Neopian Dictionary
Welcome to the Neopian Dictionary! Here, you can find definitions and explanations
for all those strange Neopian words that have been puzzling you. Some of the words
here were invented by the Neopets Team; others were created by players and have stuck
around because they're so useful. From Meepits to MPETs and from RI to restocking,
we're here to explain them all!
There are 238 matching terms.
PPL
[piːpiːɛl] - noun
(1) The Petpet Protection League, an organisation working within Neopia to make sure Petpets are kept healthy and happy. They appear in several Flash games.
(2) The award given out weekly by this organisation to reward good Petpet owners. A different species of Petpet is selected each week, and Neopets who have owned one of the chosen species for a long time receive a Neopoint prize and sometimes a trophy.
Example Usage:
(1) "In the game Petpet Rescue, you play a brave member of the PPL exploring a gem mine."
(2) "My Wocky's Electric Alabriss won the PPL last week!"
See Also: The Petpet Protection League
Category: Neopia
PPPB
[piːpiːpiːbiː] - noun
Abbreviation of "Petpet Paint Brush". A special item that can be used to change the colour of a Petpet's fur, feathers or scales. PPPBs are cheaper than Paint Brushes, but can only be used on Petpets.
Example Usage:
"I got a Fire PPPB from a random event. Lucky, huh?"
Category: Items and Restocking
Premie
['pɹiːmiː] - noun
A subscriber to Neopets Premium, a feature that allows access to a number of small perks around the site in return for a monthly or yearly donation.
Example Usage:
"Are you on a quest? I'm a Premie, so I can find that item for you faster."
See Also: Neopets Premium
Category: Technical Stuff
Premium
['pɹiːmiːəm] - noun
A monthly or yearly donation made to the site that entitles the donor to a few special perks.
Example Usage:
"We're letting Premium members beta-test the new game first."
See Also: Neopets Premium
Category: Technical Stuff
Quad
[kwɒd] - adjective
An art style in which Neopets are drawn as standing and moving in poses appropriate to their build and species characteristics, rather than in humanlike poses. Any clothes they are shown wearing also tend to be adapted to the individual species rather than trying as hard as possible to resemble human clothes.
Originally from a word meaning "four" and referring to the four paws a quad pet like a Lupe or Aisha would stand on, this word has been extended to mean the opposite of anthro.
Example Usage:
"I'm a fan of art that really shows off quad Neopets."
Category: Uncategorized
Quick Ref
[kwɪk ɹɛf] - noun
The page that allows you to view all your Neopets, located at https://www.neopets.com/quickref.phtml. It also provides access to a few useful functions, like renaming Petpets and viewing Battledome Abilities.
Example Usage:
"I can't remember what my Grundo's stats are offhand. Let me just check Quick Ref."
Category: Technical Stuff
Quickref Panel
['kwɪkrɛf 'pænəl] - noun
The box on the left-hand side of most Neopets.com pages that displays a picture of your active and their important stats.
Example Usage:
"You can see whether your pet is sad or hungry by looking at the quickref panel."
Category: Uncategorized
Raid
[ɹɛɪd] - verb
To send the Petpetpets from your Habitarium to sabotage the Habitarium of one of your friends.
Example Usage:
"My brother won't stop raiding me. I think I'm going to un-Neofriend him."
See Also: Habitarium Guide
Category: Games
Random Event
['ɹændəm ɪv'ɛnt] - noun
A message that pops up unpredictably while browsing the site, usually with the heading "Something has Happened!" Random Events may give or take away Neopoints or items, or cause changes to happen to your Neopets; however, many of them are just amusing snapshots of Neopian life (such as "A Shoyru whizzes past your head").
Example Usage:
"The Random Event I got this morning took away 5,000 NP! It hasn't been a very lucky day..."
See Also: Random Event Guide
Category: Events
Rare Item Code
[ɹɛə 'aɪtəm koʊd] - noun
A special code obtained by buying an item of Neopets merchandise in real life. It can be entered at the Grundo Warehouse in order to receive an online item prize.
Example Usage:
"This item was a prize from a Rare Item Code."
