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)
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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The high end Holden Commodore, with a big 5.7L Chevy GenIII V8, sports kit, and 17" wheels.
Check out that new SS! It rocks!
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Refers to the Chevy Impala SS in rap songs, made in the 1960s.
We ridin 22's on that SS Impala.
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derived from African American Yahoo chat and means Sex slave
He does whatever I want. After, Tom is my SS.
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abbreviation for “short stay” in terms of sexual services. equivalent to the duration of a qv (quarter visit), which is 15 minutes.
Full Service GFE:
SS $150
HH $300
FULL $600
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A bad story. Usually the story teller makes a big deal out of it, and the story sounds like it will be good; but has a poor ending.
"Oh I have a really good story to tell!"
"Tell me"
"Ok so I was walking through a crowded part of the beach (wearing sunglasses) and this guy came up to me and said 'girl I lovee your sunglasses!'"
"Thats it?"
"Yeah"
"...ss"
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