shipping
noun
- desire by fans for fictional characters to be in a relationship
- act/process of transferring goods or services, often sending packages or products by cargo ship
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/ / /ˈʃɪpiŋ/
noun
Etymology: Clipping of relationshipping.
- The desire by followers of a fandom for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters, to be in a romantic or sexual relationship.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship English -ing English shipping From ship + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of ship