shippy

comparative shippier · superlative shippiest

1. Related to or characteristic of a ship (vessel).

   About the interior decorations, however, there was nothing shippy.

   1982, Eileen Simpson, Poets in Their Youth: A Memoir, page 11

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   Well, we have been here since Mid-June, beside a reefy and shippy shore, with sails by day and lamps by night, all over the water, and a sunrise and sunset gun from an obsolete fort across the harbor.

   1899, William Dean Howells, quoted in Michael Anesko, Letters, Fictions, Lives: Henry James and William Dean Howells (1997), page 349

   […] there were always vehicles parked there, and anyone driving by will think we're just tourists gawping at all the shippy stuff.

   2008, H. A. Covington, The Brigade, page 127

2. slanglifestyleRelated to, characteristic of, or supporting a romantic relationship (ship) between characters.

   i agree. even if it's just a couple of moments of bliss, my shippy heart will be content.

   2001 April 12, clarkal, “Re: The pregnancy conversation”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)

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   Anyway, the shippy moment comes when Scully (who's noticeably pregnant) and Mulder are talking on the park bench.

   1997 November 27, Hieu G. Nguyen, “Shippiest moments on XF”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)

   One thing that can be inferred is that "Ghosts", a very shippy episode, apparently didn't scare (pun intended) any viewers away.

   1999 January 7, storml...@hotmail.com, “Re: X-Files Ratings For Terms of Endearment”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)

plural Shippys

1. A surname.