yumeship
English
Etymology
From Japanese 夢女子 (yumejoshi) + English ship.
Verb
yumeship (third-person singular simple present yumeships, present participle yumeshipping, simple past and past participle yumeshipped)
- (usually with with) To ship oneself with a fictional character.
- 2024 September 23, @XCharasWife, X (formerly Twitter)[1] (post), archived from the original on 7 January 2026:
- I LOVE YUMESHIPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE KISSING MY F/O EVERYDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE MY F/O SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 2024 December 18, @artsyveii, X (formerly Twitter)[2] (post), archived from the original on 7 January 2026:
- how it feels to yumeship with a villain/antagonist
- 2025 January 13, @xiaomaxxer, X (formerly Twitter)[3] (post), archived from the original on 7 January 2026:
- yumeshipped so hard that canon pairings look weird to me now
Derived terms
Noun
yumeship (plural yumeships)
- A ship between oneself and a fictional character.
- 2025 January 19, @whyregirls, X (formerly Twitter)[4] (post), archived from the original on 7 January 2026:
- when i want content of my yumeship but i actually have to draw it
- 2025 September 3, @dreaminnChuChu, X (formerly Twitter)[5] (post), archived from the original on 7 January 2026:
- there's not enough angst in people's yumeship lore ,,