STP
nounAbbreviation, Initialism Initialism of sewage treatment plant.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Networking, Physical sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of spanning tree protocol.
Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of shielded twisted pair.
Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of stand-to-pee.
Especially LGBTQ
Slang A hallucinogen (2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine), chemically related to amphetamine but with LSD-like effects.
- “Don,” she cries, breathless. “We got some STP today.” At this time STP is a pretty big deal, remember; nobody yet knew what it was and it was relatively, although just relatively, hard to come by.1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:
- I could not correctly estimate what I was experiencing, and the strychnine in the STP began cramping my belly.2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 128: