SCP

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US/ˈɛs.siˌpi/

noun

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.

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Meanings

SCP1

nounSCP (plural SCPs)

plural SCPs

  1. abbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor.
  2. UKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Southend Confelicity Party.
  3. UKabbreviationhistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Senior Citizens Party.

SCP2

nounSCP (countable and uncountable, plural SCPs)

plural SCPs

  1. slanguncountablelifestyleA 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
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    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. countableslanglifestyleSuch a report or supernatural entity.

    The Foundation as a whole acquires about a dozen new SCPs annually.

    2021, qntm, There is No Antimemetics Division

Origin

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

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APA

SCP. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SCP

MLA

“SCP.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SCP. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “SCP,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SCP.

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