Being a hard-core "noromo" (parlance for "no romancer," someone who believes the show's UST, or unresolved sexual tension, is the key to its vitality), I have also flamed "shippers" ("relationshippers," those who want Mulder and Scully to get it on in the film) with now embarrassing vituperations, such as, "Why don't you just go get the lame job you're destined for at the state budget office?"
2004, Bernard Zuel, "Jonathan Creek", Sydney Morning Herald, 8 October 2004:
It's in the UST (that's Unresolved Sexual Tension, not long-life milk: though they both eventually curdle) between Jonathan and his co-host Carla (Julia Sawalha), which seems to involve lots of cleavage shots and, tonight, a bit of tongue while Carla's husband (ex Young One Adrian Edmondson) watches.
2006, Maureen Paton, "Self-made Marion", Daily Mail, 20 October 2006:
Fanny has to be wooed with tenderness and humility - cue much UST (Hollywoodese for Unresolved Sexual Tension) as their slow-burn romance creates an incredible chemistry between Russell and Marion.
Oyelowo is a fashion victim and trots around her new patch in pretty stilettos. She changes her outfit and hair at least four times in each episode and spends a lot of time bickering with her new boss. Oh, did I mention they were an item long ago? Hence all that UST.
2008, Andrew Mercado, "No Bones about it", The Sunday Telegraph (Australia), 6 July 2008:
Don't expect the UST (unresolved sexual tension) to be resolved in the near future (it would be the kiss of death), but expect a teaser kiss soon and side trips to London and Spain.
Walker later tells McGill they've clearly "got some UST" – Walker-talk for "unresolved sexual tension". And Smurfit and Regan make a fine job of keeping the UST high throughout this first of two parts.
Over the previous 99 episodes, their Unresolved Sexual Tension (UST) has been so clunkingly obvious that one of the minor characters has actually written a book about it, an implausible plot device which the show uses as a sort of postmodern commentary.
Historical fiction also gives fresh life to well-worn ploys that had begun to look a little weary. Take unresolved sexual tension – or "UST" as television scriptwriters used to call it. Hard to pull off in today’s free and easy society. But in any age before the sexual revolution, there was a good reason why a state of delicious distance should be prolonged almost indefinitely.
2015, Katharine E. McCain, "Canon Vs. 'Fanon': Genre Devices In Contemporary Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Georgetown University, page 130:
UST is prominent in all types of pairings and occurs in nearly every pre-slash fic.
