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non-shipper

non-shipper noun: one who does not create any ships or does not support a particular ship.

Noun

non-shipper (plural non-shippers)

  1. (slang) One who does not create any ships or does not support a particular ship.
    • The non-shippers are those fans who are opposed to Ham and Mac having a relationship.1999 June, Darcy Rice, “An Advocate of Perfection”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 38
    • In these terms, Ten/Rose has a highly privileged position among Doctor Who pairings, and it seems that this position exactly engenders a powerful resistance to it among non-shippers.2013, Leora Hadas, “Resisting the romance: ‘Shipping’ and the discourse of genre uniqueness in Doctor Who fandom”, in European Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 16, number 3, page 337

Forms of non-shipper

pluralnon-shippers

Origin of non-shipper

From non- + shipper.

Questions about non-shipper

What does non-shipper mean?
Non-shipper means one who does not create any ships or does not support a particular ship.
What part of speech is non-shipper?
Non-shipper is a noun.
What is the plural of non-shipper?
The plural of non-shipper is non-shippers.

Words near non-shipper in the dictionary

  1. non-sexuality
  2. non-sexually
  3. non-shedding
  4. non-Shia
  5. non-Shiite
  6. non-shipper
  7. non-shippers
  8. non-sibilant
  9. non-sibilants
  10. non-significant
  11. non-singular

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