See Also: Grundo Warehouse
Category: Items and Restocking
RB
[aːbiː] - adjective
Abbreviation for "Royal Boy". Painted with the Royal Paint Brush to give the appearance of a prince-like Neopet. The Royal Boy colour is achieved by painting a male Neopet, although it is possible to change the pet's gender later and keep the colour.
Example Usage:
"The RB Acara is featured on an avatar."
See Also: A History of Royal Pets
Category: Uncategorized
RE
[aːɹiː] - noun
Abbreviation of "Random Event". A message that pops up unpredictably while browsing the site, usually with the heading "Something has Happened!" Random Events may give or take away Neopoints or items, or cause changes to happen to your Neopets; however, many of them are just amusing snapshots of Neopian life (such as "A Shoyru whizzes past your head").
Example Usage:
"That's the third event I've had this morning! Am I walking around with an RE magnet strapped to my back today or something?"
See Also: Random Event Guide
Category: Events
Referral
[ɹɪ'fɜːɹəl] - noun
A link (often with an email invitation) that you can send to your friends or place on a web page to encourage others to sign up for Neopets. Prizes are given if your friends decide to register.
Example Usage:
"My aunt's looking for a way to unwind after work, so I sent her a Neopets referral. I wonder if she'll join?"
See Also: The Neopets Referral Programme
Category: Technical Stuff
Release
[ɹɪ'liːs] - verb, noun
(1) To make an item available in the Neopian shops, having previously announced it in New Features.
(2) To make a Limited Edition species of pet temporarily available through the normal creation system. This generally happens on a pet's festival day.
(3) The occasion of a Limited Edition species being available through the normal creation system.
Example Usage:
(1) "Hasn't that new scarf for Nimmos been released yet? I'm dying to try one on my pet!"
(2) "I really hope they release Hissis for Hissi Day this year!"
(3) "How long has it been since the last Lutari release? Must be at least a year and a half."
See Also: Limited and Restricted Pets
Category: Technical Stuff
Report
[rɪ'pɔːt] - verb
To alert the Neopets Team to something that shouldn't be happening on the site.
Example Usage:
"I don't think he should be swearing like that on the Neoboards. I should report it."
Category: Technical Stuff
Report-Happy
[ɹɪ'pɔːt 'hæpiː] - noun
A person who is very quick to inform the Neopets Team about anything that even looks as if it might be breaking a rule. Generally an insulting term.
Example Usage:
"This board is so full of report-happies! Geez! All I asked was whether I would be allowed to name my pet Barack Obama."
Category: Boards
Reportable
[ɹɪ'pɔːtəbəl] - adjective
Something that breaks the rules and should be brought to the attention of the Neopets Team.
Example Usage:
"You do know talking about teenage pregnancy on the Neoboards is reportable, right?"
Category: Technical Stuff
Resource
[ɹɪ'zɔːs] - noun
One of the natural building materials that Petpetpets can collect in the Habitarium game, namely water drops, flower pollen, blades of grass, globs of mud, wooden splinters and chips of stone.
Example Usage:
"Yay, my P3s have collected enough resources for me to build another nest!"
See Also: Habitarium Guide
Category: Games
Restricted
[ɹɪs'tɹɪktəd] - adjective
A pet species that cannot be created in the normal way, but must be obtained via some special means.
Example Usage:
"No, you can't create a Krawk even on Krawk Day. They're restricted."
See Also: Limited and Restricted Pets
Category: Uncategorized
RG
[aːdʒiː] - adjective
Abbreviation for "Royal Girl". Painted with the Royal Paint Brush to give the appearance of a princess-like Neopet. The Royal Girl colour is achieved by painting a female Neopet, although it is possible to change the pet's gender later and keep the colour.
Example Usage:
"I love the pink coat of the RG Uni."
See Also: A History of Royal Pets
Category: Uncategorized
RN
[aːɹɛn] - adjective
Abbreviation for the phrase "Real Name". Refers to a pet name that is also used as a name for humans in the real world. It's generally understood that a name has to be widespread in real life in order to be an RN-- in other words, if you happen to name your newborn daughter Peppersqueaks, that doesn't mean you can claim it to be RN on Neopets. Examples might include "Jasmine", "Amadeus" or "Fabio".
