MerDer

See also: merder

English

Etymology

Blend of Meredith +‎ Derek.

Proper noun

MerDer

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd from the television series Grey's Anatomy.
   • 2009 April 16, CeCe Brooks, “Summer TV GUide”, in Old Black & Gold, Wake Forest University, page B5:

     With Izzie Stevens' treatment going on and MerDer's wedding looming, there's going to be lots of drama at Seattle Grace in the last few episodes of the fifth season.

   • 2011 August 31, Ashley Hite, “Fall returning television series provide relief, relaxation from studies”, in The Daily Athenaeum, West Virginia University, page 9:

     With the MerDer drama heating up and Meredith's job on the line, the two-hour season premiere is looking at keeping viewers glued to the screen from beginning to end.

   • 2015 May 7, Danielle S. Tepper, “Derek Deserved Better”, in Town & Country Gazette, page 40:

     But then they had to go and create a montage of MerDer's relationship and it suddenly got very real.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:MerDer.