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MST en · PROPN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Mountain Standard Time.
   alt of Mountain Standard Time

MST en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of minimum spanning tree.
   alt of minimum spanning tree

Forms

MST en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˌɛm ˌɛs ˈtiː/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (slang) A parody fanfic created in this manner.
   • The commentary in the MSTs may have been nasty and uncalled for; but it was not plagiarism. 1999 March 10, Teddi Litman, “Re: THE ACID DESK: Vol 1, No 9 - Plagarism^([sic]) Proof”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
   • Goodbye Catherine! Come back soon! We'll all miss your unique style of MSTs! I know i will!! ;_; 2003 June 18, Craig McMartin, “Re: Hasta!”, 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^([sic]) non-existent innuendo, for example) - and those were *with* the authors' permission. 2003 April 8, Igenlode W., “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Forms

wikipedia: Mystery Science Theater 3000

MST en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˌɛm ˌɛs ˈtiː/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (dated, slang, transitive) To mock a work (typically a fanfic) by inserting satirical commentary.
   • Look it up and see if you don't agree that this story deserves to be MSTed, if not completely erased from existance^([sic])... 2003 April 5, Frank White, “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
   • Maybe that's why its^([sic]) considered bad etiquette to MST without permission. 2002 August 3, ForwardPast, “Re: Blanket Permission To MST 3”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
   • But you can't quote large chunks, and MSTing a story would seem to me to be across the line into infringement. 1998 September 26, Brandon Ray, “Re: What is Fair Use?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Forms

Deriveds

MSTing (terms derived from MST (verb)) · MSTer (terms derived from MST (verb)) · MSTability (terms derived from MST (verb)) · MSTable (terms derived from MST (verb))

wikipedia: Mystery Science Theater 3000