Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

m/s

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.26 in modern English

Syllables: m/s
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of motor ship, ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, such as a diesel engine, in contrast to sailing ships and steamships.

name

The ship of characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the television series The X-Files.

Slang

noun

Initialism of Master/slave.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I am a M/S 'Shipper from my brown roots to my red toenails, but PMP was in NO WAY "Shippey.""
"Does this mean that I'm going to be getting spoiled on M/S fic from you as well now? :-D"
"Ok, being a M/S shipper is kinda hard now without Mulder around."
"M/s structured relationships differ in many ways from vanilla relationships. One important difference is that you have the opportunity to discuss and negotiate a number of key issues up-front. These issues become the basis of our contract."

Etymology

Initialism from the names Mulder and Scully.

Usage

Inflected Forms

MS (alternative) M.S. (alternative) M. S, (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

SS TS D/s

Synonyms

M/V M.V. MV M. V. Sculder

Questions

What does m/s mean?: Initialism of motor ship, ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, such as a diesel engine, in contrast to sailing ships and steamships.
Where does m/s come from?: Initialism from the names Mulder and Scully.

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