It’s “we all shipped them together”. That’s the part that makes no clear sense.
Does “them” refer to to bride, groom, or both as a couple? What’s a group of groomsmen ‘all shipping her/him/the couple together’ mean?! Is it an auto-correct for something else? Was she a mail-order bride they paid the shipping for? Did they all ship out in the military? Did they ship them off to somewhere like on a vacation? Or, eventually, did they cockney slang metaphorically put them in a package together?
There literal meaning of the word “shipped” really obscures the meaning for, what I assume, us non-tiktok folk haven’t pickup up in the recent months.
To “ship” is a term largely originating in internet fan fiction circles. It is short for “relationship” but usually means a non-canon relationship which the writer likes to imagine or portray two people being in. Typically chosen because the author believes those characters are a great match for each other despite no such relationship existing in the source material.
So this story is about how the best man used to always imagine as if the now bride-and-groom were in a relationship before they officially announced any relationship, or before they realised that they even wanted one themselves, because they seemed like such a good match.
From context I think it’s pretty clear that they meant they fit well together.
He made that statement and then right after explained a situation that enforces what he meant. Paraphrasing: “we shipped them together. Before they made it official. (so we knew before hand, what else could that mean? They’re at a wedding.) he scoffed at the idea. (he didn’t think they fit together, while his friends did.)”
Bro just admit you don’t understand the slang and ask, now you look extra ignorant when you could have instead learned an incredibly popular term and moved on with your life. You living under a rock isn’t everyone else’s problem.
“Shipped” is short for “relationship”. It comes from fanfics where people would put characters in relationships they weren’t otherwise in in the original media. Turn “relationship” into a verb, shorten it, and bam, you’re there.
“Ngl”, “bc”, and “shipped” make it stupid? Buddy, you ok?
It’s “we all shipped them together”. That’s the part that makes no clear sense.
Does “them” refer to to bride, groom, or both as a couple? What’s a group of groomsmen ‘all shipping her/him/the couple together’ mean?! Is it an auto-correct for something else? Was she a mail-order bride they paid the shipping for? Did they all ship out in the military? Did they ship them off to somewhere like on a vacation? Or, eventually, did they cockney slang metaphorically put them in a package together?
There literal meaning of the word “shipped” really obscures the meaning for, what I assume, us non-tiktok folk haven’t pickup up in the recent months.
“We assumed they would form a relationship.” > “We relationshipped them.” > “We shipped them.”
I’m in my 50s but cracking this code ain’t rocket surgery.
rocket surgery
I got that one
To “ship” is a term largely originating in internet fan fiction circles. It is short for “relationship” but usually means a non-canon relationship which the writer likes to imagine or portray two people being in. Typically chosen because the author believes those characters are a great match for each other despite no such relationship existing in the source material.
So this story is about how the best man used to always imagine as if the now bride-and-groom were in a relationship before they officially announced any relationship, or before they realised that they even wanted one themselves, because they seemed like such a good match.
it’s also pretty widely used in IRL lgbtq+ and drag circles nowadays
I can definitely understand how that might have come to be, given the prolific amount of queer shipping that goes on in fanfics :)
From context I think it’s pretty clear that they meant they fit well together. He made that statement and then right after explained a situation that enforces what he meant. Paraphrasing: “we shipped them together. Before they made it official. (so we knew before hand, what else could that mean? They’re at a wedding.) he scoffed at the idea. (he didn’t think they fit together, while his friends did.)”
Bro just admit you don’t understand the slang and ask, now you look extra ignorant when you could have instead learned an incredibly popular term and moved on with your life. You living under a rock isn’t everyone else’s problem.
“Shipped” is short for “relationship”. It comes from fanfics where people would put characters in relationships they weren’t otherwise in in the original media. Turn “relationship” into a verb, shorten it, and bam, you’re there.
Is it really that difficult for you to fathom some people not understanding it? Are you ok? And what has being ok to do with any of this?
You really think that’s what I had a problem with?