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12Identifying a {{ship|ping}} with both characters' names is functional but often not catchy, and even {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s aren't always colorful enough for the purposes of shipping communities. Sometimes the names don't work together very well logistically either. Therefore, a lot of ships are named in ways that aren't obvious except to those familiar with all the intricacies of the work's fandom.
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14Usually, a word vaguely related to the two characters is combined with the suffix "-shipping" to create a name for the couple. The pattern "[surname] + cest" is commonly used for [[IncestYayShipping incestuous pairings]].
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16Not related to idiosyncratic ''starship'' naming in Literature/TheCulture.
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24* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' fandom, in a sort-of blend with PortmanteauCoupleName[[labelnote:*]]Springer being Connie's last name, Pringles being a stand-in for Sasha "Potato Girl" Blause[[/labelnote]], has taken to calling the pairing of Connie and Sasha "Springles."
25* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
26** The catchy name "Homolust" for Lelouch/Suzaku.
27** "Lamperougecest" is a name for Lelouch/Nunnally.
28* ''Manga/DeathNote'' has "the Handcuff Duo" or "Lawlight" for L x Light and M&M for Matt x Mello.
29* ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' has ''Tomato'' for the [[HotBlooded Masaru]][=/=][[TeenGenius Tohma]] pairing.
30* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'': Agon and Unsui are called A-Un when shipped together. Interestingly, the actual meaning behind A-Un is a religious and architectural one, so that just adds another weird layer to the term.
31* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
32** "Elricest" for Edward/Alphonse.
33** The Edward/Winry relationship, besides their usual portmanteau "[=EdWin=]", are also known as "503." This is a rather obscure reference to a Japanese brand of jeans of the same number that are produced by a company called Edwin. This name got so popular that [[AscendedMeme it was even featured in the manga/anime at one point]].
34* The Japanese fandom of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' call [[DrillSergeantNasty Germany]][=/=][[{{Keet}} N. Italy]] "Gnocchi".
35** There's also "the chick pair" for [[HotBlooded Prussia]][=/=][[{{Keet}} Italy]].
36** "Itacest" is used to refer to the fairly rare incest pairing of [[TheDitz N.Italy]] and [[HairTriggerTemper S.Italy]]. Some circles also refer to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold America]] and Canada as "Americest". In the latter case, a few fans dip a toe into the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fandom (or at least, the North American side of it) and dub it [[AlliterativeName Ilvermornian Incest]].
37** "The communist pair"/"[[RedScare The Red Couple]] for [[HuskyRusskie Russia]][=/=][[{{Bishonen}} China]].
38** The "Germancest" pairing.
39** The Cold War pairing. Also known as Waiting for Spring, [[FunWithAcronyms Mutually]] [[MutuallyAssuredDestruction Assured]] [[{{Pun}} Devotion]], and Bering Strait (as in the strait between the far east of {{UsefulNotes/Russia}} and western {{UsefulNotes/Alaska}}).
40** The Special Relationship.
41** [[OT3 Austria/Prussia/Hungary]] is often called ''The Frying Pangle''.
42** There's also Dover in the Japanese fandom for England/France (which in the Western fandom is usually called [=FrUK=]). The name refers to the Strait of Dover, the narrowest place to cross the Channel.
43** [[http://hetalia.shoutwiki.com/wiki/List_of_Hetalia:_Axis_Powers_Fanterms#Pairing.2FGrouping_Terms A bigger list here]] (although it does lack several names commonly seen at Website/{{Pixiv}}).
44** [[http://kaedemirumo.webs.com/incompletepixivtaglist.htm Here's]] an ''extremely'' comprehensive list for pairing names used at Website/{{Pixiv}}. There's a ''lot'' of idiosyncratic ship naming going on over there, to put it lightly (that site tends to go down at least once monthly when bandwidth is exceeded; if you happened to check it in this state, try the [[http://clearbubblegum.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal archive]] instead). Fun fact: some of the pairing names are based on Japanese language puns; for example, Turkey/Japan is called the "Weekend Couple" because their Japanese country names put side-by-side together can be literally translated as "weekend".
45** "Kimchiburger" for [[ChronicHeroSyndrome America]][=/=][[CloudCuckooLander Korea]] and "the bunny pair" or "Snow Bunny" for [[CuteAndPsycho Russia]][=/=][[AttentionWhore Prussia]].
46* "Inucest" usually refers to Manga/{{Inuyasha}}/Sesshoumaru, but can also apply to any relationship in the series wherein both members are at least part dog {{youkai}}.
47* ''Manga/JunjouRomantica'' uses this a lot, with the eponymous "Romantica" pairing being Misaki/Usagi. Note that these ship names are ''canon''.
48* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' combines ThemeNaming with this trope, resulting in ship labels that look like they belong on an algebra test. Since most of the male cast uses NumericalThemeNaming, pairings will be written in the formula of YXZ, where Y and Z are the "number" or the first letter of the character's name -- hence 1X2 for [[HoYay Heero/Duo]] and 1XR for [[BodyguardCrush Heero/Relena]].
49** The order of the "name" is important too, sometimes determining how the characters act (1X2 is [=Heero/Duo=] acting as normal, 2X1 is mopey Duo and cheerful Heero) and sometimes denoting the more active party or the one who makes the first move (1XR means Heero instigates the relationship, [=RX1=] means Relena does, 1XRX1 means they both go for each other).
50* One of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'''s most popular ships is Green Tea, which pairs up Izuku Midoriya ("Midori" meaning "green") and Ochako Uraraka ("Ocha" meaning "tea").
51** There is also one called [=EraserDust=]. Eraser is obviously Eraserhead and dust coming from Shigaraki’s turning things to dust.
52* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
53** There is Hyuugacest for Neji/Hinata pairings... may involve other Hyuuga members too, though.
54** Uchihacest for Itachi/Sasuke and Sandcest for any combination of the [[FanNickname Sand Siblings]].
55** Inuzukacest is the term of choice for those who ship [[BrotherSisterIncest Kiba and his sister Hana]], or any other Inuzuka for that matter.
56** "Uzumakicest" is a thing. It was revealed that [[spoiler: Karin]] is an Uzumaki, though we don't know how closely she is related to Naruto. The possibility that she is his first cousin (or even his aunt, considering that the Uzumaki's long lifespans could also conceivably extend their reproductive years dramatically) has not been ruled out.
57** Naruto/Sakura or [=NaruSaku=] is also called "Heaven and Earth" due to a chapter of Naruto when Naruto is compared to Earth and Sakura was compared to Heaven and how both were needed to be whole.
58* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'': "Hitachiincest" for Hikaru/Kaoru.
59* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': The ''Pokémon'' fandom actually claims to have invented the "____{{Shipping}}" (with the blank space filled by a word or phrase that applies to both characters, or combines different aspects of them) trend. Given their records showing this form of ship naming in use as early as 1997 or 1998, even if they weren't the first to use it, they're certainly one of the first. It makes sense, as the first name of this type, Rocketshipping, was conceived as a pun on the term rocket ship. Most recently updated list [[http://shipping.bulbagarden.net/listaz.html here]].
60** "[=RocketShipping=]", which pairs Jessie and James of Team Rocket.
61** The various shipnames involves the protagonist Ash Ketchum are Pokeshipping (Ash/Misty), Advanceshipping (Ash/May), Pearlshipping (Ash/Dawn), Negaishipping (Ash/Iris), Amourshipping (Ash/Serena), Aureliashipping (Ash/Lillie), Blueangelshipping (Ash/Lana), Journeyshipping (Ash/Goh), Bloomboltshipping (Ash/Chloe), Palletshipping (Gary/Ash), and Imaginationshipping (Ash/Bianca).
62** Other common names include Orangeshipping (Tracy/Misty), Contestshipping (Drew/May), [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ikarishipping]] (Paul/Dawn), Egoshipping (Misty/Gary), and Wishfulshipping (Iris/Cilan).
63** At the beginning of the ''Pokémon'' fandom, the Ash/Misty relationship was referred to as "[=AAML=]" (acronym for "Ash and Misty Love"), a blend of Idiosyncratic and PortmanteauCoupleName. Similar versions were used for some other ships, such as [=JAJL=] for James/Jessie, and they lasted a while, but they eventually failed due to being associated with the more "immature" parts of the fandom and the rotating cast making the names confusing; the aformentioned [=AAML=] could be for either Ash and Misty or Ash and May.
64* Similar to the fandom for the anime, the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' fandom uses the "____{{Shipping}}" naming scheme. Franticshipping (Ruby/Sapphire), Oldrivalshipping (Green/Blue), and Specialshipping (Red/Yellow) come to mind. There are even ____ Shipping for [=OT3s=], like Entourageshipping (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum).
65* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
66** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'': [=SweetShipping=] (Hibiki/Kanade, due to Kanade being a baker).
67** ''Anime/SmilePrecure'':
68*** The Nao x Reika ship were usually called as the "8:40", because back when the show was first aired, by sheer coincidence most episodes have a moment between the two of them exactly at/near the 8:40 mark, as collected in this [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/Syntron/media/cGF0aDovMTM0MDY2NTkzOTMxNy5qcGc=/?ref= picture]].
69*** The Nao x Akane ship is called the "Nissan Combination" because their Cure names (March for Nao, Sunny for Akane) just so happens to be the name of cars made by Nissan.
70* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' fandom [[http://web.archive.org/web/20121211060345/http://www.fanhistory.com/wiki/Prince_of_Tennis typically uses]] "____ Pair" for ship names. For example: Golden Pair (the canon nickname), Silver Pair (Ohtori/Shishido), Dirty Pair (Mukahi/Oshitari), Data Pair (Inui/Renji), Ah-Un Pair (Momoshiro/Ryouma), etc.
71* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has "[[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Red x Blue]]" for Kyoko/Sayaka and "Tea Cake" for Mami/Charlotte.
72* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' characters' {{Goroawase Number}}s often get used as ship names, leading to such things as 5927 (Goku/Tsuna). Even if you do know the fandom it's sometimes a bit tricky to work out.
73* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' takes a page from ''Gundam Wing'' on the number front, the four main characters having their pairings broken down into numbers determined by their names (san = 3; go = 5; hachi = 8; kyu = 9), making two of the more prevalent couples 9x3 (Sanzo x Goku) and 5x8 (Gojyo x Hakkai).
74* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' -- a giant LoveDodecahedron -- naturally has a number of factions, mostly named after key scenes the characters shared. Eri/Harima is the "Flag Faction", because their interactions so often resemble "flag" events from {{Dating Sim}}s. Yakumo/Harima is the "Onigiri Faction", because of the onigiri Yakumo offered to Harima. Other factions include the Kids Meal Faction ([[OT3 Eri/Yakumo/Harima]]), Oudou/"Correct Path" Faction (Tenma/Harima), True Oudou (Tenma/Karasuma), Flute Faction (Mikoto/Hanai), and Basketball Faction (Mikoto/Asou).
75* In ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'', three of the heroines have in-story fan clubs with patterned acronyms: KKK[[note]](not the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan; it stands for Kitto Kitto Kaede, and in the dub, Knights of Kissing Kaede ([[PhraseCatcher "not the guys with the sheets!"]]))[[/note]] for Kaede, SSS[[note]](Suki Suki Sia/Sexy Sia Soldiers)[[/note]] for Sia, and RRR[[note]](Ran Ran Rin-chan''/''[[DubNameChange Rina's]] Randy Raiders)[[/note]] for Nerine. By extension, real-life fans who favor one of these heroines consider themselves members of her club. Other fans have created the AAA[[note]](Ai Ai Asa)[[/note]], the PPP[[note]](Puri Puri Primula)[[/note]], and even, God help us, the [[BoysLove III]][[note]](Ikiru Ikiru Itsuki)[[/note]]. Since someone who likes one heroine the best will usually think she deserves to get Rin, these double as names for the 'ships.
76* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': Aside from the PortmanteauCoupleName of Twiyor, Loid and Yor have the more esoteric ship name of "Twilight Princess".
77* ''Manga/XxxHolic'': Doumeki/Watanuki is usually rendered as "Donuts", presumably as a portmanteau of ''Do''umeki, Wata''nu''ki, and "go nuts" (alternatively, it's because the rampant HoYay of the series makes them seem about as straight as donuts).
