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pro-shipper¹

Where it comes from

From pro- + shipper (“a seaman; mariner; skipper.”)

adjective more pro-shipper · most pro-shipper

  1. derogatory, sometimes Supportive of maritime transport, especially as opposed to railway transport. Perhaps an even more important point is the disclosure of the Commission's anti-railway pro-shipper point of view.

pro-shipper²

Where it comes from

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.

noun pro-shippers

  1. slang One who supports a specific ship or shipping in general. 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'.

    Similar: shipper · Opposite: anti-shipper, non-shipper

  2. slang 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. Near-synonym: anti-anti

    Similar: comshipper, pro-shitter · Opposite: anti-shipper, anti

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@misc{pro_shipper_2026,
  title = {pro-shipper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pro-shipper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}