MST

See also: Mst. and MSt

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

MST

1. Initialism of Mountain Standard Time.

Etymology 2

Noun

MST (plural MSTs)

1. (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)

2. (fandom slang, dated, transitive) 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^[1] (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^[2] (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^[3] (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)

• MSTability
• MSTable
• MSTer
• MSTieid
• MSTing

Noun

MST (plural MSTs)

2. (fandom slang) A parody fanfic created in this manner.
   • 1999 March 10, Teddi Litman, “Re: THE ACID DESK: Vol 1, No 9 - Plagarism^[sic] Proof”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎^[4] (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^[5] (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 June 18, Craig McMartin, “Re: Hasta!”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎^[6] (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

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.mɛs.te/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

MST f (invariable)

1. STD (sexually transmitted disease)

Anagrams

• STM

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.mi ˈɛ.si ˈte/

Noun

MST m (invariable)

1. (Brazil) initialism of Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra

Further reading

• “MST”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeme ˈese te/ [ˌe.me ˈe.se t̪e]

Proper noun

MST m

1. (politics, Argentina) initialism of Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (“Workers' Socialist Movement”), an Argentine political party