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English word origin

Etymology of KMS

Abbreviation.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

Initialism of Keenie Meenie Services.

adj

Initialism of Kubo-Martin-Schwinger; applied to various concepts in quantum mechanics

noun

Initialism of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. · Initialism of key management service.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Abbreviation.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

Kill myself.

intj

Used to express frustration: the (typically hyperbolic) desire to kill oneself; fucking hell; fuck this.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Initialism of kill(ing) myself, based on KYS (“kill yourself”).

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

Abbreviation of Kriegsmarine ship, a ship of the Navy of Nazi Germany; used as a ship prefix.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From German Kriegsmarine (“Nazi Germany Navy”) Schiff (“ship”), from Krieg (“war”)+Marine (“navy”).

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