English
Etymology
From multi- +β ship.
Adjective
multiship (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to multiple ships (marine vessels).
Verb
multiship (third-person singular simple present multiships, present participle multishipping, simple past and past participle multishipped)
- (fandom slang) To ship multiple pairings in the same fandom, especially ones featuring the same character.
2020 July 2, Emlyn (@evilmaid_), Twitterβ[1]:Though I do have a habit of picking a lady chara and multishipping her. Especially hermione. πββοΈ
2021 February 18, ObsessedKatie (@ObsessedKatie), Twitterβ[2]:As someone who multiships Chaggie and Charlastor. You guys fighting in the tags is annoying the hell out of me. Please stop using the tags. π
2021 March 26, @uchihassasusaku, Twitterβ[3]:Thereβs a reason Sakura is multishipped so much and itβs bc she had interactions/development with almost the entire cast
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:multiship.
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