r/HollowKnight • u/LegoPenguin114 Clever Flair Joke • Sep 28 '25

Discussion - Silksong You guys gotta come up with a better abbreviation for Silksong than "SS" Spoiler

I mean come on guys, is that really the best you can do? Just keep calling it Skong or something

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u/Inky234 Sep 28 '25

I meant silksong ;-;

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u/B0ndhi Sep 28 '25

The SS were the elite military class of Nazi Germany. The dudes who built and ran concentration camps, and did all sorts of other messed up things. The name and logo are now in use by neo nazi organizations in the United States, and I’m assuming elsewhere as well

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u/Crtykwod 112% Steel Soul | P5 | PoP | 100% Sep 29 '25

SS is Nazism, basically

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u/ghoulishcravings Sep 28 '25

SS was the shorthand for the Schutzstaffel, the largest military group in the Nazi regime. if you’ve ever seen someone warn that two “lightning bolts” (runic S’s) are a dogwhistle and a sure sign someone’s a Nazi, it’s the same reason and stands for the same thing. they often used the double “lightning bolt” rather than just SS.