shipping
A term used to describe fan fictions that take
previously created characters and put them as a
pair. It usually refers to romantic relationships, but it can refer
platonic ones as well. (Just think of "shipping" as short for "relationSHIP".)
shipping
by Heligoland on Dec 05, 2009 06:50:35
Fandom uses this word as a verb to denote their interest in the possible (and perhaps more often impossible) romantic relationship between two characters in a piece of fiction belonging to any medium. It's really never used in a platonic way, but if it ever is, people tend to
separately emphasize that they are using it
platonically.
Usually written: Character/Character or CharacterxCharacter. Fanfiction without any shipping, or with little emphasis on ship is usually labeled
genfic, which there is a depressing lack of.
Example:
Person 1: It is a little weird how much I am retroactively shipping DoogiexVinnie.
Person 2: Yeah. That's kinda damaged. And
Vinnie's like a little
weasel. He's got a
weasel face.
Person 1: But did you notice how weirdly gay they are for each other???
Person 2: No. Eww. Stop talking.
shipping
by Blue Jack on Jul 11, 2008 23:19:27
In
fanfic, putting characters into a romantic relationship, such as writing Ash +
Misty from Pokemon as a couple. Often plays on perceived chemistry between characters in the original series. Abbreviated form of the word
relationshipping.
shipping
by Perov on Mar 07, 2017 04:35:14
The word comes from 'relationship', and means supporting an
existing romantic relationship between two characters, or the idea of two characters who are not currently together being a couple. The couple are called a 'ship', and the person doing the shipping is a 'shipper'. The term can also be used in reference to
real-life people. A person's favourite 'ship' is their 'OTP' -
One True Pairing.
Example:
e.g. "I ship
Hiccstrid SO HARD! They're my
OTP!"
e.g. "Oh my god,
the ship has sailed!"
e.g. "I'm gonna start shipping them, they're so adorable together!"
shipping
by Peskyplumber on Nov 21, 2011 02:27:56
The act of
pairing any two characters together. Lonely people do this to try to
suppress their own
loneliness. It usually leads to making terrible fan art.
Example:
"
Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are friends, they should date!" - a
deviantard
"i love shipping narutoXgoku cuz i no they
wuld b a gr8 couple and theyr hot"
- another deviantard
shipping
by Pan Pan Chan on Mar 31, 2005 14:57:46
Example:
Puzzleshipping, Shinigamishipping, Bleachshipping, Breadshipping.
shipping
by no one with another email address on Mar 20, 2017 12:35:47
The practice of transporting
freight by
sea.
Some people seem to think this term has to do with fictional characters and their love lives.
Grow up!
ship
by poroporo on May 25, 2016 23:25:25
usually two people who you ship. meaning that you either want them
to become an item, kiss or enter into a romantic/
sexual relationship or all of the above. usually when you ship someone, you smile when they interact somehow or become extremely
giddy when they do something together.
Example:
person: i totally ship dean and
castiel!
person 2: no way, me too!
person 3: i don't ship them that much.
i ship castiel and
meg more, to be honest.
Ship
by Squirrel_Live on May 26, 2019 04:44:21
The act of taking two fictional or non-fictional characters, and personally wishing for them to either be in love, or for them to have sex.
The term has many background terms.
If you are a person who wants to characters/people
shipped, you are a
shipper.
The term is changed to "
Sailing Ship" whenever the ship that was made becomes successful. For example: two fictional characters falling in love after multiple ships of said characters were made.
Example:
"Jesus Christ, my hormones are shipping
Cait and
Frodo so fucking hard right now."
"Never knew that Rick and
Michonne's ship would sail."
Shipping
by The_PJO_Fangirl on Jul 14, 2015 14:47:07
Example:
Person 1- Will and
Nico would be
so cute together
Person 2- Shipping?
Person 1- Shipping!