rarepair
noun/ˈɹɛəˌpɛə/UK/ˈɹɛɹˌpɛɹ/US
Etymology
Compound of rare + pair.
Definitions
A ship that generally receives little attention from fans and has few associated fanworks.
- Rare pairs might also slash together people or creatures that are considered unnatural, such as a human character with a magical creature such as a centaur or a house elf, or Dumbledore with any young student from Hogwarts.
- With rarepairs and crackships, it's the unlikeliness or even impossibility of their coming together that gets you going.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA