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non-shipper en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + shipper.

Meanings

1. (slang) One who does not create any ships or does not support a particular ship.
   • The non-shippers are those fans who are opposed to Ham and Mac having a relationship. 1999 June, Darcy Rice, “An Advocate of Perfection”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 38:
   • In these terms, Ten/Rose has a highly privileged position among Doctor Who pairings, and it seems that this position exactly engenders a powerful resistance to it among non-shippers. 2013, Leora Hadas, “Resisting the romance: ‘Shipping’ and the discourse of genre uniqueness in Doctor Who fandom”, in European Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 16, number 3, page 337:
   • Given that the final season of The West Wing itself officially sanctioned the relationship, non-shippers could no longer rely upon the ambiguity of producers' statements as 'evidence' to verify that the romance existed only in the minds of shippers. 2015, Rebecca Williams, Post-Object Fandom: Television, Identity and Self-narrative, page 108:

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