Or if you play a video game that has a "shifting meta" (MOBAs, fighting games, some MMOs, etc.), then you've probably seen it.
I fall into @Charlaquin's camp of "How have you missed that?", .
Nobody knows for sure. You can trace it back to the grading system in Japanese schools, which use A-E letter grades, but also have an S grade, instead of A+. Why they use S as the highest ranking is unclear, (much like it’s unclear why American schools skip over E, going from D to F), but it has been suggested that it might stand for “Super,” which in Japan carries a connotation similar to “Ultimate” in native English-speaking countries.Still never understood why S was the chosen letter/term though. But that's not really info I need to follow a conversation, just trivia.
It's not a mystery. F is an abbreviation for FAILURE.Nobody knows for sure. You can trace it back to the grading system in Japanese schools, which use A-E letter grades, but also have an S grade, instead of A+. Why they use S as the highest ranking is unclear, (much like it’s unclear why American schools skip over E, going from D to F), but it has been suggested that it might stand for “Super,” which in Japan carries a connotation similar to “Ultimate” in native English-speaking countries.
Right, much like S is probably an abbreviation of Super, or Special, or Superlative, or Spectacular, or Something. It’s just not entirely clear what it stands for, given that it’s a Roman letter being used in a Japanese context.It's not a mystery. F is an abbreviation for FAILURE.
It's not a mystery. F is an abbreviation for FAILURE.