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Over the years,geocaching has developed its own set of terms, slang and abbreviation. If you play the game for any length of time, terms like "muggle" and "FTF" will become a natural part of your vocabulary, but to the new cacher or uninitiated these terms can be confusing.

The geocaching glossary is always growing and developing just as the game is. One feature of the Geocacher University glossary is that--in addition to searching terms in this page--you will find definitions within the articles and content of the site. Simply put your mouse over the linked terms (identified with this question mark ) and the definition will pop-up.

With any dictionary there are always questions of the accuracy of the definition. I make no pretense of in depth knowledge of technical terms. In writing these definitions I've tried to keep in mind the question, "If we were talking about geocaching over a cup of coffee how would I describe this term?"

As always, I welcome your input on this section. If you have any words you would like to see defined or if you find mistakes or need for further clarification please contact me and I will do my best to address the issues.

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Benchmark	Technical Term A survey marker with a precisely known vertical elevation. The locations for many of these markers are available on the Benchmark Hunting section of Geocaching.com. Benchmark hunting is a fun alternative to Geocaching. Hunters us GPS's and data sheets to locate these markers all over the U.S.

Bison Tube	Technical Term A small, rust-proof cylindrical container with a watertight o-ring. These were designed to store pills and manufactured by Bison Designs (hence the name). Bison tubes are used for micro cache containers due to their size and durability.

Blinky	Geocaching Term Another term for a nano cache. Blinkies are so called because they're often made from small magnetic LED blinkers. When the electronics are removed nano logsheets can be inserted.

Bookmark List	Geocaching Term/Website Feature Bookmark lists are a feature for premium account members of Geocaching.com. Bookmark lists allow users to organize a caches based on their own criteria. For example, you might have a bookmark list of caches you want to suggest to visitors in your area. Or you might have a bookmark list of caches you were first to find on or caches you DNF'ed.

BYOP	Geocaching Slang/Abbreviation "Bring Your Own Pen" In other words, the cache is too small to hold a writing instrument.

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