Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scp

/ˈɛs.siˌpi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: scp
IPA: /ˈɛs.siˌpi/

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor.

noun

Initialism of Southend Confelicity Party.

British usage

noun

Initialism of Senior Citizens Party.

British usage

noun

A genre of science fiction horror consisting of quasi-scientific reports on the capture, containment, and attempted study of a variety of supernatural entities by the fictional shadow organization known as the SCP Foundation.

Slang; Uncountable

noun

Such a report or supernatural entity.

Countable; Slang

Example Sentences

"SCP Breakout is an SCP experience based on the horror genre of the same title."
"If you start reading or just heard about SCP and the writing community. This is the book to start reading."
"The Foundation as a whole acquires about a dozen new SCPs annually."

Etymology

An initialism of special containment procedures. Not an initialism of the SCP Foundation’s motto, secure, contain, protect, which is a backronym from SCP.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛs.siˌpi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

SCPs (plural)

Phrases

SCP-esque

Questions

How do you pronounce scp?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛs.siˌpi/.
What does scp mean?: Initialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor.
Where does scp come from?: An initialism of special containment procedures. Not an initialism of the SCP Foundation’s motto, secure, contain, protect, which is a backronym from SCP.

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