Editing Common Acronyms

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'''Acronyms''' are commonly used by the [[Neopets]] community. An [[Wikipedia:Acronym|acronym]] is a series of letters that represents several a phrase, usually the first letters of the words or syllables in it. To a user unfamiliar with their usage, Neopian acronyms may seem confusing. The following is a list of some common acronyms, in alphabetical order for convenience.

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==A==
*'''AC''': ''[[Avatar]] Chat'', the [[NeoBoard]] where users engage in avatar-relating conversations.
*'''AFC''': ''Air Faerie Crown'', a popular Battledome Equipment.
*'''AI''': ''Artificial Intelligence'', referring to the way computer challengers, such as the [[1-Player Challengers]] in the [[Battledome]], play against a user based on specific patterns.
*'''AP''': ''[[Attack Pea]]'', a popular Battledome Equipment.
*'''ATM''': Short for "At the moment", usually referring to auctions or trades.

==B==
*'''BC''': ''The [[Beauty Contest]]''.
*'''BFC''': ''Black Frost Cannon'', a piece of Battledome Equipment.
*'''BN''': ''Before Neopia'', referring to times before recorded [[History of Neopia]] (or before [[Neopets]] began).
*'''BD''': ''[[Battledome]]'', where [[Neopet]]s get to fight against other Neopets or [[:Category: Villains|Villains]] of [[Neopia]]. Can also mean ''[[Battle Duck]]'', a type of Battledome Equipment.
*'''BD Chat''': ''Battledome Chat'', a [[Battledome]]-orientated [[NeoBoard]].
*'''BGC''': ''Bony Grarrl Club'', a Battledome Equipment which gives users an avatar when equipped to their Grarrl.
*'''BoD''': ''Bow of Destiny'', a Battledome Equipment received as a prize from NeoQuest II.
*'''BoHD''': ''Bag of Healing Dust'', a Battledome Equipment.
*'''BoK''': [[Bracelet of Kings]], a Battledome Equipment from the [[Hidden Tower]].
*'''BoLHS''': ''Bag of Lenny Healing Seeds'', a Battledome Equipment.
*'''BoMS''': ''Bottle of Magic Sand'', a Battledome Equipment.
*'''BRB''': Chat speak for ''Be Right Back''.
*'''BSS''': ''Blumaroo SlingShot'', a Battledome Equipment.
*'''BTM''': ''Brain Tree Mace'', a Battledome Equipment.
*'''BTY''': ''[[Better Than You]]''.
*'''Bzzt''': ''Bzzt Blaster'', a Battledome Equipment.

==C==
*'''C-Blade''': ''[[CarrotBlade]]'', a Battledome Equipment found in the Hidden Tower.
*'''CATFB''': ''[[Chomby and the Fungus Balls]]'', referring to a [[band]] and a retired [[game]].
*'''CB''': ''CarrotBlade'', a Battledome Equipment found in the Hidden Tower.
*'''CE''': ''Cursed Elixir'', a Battledome Equipment.
*'''CF''': ''[[Chia Flour]]'', a Battledome Equipment item found in the Hidden Tower. Also short for "Congratulations Feeders", in reference to the [[Kadoatery]].
*'''CG''': ''[[Cyodrake's Gaze]]'', a plot from 2006.
*'''Coll''': Short for "Collateral".
*'''Collat''': Short for "Collateral".
*'''COM''': ''The [[Curse of Maraqua]]'' [[plot]], and sometimes its respective [[NeoBoard]].
*'''CP''': ''Caustic Potion'', a Battledome Equipment received as a prize from [[Illusen's Glade]].
*'''CS''': ''Clawed Shield'', a Battledome Equipment which can reward an Avatar.
*'''CSC''': ''[[Cardboard Sprout Cannon]]'', a Battledome Equipment found in the Hidden Tower.
*'''CSS''': ''[[Wikipedia: Cascading Style Sheets|Cascading Style Sheets]]''. An extension to HTML which can set default style attributes for a HTML tag (that has been defined in the doctype) or style attributes for a specific class or ID. Frequently used within Neopia to customise [[User Lookup]]s and [[Shop]]s.
*'''CWoS''': ''Cloudy Wand of Storms'', a Battledome Equipment.

