Meanings
- slanglifestyleThe double ship of Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley and Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley from the Harry Potter series.
Those of us who didn't want OBHWF felt that Rowling was making a mistake, not that she was being misleading.
2008 September 9, Louis Epstein, “Re: Cho Chang not Ginny”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet)2 more examples
Sadly for you & other OBHWF fans, Ginny is now over Harry, and is on her second boyfriend, while Luna Lovegood has the hots for Ron.
2003 June 30, Tennant Stuart, “Re: A couple of questions about book 5.”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet)Because JKR ships OBHWF that's why. The way Hermione has been written shows us she's much more and^([sic]) equal and compatible with Harry though.
2005 July 24, Egla Bob, “Re: What Does Hermione See in Ron?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet)
Origin
Initialism of One Big Happy Weasley Family, since the ship results in two of the main characters in the series, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, ending up with two of the seven Weasley children.
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