Squee and me

I did not know what "squee" meant, or what it meant to "ship" someone, despite frequently running into those words in internet fandom. Oh, sure, I had a sense from context, but it was only when I stumbled across this article (http://firefox.org/news/articles/1275/1/Celebrating-Squee/Page1.html) on Firefox News that I finally found an official definition of the term.

"What is squee? If you're a fan and you’re reading this, you already know. It's that happy, warm, fluttery feeling you get in the pit of your stomach two minutes before a new episode of your show airs. It is defined by the sound that very likely escapes your mouth when your favorite couple (or threesome) is on-screen together, interacting, and omg, their hands are touching, that was definitely a touch, and did you see how they were looking at each other, they're so doing it, it's canon!"

I could really just post that entire article in here, it's so good, it gets it so right... I think it's fun to read, but then I AM a fan and I squee on a regular basis (albeit usually alone). So you who might be reading this, give it a try. Read about squee and then do it yourself. Ha ha.

And "ship" is apparently short for "worship" but has taken on additional overtones and nuances; it seems to me that fans don't ship merely a single character - they usually ship a pair of characters, and indeed the relationship between those two characters. So it's sorta like worshipping the relationship. In case it's not obvious, I ship the Doctor and Rose. And I'm certainly not alone in that.

Here is the best site to indulge my shipping.
http://www.loony-archivist.com/who/betterw2/index_s1.htm