==D==
*'''DBD''': ''Dark Battle Duck'', a weapon that used to do 10 icons damage in the [[Battledome]], but following being downgraded is not as valued any more.
*'''Def''': ''Defence'', a statistic of a Neopet that influences how well certain shields work. 
*'''DoN''': ''[[Defenders of Neopia]]''

==E==
*'''ENT''': ''Evil Neopets Team'', an acronym used often to refer to [[The Neopets Team]] when they're particularly unpleasant.
*'''ETS''': ''Easy to sell'', referring to an [[item]] that can be turned into [[NP]] quickly, due to high demand.

==F==
*'''FC''': ''Fan Club'' [[NeoBoard]].
*'''FFQ''': ''[[Fountain Faerie]] Quest'', a rare [[Faerie Quest]] that can alter a [[Neopet]]s [[colour]] to any available for it.
*'''FTP''': ''First to post'' in a [[NeoBoard]].

==H==
*'''HATIC''': ''Hannah and the Ice Caves'', referring to the [[Hannah and the Ice Caves (Plot)|plot]], the [[Hannah and the Ice Caves (Game)|game]], and sometimes to its respective [[NeoBoard]]. 
*'''HATPC''': ''[[Hannah and the Pirate Caves]]''.
*'''HC''': The ''Help Chat'' of the [[NeoBoard]].
*'''HH''': ''H4000 Helmet'', a very valued weapon in the [[Battledome]].
*'''HoH''': The ''[[Hall of Heroes]]'', an important location in the Altador Plot
*'''HP''': ''Hit points'', the amount of total health you have. It is important in the [[Battledome]].
*'''HT''': The ''[[Hidden Tower]]'', in [[Faerieland]], that sells many rare and expensive relics. 
*'''HTML''': ''[[Wikipedia: Hypertext Markup Language|Hypertext Markup Language]]'', the mark-up language in which all webpages are written.
*'''HTS''': ''Hard to sell'', referring to an [[item]] that cannot be turned into [[NP]] quickly, due to low demand, despite what it may be perceived as being worth due to rarity.

==I==
*'''IDB''': ''[[In-Depth Battlepedia]]'', a sub-site of [[PinkPT]] which is dedicated entirely to the [[Battledome]].
*'''IDNQ''': ''[[In-Depth NeoQuest]]'', a sub-site of [[PinkPT]] dedicated entirely to the games [[NeoQuest]] and [[NeoQuest II]].

==K==
*'''K''': A symbol following a number, meaning ''thousand'', from the [[Wikipedia: Systeme International|SI]] prefix [[Wikipedia: Kilo|kilo-]].

==I==
*'''IQ''': ''Intelligence Quotient''. [[Adam Powell]] has an IQ of 174.

==L==
*'''LDP''': ''The [[Lost Desert Plot]]'', and sometimes its associated [[NeoBoard]]. 
*'''LDPBSTSCC''': The [[Trading Card]] ''Lost Desert Paint Brush Stamp T-Shirt Collectable Card''.

==M==
*'''MP''': ''[[Morphing Potion]]'', or ''My Price'' for an item.
*'''MSP''': ''Malevolent Sentient Plushie'', a [[Paintbrush]] [[colour]] that only exists for [[Poogle]]s.
*'''MSPP''': ''Malevolent Sentient Poogle Plushie'', a [[Poogle]] painted [[Malevolent Sentient Plushie]].

==N==
*'''NF''': ''[[Neofriends]]''
*'''NM''': ''[[NeoMail]]''.
*'''NP''': ''[[Neopoints]]''.
*'''NQ''': ''[[NeoQuest]]''.
*'''NQ1''': ''[[NeoQuest I]]''.
*'''NQ2''': ''[[NeoQuest II]]''.
*'''NQI''': ''[[NeoQuest I]]''.
*'''NQII''': ''[[NeoQuest II]]''.
*'''NST''': ''[[Neopia Standard Time]]'', the clock [[Neopia]] follows, and the time [[The Neopets Team]] follows in their work day.
*'''NT''': ''[[Neopian Times]]''.

