noromo

plural noromos · alternative NoRomo

1. The X-Files fandom slangA person who opposes the idea of a romantic relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.

   There had always been a separation between the noromos and the shippers, but at the start of the eighth season, another significant division was born.

   2002, Tom Kessenich, EXaminations: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6-9 of The X-Files, Featuring the Reviews of Unbound I, Trafford Publishing (2002), page 5

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   Being a hard-core "noromo" (parlance for "no romancer," someone who believes the show's UST, or unresolved sexual tension, is the key to its vitality), I have also flamed "shippers" ("relationshippers," those who want Mulder and Scully to get it on in the film) with now embarrassing vituperations, such as, "Why don't you just go get the lame job you're destined for at the state budget office?"

   1998 June 22, John Cloud, “Cinema: An X-Phile Confesses”, in Time

   Once it became generally accepted that Mulder and Scully were romantically involved off screen, the noromos stopped watching in disgust, while the shippers lamented not being allowed to witness the transition in the relationship.

   2002, Elizabeth Weinbloom, "'THE X-FILES'; A Botched Romance" (letter to the editor), The New York Times, 2 June 2002

   Synonyms: friendshipper

plural NoRomos

1. Alternative letter-case form of noromo.

   The former, called "Shippers" (i.e. those who seek a love relationship depicted), are opposed by "NoRomos," who do not want romance to take over the series.

   2003, Douglas Kellner, Media Spectacle, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 144–145

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   Viewers also spent years trying to decipher whether there was a romantic attraction between the duo. Among the growing number of internet fan bases devoted to the relationship, subgroups of "relationshippers" and "NoRomos" emerged.

   2008 July 2, Rachel Olding, “REWIND The X-Files”, in Sydney Morning Herald

   But there's some unrest among the two major types of X-Philes: The 'Shippers, who care most about the romantic relationship between Mulder and Scully, and the NoRomos, who care more about the murky mythology of the show.

   2008 July 23, Marla Puente, “The Mulder-Scully fans are out there”, in USA Today