MST

See also: Mst.

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

MST

Initialism of Mountain Standard Time.

Etymology 2

Noun

MST (plural MSTs)

(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)

(fandom slang) 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 (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 (Usenet):
  Maybe that's why its considered bad etiquette to MST without permission.
- 2003 April 5, Frank White, “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎ (Usenet):
  Look it up and see if you don't agree that this story deserves to be MSTed, if not completely erased from existance...
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:MST.

Derived terms

terms derived from MST (verb)

Noun

MST (plural MSTs)

(fandom slang) A parody fanfic created in this manner.
- 1999 March 10, Teddi Litman, “Re: THE ACID DESK: Vol 1, No 9 - Plagarism Proof”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎ (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 (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 non-existent innuendo, for example) - and those were *with* the authors' permission.
- 2003 June 18, Craig McMartin, “Re: Hasta!”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎ (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.