shippy

See also: Shippy

English

Etymology

From ship +‎ -y.

Adjective

shippy (comparative shippier, superlative shippiest)

1. Related to or characteristic of a ship (vessel).
   • 1899, William Dean Howells, quoted in Michael Anesko, Letters, Fictions, Lives: Henry James and William Dean Howells (1997), page 349:

     Well, we have been here since Mid-June, beside a reefy and shippy shore, with sails by day and lamps by night, all over the water, and a sunrise and sunset gun from an obsolete fort across the harbor.

   • 1982, Eileen Simpson, Poets in Their Youth: A Memoir, page 11:

     About the interior decorations, however, there was nothing shippy.

   • 2008, H. A. Covington, The Brigade, page 127:

     […] there were always vehicles parked there, and anyone driving by will think we're just tourists gawping at all the shippy stuff.

2. (fandom slang) Related to, characteristic of, or supporting a romantic relationship (ship) between characters.
   • 1997 November 27, Hieu G. Nguyen, “Shippiest moments on XF”, in alt.tv.x-files‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Anyway, the shippy moment comes when Scully (who's noticeably pregnant) and Mulder are talking on the park bench.

   • 1999 January 7, storml...@hotmail.com, “Re: X-Files Ratings For Terms of Endearment”, in alt.tv.x-files‎^[2] (Usenet):

     One thing that can be inferred is that "Ghosts", a very shippy episode, apparently didn't scare (pun intended) any viewers away.

   • 2001 April 12, clarkal, “Re: The pregnancy conversation”, in alt.tv.x-files‎^[3] (Usenet):

     i agree. even if it's just a couple of moments of bliss, my shippy heart will be content.

Antonyms

• noromoish (X-Files fandom)

Derived terms

• shippiness