What Does This Mean?
"One True Pairing" — a fan's single favorite ship above all others in a given fandom, treated as the definitive, most emotionally invested-in relationship they root for.
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"They're my OTP, I will go down with this ship no matter what the writers do."
LORE & ORIGIN
The full phrase "one true pairing" appears as early as a 1984 Star Trek fanzine, but the compact "OTP" acronym is documented in LiveJournal fandom communities by 2002, later spreading through Tumblr and into general fandom vocabulary.
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