer C&D - Cease & Desist [letter] CA - Collection Agency CCCS - Consumer Credit Counseling Services CCC - Credit Card Company CCRR - Consumer Credit Reporting Reform [act] of 1996 CC - Credit Card CL - Credit Limit CO - Charge Of CRA - Credit Reporting Agency CRRR - Certified [mail] Return Reciept Requested CSS - Small Claims Court DOLA - Date Of Last Activity Derog - derogatory tradeline, an item on your credit file that is negative in any way EQ - Equifax, CRA EX - Experian, CRA FCRA - Fair Credit Reporting Act FDCPA - Fair Debt Collection Practices Act FDC - Fair Debt Collection FICO - a black-box credit scoring system used to predict a borrower's future default GS - Green Card HEA - Higher Education Act LOC - Line Of Credit OC - Original Creditor PFB - planetfeedback.com SOL - Statute Of Limitation, statutorily set maximum time periods during which lawsuits can be brought to enforce rights SOP - Standard Operating Procedure Silent - credit accounts that do not appear on your credit history Sock Drawer - credit card purgatory TU - Transunion, CRA Tradeline - an entry in your credit history UDF - Universal Data Form, a form that the subscribers (collectors, creditors, etc.) send to the CRAs to update/delete tradelines VL - Validation Letter ===================================== NET JARGON ===================================== AFT - About @#$%ing Time BTW - By The Way IMHO - In My Humble Opinion LOL - Laughing Out Loud ROFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off ROTFLOL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud WTF - What The @#$% ===================================== *** For more definitions use the Acronym Server.
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