Translingual

Symbol

XP

1. An East Asian smiley emoticon representing a happy face sticking out its tongue.

English

Initialism

XP

1. (computing) Initialism of extreme programming.
2. (role-playing games) Initialism of experience points.

Etymology 2

Combination of prefix P and prefix modifier X

Initialism

XP

1. (US, military, aviation, obsolete) experimental pursuit fighter (prefix)
2. xeroderma pigmentosum

Derived terms

• XP-90
• XP-53

See also

• XA, XB, XC, XF, XQ
• X-plane
• YP

Etymology 3

X is a variable which can stand for letters representing parts of speech such as: N (noun), V (verb), P (preposition), etc.

Abbreviation

XP

1. (grammar, X-bar theory) "X Phrase": a phrase which consists of either: (1) an optional specifier and an X-bar phrase, or (2) a conjunction sandwiched between two other XPs. The X is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc.

Hyponyms

• AP
• IP
• NP
• PP
• VP

Anagrams

• PX