crackship

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English

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Etymology

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From crack +‎ ship, alluding to the erratic behaviour of crack cocaine users.

Noun

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crackship (plural crackships)

  1. (fandom slang) A ship that is canonically implausible, bizarre, or humorous.
    • 2015, Kristen J. Warner, The Cultural Politics of Colorblind TV Casting, unnumbered page:
      Moreover, in the more silly venues of fandom, some fans generate "crack ships," or nonsensical couplings, such as sensing chemistry between Bonnie/A Rock.
    • 2016, Kathleen Smith, The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal, unnumbered page:
      We carve out little fiefdoms with the common love of a middle-aged actress, and we march up the gangplank to board our favorite crackship.
    • 2019, "Thefudge", "The Marvelously Crafted", Lemon, 1 February 2019, page 49:
      With rarepairs and crackships, it's the unlikeliness or even impossibility of their coming together that gets you going.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:crackship.

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