Example Usage:
"I was wondering, does 'Paskal' count as RN? I normally see it with a C, but I wasn't sure..."
Category: Trading and Adoption
RoDN
[aːɹoʊdiːɛn] - noun
Abbreviation for "Rod of Dark Nova". A Battledome weapon that not only blocks fire- and dark-element attacks, but heals your pet slightly and gives you Dark Novas to use during the fight.
Example Usage:
"RoDN is really effective for pets with low stats, but the price is rather limiting."
See Also: Rod of Dark Nova
Category: Battledome
Roleplay
['ɹoʊlplɛɪ] - verb
To interact with others while talking in the manner of another character or person (often one of your Neopets), and using textual "directions" to indicate what that character or person would be doing during the conversation. For instance:
Thyassa: *waves paws* Who wants to come and play Gormball?
Roleplaying is very popular, both as a pastime and a way of developing a pet's personality.
Example Usage:
"I've roleplayed as my Eyrie a few times before. It's fun trying to think of how a Tyrannian pet would act."
Category: Boards
RoN
[aːɹoʊɛn] - noun
Abbreviation for "Rod of Nova". A Battledome weapon that heals your pet and sometimes blocks dark-element attacks.
Example Usage:
"For pets with very low stats and in 1-player battles RoN might do some good, but in serious battles it's a joke."
See Also: Rod of Nova
Category: Battledome
RoS
[aːɹoʊɛs] - noun
Abbreviation for "Return of (Doctor) Sloth". The plot that followed events on Kreludor and the Virtupets Space Station in Year Ten. Infamous for its very hard cryptography puzzles.
Not to be confused with the Shockwave game The Return of the Return of Doctor Sloth.
Example Usage:
"I like a good puzzle plot, but if it gets as hard as the RoS coded messages I might have to curl up and gibber for a while."
See Also: The Return of Doctor Sloth
Category: Events
RP
[aːpiː] - verb, noun
(1) Abbreviation for "roleplay". To interact with others while talking in the manner of another character or person (often one of your Neopets), and using textual "directions" to indicate what that character or person would be doing during the conversation. For instance:
Hannah: *throws rope over her shoulder* Don't be such a baby, Armin! I'm sure there's treasure in this cave!
(2) A roleplaying session.
Example Usage:
(1) "I RP with my friends all the time! It's fun, and it helps me explore sides of my pets' personalities I hadn't written about before."
(2) "We're thinking of having an RP based on Dr. Sloth and his minions. Would you like to join? We'll let you be Ylana Skyfire if you want!"
Category: Boards
RSS
[aːɹɛsɛs] - noun
Abbreviation for "Rainbow Scorchstone". A Battledome item that can be used to heal your pet.
Nothing to do with automatically updating news feeds, as Neopets doesn't yet have one.
Example Usage:
"The RSS can heal eighty hit points when used in battle."
See Also: Rainbow Scorchstone
Category: Battledome
Scam
[skæm] - noun, verb
(1) An attempt to gain someone's Neopoints, Neopets, items or account dishonestly and/or in a manner which is against Neopets' rules.
(2) To try to get other players to give you their Neopoints, Neopets, items or accounts by such means.
Example Usage:
(1) "Don't believe anyone who tells you they have a guaranteed way to get free paintbrushes. It's always a scam."
(2) "After I heard she'd been scamming newbies out of their Neopoints, I could never look at her the same way again."
Category: Uncategorized
Scammer
['skæmə] - noun
Someone who tries to trick others out of their account, Neopoints, or items.
Example Usage:
"This girl said she'd give me a million Neopoints if I told her my password! Of course, I reported her to the monitors as a scammer."
See Also: Neopets Scams To Watch Out For
Category: Technical Stuff
Screenie
['skɹiːniː] - noun
Abbreviation for "screenshot". An image someone has saved of an interesting or amusing event that happened on Neopets. Many people keep collections of screenies on their petpages.
Example Usage:
"I've had a bad day. Anyone got some funny screenies that'll make me laugh?"
See Also: Screenshot Guide
Category: Technical Stuff
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