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friendshipper

friendshipper noun: a person who would prefer Fox Mulder and Dana Scully's relationship to remain platonic.

Noun

friendshipper (plural friendshippers)

  1. (The X-Files fandom slang) A person who would prefer Fox Mulder and Dana Scully's relationship to remain platonic.
    • This is an MSR, all friendshippers beware.1997 May 23, TempusX [username], “NEW: After The Louvre - 1/1 (MSR/NC-17)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)
    • Some of us are friendshippers, some of us are relationshippers of one variety or another -- some of us want to see a Mulder/Scully relationship occur during the course of the series, while some of us prefer to maintain the slow seduction until the series' end -- but we are all captivated by the...1998 July 2, JLangly, “Shippers have SAVED The X-Files!!!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)

Synonyms of friendshipper

Forms of friendshipper

pluralfriendshippers

Origin of friendshipper

From friendship + -er, or a blend of friendship + shipper.

Questions about friendshipper

What does friendshipper mean?
Friendshipper means a person who would prefer Fox Mulder and Dana Scully's relationship to remain platonic.
What part of speech is friendshipper?
Friendshipper is a noun.
What is the plural of friendshipper?
The plural of friendshipper is friendshippers.

Words near friendshipper in the dictionary

  1. Friendship Village Resources
  2. friendship with benefits
  3. friendshipless
  4. friendshiplike
  5. friendshiply
  6. friendshipper
  7. friendshippers
  8. friendshippy
  9. friendships
  10. friendships with benefits
  11. friendshipy

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