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Just wondering on this, but is this some type of new vocab in Fairy Tail or
something, Long story short: I have seen a lot of comments on Facebook and
YouTube like "Do you ship Nalu" and "I ship Nalu". What does this mean though?

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fairy-tail terminology
What does "I Ship Nalu" mean?


Wait, I know what it is now based on Oded's comment. NaLu is the term fans use
for wanting Lucy + Natsu to get together and based off Wikipedia it is safe to
say that this is a Portmanteau.

Definition:

> A combination of two (or more) words or morphemes, and their definitions,
> into one new word.

Thanks, Oded. :)


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"To ship" or "shipping," in fan communities is the act or pairing characters
within a series together, in a romantic relationship. It's a fairly commonly
used term through-out the internet, especially on fan-sites.

Often times, a "ship" (fan-based pairing) is usually called by a combination
of their names. Some communities even use a term, "shipper", to refer to
people who consistently "ship" a certain type of pairing ("fujoshi-shippers"
being those who always ship male homosexual pairings and so one)

As has already been pointed out, "NaLu" would be the name of the "ship" of
Natsu and Lucy, and people who say "I ship NaLu" basically are the part of the
fandom that supports the idea of a relationship between the two.


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A ship is a couple that you want to be together. Ships like Jerza, (Jellal and
Erza), Gruvia, (Gray and Juvia), and Nalu (Natsu and Lucy), are all fictitious
couples that fans choose. Shipping is like to make a couple out of two people,
and you can make a name. Jerza, Nalu, are all ship names. Therefore, shipping
Nalu basically means that you want Natsu and Lucy to be together.


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