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English
Etymology
From ship + -y.
Adjective
shippy (comparative shippier, superlative shippiest)
- Related to or characteristic of a ship (vessel).
- 1899, William Dean Howells, quoted in Michael Anesko, Letters, Fictions, Lives: Henry James and William Dean Howells (1997), page 349:
- Well, we have been here since Mid-June, beside a reefy and shippy shore, with sails by day and lamps by night, all over the water, and a sunrise and sunset gun from an obsolete fort across the harbor.
1982, Eileen Simpson, Poets in Their Youth: A Memoir, page 11:About the interior decorations, however, there was nothing shippy.
2008, H. A. Covington, The Brigade, page 127:[…] there were always vehicles parked there, and anyone driving by will think we're just tourists gawping at all the shippy stuff.
- (fandom slang) Related to, characteristic of, or supporting a romantic relationship (ship) between characters.
1997 November 27, Hieu G. Nguyen, “Shippiest moments on XF”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):Anyway, the shippy moment comes when Scully (who's noticeably pregnant) and Mulder are talking on the park bench.
1999 January 7, [email protected], “Re: X-Files Ratings For Terms of Endearment”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):One thing that can be inferred is that "Ghosts", a very shippy episode, apparently didn't scare (pun intended) any viewers away.
2001 April 12, clarkal, “Re: The pregnancy conversation”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):i agree. even if it's just a couple of moments of bliss, my shippy heart will be content.
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