shippy

1 9.9

Showing a wish for two fictional characters to be a romantic couple

adjective
/ˈʃɪpi/

Slang

: romántico

I love how shippy their interactions are.

Even if it's like, it's very cruise shippy like.

Examples

The discussion became very shippy when fans started debating possible couples.
Her shippy comments made it clear she wanted the two main characters to get together.
Some viewers avoid shippy forums to escape debates about romantic pairings.
That episode was so shippy!
Many fans create shippy artwork that features their favorite couples from the show.
The fanfiction was filled with shippy moments that delighted readers who supported the pairing.
The forum was buzzing with discussions about the most shippy scenes in the latest episode.

How Shippy

obsessive

3 6.5

shippy

Slang

1 9.9

supportive

335 2.8

open

∞ 1.0

indifferent

50 4.4

Surface Forms

shippy positive

Morphology

shippy = ship (opaque) = ship + y

The word 'ship' in this context is used metaphorically to denote support for a romantic pairing, which is not derived from the literal meaning of 'ship' as a vessel.

Etymology

The word shippy comes from fans using ship, short for relationship, the familiar word for 'a romantic pairing'. So shippy describes talk or feelings that support or imagine two characters as a couple.