78** Also 104.
79* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': Ever since the beginning. [[https://ygo-dm-shippings-list.tumblr.com/list Here]] is a gigantic list with over ''500 pairings'' for [[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]] alone, and [[https://ygo-vra5dxal-shipping-list.tumblr.com/ here is a link]] that has a shipping list for each of the spinoffs. One of the reasons it's managed to stick around is the heavy use of DubNameChange, InconsistentSpelling, and in the case of the original series, alternate identities or incarnations of the same character, which means that "Yugi/Joey", "Yugi/Jounouchi", "Yuugi/Jonouchi" "Yami Yugi/Joey", "Yami Yugi/Jounouchi" "Dark Yugi/Jounouchi", and "Yami no Yuugi/Jonouchi" are all valid names for just two different pairings (Wishshipping for the former three, Dragonshipping for the latter four).
80** Some of the earliest examples: Puzzleshipping ([[HoYay/YuGiOh Yugi/Yami Yugi]]), Rivalshipping (Kaiba/Yugi), Prideshipping (Kaiba/Yami Yugi), Peachshipping (Anzu/Yugi), Revolutionshipping (Anzu/Yami Yugi), Azureshipping (Kaiba/Anzu), etc.
81** In general, all shipnames make sense. Some are obvious, like Thiefshipping (Marik/Yami Bakura): Marik tries to steal rare cards, Bakura was a thief in the past.
82*** ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' mentions Thiefshipping explicitly, and then starts beautifully indulging in it.
83*** They also voiced a comic featuring the aptly named Psychoshipping (Yami Marik/Yami Bakura) which is less beautiful to indulge.
84** Sometimes you have to dig a bit deeper to make sense of the names. Like Danceshipping (Mai/Anzu): Anzu likes dancing, Mai's name means "dance". Or Silentshipping ([[ShrinkingViolet Shizuka]]/Kaiba): Shizuka's name contains the kanji for "quiet", and Kaiba never says a single word to her, even when she directly addresses him. Contrast Screamshipping (Shizuka/Yami Marik).
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88* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are called "the Spider-Marriage" by many ''Spider-Man'' fans.
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92* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'':
93** Shinji/Asuka/Rei is called the "Israfel Special", based off of a running gag whenever Asuka and Shinji bring up the ThreesomeSubtext between them and Rei.
94** Rei/Kaworu has several names: "[=TsundeReinbowTrout=]" (which doubles as a PortmanteauCoupleName of their {{Fan Nickname}}s), "Impact Shipping", and (very rarely) "The Forbidden Union".
95** Shinji/Asuka/Rei/Kaworu is called "[=PilOT4=]".
96* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' and its sequel, one of the number of names Harry/Carol (so far not having gone further than {{UST}} and platonic cuddling [[spoiler: until chapter 46 of the sequel]]) has generated is 'Magic Lantern', because Harry's a wizard and [[spoiler: Carol is briefly the wielder of Alan Scott's Green Lantern Ring.]] (They also go by the [[PortmanteauCoupleName portmanteau]] "Carry" -- the two seem to be fairly interchangeable in the fandom.)
97* While ''[[https://incorrectsmashbrosquotes.tumblr.com Incorrect Smash Bros Quotes]]'' mostly uses [[PortmanteauCoupleName portmanteaus]], two couples are identified this way: Dark Crown for Zelda/Dark Samus and Equilibrium for Galeem/Dharkon.
98* ''Fanfic/SuperRWBYSisters'' has several ''InUniverse'' examples, which have been adopted by the fans as well, including:
99** Pit and Ruby: Rose Feathers.
100** Claude and Yang: Golden Flame.
101** Ilia and Mercedes: Blue Lizard.
102** Umber and Xena/Yagami are Lunartics.
103** Bea and Korrina are Skating Sweets.
104* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'':
105** The polycule of [[spoiler:Sigurd/Sophia/Gunnar/Heidrun]] is a bit too big (4 people) to use a PortmanteauCoupleName, so some fans have taken to calling it the Constantinopolycule.
106** Eret/Cami/Merida is sometimes called the Eretrio.
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110* Fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'' who ship Wolf and Snake together have taken to calling them [=FluffyVenom=].
111* ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'':
112** The married, but estranged, couple Xibalba and La Muerte is referred to as "Gravepainters".
113** Manolo/Maria/Joaquin has been tentatively dubbed "Tres Leches".
114** Manolo/Maria is "Musical Hearts."
115* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'''s fandom mostly uses {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s, but there are a couple exceptions:
116** The [[IncestYayShipping Elsa/Anna]] ship is usually known by the PortmanteauCoupleName Elsanna, but it's also known as Icest, or (less frequently) Wincest or Arencest. Platonically they're known as "Snow Sisters".
117** Pairing Hans and Elsa has been called "Iceburns", since she has [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] and he has sideburns. If you want to get meta about it, the fandom sometimes likes depicting him as having fire powers in contrast to Elsa's ice powers so that could also represent "burns". Plus [[spoiler: he's a bad guy and he hurts people, and burns hurt.]]
118** The [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight rare pairings]] of Olaf/Sven and Olaf/Marshmallow have been referred to as Nosenoms and Snowship, respectively.
119** CrossoverShip [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians Jack Frost]]/Elsa is called either Royalfrost, or [=SnowTP=].
120** Elsa[=/=]WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph is sometimes called Icebreaker.
121* Shipping between the characters of ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', when it comes to pairings between the emotions, mostly have names based on the shapes they were based off of. Some examples:
122** Starnerve for Joy and Fear
123** Brickstar for Anger and Joy
124** Rawcoli for Fear and Disgust
125** Tearbrick for Sadness and Anger
126* ''WesternAnimation/{{Klaus}}'': The ship of Klaus with Jesper is called "Merry Husbands".
127* WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} and Maui shippers sometimes use Moaui or Mauna, but more popular is Hooked Wayfinder.
128* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'': To distinguish it from the established ship between Sunset Shimmer and ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]]'s'' Twilight Sparkle, the ship between Sunset and the ''Equestria Girls'' version of Twilight instead goes by "Sciset", a portmanteau based on the human Twilight's FanNickname of Sci-Twi.
129* The ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' fandom is practically famous for this, and are astoundingly creative with their shipping names (most of them involving [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Jack Frost]]). The only [[PortmanteauCoupleName usual shipping name]] of the bunch is Bennefrost (Jack/Jamie). The others include Frost Bite/Rainbow Snow Cone (Jack/Tooth), Sweet Tooth (Bunnymund/Tooth), Jack Rabbit/Snow Bunny (Jack/Bunnymund), Black Ice (Pitch/Jack), Cavity (Tooth/Pitch), White Christmas (North/Jack), Black Christmas (Pitch/North), Dark Chocolate/Rotten Eggs (Pitch/Bunnymund), Eggnog (Bunnymund/North), Dust Bunnies (Bunnymund/Sandman)...
130* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'': Most ship names in the fandom come from taking one word, associating it with a character, and then putting the associated words together. For example, TheHero Miles Morales is linked to the word "flower" (in reference to his introduction in the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse first movie]] where he's singing the song "Sunflower"), and Gwen Stacy is linked with the word "ghost" (she has also gone by the name Ghost-Spider in the comics), making their ship name "Ghostflower".
131** The number of idiosyncratic names ''exploded'' after the release of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse''. There's Punkflower/Flowerpunk (Miles Morales/Hobie Brown AKA Spider-Punk), Holofang (Miguel O'Hara AKA Spider-Man 2099/Lyla [[note]]"Holo" referring to her being an AI hologram and "fang" to [[ScaryTeeth his having them]][[/note]]), Cyberflower/Byteflower/Flowerbyte (Miles/[[TechnoWizard Margo Kess AKA Spider-Byte]]), Fangbike/Motorfang (Miguel/Jess Drew AKA Spider-Woman [[note]]the latter's associated words deriving from her [[CoolBike means of transport]][[/note]]), Riotflower (Miles/Ganke Lee [[note]]tying into Miles's word, Ganke's comes from a scene in ''Into'' where he listens to the song "Start a Riot"[[/note]]), Clawcode ([[spoiler:[[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Earth-42 Miles/Ganke]]]][[note]]the former from his clawed gauntlets and the latter due to his Earth-1610B counterpart spending most of his screentime at his computer[[/note]]), and many, many more.
132** The pairing for Hobie and Pavitr Prabhakar AKA Spider-Man India has three different names: Chaipunk, Goldenpunk, and Punkshine. In most ships, Pavitr is associated with the word "chai", due to a BrickJoke conversation in which he calls out the [[ShapedLikeItself redundant]] nature of the phrase "chai tea". Some Hobie/Pavitr fans take issue with him being associated with this one conversation, leading to "golden" and "shine" being used in its place, in reference to his NiceGuy personality.
133** Some of the ships between the adult Spider-People have names idiosyncratic even by these standards. Miguel O'Hara/Peter B. Parker is known as "Spiderdads", [[OfficialCouple Peter B. and Mary Jane Watson]] have the [[{{Pun}} punny]] name of "PBMJ", and shipping [[OneTrueThreesome Miguel/Peter B./Mary Jane]] has been referred to as "PBM&Ms".
134** Another idiosyncratic name is used for the FoeYayShipping pair of [[spoiler:Earth-42 Miles/Earth-1610B Miles -- [[ScrewYourself Milescest]]]].
135* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'':
136** Butterfly Bog for Marianne and The Bog King because she's a fairy with butterfly wings.
137** Potionless for Sunny and Dawn. [[spoiler: This is to reference that the two only fall in love without the use of a {{love potion}}.]]
138* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': The ship of Rapunzel and Eugene is called "New Dream," after his [[spoiler:DyingDeclarationOfLove, "You were my new dream."]]
139* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'':
140** Fans have taken to calling the pairing of Fix-It Felix, Jr. and Sergeant Calhoun "Hero's Cuties" as a play on words on Calhoun's video game of origin, "''Hero's Duty''".
141** The Wreck-it-Ralph/Vanellope Von Schweetz pairing is usually called "Jawbreakers", possibly as a reference to the scene where Ralph manages to crack open one of these giant, seemingly unbreakable candies.
142** Rancis/Gloyd is called "Peanut Butter Pumpkin", due to Rancis' theme being based around peanut butter cups and Gloyd's around mellowcreme pumpkins. For slightly more obvious reasons, Rancis/Vanellope is "Vanilla Butter". Other less commonly used ones are "Pumpkin Cherry Tart" (Gloyd/Jubileena), "Peanut Taffy" (Rancis/Taffyta), "Vanilla Taffy" (Taffyta/Vanellope), "Vanilla Pumpkin" (Vanellope/Gloyd)... you get the idea.
143*** The Candlehead/Jubileena pairing is often called Cherry Bomb, named for the power-up in Sugar Rush that Candlehead activates by lighting the stems of cherries, which are Jubileena's theme.
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147* ''Film/Godzilla2014'' gives us 2MUTO for the antagonist monsters’ BattleCouple. A PortmanteauCoupleName was off the table due to the fact that MUTO is an acronym for the species (Massive Unknown Terrestrial Organism), and to tell different individuals apart, the fandom has given each a FanNickname consisting of “some prefix + -muto”, making a portmanteau awkward at best.
148* In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, a number of pairings have cropped up according to various Kink Memes.
149** The rarepair Bruce Banner/Bucky Barnes has the awesome shipname "Nuclear Winter."
150** The pairing of Tony Stark/Stephen Strange is also sometimes known as "The Sherlocks", due to both characters' actors having played Literature/SherlockHolmes on [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 separate]] [[Series/{{Sherlock}} occasions]]. Their typical ship name, Ironstrange, is an odd example since Strange actually ''is'' Stephen's last name, but Iron comes from Tony's hero name.
