Definition of "TS"

TS

adjective
not comparable
1. Abbreviation of transsexual.
  Quotations
  To want such genitals is to want the genitals of a TS man and not those of a genetic man. What is offered by the surgeons as a compromise instead of a fully functioning penis becomes for some FTMs an instance of transgender pride […]
  1996, Zachary I. Nataf, Lesbians talk transgender, page 26
  Just like any other form of prejudice and discrimination, if some non-transsexual women are threatening the safety of a TS woman because she is a transsexual, it should be dealt with immediately and efficiently.
  2000, Viviane Namaste, Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People, page 179
  Many young TS ladies don't just need plastic surgery, […]
  2007, Red Jordan Arobateau, Lamentations In The Cool Of The Evening, page 141
2. Initialism of top secret.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural TSs or TSes
1. Abbreviation of transsexual.
2. Abbreviation of transcript.
3. (colloquial) Initialism of tough shit.
  Quotations
  BART: I need $100 for a comic. […] Dad, I want this more than anything.HOMER: Well, T.S.
  1991, Jeff Martin, Three Men and a Comic Book (episode of The Simpsons TV series)
4. (meteorology) Initialism of tropical storm.
5. (in ISO standards) Initialism of technical standard.
6. Initialism of technical specification.
7. (neurology) Initialism of Tourette syndrome.
  Quotations
  One mother of a TS boy with encopresis reported It came on suddenly, lasted two weeks and went away just as suddenly, almost like a tic, […]
  1992, David E. Comings, Tourette syndrome and human behavior, page 247
  We report (1) […] ; (2) TS boys showed thinner cortex relative to TS girls […]
  2012, Basal Ganglia Diseases: Advances in Research and Treatment, page 237
8. (pathology) Initialism of Turner syndrome.
9. (nautical) Initialism of turbine ship, a ship powered by a gas turbine or steam turbine engine.
10. (surveying) Initialism of total station.
11. Initialism of telesync.
proper noun
1. Abbreviation of Telangana, a state of India.
2. Initialism of Transylvanian Saxon.
  Quotations
  […] a beautiful, internationally based folk etymology in Transylvanian Saxon: the French formula de haute volée, "of high rank" […] became Håt-voll-lei, literally "hat full of lei" ( = "rich person") in the TS popular usage. […] The Romanian family name […] is Radu, to which the TS feminine marker -an (HG -in) is attached.
  1994, Carol Blackshire-Belay, The Germanic Mosaic: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Society, page 98
3. Initialism of Taylor Swift.