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Barbie shipper

Barbie shipper noun: one who ships Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the The X-Files.

Noun

Barbie shipper (plural Barbie shippers)

  1. (dated, derogatory, The X-Files fandom slang) One who ships Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the The X-Files.
    • Normally, I don't respond to your kind of bullshit or the other mindless Barbie shipper/Duchovbot bullshit I've had to endure, but I couldn't let this pass.2001 July 10, Lizabeth V. Karaganis, “Re: Where to go in the 9th season?”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)
    • CC's gamble to have 'Mulder the Absent Center' may have appeased a few barbie shipper types but it also drove off a lot of the fanbase as well.2002 January 22, Medie, “Re: RP & last seacon”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)

Forms of Barbie shipper

pluralBarbie shippers

Origin of Barbie shipper

Presumably from the likening of shipping characters to playing with Barbie dolls.

Questions about Barbie shipper

What does Barbie shipper mean?
Barbie shipper means one who ships Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the The X-Files.
What part of speech is Barbie shipper?
Barbie shipper is a noun.
What is the plural of Barbie shipper?
The plural of Barbie shipper is Barbie shippers.

Words near Barbie shipper in the dictionary

  1. barbicels
  2. barbie
  3. Barbie pagoda
  4. Barbie pink
  5. Barbie pinks
  6. Barbie shipper
  7. Barbie shippers
  8. Barbiecore
  9. Barbiefication
  10. Barbieheimer
  11. Barbieri

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