@madamesweat: It isn't just a phrase — it's military slang. Troops had a genuinely tiny window to get squared away before inspection or duty, sometimes just minutes for an entire unit. It got shortened to "SSS" in some branches and stuck around in veteran slang long after service ended. The exact backstory shifts depending on who's telling it — but the throughline is the same: hygiene got compressed to the bare minimum because there wasn't time for anything else. Send this to the man in your life that still does the SSS routine. #HygieneHistory #MilitarySlang #ShowerRoutine

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