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crackship en · NOUN

Etymology

From crack + ship, alluding to the erratic behaviour of crack cocaine users.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A ship that is canonically implausible, bizarre, or humorous.
    • We carve out little fiefdoms with the common love of a middle-aged actress, and we march up the gangplank to board our favorite crackship. 2016, Kathleen Smith, The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal, unnumbered page:
    • Moreover, in the more silly venues of fandom, some fans generate "crack ships," or nonsensical couplings, such as sensing chemistry between Bonnie/A Rock. 2015, Kristen J. Warner, The Cultural Politics of Colorblind TV Casting, unnumbered page:
    • With rarepairs and crackships, it's the unlikeliness or even impossibility of their coming together that gets you going. 2019, "Thefudge", "The Marvelously Crafted", Lemon, 1 February 2019, page 49

Forms

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crackships Number=Plur lexicographic
crack ship alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

crack pairing