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by Fallen Angel on Jan 05, 2004 12:59:50
abreviation for "
Schutzstaffel".
Schutz meaing "Defense" in German, and
Staffel meaning "Echelon" in German. The Schutzstaffel was an elite quasi-military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's personal guard and as a special security force in Germany and the occupied countries.
Example:
Insipid neo-nazis, who are ignorant of history, often write "
SS" on walls and other objects as graffiti.
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by justcuz!! on Sep 26, 2017 16:39:18
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by Capt_Capacitor on Apr 26, 2005 02:52:14
Example:
The SS was
divided into several
units, one of the most famous of which was the combat or Waffen-SS.
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by freddø on Sep 17, 2017 22:41:30
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by Jetcha on Jan 31, 2008 08:10:08
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by B-deezee on Dec 03, 2003 09:36:14
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by Balmipour on Aug 09, 2015 00:20:25
In the navy, when prefixing a ship name, was used to mean the ship is a steamer (
Screw Steamer), in opposition with
SV (Sailing Vesse)", or other ship types.
(see
wikipedia's Ship_prefix list for more details)
Example:
In 1847, the revolutionary SS Great Britain became the first iron-hulled screw-driven ship to cross the Atlantic
The SS Savannah left
the port of Savannah, Georgia, on
May 22, 1819
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by Holdens rock on Sep 13, 2003 13:27:10
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by none on Oct 16, 2003 16:13:43