multiship

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ ship.

Adjective

multiship (not comparable)

1. 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)

1. (fandom slang) To ship multiple pairings in the same fandom, especially ones featuring the same character.
   • 2020 July 2, Emlyn (@evilmaid_), Twitter‎:

     Though I do have a habit of picking a lady chara and multishipping her. Especially hermione. 💁‍♀️

   • 2021 February 18, ObsessedKatie (@ObsessedKatie), Twitter‎:

     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. 😒

   • 2021 March 26, @uchihassasusaku, Twitter‎:

     There’s a reason Sakura is multishipped so much and it’s bc she had interactions/development with almost the entire cast

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:multiship.

Derived terms

• multishipper
• multishipping