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Just like any other online community, there are many acronyms, clippings & initialisms used within the Growtopian community. This page lists some of the commonly used acronyms, clippings & initialisms.

Acronyms

An acronym is an abbreviation formed by the first letters or syllables of a series of words, and which is itself pronounced like a word.^[1]^[2] For example, within the Growtopian community, "gaut" is an acronym made up of the first syllable of Gaia's Beacon and the initialism of Unstable Tesseract.

G

gaut > Gaia's Beacon-Unstable Tesseract combo

P

paw > Player Appreciation Week

Clippings

A clipping is a short form of a word created by removing syllables.^[3] For example, within the Growtopian community, "stits" is the clipping of Surgical Stitches.

Initialisms

An initialism is a term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.^[4] For example, within the Growtopian community, "ut" is the initialism of Unstable Tesseract.

B

bc > Broadcast
bgl > Blue Gem Lock
bl > Big Lock

C

cb > Custom Broadcast
csn > casino, Crystal Shard Necklace

D

dc > Daily Challenges, disconnect/disconnection
dcc > Demon Control Cap
dcs > Dreamcatcher Staff
dl > Diamond Lock

E

el > Emerald Lock

F

fc > Friendcast

G

gc > Guildcast, guild co-leader
ge > guild elder
gl > good luck, guild leader
gt > Growtopia

H

hl > Huge Lock

P

pz > Punch Jammer-Zombie Jammer combo

R

rl > real life, Royal Lock, Ruby Lock
rsp > Rare Seed Pack

S

U

ut > Unstable Tesseract

W

wl > World Lock
ww > Winter Wish, Wolf Whistle, WOLFWORLD

References

[1] ttps://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/acronym

[2] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acronym

[3] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clipping

[4] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/initialism

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-Just like any other online community, there are many '''acronyms, clippings & initialisms''' used within the Growtopian Community. This page lists some of the commonly used acronyms, clippings & initialisms.
+Just like any other online community, there are many '''acronyms, clippings & initialisms''' used within the Growtopian community. This page lists some of the commonly used acronyms, clippings & initialisms.
 ==Acronyms==
-An '''acronym''' is an abbreviation formed by the first letters or syllables of a series of words, and which is itself pronounced like a word.<ref>https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/acronym</ref><ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acronym</ref> For example, within the Growtopian Community, "gaut" is an acronym made up of the first syllable of [[Gaia's Beacon]] and the initialism of [[Unstable Tesseract]].
+An '''acronym''' is an abbreviation formed by the first letters or syllables of a series of words, and which is itself pronounced like a word.<ref>https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/acronym</ref><ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acronym</ref> For example, within the Growtopian community, "gaut" is an acronym made up of the first syllable of [[Gaia's Beacon]] and the initialism of [[Unstable Tesseract]].
 ===G===
 *gaut > [[Gaia's Beacon]]-[[Unstable Tesseract]] combo
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 ==Clippings==
-A '''clipping''' is a short form of a word created by removing syllables.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clipping</ref> For example, within the Growtopian Community, "stits" is the clipping of [[Surgical Stitches]].
+A '''clipping''' is a short form of a word created by removing syllables.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clipping</ref> For example, within the Growtopian community, "stits" is the clipping of [[Surgical Stitches]].
 ===A===
 *ances > [[Ancestral Lens of Riches]], [[Ancestral Orb of Time]], [[Ancestral Seed of Life]], [[Ancestral Tesseract of Dimensions]], [[Ancestral Totem of Wisdom]]
 *anti > [[Antidote]]
+===C===
+*chand > [[Chandelier]]
+===F===
+*ftank > [[Fish Tank]]
 ===G===
+*gscan > [[GrowScan 9000]]
 *gtoken > [[Growtoken]]
+===H===
+*hbow > [[Heartbow]]
 ===L===
 *lgrid > [[Laser Grid]]
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 *stits > [[Surgical Stitches]]
 *surg > [[Guide:Surgery|Surgery]]
+===V===
+*vend > [[Vending Machine]]
 ==Initialisms==
-An '''initialism''' is a term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/initialism</ref> For example, within the Growtopian Community, "ut" is the initialism of [[Unstable Tesseract]].
+An '''initialism''' is a term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/initialism</ref> For example, within the Growtopian community, "ut" is the initialism of [[Unstable Tesseract]].
 ===B===
 *bc > [[Broadcast]]
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 *fc > [[Broadcast#Friendcast|Friendcast]]
 ===G===
-*gc > [[Broadcast#Guildcast|Guildcast]]
+*gc > [[Broadcast#Guildcast|Guildcast]], guild co-leader
+*ge > guild elder
+*gl > good luck, guild leader
 *gt > [[Growtopia]]
 ===H===
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 ===R===
 *rl > real life, [[Royal Lock]], [[Ruby Lock]]
+*rsp > [[Rare Seed Pack]]
 ===S===
 *sb > [[Broadcast#Super_Broadcast|Super Broadcast]]
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 *sfw > [[Super Fireworks]]
 *sl > [[Small Lock]]
+*ssp > [[Small Seed Pack]]
 *ssu > [[Spirit Storage Unit]]
 *sww > [[Special Winter Wish]]