151** Angry Birds: Bruce Banner/Clint Barton
152** [[{{Pun}} Stark Spangled Banner]]: Tony Stark/Steve Rogers/Bruce Banner
153** The Cold War: Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanoff
154** Science Boyfriends/Husbands: Bruce Banner/Tony Stark
155** Super Husbands: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
156** American Pi: Steve Rogers/Bruce Banner
157** Birds of a Feather: Clint Barton/Sam Wilson
158** Strike Team Delta: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff, ''or'' Clint Barton/Phil Coulson/Natasha Romanoff
159** Black Hawk or Black Eye: Natasha Romanoff/Clint Barton
160** Starbucks: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes (although this name is significantly more uncommon than the PortmanteauCoupleName "Stucky")
161*** The specific variant of Stucky consisting of a pre-Serum Steve Rogers with a post-Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes, or at least a Bucky with the general aesthetic of the Soldier, is called "Shrinkyclinks".
162*** The shipping of a pre- or non-Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes with post-Serum Steve Rogers is called "Shrunkyclunks".
163** Black Falcon: T'Challa/Sam Wilson
164** Dr. Pepper: Bruce Banner/Pepper Potts
165** Dr. Pepperony: Bruce Banner/Pepper Potts/Tony Stark
166** Smash Bros: Hulk/Thor
167** Black Ice: Natasha Romanoff/Loki
168** Black Tie: Natasha Romanoff/Phil Coulson
169** Bow Tie: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
170** World War 3some: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes/Peggy Carter
171** Barbershop Quartet: The combined foursome of the primary characters of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''- [[spoiler:Bucky Barnes]], Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Sam Wilson.
172* From ''Film/SawI'' (of all things), the pairing of Adam and Lawrence is called Chainshipping.
173** The fandom as a whole followed the leader on this, with basically all the ships in the [[{{Franchise/Saw}} series]] having names like this, such as Coffinshipping (Hoffman/Strahm), Pintshipping (Brit/Mallick), Spiralshipping (Zeke Banks/William Schenk), Shotgunshipping (Amanda/Lynn), and Piranhashipping (John Kramer/William Easton).
174* ''Franchise/StarWars''
175** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' fandom prefers this kind of shipping names, as the one-syllable names most of the characters have don't work very well for {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s. It took absolutely no time at all to christen Finn/Poe Dameron (a Stormtrooper and a pilot, respectively) as "Stormpilot". For those who throw Rey [[OneTrueThreesome into the mix]], there's [[spoiler:Jedi]]stormpilot.
176** ''Film/RogueOne'' brought us Rebelcaptain, the pairing of rebel Jyn Erso with Captain Cassian Andor, and Spiritassassin for Chirrut/Baze.
177** With the release of ''Film/TheLastJedi'', there's been an increase in support for Hux/Poe, now called Gingerpilot.
178* ''Film/FightClub'': Fans who ship the Narrator/Tyler love to call them "Soapshipping".
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182* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' has "Closet Fan" for Visser 1/Visser 3.
183* ''Literature/GoodOmens'' has many, many idiosyncratic ship names, most of which are in regular use (though this depends where you go in the fandom).
184** Aziraphale/Crowley is "Air Conditioning" (inspired by how their initials are A/C) or "Ineffable Husbands." The "Ineffable Husbands" ship name also has the variants "Ineffable Wives" and "Ineffable Partners" for fans who like exploring the idea of them [[SexShifter changing genders at will]] or [[NonHumanNonBinary not really having a defined gender to begin with]].
185** This one is more from the Amazon series, but Gabriel/Beelzebub is "Ineffable Bureaucracy".
186** Hastur/Ligur is "Lurking Homos" or "Satanic Jehovah's Witnesses." Since the TV series, sometimes "Maggot Husbands".
187** Famine/Pollution is "Food Poisoning."
188** Aziraphale/Ligur is "Fire & Water."
189** Crowley/Hastur is "Central Heating."
190** Aziraphale/Famine is "Angel Food Cake."
191** Aziraphale/Lucifer is "The Devil Wears Tartan."
192* Many of the main ships of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series are named with the HMS title, most notably the HMS Harmony (Harry/Hermione), which doubles as a Portmanteau and Idiosyncratic Ship name. For those of you unfamiliar with the British navy, each British ship has the letters "HMS" (for "Her (His) Majesty's Ship") before the actual ship name.
193** Harry/Hermione, or H/Hr, also goes by Pumpkin Pie and occasionally "Buckbeak" (after the hippogriff they rode together, once). "Harmonians" is still the accepted term for the shippers, though.
194** Remus/Sirius is often called [=WolfStar=] as a play on "Sirius," the dog star, and Remus, the wolf. Puppyshipping is also a common name for the pairing before Sirius was sent to Azkaban.
195** Albus Severus/Scorpius is generally known as The ASS Ship, or ASS shipping. Scorpius/Rose is sometimes known as Scorrow.
196** [[http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Harry_Potter_Pairing_Names See the more comprehensive list of pairing names here]]. There's still the disturbing question of what to call Ron/Snape...
197*** Snapon. As in, "snap-on", or "[[{{Pun}} Snapron]". ([[KinkMeme Focus: apron kink]]).
198*** [[http://forum.fanfiction.net/topic/16368/652756/1/ Another, more extensive list of ship names]].
199** Harry/Ginny is generally HMS Orange Crush (as Ginny is a redhead with a crush, or because one famous fic had her put a love potion into Harry's Fanta) or associated with Chocolate, after a scene where they shared chocolate in ''Order Of The Phoenix''.
200** Ron/Hermione eschews the convention entirely when it goes by The Good Ship. As ShipMates with Harry/Ginny, it's often called OBHWF (one big happy Weasley family).
201** The HMS convention is parodied by the name of the community [[http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/The_HMS_STFU The HMS STFU]], which had the stated mission of mocking shipping FanDumb but in practice was an outlet for the {{Fan Hater}}s of the infamously zealous Harmony shippers (Harmonians).
202** The Ginny/Tom Riddle ship is called the SS Gin-and-Tonic, or at least it used to be.
203*** Neville/Luna -- better known as "HMS The Government Stole My Toad."
204** Ginny/Luna is called SS Dreamy Redhead.
205** Fans of the Lupin/Tonks ship took a name from (supposedly) somebody jokingly saying that Sirius and Lupin couldn't get together because Lupin had to marry Tonks and have little color changing puppies. Thus, "Pink Puppies" was born.
206** One weird ship name in the ''Harry Potter'' universe is "Scottish Fire", which means Oliver/Ginny.
207** In addition to all of the above variations, an old (and apparently out-dated) form would be to simply squish the two characters being focused on's initials together. Ex: HPDM (Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy), HPRW (Harry Potter, Ron Weasley), etc.
208* ''Literature/HeavenOfficialsBlessingTianGuanCiFu'': Shi Qingxuan/He Xuan has been dubbed "Beefleaf". It started as an emoji-related mistake. A fan picked a meat emoji to represent [[BigEater He Xuan]] and a leaf emoji to represent [[BlowYouAway Shi Qingxuan]]. Other fans read it as "beef" and "leaf", and the name stuck.
209* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'':
210** All the likely combinations of Katniss/Peeta are unfortunate to some degree or another. Some fans reverted back to Idiosyncratic naming by combining "The Girl Who Was On Fire" with "The Boy with the Bread" and getting "Toast". As an additional bonus, it also connects to the District Twelve ritual of a bride and groom toasting a piece of bread as part of the wedding.
211*** Although as a PortmanteauCoupleName work-around, fans got a non-{{Squick}}y name for Katniss/Peeta by combining their last names to make "Everlark".
212** Not a very widespread name, but "Arrows and Snares" has been used for Gale/Katniss.
213*** Following suit of the surname-PortmanteauCoupleName with Katniss/Peeta, "Everthorne" has since been used for Katniss/Gale.
214* ''Literature/TheMoomins'': While most popular ships use {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s, the fandom's OneTrueThreesome of Moomintroll/Snorkmaiden/Snufkin (popular due to combining the OfficialCouple with the FanPreferredCouple) is known as the "Springtime Trio".
215* In the ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' fandom, Maeglin/Celebrimbor is "[[DisneyVillainDeath Fallen]] [[DeadGuyOnDisplay Banners]]."
216* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
217** Based on a comment in the TV series that compared his personality with that of a lobster, the ship between Stannis and his LadyInRed HotWitch (literally) Melisandre has been labeled "Red Lobster" or "Lobster Flambé"
218** "-cest" nicknames for incestuous pairings are also popular in the fandom, since the series has quite a bit of canonical incest, and even more IncestYayShipping. Most popular are "Lannincest" (typically, but not always, referring to the canonical {{Twincest}} between Cersei and Jaime) and "Starkcest" (typically referring to some combination of Robb Stark, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark and their bastard brother Jon Snow, but sometimes other Starks both [[PosthumousCharacter dead]] and alive get involved). But just about any house name can be slotted in. Ironically, just about the only major family that ''doesn't'' get this is the Targaryens, since [[RoyalInbreeding they do that so often "Targaryencest" wouldn't actually help you figure out what pairing is being referred to at all]].
219* In addition to using {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s, ''Literature/WarriorCats'' has a lot of these. [[http://forum2.warriorswish.net/index.php?topic=93.0 Here's a list]].
220* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'':
221** Taylor/Lisa is alternately known as Skittles--a mutation of Skitter/Tattletale--and Smugbug--Lisa's smug, Skitter's a bug.
222** Taylor/Amy is known as pillbug--Taylor uses bugs, Amy is a medic.
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226* ''Series/The100'' fans refer to the [[LesYay Clarke/Raven]] ship as "Princess Mechanic", because Raven is a mechanic, and Clarke is often called the slightly-mocking nickname "Princess". Though Princess Mechanic was the first, a lot of Raven ships are styled this way: Doctor Mechanic (Abby/Raven), Psychotic Mechanic (Murphy/Raven), and Bartender Mechanic (Gina/Raven).
227* ''Series/TwentyFour'': The minuscule Ethan Kanin/Allison Taylor shipper fandom coined "Ethanberry," due to actress Creator/CherryJones' first name.
228* ''Series/AbbottElementary'': Most fans who ship Barbara and Melissa online have dubbed them "Work Wives".
229* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' mostly has portmanteau couple names (Skyeward for Skye/Agent Ward, Fitzsimmons for Agent Fitz/Agent Simmons, Fitzward for Agent Ward/Agent Fitz, and so on), but there is one exception which is Ward/Simmons, who are known as Biospecialist among fans due to their professions (biologist for Simmons, specialist for Ward). Skye/Simmons (Skimmons) later got the alternate ship name [=BioQuake=].
230* ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'': Those who ship Sabine and Shin call them "[=WolfWren=]", a combination of Sabine's last name Wren and the fact that Shin was named after a wolf from Norse mythology.
231* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'': Most fans have taken to calling the ship of Lana/Sister Mary Eunice, "Bananun". A combination of Lana's nickname from Sister Jude, "Lana Banana", and the fact that Sister Mary Eunice is a nun.
232* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' has the catchphrase "Sine Qua Non" for Roslin and Adama, off the episode of the same name and the phrase's English translation, which Adama actually said aloud during the episode in question.
233-->'''Adama:''' Because I can't live without her.
234* ''{{Series/Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
235** For the discerning fan, there's this (admittedly less popular) Aureliuscest. [[note]]Describes relationships between members of the Order of Aurelius -- such as Darla and her sire The Master -- who are all of the same vampiric bloodline and tend to fall into familial archetype roles. Also includes relationships between any of the Order and Connor.[[/note]]
236** Some also use Summerscest for Buffy/Dawn. At least it finally ''has'' a name. ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_love_that_dare_not_speak_its_name Dares not speak it, though.]])
237* ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' has "Caskett" for the Castle/Beckett shippers, which is both a PortmanteauCoupleName and a play on the fact that they solve murders.
238** In the same fandom, fans of Ryan/Esposito occasionally refer to themselves as Roach shippers, after the portmanteau ''team'' name of Raley and Ochoa, their fictional counterparts in [[ShowWithinAShow Castle's novels]].
239* ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' has an odd example that mixes this with PortmanteauCoupleName. The very popular Zelda/Lilith ship is often referred to as "Madam Spellman". A mix of Zelda's last name Spellman and Lilith's self-proclaimed title of Madam Satan.
