Scorbus

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proper noun

The ship of characters Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Potter of the Harry Potter franchise.

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Meanings

proper nounScorbus (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountablelifestyleThe ship of characters Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Potter of the Harry Potter franchise.

    Because of this, some commentators are suspicious that the appetite for a Scorbus romance was not unknown to those catering to it.

    2016 August 16, Ilana Masad, “Harry Potter and the Possible Queerbaiting: why fans are mad over a lack of gay romance”, in The Guardian
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    For Harry Potter fandom, the idea of a romantic relationship (or ship) between Albus/Scorpius or "Scorbus," the ship's portmanteau, is nothing new.

    2018, Emily E. Roach, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Closet: Queerbaiting, Slash Shipping and The Cursed Child”, in Amanda Firestone, Leisa A. Clark, editors, Harry Potter and Convergence Culture: Essays on Fandom and the Expanding Potterverse, page 133

    For years, Scorbus fans had almost no canonical information with which to base their fan works, therefore fics varied wildly in characterisation.

    2019, Beatriz Brito do Nascimento, "No heteros in this heterotopia: Harry Potter slash fanfiction as heterotopian space", dissertation submitted to the University of Porto, page 98

Origin

Blend of Scorpius + Albus.

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Scorbus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scorbus

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