MST
See also: Mst.
English
Proper noun
MST
- Initialism of Mountain Standard Time.
Noun
MST (plural MSTs)
- (graph theory) Initialism of minimum spanning tree.
Etymology 3
From the sci-fi comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, commonly known as MST3K, which features an audience of fictional characters (a man stranded in space and his robot companions) riffing real B movies.
Alternative forms
- MiST
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛm ˌɛs ˈtiː/
Verb
MST (third-person singular simple present MSTs, present participle MSTing, simple past and past participle MSTed)
- (fandom slang) To mock a work (typically a fanfic) by inserting satirical commentary.
- 1998 September 26, Brandon Ray, “Re: What is Fair Use?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative, Usenet:
- But you can't quote large chunks, and MSTing a story would seem to me to be across the line into infringement.
- 2002 August 3, ForwardPast, “Re: Blanket Permission To MST 3”, in alt.startrek.creative, Usenet:
- Maybe that's why its[sic] considered bad etiquette to MST without permission.
- 2003 April 5, Frank White, “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter, Usenet:
- Look it up and see if you don't agree that this story deserves to be MSTed, if not completely erased from existance[sic]...
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:MST.
Derived terms
terms derived from MST (verb)
- MSTable
- MSTability
- MSTer
- MSTing
Noun
MST (plural MSTs)
- (fandom slang) A parody fanfic created in this manner.
- 1999 March 10, Teddi Litman, “Re: THE ACID DESK: Vol 1, No 9 - Plagarism Proof”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative, Usenet:
- The commentary in the MSTs may have been nasty and uncalled for; but it was not plagiarism.
- 2003 April 8, Igenlode W., “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter, Usenet:
- The only MSTs I've seen (on alt.drwho.creative) have been of perfectly good fan fiction, deliberately cut about to make it look silly (truncating a character's words in the middle to create an non-existent innuendo, for example) - and those were *with* the authors' permission.
- 2003 June 18, Craig McMartin, “Re: Hasta!”, in alt.fan.harry-potter, Usenet:
- Goodbye Catherine! Come back soon! We'll all miss your unique style of MSTs! I know i will!! ;_;
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:MST.
Anagrams
- MTS, MTs, Mts, Mts., SMT, STM, TMS, TMs, mts, mts.
French
Etymology
Initialism of maladie sexuellement transmissible.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
MST f (plural MST)
- STD (sexually transmitted disease)
Anagrams
- STM