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Meaning of rarepair | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈɹɛəˌpɛə/

Definitions

A ship that generally receives little attention from fans and has few associated fanworks.

slang

Examples

“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.”
“If a Yuletide reader requested a rare pair (Silver Surfer/Aunt May?) in The Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers, that story will now assemble with its more popular Hulk/Iron Man and Captain America/Bucky Barnes fanfic colleagues in the Avengers tag.”
“With rarepairs and crackships, it's the unlikeliness or even impossibility of their coming together that gets you going.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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