Pro-shipper
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 One who supports a specific ship or shipping in general. slang
"I think this whole thing is a semantic misunderstanding.. the anti-shippers and the pro-shippers are putting entirely different meanings into the phrase 'in love'."
- 2 One who supports a ship or shipping deemed problematic (e.g., due to incest, age differences, abusive dynamics, etc.), and/or believes in the freedom to create and consume fanworks with such elements. slang
"Near-synonym: anti-anti"
- 1 Supportive of maritime transport, especially as opposed to railway transport. derogatory, sometimes
"Perhaps an even more important point is the disclosure of the Commission's anti-railway pro-shipper point of view."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Perhaps an even more important point is the disclosure of the Commission's anti-railway pro-shipper point of view."
Etymology
From pro- + shipper (“a seaman; mariner; skipper.”)
From pro- + shipper (“one who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between characters”). Some posit that the second sense originated as a blend of problematic + ship.
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