Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that consigns or receives goods for transportation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tobacco suited for export; a shipping tobacco. See
export tobacco . - noun A seaman; a mariner; a skipper.
- noun One who delivers goods or merchandise to a common carrier, forwarder, express company, etc., for transportation, whether by land or water or both.
- noun In a machine-shop, a device for shifting a belt from one pulley to another; a belt-shipper or belt-shifter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One involved in
shipping (fan fiction based on romanticrelationships between characters). - noun The person or organization that
ships (sends ) something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who ships goods
- noun a company in the business of shipping freight
Etymologies
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(If you never followed "The X-Files" first few seasons or "Stargate SG-1's" Sam-and-Jack saga obsessively, 'shipper is short for "pro-relationship.")
unknown title 2009
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(If you never followed "The X-Files" first few seasons or "Stargate SG-1's" Sam-and-Jack saga obsessively, 'shipper is short for "pro-relationship.")
unknown title 2009
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(If you never followed "The X-Files" first few seasons or "Stargate SG-1's" Sam-and-Jack saga obsessively, 'shipper is short for "pro-relationship.")
unknown title 2009
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(If you never followed "The X-Files" first few seasons or "Stargate SG-1's" Sam-and-Jack saga obsessively, 'shipper is short for "pro-relationship.")
unknown title 2009
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- Man, reading these books as an Aragorn/Arwen shipper is hard!
but WHERE will you get the best EDUCATION? intertribal 2009
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This project is backed by long-term shipper commitments and is expected to be operational by July 2013.
unknown title 2012
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Our organic growth is driven by low risk projects backed by long term shipper contracts with high credit quality customers.
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EU opens in-depth probe in Danish shipper takeover banks on Tuesday, questioning their decision to pursue non-standard steps to fight minister calls for equal treatment * Urges improved tone for debate * Negotiations could take some tax havens on Tuesday (Writes through; adds details, background) By
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EU opens in-depth probe in Danish shipper takeover
mialuthien commented on the word shipper
shipper – (derived from a relationshipper), someone who is interested in and focused on a coupling of two specific fictional characters (used in fandom)
July 14, 2008
seanahan commented on the word shipper
A seriously frightening group of people.
July 15, 2008
she commented on the word shipper
Augh yes. Do we really need to be reminded of this word? Or any of those in fanfiction? (Yes, I'll shush.)
July 15, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word shipper
Without a shadow of a doubt. Where two opposing shippers meet, wank is not far.
July 15, 2008
bilby commented on the word shipper
Do shippers ever meet, or just pass in the night?
July 15, 2008
she commented on the word shipper
I think they dwell in internet-enabled lighthouses.
July 15, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word shipper
They pass peacefully by each other if their fantiquette compasses are in working order.
July 15, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word shipper
The practice that gave us Spikeydomeshipping must have something going for it. (List, anyone...?)
July 15, 2008
plethora commented on the word shipper
The most common adjectives used in relation to shippers are batshit or batshit insane.
July 15, 2008
sionnach commented on the word shipper
You know, I visited that link that VanishedOne provided. It's possibly the most disturbing page I've visited in quite some time. My awareness of fanfiction had been hazy, at best. I think I would like to keep it that way.
July 16, 2008
she commented on the word shipper
Plethora, I'd go with tiresome.
July 16, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word shipper
Billybeanshipping is another winner.
July 16, 2008
plethora commented on the word shipper
She, have you ever encountered a Harmoanian?
July 16, 2008