sm

1. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of slip marker.

   Rnd 16: K23, sm, k2tog, join CC, k10, join MC, k2tog, sm, k7 (42sts).

   2011, Nicki Moulton, Knit This Doll!, page 19

1. Internetabbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of so much.

   Lucky for the memories BMHS, thanks sm

   2018, Kaleigh Lawson, “Senior Portraits”, in Billerica Memorial High School 2018: Make Your Mark, page 20

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   Omg, thank you. Thank you sm. Can send smthng rn.

   2019, Gemma Files, “The Puppet Motel”, in Ellen Datlow, editor, Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, New York, N.Y.: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 327

   I commented, Miss you guys sm! XOXO[…]She used to hate when I texted her ILY SM!

   2020, Eileen Moskowitz-Palma, The Popularity Pact (Camp Clique, book one), Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press Kids, →ISBN

1. A service mark.

plural SMs

1. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablespace flightInitialism of service module.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableentertainmentInitialism of short meter.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableliteratureInitialism of space marine.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableentertainmentInitialism of stage manager.

   1 more example

   Obtain contact information for the people you will be working with directly: director, production manager, stage manager (SM), soundboard operator (SO), and dance and fight choreographers. […] Early in the process is the time to ask the stage manager their preference for labeling music cues (numerically or alphabetically). The SM will have a system for calling cues: […].

   2022 December 24, Richard Jennings, “Music for Plays, a Step-by-Step Guide”, in American Theatre

5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of sexual minority (“non-heterosexual”) (also used attributively).

   Transmission of HPV between female partners is possible and has been documented. There exists a higher proportion of current or former smokers among sexual minority (SM) women, a known risk factor for cervical cancer.

   2016, Kristen Eckstrand, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare: A Clinical Guide to Preventive, Primary, and Specialist Care, Springer, →ISBN, page 99

6. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of S&M (“sadomasochism”).

   SM is not the sharing of power, it is merely a depressing replay of the old and destructive dominant/subordinate mode of human relating and one-sided power.

   1980 April 12, Audre Lorde, “On The Erotic”, in Gay Community News, page 4

7. USabbreviationcountableuncountablegovernmentAbbreviation of standard missile.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of standoff missile.
9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of senior management.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of social media.
11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of selective mutism.

1. abbreviationinitialismnatural sciencesInitialism of Standard Model.
2. abbreviationinitialismslanglifestyleInitialism of Pokémon Sun and Moon.
3. PhilippinesSM Supermalls (a chain of shopping malls).

   Synonyms: Pokémon

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of small.

1. abbreviationastronomyAbbreviation of Magellanic spiral; an irregular galaxy with spiral characteristics