==P==
*'''PB''': ''[[Paint Brush]]''.
*'''PC''': ''Plot Chat'', referring to the currently active [[Plot]] [[NeoBoard]]. 
*'''PHP''': The [[Wikipedia:Recursive acronym|recursive acronym]] for ''PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor'', the programming language that makes [[Neopets]] possible.
*'''PPL''': ''[[Petpet Protection League]]'', a league on [[Neopets]] that rewards [[Neopet]]s for taking good care of their [[Petpet]]s.
*'''PPPB''': ''[[Petpet Paint Brush]]''.
*'''PPT''': ''Pink Poogle Toy'', or [[PinkPT]]. One of the oldest [[Neopets]] help sites to exist on the internet. Home of all that is weird and wonderful.
*'''PPTer''': The term given to a person who has become a member of [[PinkPT]] and considers themselves a part of the PPT community.
*'''PS2''': The ''[[Wikipedia:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]]''. The [[Neopets: The Darkest Faerie]] video game was released on the PS2.
*'''PSP''': The ''[[Wikipedia:PlayStation Portable|Playstation Portable]]''.
*'''PTS''': ''Points'', in reference to the score users receive in the [[:Category:Games|Games]] they play.

==R==
*'''R#''': The ''[[Item Rarity|rarity]]'' of an item, e.g. ''r99''.
*'''RE''': ''[[Random Event]]''
*'''RPG''': ''Role Playing Game''. [[Neoquest]] and [[Neopets: The Darkest Faerie]] are both considered RPGs.
*'''RS''': ''Restock'', referring to the act of Neopet [[shop]]s filling their stores, or the method users use for their own shops.
*'''RSing''': ''Restocking'', referring to Neopet [[shop]]s fulling their stores, or a method users use for their own shops.

==S==
*'''SAP''': ''Seasonal Attack Pea'', a powerful weapon in the [[Battledome]], and a variation of the typical Super Attack Pea with a Santa hat.
*'''SC''': ''[[Scratchcard]]''.
*'''SDB''': ''[[Safety Deposit Box]]''.
*'''SHH''': ''[[Something Has Happened]]'', a type of [[Random Event]].
*'''SOS''': ''Sword Of Skardsen''.
*'''SS''': ''[[Scorchstone]]'', referring to a collection of weapons used in the [[Battledome]].
*'''STP''': ''Second to post'' on a [[Neoboard]].
*'''Str''': ''Strength'', a statistic that determines how effective each icon of attack is for a [[Neopet]] in the [[Battledome]].
*'''SuAP''': ''Super Attack Pea''.

==T==
*'''TCG''': ''Trading Card Game'', in reference to the [[Neopets TCG]].
*'''TDF''': ''The Darkest Faerie'', referring to the [[Neopets: The Darkest Faerie|game]] or the [[The Darkest Faerie|character]]. 
*'''TNT''': ''[[The Neopets Team]]''. This initialism, shared by the explosive [[Wikipedia:Trinitrotoluene|Trinitrotoluene]], inspired the ''TNT'' [[Avatar]], which is used only by staff members. May also refer to ''The [[Neopian Times]]''.
*'''TOW''': The ''[[The Tale of Woe|Tale of Woe]]'' [[plot]], or sometimes its associated [[NeoBoard]]. 
*'''TP''': ''[[Trading Post]]'', or ''[[Transmogrification Potion]]''.
*'''Trans''': ''[[Transmogrification Potion]]''.
*'''TYS''': ''[[Test Your Strength]]'', a game in the [[Haunted Woods]].

==U==
*'''UB''': ''Unbuyable'', referring to an [[item]] which can't be bought through stores and only through the [[Trading Post]] due to its high price.

==W==
*'''WC''': ''[[Werelupe]] Claw'', a powerful weapon of the [[Battledome]], or [[World Challenge]].
*'''WoE''': ''[[Wheel of Excitement]]''.
*'''WoK''': ''[[Wheel of Knowledge]]''.
*'''WoM''': ''[[Wheel of Monotony]]'', ''[[Wheel of Misfortune]]'', or ''[[Wheel of Mediocrity]]''

==X==
*'''XHTML''': ''Extensible Hypertext Markup Language'', the stricter, cleaner form of HTML.

==Z==
*'''ZDAP''': ''[[Zafara Double Agent]] Plushie'', used to obtain an avatar

==External links==
*'''Selected Fansites:''' [http://sunnyneo.com/abbreviations.php SunnyNeo - ''Abbreviations'']

[[Category: Neopets Terminology]]
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