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adj
Supportive of maritime transport, especially as opposed to railway transport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, sometimes
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
One who supports a specific ship or shipping in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: shipper
Antonyms: anti-shipper, non-shipper
noun
One who supports a ship or shipping deemed problematic (e.g., due to incest, age differences, abusive dynamics, etc.), and/or believes in the freedom to create and consume fanworks with such elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
Synonyms: comshipper, pro-shitter
Antonyms: anti-shipper, anti
History
From pro- + shipper (“a seaman; mariner; skipper.”)
From pro- + shipper (“one who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between characters”). Some posit that the second sense originated as a blend of problematic + ship.