240* ''Series/CobraKai'': Along with the "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Lawrusso]]" nickname, Daniel/Johnny shippers like to call them "Karate Husbands" while Kreese/Terry Silver shippers go with "Cobra Husbands". For the younger cast, there is "Binary Boyfriends" or "Binary Brothers" for Demetri/Hawk.
241* Series/CSIVerse:
242** Grissom/Sara is known as GSR (Grissom-Sara Romance) or "geek love" (it helps that GSR is used frequently in-universe as an acronym for gunshot residue); and Lindsay/Danny as M&M (Monroe & Messer) or DL (Danny and Lindsay).
243** Yo!Bling (Catherine/Warrick) and [=CatNip=] (Catherine/Nick).
244** [=SMACked=] (Mac/Stella), and [=DnA=] (Danny/Aiden)
245** [=HipHuggers=] (Eric/Calleigh), and [=CaRWash=] (Calleigh/Ryan).
246** GCR is an alternate Grillows title (Grissom Catherine Romance.) Grissom/Lady Heather can be either GLH or [=CoolWhip=].
247** The full list of ship names can be found at the main CSI forum, Talk CSI, in the Shipper Central area.
248* In ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'', the {{twincest}}ual pairing of Fiona and Declan Coyne is referred to as Coynecest.
249* ''Series/DoctorWho''.
250** The Doctor/Clara Oswald ship christened as "Whouffle" (Who/[[ItMakesSenseInContext Soufflé]]). Fans are called "Whoufflepuffs". In a strange development, because the relationship between the Doctor and Clara continued after he regenerated, the ship name branched out two "sub-categories": When talking specifically about the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, it's known as "Whouffaldi" (in reference to Creator/PeterCapaldi, who plays Twelve), and the Eleventh Doctor Clara became known as "Souffez" (Souffle/[[ItMakesSenseInContext Fez]]), though the overall Doctor/Clara pairing (referring to any incarnation of the Doctor and Clara) is still called "Whouffle" (which is also widely used when referring to Eleven/Clara as a holdover from the earlier era). It has a regular portmanteau pairing name as well, "Cloctor". Beginning in 2015 fans also began to use "Space Married" to refer to the Twelve/Clara pairing (derived from banter between them in the episode "Sleep No More" over how silly it is to append the word "space" to anything in outer space, i.e. "space restaurant", and the fact the two characters acted like a married couple throughout Series 9; this of course, contributed to ongoing ShipToShipCombat with fans of River Song, who is canonically the Doctor's ''actual'' wife).
251** [[FoeYayShipping Doctor/Master]] is called [[FriendlyEnemy "Best Enemies"]], after the Master called the Doctor his "best enemy" once. On Livejournal and Tumblr, "Timecock" was also popular as their ship name... but then the Master regenerated into a woman, and it never recovered. One name for Thirteen/[[spoiler:Dhawan ]]Master specifically is [=SpyDoc=], due to [[spoiler:the Master disguising himself as a spy in his first appearance]].
252** The pairing of the Doctor and River Song (specifically River and the Eleventh Doctor) is often referred to as "Yowzah". It derives from an exclamation Eleven was known to use on occasion, usually in reference to the MrsRobinson-esque River. When the show later paired River with Twelve, some fans attempted to apply Yowzah to that pairing, but it didn't take due to the different personality of the new Doctor. "Hello Sweetie" applies to both, though.
253* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' has mostly PortmanteauCoupleName. The exception to this rule is Simon/River, which has ''two'' Idiosyncratic Ship Names. First, the classic ''surname + cest'' tradition gets them dubbed as "Tamcest." But they are also known among the fandom--probably more commonly than Tamcest--as CSI, or "Crazy Space Incest."
254* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' had a few including:
255** [=JavaJunkie=] -- Luke and Lorelai. Taken literally from the first scene of the series at Luke's counter where Lorelai is enjoying coffee and he calls her a junkie for the stuff.
256** Narcoleptics -- Rory and Dean -- taken from Lorelai calling Dean Narcolepsy Boy
257** Literati -- Rory and Jess -- from the two's mutual love for books
258** Nudist -- Rory and Marty -- taken by how they met, where Rory found Marty passed out and naked in the hallway after their first Yale party
259** Balcony Buddies -- Lorelai and Christopher -- name refers to balcony of Lorelai's childhood bedroom where Rory was conceived
260** Sophies -- Rory and Logan -- name taken from a Master and Commander reference made between the two. Later viewers of reruns have taken the PCN name Rogan though (older fans loathe it because it reminds them of Creator/JoeRogan and the LA sportscaster Fred Roggin)
261** PDLD -- Rory and Finn -- this is mostly a CrackPairing named from the acronym Punch Drunk Love Duo.
262* Almost every ''Series/{{Glee}}'' couple is referred to--both in-universe and as out--by a rather twee PortmanteauCoupleName such as "Finchel", "Samcedes", or "Klaine", but there ''are'' Idiosyncratic Ship Names to be found.
263** Tina Cohen-Chang and Mike Chang (called by the {{portmanteau|CoupleName}} "Tike" by fans) are in-universe known as "Chitty-Chitty-Chang-Chang."
264** Darren Criss has stated in an interview that his all time favorite nickname for Klaine (or the [[{{OTP}} Klaiken]]) was [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Kurt Koblaine]].
265** Kurt and Karofsky are often just referred to as "Kurtofsky", but there's a good amount of people who also refer to it as "Pirateshipping" due to an old tumblr post comparing various pairings to boats. The only other result of this trope gaining any traction was Kurt/Mike being called "Enterprise", since their portmanteau couple name was...[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Kurke]].
266* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are referred to by fans as "Baby Bat-Cat," in reference to their future identities.
267* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'':
268** Will Graham[[note]]who regularly adopts stray dogs[[/note]]/Beverly Katz is known as ‘Katz and Dogs’.
269** Will/Hannibal is known on Tumblr as [[http://www.taquitos.net/im/sn/MB-HoneyGrahams.jpg Hannigram]].
270** Frederick Chilton/Freddie Lounds is known as Fred^2 ("Fred Squared").
271* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has "Petrellicest" for Peter/Nathan and [[ColdBloodedTorture S&M]] for Sylar/Mohinder.
272* While most ships from ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'' use {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s, the pairing of Gina and E.J. is just as often referred to as "Portwell" as it is "Team Wonderstudies", the latter based on the nickname they gain from being understudies to the leads in the first season.
273* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' fans refer to Horatio and Archie as Indy Husbands due to the fact they spent most of their time on the Indefatigable (also known as the Indy). Similarly, the ship name for Horatio and Bush is Hotspur Husbands, as they served together on the Hotspur.
274* ''Series/{{House}}'' has a PortmanteauCoupleName with a twist in the form of "14" for the Eric Foreman/Remy "Thirteen" Hadley ship.
275* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''
276** Barney/Robin fans in call this pairing [=BrOTP=] -- referring to the two being "bros", being their OneTruePairing and "BR" being their initials. Additionally, some Barney/Robin fans prefer the name "Swarkles," referring to Robin's history as Robin Sparkles, Canadian pop-star, and Swarley, a nickname for Barney after a name mess-up at Starbucks
277** There's also [=LAME=] for Marshall/Lily -- "LA" standing for Lily Aldrin and "ME" standing for Marshall Eriksen. Please note that this does not reflect on fans' opinions of the ship: Lily and Marshall are HappilyMarried and much beloved by the fandom.
278* ''Series/ICarly'': Fatcakes YEAH!! for Principal Franklin/Sam based off a combination between his computer password and her love for fatcakes.
279* ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' has a semi-official one. For fans of shipping Shoutaro and Phillip you might as well call the pairing Doublecest. However, on TVN [[spoiler:fans of Phillip/Wakana, after learning that the two are related, call the pairing Wincest]]. Several even lamented the [[spoiler:fact that it's Wincest]] but said they didn't really care.
280** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' has Kivacest for Wataru and [[spoiler: Taiga, who turns out to be his brother, among other things.]] Of course, it'd still be technically accurate if it was the pairing of Wataru and Otoya (who get to meet a few times via TimeTravel) but no one uses the term that way. Of course, ParentalIncest is more {{squick}}y.
281* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' has Pretzels for Parker/Hardison after Parker used pretzels in one episode to [[CannotSpitItOut try to explain her feelings to Hardison.]] Used more or less interchangeably with Pardison.
282* The pairing of Charlie Pace and Claire Littleton on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' was known as [=PB&J=]. The nickname is grounded in both IdiosyncraticShipNaming and is a type of PortmanteauCoupleName. Idiosyncratically it's referential to the first season episode "Confidence Men" when Charlie convinces Claire to share some "imaginary peanut butter" with him to satisfy her pregnancy-driven peanut butter craving. As a portmanteau, however, the initials "PB&J" stand for "Pregnant Babe" and "Junkie," respectively, referring of course to Claire's pregnancy and Charlie's heroin addiction.
283* ''Series/LostGirl'' has "Doccubus" for the Bo/Lauren pairing, so called because Lauren is a doctor and Bo is a succubus.
284* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' has Blueberry Pancakes, the ship of Major Charles Winchester and Red Cross nurse Donna Marie Parker. There's also The More The Merrier, which refers to Hawkeye Pierce/BJ Hunnicutt/his wife Peg Hunnicutt.
285* Arthur/Morgana shippers from the ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' fandom get brownie points for their ship name is both a PortmanteauCoupleName '''and''' IdiosyncraticShipNaming at the same time. The name, [=ArMor=], comes from joining the two characters' names ('''Ar'''thur and '''Mor'''gana), but it's also a throwback to a particular scene in episode 2 of series 1, which deals with ''actual'' armor, and is arguably the biggest Arthur/Morgana scene in the show.
286* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The motto of Gibbs/Jen shippers everywhere is "Because Paris never ended..." It should be noted that there is a reason for this one -- it's the last place where they were together as lovers. Paris is actually used at least once by them to refer to their past.
287* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has loads. Just take any character, and pair them with another character, you're guaranteed to come up with a clever ship name.
288** Emma/Regina is Swan Queen, taken from Emma's last name and the fact that Regina is the Evil Queen.
289** Most pairings with Emma go this way. Mad Swan is Emma/Jefferson(the Mad Hatter), Wooden Swan is Emma/August(Pinocchio), [=HuntSwan=] is for Emma/Graham, Golden Swan for Emma/Mr Gold(Rumpelstiltskin), Red Swan for Emma/Ruby(Little Red Riding Hood), Captain Swan for Emma/Hook...you get the idea.
290** Regina similarly. Mad Queen for Regina/Jefferson, Evil Charming or Charming Queen for Regina/David(Prince Charming), Gold Queen for Regina/Mr Gold, Stable Queen is Regina and her true love, Daniel, who was a stable-boy, Outlaw Queen for Regina and Robin Hood, destined to be her ''second'' true love, Snow Queen is Regina/Mary Margaret(Snow White), and Red Queen is Regina/Ruby. Regal Believer is for the mother/son relationship between [[TheNotLoveInterest Henry]] ("True Believer") and Regina.
291** Red Snow is for Ruby/Mary Margaret, but it might not count as in the fairytale world it's a portmanteau name.
292** There is also Red Beauty for Ruby/Belle, based on Ruby being Red Riding Hood and Belle being the titular Beauty from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
293* ''Series/OrphanBlack'' has Science Girlfriends for Cosima/Delphine, which eventually becomes canon. There's also Soccer Cop for Alison/Beth, [=ProPunk=] for Rachel/Sarah, Lumberpunk for Cal/Sarah, Proscience for Rachel/Cosima, Militarypunk for Paul/Sarah, among others.
294* ''Series/OurFlagMeansDeath'' has a few:
295** Edward/Stede is sometimes known as Gentlebeard.
296** Oluwande/Jim is called Teal Oranges, for Jim's favorite color being the teal, the color of Olu's earrings, and the oranges growing on Jim's family land when Olu visited with them.
297** Lucius/Black Pete is called Wooden Babes, because they call each other "babe" in-universe and Pete gave Lucius a gift of a wooden finger after Lucius's finger became infected and had to be cut off.
298* The television show ''Series/{{Roswell}}'' had shipper names up the ying-yang, a mix of idiosyncratic and portmanteau alike, but the two most prominent ones were the [=Dreamers=] and the [=Candies=].
