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Initialism of Mountain Standard Time. examples
plural MSTs
(graph theory) Initialism of minimum spanning tree. examples
third-person singular simple present MSTs, present participle MSTing, simple past and past participle MSTed
(fandom slang) To mock a work (typically a fanfic) by inserting satirical commentary. quotations
But you can't quote large chunks, and MSTing a story would seem to me to be across the line into infringement.
1998 September 26, Brandon Ray, “Re: What is Fair Use?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
Maybe that's why its[sic] considered bad etiquette to MST without permission.
2002 August 3, ForwardPast, “Re: Blanket Permission To MST 3”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet)
Look it up and see if you don't agree that this story deserves to be MSTed, if not completely erased from existance[sic]...
2003 April 5, Frank White, “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet)
(fandom slang) A parody fanfic created in this manner. quotations
The commentary in the MSTs may have been nasty and uncalled for; but it was not plagiarism.
1999 March 10, Teddi Litman, “Re: THE ACID DESK: Vol 1, No 9 - Plagarism Proof”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
The only MSTs I've seen (on alt.drwho.creative) have been of perfectly good fan fiction, deliberately cut about to make it look silly (truncating a character's words in the middle to create an[sic] non-existent innuendo, for example) - and those were *with* the authors' permission.
2003 April 8, Igenlode W., “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet)
Goodbye Catherine! Come back soon! We'll all miss your unique style of MSTs! I know i will!! ;_;
2003 June 18, Craig McMartin, “Re: Hasta!”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet)