comship

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noun

A ship featuring elements deemed morally complex or problematic, such as abuse, incest, or a power gap.

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Meanings

nouncomship (plural comships)

plural comships

  1. slanglifestyleA ship featuring elements deemed morally complex or problematic, such as abuse, incest, or a power gap.

    as long as you're nice and don't only talk about your comships as some make me uncomfy

    2024 January 16, Lana (Ame-Chan) (@Ena_Irl_), Twitter
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    I know, but he's not a human and that makes it a comship. And there are many canonical comships, it's not necessarily a bad thing

    2023 September 11, Julián (@Justigodesgod), Twitter

    I've always hated comships (besides the usual ones like immortal x mortal), but I just.. block people. It's as simple as that.

    2023 September 12, Lumi (@oneiricstar), Twitter

Origin

Blend of complicated + ship, or complex + ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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