299** "Dreamers" was the shipper name for the lead characters, Max and Liz. This is largely an instance of IdiosyncraticShipNaming, inspired by the fans' shared dream of Max and Liz becoming a couple and living happily ever after in the name of true love. It was also in part a reference to a moment during the first season episode "Blind Date" when Max referred to Liz as his "dream girl."
300** "Candies," on the other hand, was a {{portmanteau|CoupleName}} of the initials of the show's secondary couple, Michael and Maria. Unlike the idiosyncratic origin of "Dreamers," the "Candy Couple" were so-called because their combined initials are "M&M," like the candy.
301** "Stargazers" was the shipper name for Alex/Isabel, due to an episode where, you guessed it, Alex and Isabel went stargazing.
302* Almost as soon as ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' fans got their hands on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEnhp1pvAJo this promo]], the small-but-devoted Helen/Will contingent coined "British Charm" as their Idiosyncratic Ship Name.
303* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' fandom mostly uses portmanteaus, but romantic/sexual shipping of Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes is often referred to as Holmescest (in addition to the portmanteau Mylock), while gen fic and art is often marked as "Holmes bros" or "Holmes brothers."
304* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
305** Some Janeway/Chakotay shippers from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' referred to it as "Jetski", a pun based on the French "J et C".
306** The original name for the Kirk andSpock pairing -- "Kirk Slash Spock" (Kirk/Spock) -- came to be shortened to simply "slash." Yes, this was the genesis of the term "SlashFic", making "slash" the UrExample. They are also known as "Space Husbands" in some circles (due to [[HoYay occasionally acting like a married couple]]), as well as just "K/S".
307** As a play off the above and their respective [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine series name]], the Garak/Bashir ship is called "Deep Space Husbands".
308** There's also an odd example with "Space Wives", wherein the name exists but doesn't seem to belong to any particular ship. It seems to be shared between Uhura/Chapel, Uhura/T'Pring, and [[Rule63 Kirk/Spock]], but there may well be others.
309* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' has "Sparky" for John/Elizabeth. Also "Spanky" for Ronon/Teyla, especially when it's in conjunction with Sparky.
310* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
311** Sam/Dean Winchester is more popularly known as Wincest. When John is involved, it becomes Daddycest. If the Winchesters are underage at the time it becomes Wee-cest (not to be confused with genfic featuring young Winchesters -- Wee-chesters).
312** The foursome of Sam/Dean/Castiel/Gabriel which is called Team Free Love.
313** Gabriel/Anna is known as Strawberry Cheesecake - she has red hair, he likes sweet things. Equivalent Sam/Gabriel ship names would be Fruit Salad or - hilariously - Chocolate Moose.
314** Jared/Jensen, the pairing of Sam and Dean's [[ActorShipping real-life actors]] became popular enough to get its own nickname of "J2" or "J-Squared".
315* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' 'Jameron' was the fan made name for the relationship between John Connor and Cameron Phillips.
316* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': Anything having to do with [[NoodleIncident stopwatches or naked hide-and-go seek]] is likely about Jack/Ianto.
317* Korean reality show ''We Got Married'' features couples known as the Sweet Potato Couple (Yonghwa and [[Music/GirlsGeneration Seohyun]], also [=YongSeo=]), the Adam Couple (Jo Kwon and Ga In), the Dimple Couple (Kang Sora and [[Music/SuperJunior Leeteuk]], also [=TeukSo=]), and more.
318* Fans of Mulder/Scully on ''Series/TheXFiles'' tended to just call themselves "Shippers" (in fact, this was the fandom that coined the term "shipper"). A lot of other pairing names then evolved out of "Shipper" including "Dipper" (Doggett/Scully), "Skipper" (Krycek/Scully), "Dripper" (Doggett/Reyes), "Skamper" (Krycek/Marita), etc. Since they are somewhat derived from the characters' names, but still not immediately obvious to people unfamiliar with fandom, this probably qualifies as the half-way point between IdiosyncraticShipNaming and PortmanteauCoupleName.
319* Run amok on soap operas. Examples include: "S&C" for Sonny/Carly, "S&B" for Sonny/Brenda, "L&L" for Luke/Laura, "L&L2" for Lucky/Liz, etc.
320[[/folder]]
321
322[[folder:Music]]
323* Music/MyChemicalRomance has [[IncestYayShipping Waycest]], AKA Gerard and Mikey Way.
324* Although generally pairing names are just portmanteaus (e.g. [=KaiMei=] for Kaito/Meiko, [=LukaGaku=] for Luka/Gakupo, etc), SlashFic pairings in Music/{{Vocaloid}} are more likely to get odd.
325** Some refer to Kaito/Len as 'Banana Split', due to their respective character items of ice cream and bananas (although it does make one wonder if the former is a hebephile, Len being 14 with Kaito at an estimated 21, and is somewhat parodied in the aptly named ''[[LoliconAndShotacon Shotarella]]''). In addition Kaito/Gakupo is referred to as "naisu", a clever merging of "nasu" (eggplant) and "aisu" (ice cream), and Kaito/Gakupo/Len as OT3 often has "bananaisu".
326** The pairing of Miku/Luka is dubbed "negitoro", referring to a Japanese food made with their respective food items of "negi" (leek) and "toro" (fatty tuna).
327** Japanese fans often refer to Len/Luka as "Banagro" (written "Banaguro"), banana + maguro (tuna).
328** The only het pairing with a common idiosyncratic name would be Rin/Len in "Kagaminecest", occasionally referred to as [[ScrewYourself Mirrorcest]].
329[[/folder]]
330
331[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
332* "Hardycest". Nuff said.
333* The original ISN in wrestling fandom was "Smoochy Dreamers", for the fans of Wrestling/ChrisJericho[=/=]Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon. The name was taken from an infamous promo in which they [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial proclaimed they were NOT having "smoochy dreams" about each other]].
334[[/folder]]
335
336[[folder:Theater]]
337* ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'' has ''loads'' due to the large cast of eight characters. The most notable ones are "Boyf Riends" for [[FanPreferredCouple Jeremy/Michael]] and "Stagedorks" for [[OfficialCouple Jeremy/Christine]].
338* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'' has three major ones: [[FanPreferredCouple Evan/Connor]] is referred to as "Treebros", [[OneTrueThreesome Evan/Connor/Jared]] is called "Sincerely Three", and [[PairTheSpares Zoe/Alana]] is called "Galaxy Gals".
339* In the ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' fandom, the shipping of Lafayette/John Laurens/Alexander Hamilton is often referred to as "The Gay Trio". This naming has a historical basis, but it now mostly used to refer to the ship.
340* The shipping of Grantaire and Enjolras (also known as Enjoltaire) in the ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' fandom is often simply called "E/R". Grantaire signs his name as a capital "R", a play on words ("Grantaire" = "grand R" = "big/capital R").
341* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': Though most commonly know by the {{portmanteau|CoupleName}} Gelphie, Galinda/Elphaba has also been known as "Pink Goes Good With Green."
342[[/folder]]
343
344[[folder:Toys]]
345* In the ''Toys/EverAfterHigh'' fandom, Raven/Apple is know as both "Rapple" and "Poison Apple". The latter comes from Raven being the destined future Evil Queen who will give the next Snow White, Apple, a poisoned apple.
346[[/folder]]
347
348[[folder:Video Games]]
349* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'':
350** Bloodweave = Astarion/Gale
351** Heartburn = Shadowheart/Karlach
352** Heartforge = Karlach/Dammon
353** Moonangel = Isobel/Dame Aylin
354** Bloodpact = Astarion/Wyll
355** Hellspawn = Astarion/Karlach
356* ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'' has '342g' for Sayo/Tsugumi, as the first three syllables in their pairing name sound like numbers: ''sa''n (three), ''yo''n (four), ''tsu'' (two, in English), and then just a 'g' for the extra 'gu' (as ship names in Japanese are mostly composed of only the first two syllables in characters' names).
357* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'':
358** Snake Eyes = [[SleepingWithTheBoss The Devil/King Dice]]
359** Ghost Blossom = Cagney Carnation/Blind Specter
360** Melon Candy = Grim Matchstick/Baroness Von Bon Bon
361** Starry Flower = Hilda Berg/Cagney Carnation
362** Magical Carnival = Djimmi The Great/Beppi The Clown
363** Smokey Roulette = Mr. Wheezy/Pirouletta
364** Eye Candy = Blind Specter/Baroness Von Bon Bon
365** Cupcest = [[IncestYayShipping Cuphead/Mugman]]
366* ''VideoGame/DanceCentral'': Any ship between dance partners is referred to by their crew name. For example, "Lu$h" for Angel/Aubrey and "Riptide" for Emilia/Bodie. The only variant being "Glittercest" for Jaryn/Kerith because, well ... they're [[{{twincest}} twins]].
367* Fans of the female elf Inquisitor/Solas pairing in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' have a ''very'' spoilerific little name for their ship/fandom: [[spoiler:the Wolf Pack]].
368* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
369** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': The Fang/Vanille/Lightning OneTrueThreesome is "Neapolitan." The brunette Fang -- chocolate, pink-haired Lightning = strawberry, and Vanille... well, duh.
370** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has given rise to Voidshipping ([[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]][=/=][[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Cloud of Darkness]]). If you've ever heard them speak, [[PowerOfTheVoid the reasons behind this should be]] [[CargoShip very]], ''[[BrokenRecord very]]'' [[NarmCharm clear]].
371*** Since ''Duodecim'', Roseshipping ([[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Firion]][=/=][[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]]) has gained quite a bit of popularity as well. There's more than just SomethingAboutARose here.
372*** There's also 589, which refers to the original games of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Bartz]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane]] respectively. It's more frequently used in fanworks about their awesome ''Dissidia''-canon friendship, but using it to describe a OneTrueThreesome situation is not unheard of.
373* The ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' fandom is known for [[ShipToShipCombat fierce protectiveness]] of one's own favorite ships, all of which are named according to characteristics of the shipped characters (or fanfiction in-jokes) rather than their names. Notable examples include Valeshipping ([[OfficialCouple Isaac/Jenna]]), Mudshipping ([[HeroicMime Isaac]]/Mia), Spikeydomeshipping ([[TheBigGuy Garet]] / [[MysteriousWaif Sheba]]), Laundryshipping (Garet/Dora), Flameshipping (Garet/Jenna), Hotplasmashipping or Burnshipping ([[GlassCannon Ivan]]/Jenna), Windshipping (Ivan/Sheba), Lighthouseshipping ([[HeroicMime Felix]]/Sheba), Oopsiesshipping ([[BrotherSisterIncest Felix/Jenna]]), Duskshipping (Felix/Karst), Aquashipping ([[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Piers]]/Mia), Blazeshipping ([[TheChessmaster Alex]]/Jenna), and [[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Spiritshipping]] (Matthew/Sveta). See [[http://goldensunwiki.net/wiki/Shipping here]] for a partial list, as well as a good guide as to how to name a new pairing.
374* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'': The Theseus/Asterius ship is called "Burgerking", since Theseus was King of Athens in life and Asterius is [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent the Minotaur]].
375* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series has a small yet growing group of Linkcest shippers, people who ship all variants of Link together. This especially made popular with the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]]'' manga, where Red/Blue was hinted. Other common ships is [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Time]]/[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight]], Time/[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Sky]], Twilight/Sky, or simply Time/Twilight/Sky. [[http://linkcest.deviantart.com/ It even has a group on deviantART.]]
376* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
377** "Talibrations" is the name given to the relationship between Tali/Garrus, who hook up near the end of ''3'' if [[PairTheSpares neither were previously romanced]] by Shepard. The name is a reference to Garrus' infamous [[MemeticMutation "Can it wait? I'm in the middle of some calibrations"]] line in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', which turned into a RunningGag in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''.
378** Although the majority of fans refer to the Shepard/Liara relationship as "Shiara," a minority prefers "Little Blue Children" instead.
379* ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'': One name for the Yakushi/Ashuku ship is "Suama", a celebratory Japanese confection colored in white and pink, referring to the characters' respective color schemes.
380* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'':
381** Sunny/Aubrey is known as "Sunburn".
382** Sunny/Basil (an [[InnocentFlowerGirl Innocent Flower Boy]]) is known as "Sunflower", sometimes with an extra n.
383** [[OneTrueThreesome Sunny/Aubrey/Basil]] is "Burnt Sunflower".
384** Sunny/Kel is known as "Suntan".
385** [[BatterUp Aubrey]]/[[LovableJock Kel]] is sometimes known as "Baseball".
386** Aubrey/Kim is "[[TheBully Jawbreaker]]".
387** Basil/Kel is "Cactiflower".
388** Basil/[[LovingBully Kim]] is "Honeysuckle".
389** Hero/Mari is usually referred to as Heromari, but is sometimes called "Picnic Sandwich" (since Mari is associated with picnics and Hero got nis nickname from hero sandwiches), or (jokingly) [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros "Mario"]].
390** Omori/Stranger is "Nightshade".
391** Sometimes, ship names are created based off of the flowers Basil compares the others to in the dreamworld (aka Roselily for Heromari because Basil compares Hero to a rose in the dreamworld and Mari to a lily of the valley).
392* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
393** The canon Tracer/Emily pairing is also known as "Lemon Tea."
394** Zarya/Mei is sometimes known as "Ice Bears."
395** Mei/Junkrat is known as "Meihem", "[=IcyHot=]", and "Nuclear Winter".
396** Lúcio/Junkrat is sometimes called "Boombox."
397** Soldier: 76/Reaper is sometimes called "Overdads."
398** Pharah/Mercy is called "Rocket Angel" or the {{portmanteau|CoupleName}} "Pharmercy," which doubles as a pun on Mercy's medical profession.
399** D.Va/Lúcio, who have rabbit and frog symbols respectively, has been called "Bunnyribbit."
400** Mercy/Genji is sometimes known as "Emergenji." A variant of this is "Emergency," overlapping with PortmanteauCoupleName while making the pun more apparent and, as with the above Pharmercy, playing on Mercy's background as a surgeon/status in-game as TheMedic (as well as Genji's EmergencyTransformation in all likelihood).
401** Widowmaker/Sombra is known as "Spider Byte."
402** Likewise, Ashe/Sombra is sometimes known as "Viper Byte."
403** Mercy/Roadhog is known as "Hambulance."
404** Mercy/Reaper is known as "Mercykill."
405** Likewise, Sombra/Reaper is known as "Hackerkill."
406** Mercy/Mei is known as "Snow Angel."
407** Pharah/Symmetra often goes by "Symmarah" or "Pharametra", but can also be referred to as "Light Artillery."
408** D.Va/Brigitte is known as "Mekamechanic."
409** Pharah/Sombra is known as "Jet Hack."
410** Mercy/Tracer is known as "Speedy Recovery."
411** Symmetra/Junkrat is known as "Ordered Chaos."
412** Widowmaker/Ashe is known as "[=OuiHaw=]."
413** [[OneTrueThreesome Cassidy/Sombra/Ashe]] is sometimes referred to as "Los Deadlock" - a call back to the gangs the trio were(or in Ashe's case, are) a part of.
414* In ''VideoGame/{{Oxenfree}}'' there's Jonas/Ren, known as "Weed Beanies," due to Ren getting high on pot brownies over the course of the game and Jonas, well, wearing a beanie.
415* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': The Vivian/Koops ship is called [=ShadowShell=], based on their respective species, with Vivian being a LivingShadow and Koops being a Koopa (a turtle-like creature).
416* As previously mentioned in the Anime & Manga section, ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has an absurd number of these-pretty much every couple, canon or not, game, anime, this manga, that manga, or a combination of all of the above, has one.
417** [[http://shipping.bulbagarden.net/listaz.html Here's a list]] of the ever-expanding list of ships in the Pokemon franchise.
418* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'': Western fans take to calling Ringo x Tee "Apple Tea", due to the punny nature of the name[[note]]not only does Ringo carry an apple everywhere she goes, but her name means "apple" in Japanese[[/note]] and how easy it rolls off the tongue.
419* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': Since the different playable characters [[YouAreNumberSix go by numbered code names]], ships between the series' first three protagonists have names based multiplying these numbers together (acting as a play on the common shipping markup of Character A x Character B):
420** Agents 3/8 is known as Agent 24.
421** Agents 4/8 is known as Agent 32.
422** Agents 3/4 is known as Agent 12.
423** Agents 3/4/8 is known as Agent 96.
424* ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' has Rhys/Vaughn, both Hyperion employees, usually referred to as "Gayperion."
425* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
426** Even though the ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' fandom tends to much more often use {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s, (very) rarely there are times when "____Shipping" has been used. There is "Airshipping", now known as "Sylvashipping", or more commonly, [[PortmanteauCoupleName Col]][[OfficialCouple loyd]]. Other non-{{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s for pairings are "Sagecest" (Genis x Raine), and "Chosenshipping" (Zelos x Colette). Of note, while it would fall under PortmanteauCoupleName, Kratos x Raine is sometimes referred to as "The [=UKraine=]."
427** The most obvious example to come out of ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' is also the most spoilertastic: Luke/Asch is usually called [[spoiler: [[ScrewYourself Replicacest]]]]. The term is also less frequently applied to [[spoiler: Ion and Sync.]]
428* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', when it doesn't [[PortmanteauCoupleName portmanteau]], uses some strange names: "Helmet Party" (Soldier/Engineer) and "Wincest" (RED Spy/BLU Scout).
429** "Wincest" is a MemeticMutation presumably originating on Website/FourChan, unsurprisingly adopted by the [=TF2=] community. Usually delivered in the form of "Incest? More like WINCEST, amiright?"
430*** Additionally, it's only "Wincest" if RED Spy is BLU Scout's father. You can have a non-incest RED Spy/BLU Scout pairing, because RED Spy fathering BLU Scout has neither been confirmed or denied by Valve.
431** There's also "Classcest", which is one class paired with another of the same class. Ex. RED Spy x BLU Spy, or BLU Sniper x BLU Female!Sniper.
432** Scout/Pyro is occasionally known as "Flashfire." Because Scout's fast and Pyro...yeah.
433*** Similarly, Sniper/Scout has the name "Speeding Bullet".
434** "Texas Toast" for Engineer/Pyro, playing on the Engineer hailing from that state and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_toast the food]].
435** The popular Heavy/Medic pairing is sometimes referred to as "Red Oktoberfest", which alludes to the nationalities of both via invoking the Russian [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober October Revolution]] and the German beer festival.
436** Since both specialize in scientific disciplines, Medic/Engineer is called "Science Party".
437** [[OddFriendship Soldier/Demoman]] is known as "Boots and Bombs" (or "Boots N Bombs").
438** Sniper/Medic has been referred to as "Bush Medicine", alluding to Sniper's experiences in the Australian wilderness.
439** Demoman/Medic is known by the punny name "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jägerbomb Jagerbombs]]".
440** [[FoeYayShipping Sniper/Spy]] is sometimes called "Bloody Suit", after Spy's voice line "You got blood on my suit."
441* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'': [[HoYay Lara and Sam's]] ship is dubbed S.S. Endurance (Same-Sex Endurance). The name of the ship is a play on their research vessel ''Endurance'' that shipwrecked on Yamatai island.
442* The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fandom came up with a number of appropriate titles or description for different pairings. An interesting subversion is made on this case; rather than just using the title itself, the fans actually tag it behind the respective {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s to form a phrase. For example, "[=MariAli=] is [[OneTruePairing my justice]]" for Marisa/Alice, "[=YukaRei=] is my way" for Yukari/Reimu, "[=MokoKene=] is the reign of god" for Mokou/Keine, and so on. These are popular among Japanese ''Touhou'' fans and are recognized as creative ways to say a certain pairing is their [[OneTruePairing OTP]].
443** And here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGXNYzxgv4 this video.]]
444** Mokou/Keine is also coined as "Mocha Cake" by some fans because "Mokou Keine" sounds a lot like it.
445* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
446** Papyrus/Undyne is sometimes known as "Fishbones."
447** Asgore/Gaster is known as "Kingdings."
448** Sans/Papyrus is known as "Fontcest."
449** Rarepair Toriel/Gaster is known as "Toaster."
450** Nice-Cream Guy/Burgerpants = "Nicepants."
451** Sans/Grillby, though usually referred to as Sansby, is also known as "Bonefire."
452** Rarepair Sans/Muffet is known as "Dunkin Donuts".
453* For Chris/Josh from ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', there's "Climbing Class."
454** There's also "Chrash" for Chris/Ashley.
455[[/folder]]
456
457[[folder:Visual Novels]]
458* The ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series has a few like this -- Gavincest, Feycest, Marshallcest.
459* While the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' fandom usually uses {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s, some ships have these.
460** "Bubblegum Rock" for Kazuichi Soda/Leon Kuwata (Kazuichi has pink hair, and Leon wants to be a rock star)
461** "Soapies" for Hiyoko Saionji/Mahiru Koizumi (taken from a line from the Orenronen fan translation)
462** [[spoiler:"Despaircest" for Mukuro Ikusaba/Junko Enoshima, the "Despair Sisters"]]
463** "Heir Guitar" or "K-Ton" for Ibuki Mioda/Fat Byakuya Togami (Ibuki is a guitarist and a walking homage to Manga/KOn, and [[FanNickname Twogami]] is fat and the Togami Corporation heir. [[spoiler:Though he's actually a fake Togami.]]
464** Hajime Hinata/Kazuichi Soda is "Soul Friends", because the latter calls the former that in the prologue when befriending him.
465** Ibuki Mioda/Mikan Tsumiki is known as Band Aid, because (as stated above) Ibuki is a musician and Mikan is a nurse.
466** Though Sayaka Maizono/Mukuro Ikusaba is better known by it’s portmanteau name Ikuzono, you’ll sometimes see it called Shooting Star or Killing Harmony (the second in reference to the English subtitle of the third game) because Mukuro is a soldier and Sayaka is a singer.
467** In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', [[WebAnimation/BravestWarriors Catbug]] for Ryoma Hoshi/Gonta Gokuhara, since Gonta is the [[FriendToBugs Ultimate Entomologist]] and Ryoma is a KindheartedCatLover.
468** V3 also has Nursery Rhymes for Kaede Akamatsu/Maki Harukawa (though Kaemaki and Harumatsu are also used), because Kaede is a pianist and Maki is a child caregiver. [[spoiler:As in Heir Guitar's case, this relies on a fake talent; Maki's actually the Ultimate Assassin, which is also why is known as Killing Harmony which is also a pun on the game they come from.]]
469[[/folder]]
470
471[[folder:Web Animation]]
472* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'':
473** Moxxie and Millie are called "M&M", due to their shared first initial as well as it rolling off the tongue better than trying to combine their names.
474** "Criminale" for Crimson/Alessio, both due to it sounding like criminal as it also sounding like "Crim and Al" when spoken aloud.
475* ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'' has the ship name for N and V be "Envy", due to the two letters combined sounding like the word. V's jealously over N and Uzi's growing friendship also makes it rather fitting.
476** When [[Main/PortmanteauCoupleName portmanteaus of their names]] aren't in use, there are other ship names too. The fandom has given rise to things like "Biscuit Bites" (N and Uzi), "Pink Lemonade" (V and Lizzy), "Biscuit Jocks" (N and Thad), "Oil Rose" (V and J), "Killing Blonde" (V and Thad), and more.
477* ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'': The ship name for all three of the human (formerly human, in Lewis' case) members of the Mystery Skulls is referred to as "Poly Skulls", though the PortmanteauCoupleName "Lewvithur" is just as if not more common.
478* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Colour as a form of personal, artistic expression is so important in the story, wars have been fought, and the four main characters were introduced in prequel advertising trailers by their colour themes. As a result, shipping names always take an individual's colour theme and combines them. For example, "Rainbow" is used for [[{{Polyamory}} everyone/everyone]] ships and a [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_bnr68pepImz1RDq7uJiQraVnDjU2D0vqmrSE85sF_U/edit#gid=1295997636 fan-made chart]] exists to capture all the shipping names. The show's creators have [[FandomNod acknowledged the fandom shipping]] names by using them as [[AttackPatternAlpha attack strategy call-signs]] in the show itself. To use just the main characters of Team RWBY as an example of how this works:
479** Ruby's dominant colour is red, and her surname and personal motif is a rose. Weiss's theme is white, with her surname meaning "snow" and her dominant powers being ice-based. Their most common ship name is "White Rose".
