What Does This Mean?
A fan who actively advocates for a particular ship, often producing fan content or discourse in support of it — the person-noun form of shipping.
EXPLAINER
Kotaku · original source ↗
EXPLAINER
ShippersGuideToTheGalaxy · original source ↗
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"She's a hardcore shipper for that couple, she's written like thirty fics about them."
LORE & ORIGIN
Derived from "relationshipper," the original 1996 X-Files-newsgroup term for fans invested in a specific pairing, shortened over time and carried through LiveJournal and Tumblr fandom culture.
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