[Ads-l] ship, v. (2000-01)

[Tim Stewart]

More on *shipper*... Jeff Prucher's *Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction*
(a.k.a. *Brave New Words*) (ISBN 9780195305678) has an entry for the noun
*shipper*, but no entry for either a noun or verb *ship *or *shipping *in
the sense at hand. Prucher's quotations for this word in this sense go back
to 1996. Note the apostrophe used with *shipper *in the early uses. Also
note that all quotations save the 1999 one refer to X-Files.

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shipper *n*. (abbr. of *relationshipper*) a fan (of a TV show, book series,
etc.) who favors a romantic or sexual relationship between two of the
characters.

[1996 NEW: TITLE 17 [1/1] (Usenet: alt.tv.x-files.creative) Apr. 19 I think
that everyone, both R'shipper's and Non R'shipper's alike, can enjoy this
story.]

1996 DD on Frasier (Usenet: alt.tv.x-files) May 7 David Duchovny was
guest-voice “Tom” on Last [sic] night's Frasier. (courtesy of the ‘shippers
list).

1996 My problem with “anti-relationshippers” (Usenet: alt.tv.x-files) May
22 The idea of portraying more of the emotional connection between these
two characters, be it romantically or platonically, I would think appeals
to all of us. Being a shipper, I of course prefer the idea that they would
be expressing their epic love, but….

1999 For all you other D/T fans (Usenet: alt.fan.brent-spiner) Aug. 26
Okay, I'm a closet Data/Tasha ‘shipper.

2002 New York Times (letter) (June 2) 4/2 One it became generally accepted
that Mulder and Scully were romantically involved off screen […] the
shippers lamented not being allowed to witness the transition in the
relationship.

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Tim


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On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:39 PM, Benjamin Barrett <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > On 16 Aug 2016, at 21:09, W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > LH:  << speculations about Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock in the original
> Star
> > Wars series... >>
> > WB:  Seriously.  May you some day be beamed into a bull pen wearing a red
> > shirt.
>
> A great opportunity to see if there is a word for bisexualphobia.
>
> Wiktionary and the online Oxford Dictionaries do not have it, but they do
> have biphobia (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biphobia,
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/biphobia).
>
> I see just three books in Google Books with the word bisexualphobia. The
> word is in clearly use. Here is a thread with both forms:
> http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=913165.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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