shipper
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Either formed anew from ship + -er or borrowed from Middle Low German schipper; compare skipper and Old English sċipere (“sailor”). Piecewise doublet of skipper (“captain, sailor”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shipper (plural shippers)
- (archaic) A seaman; mariner; skipper.
- The person or organization that ships (sends) something.
- The shipper should have paid for insurance on the package, because it was damaged when it arrived.
- A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine.
Translations edit
the person or organization that ships (sends) something
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Etymology 2 edit
From a clipping of relationshipper. Relationshipper emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance.[1][2] It was shortened to r'shipper, then 'shipper, and finally shipper.[2][3]
Noun edit
shipper (plural shippers)
- (fandom slang) A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.
- Synonym: relationshipper
- Antonym: anti-shipper
- Coordinate term: slasher
- 2013, Jennifer K. Stuller, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 42:
- For creative fans and committed 'shippers[sic], fanfiction continues the interaction — the dialogue, the conversation, the story […]
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References edit
- ^ Maggie Owens, "The Sweet Science of Shipping It", Fandom, 29 June 2008
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alyse Wax, "How The X-Files helped shape modern fandom — including shipping", Syfy, 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021.
- ^ Anna Iovine, "It's time to add internet slang 'ship' to the dictionary", Mashable, 20 November 2019