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FSM en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of fluorescent speckle microscopy.
  2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only) Initialism of free school meals.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism) Initialism of finite-state machine.
  4. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:dating, uncountable) Initialism of female seeking male.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of field strength meter.

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FSM en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Federated States of Micronesia.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Flying Spaghetti Monster.
    • Henderson did not respond to a request for comment. His website tracks meetings of FSM clubs (members dress up as pirates) and sells trinkets and bumper stickers. 2007 November 16, Justin Pope, “Pasta theology: Scholars mull Spaghetti Monster”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2015:
    • FSM was concocted in June by Bobby Henderson, a recent college graduate with a degree in physics. 2005 October 2, Jeff Jacoby, “The timeless truth of creation”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2012:
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Free Speech Movement.
Source: en.wiktionary, “FSM” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.