Abbreviations

Secret Society Hidden Mystery Wiki Forum Abbreviation and Concepts Glossary On this wiki's forum there are several abbreviations used. This is a list explaining them for newcomers. When you enter the Friends menu and click the "Send a gift" button on your friend's panel, a menu with two tabs will open up. All items listed in the "Send a gift" tab are free for the gifter to give. They DO NOT come out of your own inventory, thus you can always give these, regardless of whether you yourself have one or not in your inventory. You can give one of these types of gifts to up to fifty friends per day. (Combining Elements (CEs) and some Special Items  See also the Gifting article for more information) These are the items that are used to combine your Collection Items. They make up the majority of the "Free gifts". (See the Combining Elements article for more information) These DO come out of your own inventory. You can give up to ten of these per day and may give more than one to a single friend. (See the List of Collection Items and Gifting articles for more information)
 * Free gift: Are gifts that you can give at no cost to you to your friends.
 * Admin(s):  Administrator(s); volunteers elected by the SSHM Wiki community
 * AM : Ante Meridiem ( latin), before noon ( 12 o'clock )
 * ASAP : As Soon As Possible
 * AVVIE : Avatar . Related term to describe the picture, graphic or other image to express the likeness of its user . ( see Avatars )
 * BC : Because
 * BF : Best Friend(s)
 * BST : British Summer Time, a time zone in United kingdom.
 * BTW: By The Way
 * BW : Best Wishes
 * CA: Stands for Special Item Cupid's Arrow ( see Combining Elements also Special Items )
 * CC : Captain's Cabin
 * CE: Stands for "Combining Element".
 * CI: Stands for "Collection Item".
 * CONVO : Conversation.
 * CU : See You
 * DBG : Stands for Drive-by gifter
 * DIY : Do It Yourself
 * EDT : Eastern Daylight Time, East America time zone.
 * E.G. :The term e.g. is an abbreviation of the Latin expression exempli gratia, meaning “for the sake of example” or more colloquially, “for example.” This term is used to introduce examples of something that has already been stated.
 * EOD : End Of Discussion
 * EOM: Stands for End of message
 * FAQ : Frequently Ask Question
 * FAV : Favorite
 * FB : Facebook

Refers to items such as Fireflies, Ladybugs, Carrots, Cupid's arrows and Tokens that are used to play certain pictures. (See the Special Items article for more information) Users on some devices are capable of setting the date of their device in the past and then moving forward, which allows them to send multiple gifts to their friends, increase their energy, and other benefits. (See The Tardis board of the forum for more information)
 * FCE: Friends code exchange
 * FD : Festive Dinner
 * FF: Stands for the Special Item Fireflies ( see Combining Elements also Special Items )
 * FL: Friends List
 * FYI : For Your Information
 * GB: Gift Box
 * (Un)Giftable: Not all Collection Items can be given as gifts.
 * GIF : Graphic Interchange Format
 * GM: Usually Gem Match; could also mean Grand Magister Picture Level
 * GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
 * HC : Hidden City, another G5 game.
 * HE: High Explorer Picture Level
 * IDK : I Don't Know.
 * I.E. :The term i.e. is a shortening of the Latin expression id est, which translates to “that is.” It is used to introduce a rephrasing or elaboration on something that has already been stated.
 * IKR : I know, right ?
 * IMO: In my opinion
 * IMHO: In my honest opinion (preferred usage to 'in my humble opinion')
 * IP : Internet Protocol
 * LB: Stands for the Special Item Ladybugs. ( see Combining Elements also Special Items )
 * LOCI List of Collection Items
 * LOCIL List of Collection Item Locations
 * LOCER List of Combining Element Requirements
 * LOL: Stands for Laughing out loud.
 * LVL : Level
 * Multiplying: Refers to the multiplication of gifts due to a glitch, which is being weeded out of the game with the newer updates, that allows users to receive multiple copies of any gifts sent to them.
 * MDT : Mountain Daylight Time
 * MM: Memory Match
 * MW : My Wall
 * NB : Nota Bene, Latin abbreviation which mean ' take notice ' at the end of a communication.
 * NP : No Problem
 * OD: Observation Deck
 * OFC: Of course
 * OMG: Stands for Oh! My God.
 * OP : Original Post, or Original Poster; refers to the first post in a discussion, or to the person who made the post
 * PLS or PLZ : Please
 * PM : Post Me or Post Meridiem (latin) after noon ( 12 o'clock )
 * PS : Post Script . From the latin postcriptum, an expression meaning " written after ".
 * RL: Real Life - what we do outside the game and the Wiki
 * ROFL : Rolling On Floor Laughing.
 * ROTF : Rolling On The Floor
 * SB : Search Box
 * SI: Stands for Special Items.
 * SS : Secret Society or Secret Santa
 * SSHM Stands for Secret Society-Hidden Mystery.
 * TBD: To Be Determined or Decided
 * TGIF : Thank God It's Friday !
 * THX : Thanks
 * TM : Twin Moons, another G5 game.
 * TMRW : Tomorrow
 * TOS: Terms of service - Rules for Wiki
 * TOU: Terms of use - Rules for Wiki
 * TT: Stands for "Time Traveling".
 * TY gifts, aka "Gratitude from a friend" gifts: Are the wrapped presents you receive after your friend hits the "Thank" button when they receive a gift from you. What you receive in these is randomly chosen by the game system. (See the Friends article for more information)
 * VBG : Very Big Grin
 * VV : Vikings Village
 * WIP : Work In Progress
 * WK : Week(s)
 * WL: Stands for "Wishlist". (See the Wishlists article for more information)
 * WR: Stands for Waiting Room
 * WTG : Stands for Way to go.
 * WW : Wigwam
 * XP: Stands for Experience Points
 * YR : Year(s)
 * ZZ: Stands for Zecret Zociety2 a Face book group.

