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Translingual[edit]
MSR
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Montserrat.
- Synonym: MS (alpha-2)
English[edit]
MSR (plural MSRs)
- (nuclear energy) Initialism of molten salt reactor.
- Hyponym: LFTR
- Coordinate terms: HWR, LWR, PWR, BWR
- (space science, US, NASA) Initialism of Mars Sample Return mission.
- (countable, X-Files fandom slang) Mulder/Scully romance; a fanfic involving a romantic relationship between the characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully of the The X-Files.
1997 April 12, Loch Ness [username], “Letters of Transit (0/14) By Loch Ness”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[1] (Usenet):Although I regard this as a romantic piece, it's not an MSR in the usual sense--our heroes don't ride off into the sunset locked in each other's arms.
2000 March 5, Tim Scott, “Research assistance request”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[2] (Usenet):I'm writing an MSR (big surprise there) and I have a scene where M&S do a nice, sensuous slow dance.
2001 August 4, Circe, “Re: xfc: XFC content changes”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[3] (Usenet):In the last couple of years, it seems like the vast majority of stories posted are MSRs. You rarely see a slash story posted here anymore.
- (uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.
2000 May 8, C. E. McLarney, “Re: NEW: "Remotely Controlled" (1/1) by Marguerite”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[4] (Usenet):I am a shipper, and yes, I prefer to read MSR.
2003 April 14, pjay [username], “slash”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[5] (Usenet):Although I read MSR occasionally (and at one time did exclusively) the minute I discovered slash I was hooked.
2006 June 12, jzjenn [username], “Paula Graves News”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[6] (Usenet):Made me want to read MSR again, and I thought I'd finally kicked that habit.
Proper noun[edit]
MSR
- Initialism of Microsoft Research.
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Microsoft Research on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 