relationshipper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.

Word forms

relationshipper relationshippers

Etymology

From relationship + -er. Emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. First attested on alt.tv.x-files in January 1996, but it was seemingly already in use by then.

Synonyms

shipper

Antonyms

anti-shipper

Related words

anti-relationshipper

← relationship status
← relationship statuses
← relationshipless
← relationshiplessness
← relationshiply

relationshippers →
relationshipping →
relationshippy →
relationships →
relationshipwise →

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