Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ship war

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables: ship war
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An intense and sometimes hostile disagreement between shippers of rival ships in a fandom.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Oh, no, not another ship war between members of Team Edward and Team Jacob."
"They seemed fascinated by my and Meg's absorption in the Harry Potter culture, so we told them stories of the ship wars […]"
"'Ship wars' are discussions, usually between female fans, about who the best partner would be for their favourite character or artist, a classic example being the debates over whether Yoko Ono was good for John Lennon."
"Habermas may not have imagined ship wars as a context for practical discourse, but fandom is in fact an excellent space in which to engage in the forms of contestation he describes."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

ship wars (plural)

Questions

What does ship war mean?: An intense and sometimes hostile disagreement between shippers of rival ships in a fandom.

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