Bethyl

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proper noun

The ship of characters Beth Greene and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. slanglifestyleThe ship of characters Beth Greene and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.

    And before you know it, you've exploded vicious rhetoric on some poor Bethyl shipper on Tumblr who never saw it coming.

    2016, Kathleen Smith, The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal, unnumbered page
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    For fans of the “Bethyl” romance, this would also allow Daryl to carry on a relationship with Beth free of the guilt of hurting Carol’s feelings.

    2014 November 17, Lindsay Putnam, “Who will be the next to die on ‘The Walking Dead’?”, in New York Post

    While there are many die-hard Caryl and Bethyl shippers who have argued for Daryl’s heterosexuality, others have maintained that Daryl is gay.

    2014 December 1, Amanda Michelle Steiner, “The Walking Dead: Creator Robert Kirkman Finally Reveals Daryl's Sexuality”, in People

Origin

Blend of Beth + Daryl.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Bethyl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bethyl

MLA

“Bethyl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bethyl. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bethyl,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bethyl.

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