Rocketshipper

English

Etymology

rocket +‎ shipper (after the characters' team, Team Rocket, and punningly on rocketship).

Noun

Rocketshipper (plural Rocketshippers)

1. (fandom slang) A shipper of Jessie and James, characters in the animated version of Pokémon.
   • 2000 January 13, Blue-Jackal and her box-o-Skywarp [username], “Jessie and James, an item?”, in alt.fan.team-rocket‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Those of you who have read my fanfics will know that I am a Rocketshipper.

   • 2000 February 7, BBD127 [username], “Rocketshipping... negative evidence?”, in alt.fan.team-rocket‎^[2] (Usenet):

     All the Rocketshippers love to talk about evidence in favor of Jessie/James being in love and such.

   • 2001 January 15, Bodger [username], “Re: Gay couple in Godzilla vs. Megalon”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc‎^[3] (Usenet):

     You realize, of course, that this thread would probably get us lynched by the large Rocketshipper population on the net.