"ship": fannish use

[Neal Whitman]

My 15yo son and his peers regularly use "ship" regarding their peers.
They'd probably use it for TV couples, too, but they don't talk about
them as far as I can tell. If a potential couple has already been
mentioned, they can say, "I ship it" to indicate agreement that the two
should get together.

Neal

On 3/27/2014 9:04 AM, Amy West wrote:
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> I just spotted this fannish usage/sense of the verb "ship" in a couple
> of reposts from a friend via Tumblr:
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> "my mom ships sherlolly and was sade when she realised the kiss didn't
> really happen"
>
> [sherlolly = Sherlock and Molly]
>
> http://asawyer98.tumblr.com/post/80839228625/captain-killian-me-jones-you-heard-her-it?og=1&fb_action_ids=800927872176&fb_action_types=og.likes
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>      "i love shipping because you are basically in love with two people
>      being in love"
>
> http://until-the-next-time.tumblr.com/post/80741547168/nogi-tsune-i-love-shipping-because-you-are?og=1&fb_action_ids=800745402846&fb_action_types=og.likes
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> My friend glosses it as " To want a relationship between two characters"
>
> ---Amy West
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