'ship
English
Etymology
Clipping of relationship.
Noun
'ship (plural 'ships)
- (slang) Clipping of relationship.
- 2023 July 15, Gretty Garcia, “All the Deets on How Old the Cast of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Is on the Show and IRL”, in Cosmopolitan[1]:
- Belly and her lifelong best friend Taylor may share the same age on the show, but they truly could not be more different. We j'adore[sic] seeing their 'ship play out on-screen, but outside the project they're actually four years apart, with Rain reportedly being around 24.
- 2024 October 30, Gretty Garcia, “Zazie Beetz and David Rysdahl’s Relationship Timeline All in One Place”, in Cosmopolitan[2]:
- The celebs ring in the new year, and Zazie takes the opportunity to fully hard launch their ’ship. S’cute!
See also
- ship (“fictional relationship”)