"relationshipper" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From relationship + -er. Emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. First attested on alt.tv.x-files in January 1996, but it was seemingly already in use by then.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1996, Paul Mitchell, The Duchovny Files: The Truth Is In Here, page 190:",
          "text": "I don’t care what the relationshippers say, it’s just so OBVIOUS to try to get the two of them together and the X-Files has never been obvious.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Tom Kessenich, EXaminations: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6-9 of The X-files, page 4:",
          "text": "There were the relationshippers whose focus was on Mulder and Scully’s relationship, or the MSR as it was called (with a possible emphasis on romance).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Lily Rothman, “'I'd Very Still': Anthropology of a Lapsed Fan”, in Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion, page 134:",
          "text": "In media fan lingo, the idea of an OTP—the One True Pairing, a fan's absolute favorite fictional couple—can be tossed around rather casually. In terms of my history as a relationshipper, Willow and Oz will always be mine, but the real OTP in my fan identity is Buffy and me.",
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        "A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people."
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          "romantic",
          "romantic"
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        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
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          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fandom slang) A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people."
      ],
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          "word": "anti-relationshipper"
        }
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        {
          "word": "shipper"
        }
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        "slang"
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      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Dana Scully",
        "Fox Mulder",
        "The X-Files"
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  "etymology_text": "From relationship + -er. Emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. First attested on alt.tv.x-files in January 1996, but it was seemingly already in use by then.",
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          "ref": "1996, Paul Mitchell, The Duchovny Files: The Truth Is In Here, page 190:",
          "text": "I don’t care what the relationshippers say, it’s just so OBVIOUS to try to get the two of them together and the X-Files has never been obvious.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2002, Tom Kessenich, EXaminations: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6-9 of The X-files, page 4:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Lily Rothman, “'I'd Very Still': Anthropology of a Lapsed Fan”, in Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion, page 134:",
          "text": "In media fan lingo, the idea of an OTP—the One True Pairing, a fan's absolute favorite fictional couple—can be tossed around rather casually. In terms of my history as a relationshipper, Willow and Oz will always be mine, but the real OTP in my fan identity is Buffy and me.",
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        "A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people."
      ],
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        "(fandom slang) A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people."
      ],
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        "slang"
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        "Dana Scully",
        "Fox Mulder",
        "The X-Files"
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  "word": "relationshipper"
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