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Old 04-22-2009, 09:42 PM
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Ok, I have been meaning to post this question for a while now. I know shippers are fans who want SN and LB to be together, but how did the term "shipper" come about?

I think I missed the memo on this one.
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Old 04-22-2009, 09:46 PM
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Isn't it derived from Relationship?
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Old 04-22-2009, 09:47 PM
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Ok, I have been meaning to post this question for a while now. I know shippers are fans who want SN and LB to be together, but how did the term "shipper" come about?

I think I missed the memo on this one.
I read it was derived from "relationship"... hence the term, "shipper".
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Old 04-22-2009, 10:12 PM
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It's not solely applied to Stevie and Lindsey "shippers":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_(fandom)


However, the archives of the newsgroup X-files show that the word "shipper" was already in established use among fans of The X-Files as early as May 1996 [1]— just three months after the first Pokémon games were released in Japan.

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Old 04-22-2009, 10:22 PM
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I had not heard this term before!!

I was listening to Buckingham Nicks the other day- and it really got me thinking about how S and L were really a couple there for awhile. Presumable a happy one.
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ahhh, makes sense now, duh, why didn't I think of that? (hitting my hand on my forehead)

Gotta admit SN and LB have a relationship that great legends and stories are made of.
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Lindsey & Stevie once dated?
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Lindsey & Stevie once dated?
I thought they were brother & sister.
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Old 04-23-2009, 08:57 AM
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ahhh, makes sense now, duh, why didn't I think of that? (hitting my hand on my forehead)

Gotta admit SN and LB have a relationship that great legends and stories are made of.
Don't feel bad...I knew what the term meant, but didn't know where it came from either!
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Old 04-22-2009, 11:23 PM
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We'd say "shipper" and "noromo" (for those who wanted/saw no romance) but I guess the "noromo" never caught on.

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Ok, I have been meaning to post this question for a while now. I know shippers are fans who want SN and LB to be together, but how did the term "shipper" come about?

I think I missed the memo on this one.
Alterntively it could come about from everyone being so over the whole relationship thing that we wanted to ship them off somewhere to sort it out
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Ok, I have been meaning to post this question for a while now. I know shippers are fans who want SN and LB to be together, but how did the term "shipper" come about?

I think I missed the memo on this one.
thanks for asking this question because I had no clue what a shipper was.
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I knew this one and that is unusual for me.

I only knew because I was one of them x-file shippers.

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I only knew because I was one of them x-file shippers.

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