non-shipper

noun

One who does not create any ships or does not support a particular ship.

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Meanings

nounnon-shipper (plural non-shippers)

plural non-shippers

  1. slanglifestyleOne who does not create any ships or does not support a particular ship.

    The non-shippers are those fans who are opposed to Ham and Mac having a relationship.

    1999 June, Darcy Rice, “An Advocate of Perfection”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 38
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    In these terms, Ten/Rose has a highly privileged position among Doctor Who pairings, and it seems that this position exactly engenders a powerful resistance to it among non-shippers.

    2013, Leora Hadas, “Resisting the romance: ‘Shipping’ and the discourse of genre uniqueness in Doctor Who fandom”, in European Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 16, number 3, page 337

    Given that the final season of The West Wing itself officially sanctioned the relationship, non-shippers could no longer rely upon the ambiguity of producers' statements as 'evidence' to verify that the romance existed only in the minds of shippers.

    2015, Rebecca Williams, Post-Object Fandom: Television, Identity and Self-narrative, page 108

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
anti-shipper

Origin

From non- + shipper.

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APA

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Chicago

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