SCP

See also: scp

English

Etymology

(genre): An initialism of special containment procedures. Not an initialism of the SCP Foundation’s motto, secure, contain, protect, which is a backronym from SCP.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

SCP (plural SCPs)

  1. (law) Initialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor.
  2. (fandom slang) 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.
    • 2018, Adam Sippel, SCP Breakout‎[2]:
      SCP Breakout is an SCP experience based on the horror genre of the same title.
    • 2019, Michael Nooras, Tales of SCP‎[3]:
      If you start reading or just heard about SCP and the writing community. This is the book to start reading.
    • 2021, Grace Anderson Wilson, Terrifying SCP Horror Stories‎[4]:
  3. (fandom slang) Such a report or supernatural entity.
    • 2021, qntm, There is No Antimemetics Division‎[5]:
      The Foundation as a whole acquires about a dozen new SCPs annually.

References

  1. ^ “Glossary Of Terms”, in SCP Foundation‎[1], 2022, archived from the original on 17 March 2022.

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