Coded Wishlist items.

Some players have used certain items to indicate the need for Paid Picture Items. Current list of code items: (How common or universal these are is not known)

Arrows = Cupid's bow from the Legendary Bows collection

Carrots = Mandrake root from the Magical Ingredients collection

Fireflies = Mushroom tea from the Tea Collection collection

Ladybugs = Brush made with goat fur from the Paint Brushes collection

Things that make you go huh.

User blog:Lilac11

This started as a thread but grew into a bit of a list and I thought it was kind of interesting. As one person wrote, "The Secret Society: Expanding your vocabulary one object at a time." So, here is a list of items in the game that may not be familiar to some people. I'm sure there are more or less, depending on where you live, your native tongue, and your life experiences; but here's what I came up with.


 * Amanita - Forest House - A mushroom of the poisonous species
 * Backgammon - Heart of the Dunes - is one of the oldest known board games. It is a two player game where each player has fifteen pieces (checkers) which move between twenty-four triangles (points) according to the roll of two dice. The objective of the game is to be first to bear off, i.e. move all fifteen checkers off the board. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games.
 * Backpack - Forester's Base - A cloth sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders, but there can be variations to this basic design.
 * Basbousa - Heart of the Dunes - Is a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake. It is made from cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup ; coconut is also a popular option to add into this pastry. Orange flower water or rose water is also an optional addition to the simple syrup used in the basbousa.
 * Bib - Nursery - A piece of cloth, plastic, or paper that covers the chest and is often tied under the chin of a child to protect the clothing while the child is eating.
 * Bixi turtle - Tea Corner - Is a figure from Chinese mythology. One of the 9 sons of the Dragon King, he is depicted as a dragon with the shell of a turtle.
 * Bonnet - Nursery - A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin
 * Bota bag - Farm/Vikings Village - A wine bag made of untanned goatskin and holding 1–2 liters
 * Brooch - High Tower - A brooch  is a decorative jewelry item designed to be attached to garments, often to hold them closed. It is usually made of metal, often silver or gold but sometimes bronze or some other material. Brooches are frequently decorated with enamel or with gemstones and may be solely for ornament (as in the stomacher) or sometimes serve a practical function as a fastening, perhaps for a cloak.
 * Bun - Luxury Express - Bread Roll or Kaiser Roll
 * Bundle of spikes - Mill - Not in dictionary but resembles a bundle of wheat
 * Camellia - Observation Deck - A shrub with white, pink, red, or variegated roselike flowers
 * Candy floss or cotton candy - Tree of Dates/Bakery - Cotton candy made from spun sugar (aka Fairy Floss)
 * Cezve - Heart of the Dunes/Eastern Bazaar - A cezve is a small long-handled pot with a pouring lip designed specifically to make Turkish coffee.
 * Chain mail - Vikings Village - Armour chain or maille (also chain mail(le) or chainmail(le)) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.
 * Chamomile - Bakery - Chamomile is the common name for several daisy-like plants of the family Asteraceae. Two of the species are commonly used to make herb infusions
 * Compass - Forester's Base - A compass is an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic cardinal directions (or points)
 * Cordierite - Vikings Village - Cordierite (mineralogy) or iolite (gemology) is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate. Iron is almost always present and a solid solution exists between Mg-rich cordierite and Fe-rich sekaninaite.
 * Dagger - Heart of the Dunes/Venice - A dagger is a knife with a very sharp point and two or more sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon
 * Daruma doll - Japanese House - A wishing doll that keeps one focused on achieving goals
 * Domono's tiles - Tea Corner - Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with rectangular domino tiles. Each domino is a rectangular tile with a line dividing its face into two square ends.
 * Doublet - High Tower - A doublet is a close-fitting outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt, worn by men in the Renaissance.
 * Drakkar bow - Vikings Village - Viking ships were marine vessels of unique structure .  Some might have had a dragon's head on the bow ( front of the ship ).
