M/S

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ms"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

M/S

1. (nautical) motor ship – a ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, such as a diesel engine, in contrast to sailing ships and steamships

Alternative forms

• MS

Related terms

• SS
• TS
• MV, M/V

Etymology 2

Initialism from the names Mulder and Scully.

Proper noun

M/S

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the television series The X-Files.
   • 1997 December 2, Gertie "the Bimbo" Beth, “PMP Fantasy (see the ep for what it really is...)”, in alt.tv.x-files, Usenet‎^[1]:

     I am a M/S 'Shipper from my brown roots to my red toenails, but PMP was in NO WAY "Shippey."

   • 1998 June 22, StarGzrCMC, “Re: NEW: Heaven Is Here (movie fic) 01/01”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative, Usenet‎^[2]:

     Does this mean that I'm going to be getting spoiled on M/S fic from you as well now?  :-D

   • 2001 December 8, Jewlz!, “Re: XF Controversies”, in alt.tv.x-files, Usenet‎^[3]:

     Ok, being a M/S shipper is kinda hard now without Mulder around.

Synonyms

• Sculder

Anagrams

• S & M, S&M, SM, Sm, sm, sm.