Common Acronyms

Acronyms are commonly used by the Neopets community. An acronym is a series of letters that represents several words. 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.

• AI: Artificial Intelligence. 1-Player Challengers run on set AI patterns.
• BN: "Before Neopia", refering to times before recorded history of Neopia (or before Neopets began).
• BD: Battledome. Where Neopets get to fight against other Neopets or Villains of Neopia.
• CATFB: Chomby and the Fungus Balls
• COM: Curse of Maraqua
• CSS: 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 to customize User Lookups and Shops.
• DBD: Dark Battle Duck. A weapon that used to do 10 icons damage in the Battledome, and isn't as valued anymore.
• ENT: Evil Neopets Team. An acryonym used often to refer to The Neopets Team when they're particularly unpleasant.
• HATIC: Hannah and the Ice Caves
• HATPC: Hannah and the Pirate Caves
• HH: H4000 Helmet. A very valued weapon in the Battledome.
• HoH: Hall of Heroes. Important place in the Altador Plot
• HP: Hit points, the amount of total health you have. Important in the Battledome.
• HT: Hidden Tower
• HTML: Hypertext Markup Language. The mark-up language which all webpages are written in.
• IDB: In-Depth Battlepedia. Sub-site of PinkPT which is dedicated entirely to the Battledome.
• IDNQ: In-Depth NeoQuest. Sub-site of PinkPT dedicated entirely to the games NeoQuest and NeoQuest II.
• IQ: Intelligence Quotient. Adam Powell has an IQ of 174.
• LDP: Lost Desert Plot
• MSP: Malevolent Sentient Plushie. A Paintbrush colour that only exists for Poogles.
• MSPP: Malevolent Sentient Poogle Plushie
• NP: Neopoints
• 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.
• PHP: The programming language that makes Neopets possible.(recursive acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor")
• PPL: Petpet Protection League. A group of Neopians who reward Neopets for taking good care of their Petpets.
• 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: Playstation 2. The Neopets: The Darkest Faerie video was released on the PS2.
• PSP: Playstation Portable.
• PTS: Points, in reference to the score you recieve in the Games you can play.
• RPG: Role Playing Game. Neoquest and Neopets: The Darkest Faerie are both considered RPGs.
• SAP: Seasonal Attack Pea, a powerful weapon of the Battledome.
• SuAP: Super Attack Pea
• SDB: Safety Deposit Box
• SOS: Sword Of Skardsen
• SS: Scorchstone, refering to a collection of weapons used in the Battledome.
• TCG: Trading Card Game, in reference to the Neopets TCG.
• TDF: The Darkest Faerie
• TNT: The Neopets Team. Inspired the TNT Avatar, which is used only by them. Also refers to the Neopian Times.
• TP: Trading Post
• WC: Werelupe Claw, a powerful weapon of the Battledome.
• XHTML: Extensive Hypertext Markup Language. The stricter, cleaner form of HTML.

There is also a humorous acronym trading card created by The Neopets Team, the LDPBSTSCC, which is the Lost Desert Paint Brush Stamp T-Shirt Collectable Card.