 * Drinking horn - Forester's Base - A drinking horn is the horn of a bovid used as a drinking vessel.
 * Flask - Forester's Base - A flat metal or glass bottle for carrying in the pocket
 * French Macaron - Tree of Dates/Flower Shop - A round, colored cookie consisting of a filling between two halves; not to be confused with macaroon which is a drop cookie of almond paste or coconut
 * Fujiyama - Japanese House - Also known as Mount Fuji
 * "Garden" item - Japanese House - a miniature decorative "zen garden", a tray of sand with a rake for making furrows.
 * Gas Canister - Farm - Petrol Can or Jerry Can
 * Gear - High Tower - A gear or cogwheel is a rotating machine part having cut like teeth, or cogs, which mesh with another toothed part to transmit torque.
 * Globe - High Tower - A globe is a spherical model of Earth.
 * Gong - Tea Corner - A gong is an East and Southeast Asian musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet.
 * Good luck knot - Tea Corner - A Chinese knot is a knot that is tied and woven from a single length of cord or rope to be a variety of shapes and of varying complexity. Each shape has its own symbolic meaning, and nowadays you can find them as decoration, gifts for special occasions, and adornments on clothes.
 * Harpoon - Vikings Village/Treasure Island - A harpoon is a long spear-like instrument used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other marine hunting to catch large fish or marine mammals such as whales.
 * Hookah - Heart of the Dunes/Buddah's Square - A hookah is a single- or multi-stemmed instrument for vaporizing and smoking flavored tobacco, whose vapor or smoke is passed through a water basin—often glass-based—before inhalation.
 * Hours - Night Garden - Not in dictionary but resembles a clock face
 * Jerboa - Excavations - Mouselike rodent of North Africa and Asia, with long hind legs used for jumping
 * Jujube - Eastern Bazaar - Dictionary definition is not the same (a small candy or lozenge with fruit flavoring or a Chinese date) but resembles a slice of cake roll which is cake rolled with a cream filling. Jujubes are two laters ..a jelly type candy layered either a white concotion. Then rolled like a jelly roll and then the outer layer (the colored. Gel layer) rolled ed in sugar before the roll is sliced. There are other types of candies called jujubes which are ( or we're) sold in movie theater concessions. These resemble jelly beans /jelly bellie
 * Kolt - Vikings Village - Kolt or kolty was a part of a female headgear, hanging on a ryasna at both temples as a sign of family's wealth, common in 11th-13th centuries in Old Rus'. It comprised a pair of metal pieces, joined to form a hollow medallion or star that, presumably, contained a piece of cloth, impregnated with fragrances.
 * Lavender - Tea Corner - Lavendula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
 * Liana - Excavations - A woody vine
 * Lock - Forester's Base - A lock is a mechanical fastening device that is released by a physical object such as a key
 * Lorgnette - High Tower - A lorgnette is a pair of spectacles with a handle, used to hold them in place, rather than fitting over the ears or nose
 * Magnifier - Lost Laboratory - A magnifier is a simple, small magnification device used to see small details more closely. With an handle by opposition to a loupe.
 * Marzipan - Bakery - Is a confection consisting primarily of sugar or honey and almond meal (ground almonds), sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract.
 * Noh mask - Japanese House - Noh is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama; the lead actor wears a mask which signifies age, gender, and social ranking
 * Oar - Wigwam/Camping Site - An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade at one end. Rowers and canoeists (not kayakers) grasp the oar at the other end.
 * Omamori - Japanese House/Spring Festival - Japanese amulets, charms, or talismans which are said to provide various forms of luck or protection
 * Onigiri - Spring Festival - A Japanese rice ball made from white rice filled with fish or kelp
 * Pacifier - Nursery - A pacifier is a rubber, plastic or silicone nipple given to an infant to suck upon. In its standard appearance it has a teat, mouth shield, and handle.
 * Pail - Bungalow - otherwise known as a Bucket
 * Pan flute - Wigwam - The pan flutes are a group of musical instruments based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length (and occasionally girth). Multiple varieties of pan flutes have long been popular as folk instruments. The pipes are typically made from bamboo, giant cane, or local reeds.