480** Blake's dominant colour is black and her surname is Belladonna, after the flower. Yang's dominant colour is yellow, and she is associated with the sun and fire. Their names form the "B" and "Y" of "RWBY", they are the "BY" ship (pronounced "bee"). Combined with the black-and-yellow theme, their most common ship name is "Bumblebee".
481** This leads to variations, using the most common names as follows: Ruby/Blake is "Ladybug" (red and black), Weiss and Blake is "Monochrome" or "Checkmate" (black and white), and Weiss and Yang is "Freezerburn" (white and ice with yellow and fire). When shipping the four girls together, the most common ship name is "Pollination" (White Rose meets Bumblebee).
482** On the flip side, when pairings aren't quite as serious, their names are usually a source of jokes, which leads us to the ship of Yang and Mercury: [[BlackComedy An Arm And A Leg]].
483* ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': When not just using the "[a] x [b]" format:
484** Shipping all three members of the Hatzgang together is usually referred to as Polyhatz.
485** John x Jack is Smokydonuts.
486** Kevin x Streber is Candybats.
487** John x Ross's Dad is Smokeymotors.
488** Bob Velseb x Dexter Erotoph is Rat Meat.
489** Skid x Pump is Spooky Shipping.
490** Happy Fella x Sad Guy is Sleepy Sun.
491** Kevin x Radford is Caramel Popcorn.
492** Skid's Dad x Ignacio is Holyfire.
493** Kevin x Rick is Jaded Employees.
494* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': In just a few days of the pilot existing, the fandom created:
495** Jax x Pomni is [=FunnyBunny=]
496** Gangle x Kinger is [=RoyalRibbon=]
497** Jax x Gangle is Ribbun
498** Ragatha x Pomni is [=ButtonBlossom=] or Jesterdoll
499** Ragatha x Jax is Bunnydoll
500** Kinger x Queenie is [=RoyallyChess=]
501** Caine x the Moon is [=BlueTooth=]
502** Zooble x Gangle is Abstragedy
503** Caine x Pomni is Showtime
504** Caine x Kinger is Kingleader or [=RoyalTeeth=]
505[[/folder]]
506
507[[folder:Webcomics]]
508* In ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'' fandom, Ava/Odin is known as Flaming Arrow, and Ava/Maggie as Forest Fire.
509* ''Webcomic/HedoneHigh'' fans affectionatly dubbed [[HoYay A.E.D and Izm]] "A.A.I.R". (A.E.D And Izm Romance.) Their catchphrase is "How can you breathe/live without your A.A.I.R?"
510* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
511** The comic's incredibly convoluted approach to romance requires fans to use this [[{{Pun}} in spades]]. It uses ♥ (<3) to represent a ''matespritship'', a ship where the two love each other (e.g. "Rose♥Kanaya"); a ♠ (<3<) to represent a ''kismesissitude'', when they want to bonk each other out of hate (e.g. "John♠Karkat"); a ♦ (<>) for a ''moirallegiance'', a kind of platonic bond where two people keep each other in line (e.g. "Nepeta♦Equius"); and a ♣ (c3<) for an ''auspisticism'', an unstable relationship being mediated by the person written in the middle (e.g. "Past Karkat♣Jade♣[[IHatePastMe Current Karkat]]"). Since the trolls are all represented by astrological symbols, people sometimes use those as a kind of classy shorthand for troll ships -- so ♑♥♉ would mean Gamzee♥Tavros, and ♋♥♊ would mean Karkat♥Sollux.
512** The ''Homestuck'' fandom also has an ''insane'' number of more... creative ship names, ranging from widely-used to off-hand jokes and the serious to the completely ridiculous. If you can think of a pairing, no matter how [[CrackShip cracky]], it probably has a pairing name. There's even [[http://homestuckshippingnames.tumblr.com/ a whole tumblr]] dedicated to coming up with new, funny pairing names. [[http://homestuckresources.tumblr.com/post/20290999982/list-of-homestuck-shipping-names Homestuck Resources has a good list of some of them here]]. Below are some of the most common:
513*** "Peanut Butter and Jelly" for Gamzee/Tavros, based on [[AlienBlood their blood colors]].
514*** "Strawberry Jam" for Dave/Gamzee, after Gamzee referred to Dave's blood as this.
515*** "Communism" for John/Karkat (based on their [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] -- a hammer and a sickle, respectively).
516*** "Stridercest" for Bro/Dave, Dirk/Dave or [[ScrewYourself Dirk/Bro]].
517*** "Dersecest" for Dave/Rose and "Prospitcest" for John/Jade (based on their shared dream planets); Dave/Rose is also known as Knightlight, based on their class and aspect respectively.
518*** "Grimdorks" for Rose/John (John is a [[LovableNerd dork]], and Rose once [[ItMakesSenseInContext went grimdark]]).
519*** "Con Heir" and "[=Spider8reath=]" for John/Vriska.
520*** "Rosemary" for Rose/Kanaya (a [[PortmanteauCoupleName portmanteau]] using part of Kanaya's surname).
521*** "Spaceshipping" for Kanaya/Jade and "Timeshipping" for Aradia/Dave (based on their shared Sburb aspects).
522*** "Spacetime" for Jade/Dave.
523*** "Hammertime" for John/Dave. Also "Pepsicola" for their associated colors.
524*** "Guns n' Roses" for Rose/Jade, since Jade likes guns and Rose... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin yeah]].
525*** "Meowrails" for [[{{Catgirl}} Nepeta]]♦Equius (members of a ♦ relationship are known as moirails).
526*** "Scourgecest" for Terezi/Vriska, who are not related but were known as Team Scourge/the Scourge Sisters when they played Flarp together.
527*** "Cotton Candy" for Jane/Roxy (based on their chat colors: light blue and pink, respectively). The name got a couple of {{Fandom Nod}}s in the comic.
528*** "Cotton Condy" for Roxy/Meenah (the pre-Scratch Condesce).
529*** "Pumpkin Patch" for Dirk/Jake (based on uu's comment on their orange and green chat colors), though the significantly more ridiculous "Pistol Pony Rodeo" is arguably even more common.
530*** "[=Les8ifins=]" for Aranea/Meenah, combining their typing quirks, or "Gillfronds".
531*** "Windicuffs" for John/Jake, as breath is John's aspect and Jake is fond of GoodOldFisticuffs.
532*** "[[PunBasedTitle Whip My Heir]]" for [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Aradia/John]], combining John's class and Aradia's pre-death [[WeaponSpecialization preferred weapon]].
533*** "Subglub" for Grand Highblood/Condesce; GH is the leader of the Subjugglators, and the Condesce is an aquatic troll.
534*** "Kanned Tuna" for '''Kan'''kri/Mi'''tuna'''.
535*** "2% Milk" for Sollux/Equius (2 is Sollux's [[NumerologicalMotif number motif]] and Equius likes milk and uses "%" in his typing quirk).
536*** "I Just Had A Social Justice Aneurysm" for [[StraightGay Dirk]]/[[LipstickLesbian Kanaya]].
537*** "[surname]cest" for pairings with the trolls and their ancestors or the kids and their guardians (e.g. "Vantascest" for Karkat/Kankri).
538*** This has been evolved to an art form in the fandom, with creative names like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" being a ship name for Dirk (who was born in what amounts to Texas) and Caliborn -- the BigBad who has no qualms about murder in massive numbers, going as far as to annihilate the afterlife, being auspisticised by Kanaya -- whose main weapon is a chainsaw.
539*** As ridiculous as the above, and semi-based on canon events, is "Separation of Church and State", for an auspisticising of [[{{UsefulNotes/Juggalo}} Gamzee]] (religious Highblood) and [[BlindJustice Terezi]] (aspiring Legislacerator) by either Rose or Kanaya.
540*** "Breathalyzer" for John/Roxy, as John has the [[BlowYouAway Breath]] aspect, and Roxy used to be an alcoholic. Other names include Roxygen (another air pun) and Void of Air/Void of Heir (this one riffing on Roxy's Void aspect and John's Heir class).
541*** "Blue's Clues" for John/Terezi. John has a prominent blue color motif, while Terezi is obsessed with criminal investigations.
542*** "We are Leijon" for any pairing of Nepeta and her ancestors (a play on their last name, Leijon).
543*** "Motherfucker" for Gamzee/Roxy (Roxy is the post-Scratch Mom Lalonde, and "motherfucker" is Gamzee's favorite word).
544*** [[GallowsHumor "Half & Half"]] for Eridan/Tavros (both wound up sliced in half).
545* Standard practice in the ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' fandom is to refer to a ship by the first initials of the characters, separated an "x" (e.g. Piro/Miho > [=PxM=]=, Piro/Kimiko > [=PxK=], Largo/Erika > [=LxM=], etc).
546* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' has an in-universe example: [[ShipperOnDeck Bud]] comes up with two ship names for [[MakingASplash Undine]]/Heartful Punch: Heartful Wave and Water Punch.
547* ''Webcomic/TemplarArizona'': Fans who ship E.J. and Biggs are committing an act of Elliot-cest.
548[[/folder]]
549
550[[folder:Web Original]]
551* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Percy/Vex is sometimes called Hunter's Hex, after their signature spells, Hex and Hunter's Mark, which have very similar effects [[labelnote:*]] Specifically, an extra 1d6 damage to one target whenever they hit it with an attack; they have, at least once, Hexed and Hunter's Marked the same quarry[[/labelnote]]. Less commonly, they're also known as [[Film/TheBadNewsBears "Bad News Bears"]] after his [[ICallItVera big gun]] and her...well, [[BearsAreBadNews bear.]]
552** The slightly less common Percy/Keyleth goes by Guns n' Roses, because Percy is a gunslinger and Keyleth is a druid.
553** Perc'ildan - Percy/Vax - has been going by Shooting Daggers.
554* A post on Website/{{Tumblr}} mocks the widespread usage of this by making up a shipping name (Candy in the Wind) and calling it so vague that [[CrackPairing it could mean anything up to]] [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]][[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory /Charlie Bucket.]]
555* Website/TVTropes: Look no further than JustForFun/TheShipYard.
556[[/folder]]
557
558[[folder:Western Animation]]
559* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'': Zidgel X Midgel has been named "Gay Space Penguins", as homosexuality is observed in penguins often.
560* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
561** The ship Bubbline (Princess Bubblegum/Marceline) also goes by "Sugarless Gum", thanks to lyrics in one of Marceline's song about her not being sugary and the fact that Princess Bubblegum is made of gum.
562** There's also Finn/Flame Princess, which is known as Righteous Flame.
563** Lemongrab + Princess Bubblegum = Pink Lemonade.
564* Despite not being all that popular, even the ''WesternAnimation/AlphaTeensOnMachines'' fandom has a term for at least the Hawk/Shark pairing -- Seabird. Yet the only hinted pairing, Axel/Lioness, remains blank.
565* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'':
566** As with ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' itself, if you're looking for the Caitlyn/Vi fanart, it'll be under "Piltover's Finest", named after the hidden passive between the two in-game.
567** Jinx/Ekko is referred to as "Timebomb", since the former is a MadBomber and the latter has time powers.
568* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
569** For the BrotherSisterIncest ships, "Zucest" or "Fireshipping" for Zuko/Azula and "Kacest" or "Watercest" for Katara/Sokka shipping.
570** On tv.com, the fandom couldn't decide between [[PortmanteauCoupleName Sokki and Sukka]] for Sokka/Suki because they both sounded too much like either character's name, so a compromise was made. They call it [[FanNickname George]]. More commonly it is just "Sukka" though.
571* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'': The pairing of the main duo is referred to as "Buttshipping" by some supporters.
572* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Ben/Gwen is referred to as "Bwen", "Bencest" or [[KissingCousins "Cousinshipping"]]. Kevin/Gwen has also been named "Forceshipping" (after ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', the sequel series where it inexplicably became {{canon}}).
573* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': The Carmen/Gray pairing is called Red Crackle by fans, after the former's signature colors and the latter's code name.
574* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'':
575** The naming theme is much simpler, using the first initials of the characters involved: [=UxY=] (Ulrich and Yumi), [=JxA=] (Jeremie and Aelita) and the like.
576** Though the Jeremie and Aelita [[{{Shipping}} ship]] did get dubbed Jerlita by their [[ActingForTwo common]] [[CrossDressingVoices voice actress]].
577* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', we have these for [[ToyShip shippers of the following couplings]]:
578** Cherry Luvers: Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 5.
579** Courting Commanders: Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 362.
580** Closet Keepers: Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 86.
581** Panda Warriors: Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4.
582** Soda Junkies: Numbuh 23 and Numbuh 35.
583** Desk Jockeys: Numbuh 60 and Numbuh 362.
584** Giraffe Ninjas: Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 5.
585** Yelling Troopers: Numbuh 60 and Numbuh 86.
586** Koala Pirates: Numbuh 83 and Numbuh 84.
587** Moonbabes: Numbuh 86 and Numbuh 362.
588* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fandom is filled with this. [[FirstGirlWins Danny/Sam]] is Amethyst Ocean (referring to their eye colors), [[DatingCatwoman Danny/Valerie]] is Gray Ghost, [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Danny/Paulina]] is Shallow Sapphire, [[OfficialCouple Johnny/Kitty]] is Black Cat, Jack/Maddie is Moronic Genius, [[FoeYayShipping Danny/Vlad]] is Pompous Pep or Endangered Species, Tucker/Sam is Veggie Burger and so forth. This includes pairings with characters that barely interact with or share little to no romantic interests such as: Jazz/Clockwork is Timely Intelligence, Danny/Star is Phantom Satellite and so on and on. There's even one for the Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom pairing (Pitch Pearl). And this is just the icing on the cake. Here's a more detailed [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130724180405/http://www.freewebs.com/istele/pairings.htm list]]. The ones that are most commonly used are Pompous Pep, Pitch Pearl, and on occasion Swagger Bishie (Danny/Dash). Most of the other ones are rarely seen in the fandom (and if they are, they're called by the character's names - [=DannyxSam=] is more common than Amethyst Ocean).
589* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}'' has a lot of punny ship names, like Synchro N' Kitty for Biffy/Lee, Heart of Glam for Biffy/Kimmie and Silver Martini for Cam/Brandy. There's even [[http://xtechxnerdx.tumblr.com/post/47326095014/detentionaire-ship-name-master-list a list]].
590* The ''WesternAnimation/DudeThatsMyGhost'' fandom has come up with "ectofeature" and "bromighost" to refer to Billy/Spencer, although the latter might refer more to their bromance.
591* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
592** Dipper and Mabel shippers call it "Pinecest."
593** The ''other'' pair of shipped Pines twins--Stanley and Stanford--are known as Stancest, to avoid any confusion with the above-mentioned ship.
594** CrossoverShip "Pinescone" is an interesting half-[[PortmanteauCoupleName portmanteau]], half-idiosyncratic (and [[{{Pun}} punny]]) example -- "Pines" refers to Dipper, while "cone" refers to Wirt from ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' and his [[SignatureHeadgear pointy red hat]].
595* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The common ShipsThatPassInTheNight pairing of Johanna/Kaisa is called "Sketchbook" as a reference to their professions (Johanna's a graphic designer, Kaisa's a librarian).
596* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' fandom seems to prefer four-letter acronyms of the form XAYR -- (Character '''X''') '''A'''nd (Character '''Y''') '''R'''omance. For example, ZAGR stands for "[[HarmlessVillain Zim]] and [[CreepyChild Gaz]] romance," ZADR for "[[FoeYayShipping Zim and Dib romance]]," DATR for "Dib and [[DarkActionGirl Tak]] romance" and RAPR for "Red and Purple romance." Generally the more important character's initial is put first. This mostly works because those four pairings make up the vast majority of popular ships. The rare [[MinionWithAnFInEvil GIR]] ship uses "Gr" for his initial to prevent confusion. "ZADF" is also used for "Zim and Dib friendship," while ZADE is sometimes used for "Zim and Dib enmity" (i.e., actually keeping things canon). This is occasionally used for other relationships, but it's pretty rare.
597* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': The term for shipping the pre-release versions of the leads, Marinette and Felix, was "Lucky Charm". Post-release, the fandom uses "Miraculous Love Square" to refer to the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin love square]] created by the show's double case of LovesMyAlterEgo. The four individual interactions that make up the Square have {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s -- see that page for more info.
598** Beta couple Alya and Nino have an Idiosyncratic PortmanteauCoupleName as "[=DJWi-Fi=]".
599** The polyship of Kagami, Felix, Luka, and Marinette is called Ice Art. This is due to Kagami being an IceQueen, Felix being [[TheStoic cold]], and [[TheRockStar Luka]] and Marinette being artistic types.
600* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'': Some Lunella and Casey shippers call them "Mediamoon", due to Casey's love of social media and Lunella being Moon Girl.
601* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
602** While most shippers follow the {{Portmanteau|CoupleName}} rubric, some [[{{Bookworm}} Twilight Sparkle]]/Rainbow Dash shippers like to call it ''Series/ReadingRainbow''.
603** Shipping Derpy Hooves with Series/{{Doctor Who}}oves is often called [[TimeyWimeyBall Time Bubbles]]
604** There's the highly-amusing "Marshmallow Coco" for Rarity/Coco Pommel.
605** In a similar vein, the [[CrackPairing rare and inexplicable]] Maud Pie/Coco Pommel ship gets called "Coco Pebbles".
606** Celestia/Luna shipping is often referred to as "Princest" (in that they're both Princesses as well as sisters)
607* The [[FanPreferredCouple more popular]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' ships among the pairings [[HoYay between the ninjas]] (or at least the ones with obvious word connections between the partners) have names combining their respective [[ElementalPowers elements]]. Canon ships like Jay x Nya are usually {{portmanteau couple name}}s instead.
608** [[DishingOutDirt Cole]] and [[PlayingWithFire Kai]] = Lava Shipping
609** Cole and [[AnIcePerson Zane]] = Glacier Shipping
610** [[ShockAndAwe Jay]] and Zane = Techno Shipping (Technically, not an element-related name. Rather, it's [[GadgeteerGenius Inventor]] + [[spoiler:Robot]])
611** Kai and [[AllYourPowersCombined Lloyd]] = [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority Green]]fire Shipping
612* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'':
613** The FanPreferredCouple of [[SociallyAwkwardHero Wirt]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Beatrice]] is called "Infinite Eyerolls" (which is a good description of much of their interaction).
614** MaybeEverAfter couple Wirt/Sara is known as "Poetic Bee", due to Wirt's love of poetry and Sara's position as her school's bee mascot.
615* For ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', shippers of the Powerpuffs and the Rowdyruffs name them by their colour sceme (with the occasional Powerpunk Girl thrown in).
616** Reds for Blossom and Brick (and/or Berserk)
617** Blues for Bubbles and Boomer (and/or Brat)
618** Greens for Buttercup and Butch (and/or Brute)
619* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has mostly {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s, but the ship for Kyle and Kenny is known as K2.
620* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' normally uses {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s for its ships, but occasionally you'll see Ezra and Sabine referred to as "Bluebean" or "Bluebird" (the first part refers to his FanNickname "Blueberry" due to his season 1+2 haircut; the latter is either a phonetic spelling of '''Bine'' or a reference to [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren her last name]]).
621* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
622** The fandom has one for the Sapphire/Ruby ship which is both incredibly obvious if you know the context, but also super-spoilery: [[spoiler: Garnet. It's not often that two characters fuse into a single being as a manifestation of their love, but it does make ship naming fairly easy.]]
623** "Sworn to the Sword" has inspired some fans to start calling the Steven/Connie pairing "Jam Buds".
624** The [[OneTrueThreesome Amethyst/Garnet/Pearl]] ship (sometimes including [[PosthumousCharacter Rose Quartz]]) is often called Polygems.
625** The Pearl/Lapis Lazuli ship is sometimes called Saltwater.
626** The Sour Cream/Buck Dewey/Jenny Pizza ship is known as Poly Cool Kids.
627* The ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' fandom is full of these:
628** Wander/Hater: Skeleton Dance
629** Sylvia/Hater: Zboneak
630** Hater/Peepers: Death Glare
631** Sylvia/Peepers: Black Eye
632** Wander/Peepers: Wandering Eye
633** Hater/Awesome: Conquering Boyfriends
634** Awesome/Sylvia: Seahorse
635** Cashmere/Sylvia: Zbaaanak
636** And the pairing name for our two main protagonists is... [[PortmanteauCoupleName Sylander]].
637* ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'': Since the bears are adoptive brothers, any ship putting them together is known as Bearcest.
638* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':
639** Two schools of thought in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' fandom: either squish two words related to their superhero personas, or use a single word that somehow relates to the ship. So M'gann and Conner is [=SuperMartian=], after their superhero codenames, "Superboy" and "Miss Martian."
640** There is an episode where [[ComicBook/DoctorFate Kent Nelson]] tells Wally he needs to find a "spitfire" girlfriend to keep him in line, and starts to suggest Artemis before being cut off. When they're not Wall/Art, the Wally and Artemis ship is known as "Spitfire."
641** In "Humanity," after Robin spends most of the episode politely hitting on ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, he starts to say "I'm trying to be all nonchalant here," and she responds with "be as chalant as you like." Hence, they are often called Chalant. Alternatively, some use [=BirdMagic=].
642*** Given the way Zatanna's powers work, other ships with her are often a particular word backwards: like "[[LesYay Snaibsel]]" with Artemis and "[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mazahs]]" with Billy.
643** [[HoYay Robin and Kid Flash]] were mostly known as [=BirdFlash=] up until a scene in the tie-in comic where Wally complains about having to change costumes even though he's not "fresh." While Miss Martian's response was arguably funnier ("Oh, [[HandsomeLech Wally]], you're always [[DoubleEntendre fresh]]"), fangirls latched on Robin's "Whatever you say, ''freshness''," and rechristened their ship.
644** Robin/Artemis is often referred to as "Traught" after the infamous scene where Robin snapped at Artemis "Well, get traught or get dead!"
645** Dick and Barbara are sometimes referred to as "Dibs", which serves as both a PortmanteauCoupleName, and to signify that the FirstGirlWins.
646** The most idiosyncratic of the show's ship names is the one for the Robin/Wally/Artemis OneTrueThreesome: "Museum Heist." It makes absolutely no sense within the context of the show, but if you shorten their names, what do you do during a museum heist? You '''Rob''' the '''Wall Art'''. Sometimes, it gets expanded to "Museum Heist on Fire", to include the red-headed Batgirl.
647** M'Gann and Lagoon Boy is usually "Angelfish", because that's L'gann's pet name for her, and it fits with M'gann being a beautiful flier and LB being rather fish-like in appearance.
648** Superboy/Wendy is often called "Neverland" because... well, ''Literature/PeterPan'' reference.
649** Impulse/Blue Beetle has become fairly popular, gaining the name Speed Buggy, since Bart's a speedster and Jamie's alter ego is based on a scarab.
650** [[spoiler: Wonder Girl/Robin]] has been referred to as "Left Field," as in "this ship came out of left field" given that it suddenly appears with no buildup [[LastMinuteHookUp at the end of the final episode]].
651[[/folder]]
652
653[[folder:Real Life]]
654* ''Film/Dune2021'' co-star Creator/OscarIsaac came up with "[[https://twitter.com/remezcla/status/1451593973185880081?s=21 Space Sisters]]" for the ship between him and his "girlfriend", ''Series/TheMandalorian'' star Creator/PedroPascal.
655* Legendary British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (of "Bolero" fame) are "T n D" or "TND", for "Torvill and Dean". This is, as far as real life is concerned, strictly a platonic pairing, [[RealPersonFic not that that's stopped the shippers]].
656[[/folder]]

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