# Aphabetic Pairs -- interesting facts **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877 "2017-04-06T12:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/481 "2018-06-21T00:59:17Z")
SC (lower case with a period): the abbreviation of _scilicet_, which in academic writing introduces a clarification by further example. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/482 "2018-06-21T02:50:27Z")
SD - the United States’ State of South Dakota ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/483 "2018-06-21T05:37:06Z")
SE – Standard English - the national norm in an English-speaking country, especially as the language for public and formal usage. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/484 "2018-06-21T09:00:28Z")
SF = Science Fiction, of course. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/485 "2018-06-21T17:20:38Z")
SG - The Gibson Standard (or Special) Guitar ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/486 "2018-06-21T20:21:13Z")
SH - Sacrifice hit, in baseball scoring ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/487 "2018-06-21T22:28:13Z")
SI - the International System of Units, from French _Système international_ ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/488 "2018-06-22T23:24:55Z")
I once lived in San Jose CA. From what I heard, it is not uncommon for people who think they’re getting on a plane to San Jose, Costa Rica, to wind up in California, and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/489 "2018-06-23T01:55:23Z")
SK - a tool company based in Illinois ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/490 "2018-06-28T03:58:37Z")
SL - Sharia law, a Muslim legal system ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/491 "2018-07-02T19:34:57Z")
SM - Sadomasochism. Wiki: “The abbreviation S&M is often used for sadomasochism, although practitioners themselves normally remove the ampersand and use the acronym S-M or SM or S/M when written throughout the literature. … The diagnostic guidelines for the ICD-10 [manual of psychiatric illnesses] state that this class of diagnosis should only be made ‘if sadomasochistic activity is the most important source of stimulation or necessary for sexual gratification.’” ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/492 "2018-07-02T19:46:40Z")
SN - Sporting News ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/493 "2018-07-17T01:39:40Z")
SO - significant other. Used when the writer does not wish to specify exact what the relationship is, or when terms like “husband,” “lover,” etc. do not fit the situation. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/494 "2018-07-17T10:46:13Z")
SP - Navy Shore Patrol, sort of like cops, but usually smarter and less abusive, mostly just there to preserve order. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/495 "2018-08-11T03:18:12Z")
SQ - SQ (aka Squeeze) compression program. [SQ (program) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQ_%28program%29) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877.md?page=24)