shipping
n. uncountablen. the act of supporting a romantic relationship between two fictional characters or famous people. You do this when you really want two people to date or fall in love.
n. the act of supporting or advocating for a romantic relationship between two people, typically fictional characters or celebrities. A derivative of the word 'relationship', it is a common feature of online fandom culture.
I am shipping those two characters so hard right now.
Fans of the show spent years shipping the two leads before the writers finally made them a couple.
While some viewers find shipping to be a harmless way to engage with media, others argue it can lead to toxic behavior when fans harass actors over their real-life partners.
From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.
From ship + -ing.
Clipping of relationshipping.
Often used in the progressive form ('shipping') or as a verb ('to ship').