SPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPSes
form: SPSs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of supplementary policy statement.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of stall protection/prevention system.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: SMS
glosses: Initialism of stiff person syndrome.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of sticky platelet syndrome.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of supplementary power system/supply.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of supplementary power system/supply.
Initialism of standby power system/supply.
synonyms: SBPS
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of smart power system/supply.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: SAPS
glosses: Initialism of stand-alone power system/supply.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: SAPS
SAPVS
SPVS
SAPS
glosses: Initialism of stand-alone power system/supply.
Initialism of standalone photovoltaic system/supply.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of solar power station.
topics: aerospace
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of solar power station.
Initialism of solar power satellite.
coordinate_terms: SBSP
SSP
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of satellite power system.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of sensory processing sensitivity.
examples: text: “You know, if anybody else were driving that thing, I’d be tempted to diagnose a case of SPS compensation.” / “Of what compensation?” / “SPS.” / “I heard what you said,” I told her. “I just don’t know what it means.” / “SPS? Small penis syndrome.” / “Eww,” I said. / “SPS compensation means driving a huge truck or a souped-up car—or shooting giant guns, or acting supermacho—to compensate for a sense of manly inadequacy. Mind you,” she added, “I doubt that Waylon actually suffers from SPS.”
ref: 2016 October 4, Jefferson Bass [pseudonym; Jon Jefferson], chapter 3, in Without Mercy (Body Farm; 10), New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 22:
text: Taking to Twitter, the high-stakes professional poker player called out trophy hunters by implying that their cruel hobby was the result of having ‘SPS’ – small penis syndrome.
ref: 2017 November 21, Sarah Young, “‘King of Instagram’ Dan Bilzerian condemns trophy hunters as ‘dudes with small d****’”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2017:
text: “And how about our ever-charming heart surgeon? Any more rumblings from Harold the Great?” / “I hear he’s forwarding the case for formal review.” / “Harold is too tall for short man’s complex. So there’s only one other possible explanation. SPS.” / “SPS? I’m afraid to even ask.” / Goran’s eyes light up. “Small penis syndrome.”
ref: 2020 May 12, Daniel Kalla, chapter 7, in The Last High: A Thriller, Toronto, Ont.: Simon & Schuster Canada, →ISBN, page 40:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of small penis syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of senior parliamentary secretary.
Hyponyms: sense: stall protection system
word: stick pusher
sense: stall protection system
word: stick shaker