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SCP

US/ˈɛs.siˌpi/

SCP is the initialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor.

SCP is the initialism of Southend Confelicity Party.

SCP is the initialism of Senior Citizens Party.

Noun

SCP (countable and uncountable, plural SCPs)

  1. (slang, uncountable) A genre of science fiction horror consisting of quasi-scientific reports on the capture, containment, and attempted study of a variety of supernatural entities by the fictional shadow organization known as the SCP Foundation.
    • SCP Breakout is an SCP experience based on the horror genre of the same title.2018, Adam Sippel, SCP Breakout
    • If you start reading or just heard about SCP and the writing community. This is the book to start reading.2019, Michael Nooras, Tales of SCP
  2. (countable, slang) Such a report or supernatural entity.
    • The Foundation as a whole acquires about a dozen new SCPs annually.2021, qntm, There is No Antimemetics Division

Forms of SCP

pluralSCPs

Origin of SCP

An initialism of special containment procedures. Not an initialism of the SCP Foundation’s motto, secure, contain, protect, which is a backronym from SCP.

Words formed from SCP

Questions about SCP

What does SCP mean?
SCP means a genre of science fiction horror consisting of quasi-scientific reports on the capture, containment, and attempted study of a variety of supernatural entities by the fictional shadow organization known as the SCP Foundation.
What is SCP the initialism of?
SCP is the initialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor.
What part of speech is SCP?
SCP is a noun.
How do you pronounce SCP?
SCP is pronounced /ˈɛs.siˌpi/ (US).
What is the plural of SCP?
The plural of SCP is SCPs.

Words near SCP in the dictionary

  1. scowmen
  2. scowrer
  3. scowrers
  4. scowrie
  5. scows
  6. SCP
  7. SCPHN
  8. SCPO
  9. SCPOs
  10. SCPs
  11. SCR

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Adapted from Wiktionary: SCP (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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