"SCP" meaning in English

See SCP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛs.siˌpi/ [General-American] Forms: SCPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} SCP (plural SCPs)
  1. (law) Initialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Senior Crown Prosecutor
    Sense id: en-SCP-en-noun-vpjD0kk- Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with entries, Genres, United Kingdom Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 50 9 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 50 45 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 50 2 Disambiguation of Genres: 52 45 3 Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 58 27 16 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛs.siˌpi/ [General-American] Forms: SCPs [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{init|en|special containment procedures|nocap=1}} initialism of special containment procedures, {{glossary|backronym}} backronym Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} SCP (countable and uncountable, plural SCPs), {{tlb|en|fandom}} (fandom slang)
  1. (uncountable) 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. Tags: slang, uncountable Derived forms: SCP-esque
    Sense id: en-SCP-en-noun-lWnN7fBC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Genres, Horror, SCP Foundation, Science fiction Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 50 9 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 50 45 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 63 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 50 2 Disambiguation of Genres: 52 45 3 Disambiguation of Horror: 4 92 5 Disambiguation of SCP Foundation: 6 92 2 Disambiguation of Science fiction: 4 88 8 Topics: lifestyle
  2. (countable) Such a report or supernatural entity. Tags: countable, slang
    Sense id: en-SCP-en-noun-frQH24vu Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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