Guide:Acronyms, Clippings & Initialisms

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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 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 said as 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.