 * Panda - Tea Corner - The giant panda also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China. It is easily recognized by the large, distinctive black patches around its eyes, over the ears, and across its round body.
 * Penny whistle - Wonder Shop - Also known as a tin whistle, a simple flute with six finger holes
 * Pilaf - Eastern Bazaar - Rice cooked in a meat or poultry broth
 * Plummet - Ancient Library - A plumb bob; a weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity
 * Peony - Tea Corner - The peony or paeony is a flowering plant in the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the family Paeoniacea .
 * Pointer - Spooky Yard - A person or thing that points, in this case a wooden arrow
 * Pomegranate - Hearts of the Dunes - The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree in the family Lythraceae.
 * Raven - Vikings Village/Haunted Attraction - The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids.
 * Rolling pin - Bakery - A rolling pin is a cylindrical food preparation utensil used to shape and flatten dough.
 * Rompers - Nursery - A rompers is a one-piece combination of shorts and a shirt
 * Saddle - Heart of the Dunes - The saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth.
 * Salver - Ancient Library - A tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages
 * Samovar - Eastern Bazaar - A metal urn, used especially by Russians for heating water for making tea
 * Saucepan - Bakery - A saucepan is any type of pan most commonly used for heating sauces and gravies. Saucepans are also made to cook, saute and reheat various foods. They can be shallow or deep and come in various sizes and materials
 * Scales - Bakery - scales are devices to measure weight
 * Sieve - Bakery/Forest House - A sieve is a device for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for characterizing the particle size distribution of a sample, typically using a woven screen such as a mesh or net or metal
 * Snowdrops - Wonder Shop - Plant with drooping white flowers and green markings
 * Spatula - Bakery/Tea Corner - A spatula is "a broad, flat, flexible blade used to mix, spread and lift material
 * Spinning top - Nursery - A spinning top is a toy designed to spin rapidly on the ground, the motion of which causes it to remain precisely balanced on its tip because of its rotational inertia.
 * Thunderbird - Wigwam - The thunderbird is a legendary creature in certain North American indigenous peoples' history and culture. It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength.
 * Tofu - Tea Corner - Tofu, also known as bean curd, is a food cultivated by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks.
 * Tomahawk - Wigwam - A tomahawk is a type of single-handed ax from North America, traditionally resembling a hatchet with a straight shaft.
 * Tomtit - Christmas Eve - Also known as a titmouse, it is a small songbird with soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill
 * Turban - Heart of the Dunes/Buddha's Square - A turban is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is worn as customary headwear by men of various countries.
 * Turkish coffee pot - Eastern Bazaar - Also known as a cezve, it is a pot in which to make and serve Turkish coffee (unfiltered coffee); the pot has a long handle and brim spout
 * Ushanka hat - Mountain Resort - Informally known as a "Russian hat", it is a fur cap with ear flaps that can be tied up to the crown of the cap, or fastened at the chin to protect the ears, jaw and lower chin from the cold
 * Vacuum flask - Mountain Resort/Forester's Base - A thermos
 * Walkie-talkie - Forester's Base - A walkie-talkie is a communication device that is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver
 * Weather vane - Vikings Village/Mill/Spooky Yard - A weather vane, wind vane, or weathercock is an instrument for showing the direction of the wind. It is typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point of a building
 * Whisk - Bakery - A whisk is a cooking utensil which can be used to blend ingredients smooth or to incorporate air into a mixture. Most whisks consist of a long, narrow handle with a series of wire loops joined at the end
 * Wineskin - Wigwam/Vikings Village- A bag that is made from the skin of an animal (such as a goat) and that is used for holding wine and other liquids.
 * Zephyrs - Tree of Dates - A Russian dessert delicacy made of flavoured meringue. Named after a "zephyr", which is a light breeze.
 * Zurna - Eastern Bazaar - A woodwind instrument with eight holes on the front and one thumbhole