Citations:Larry

Proper noun: "(fandom slang) the real-person ship of Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of the band One Direction"

 * 2013, Andrea Flores, "Is Your (Relation)Ship Sailing?", TheBearCat (San Mateo High School), 1 November 2013, page 8:
 * "Larry" shippers even make evidence videos on YouTube to try to prove that they are actually a couple, showing a more extreme side of shipping.
 * 2014, Mary Sheehan, "One Direction: Why We Need To Pay Attention", The Edge (Elon University), Fall 2014, page 25:
 * Fan platforms often include some type of Larry fan fiction, fan art and detailed explanations of their fan theories.
 * 2016, Bethan Jones, "'I Will Throw You off Your Ship and You Will Drown and Die': Death Threats, Intra-Fandom Hate, and the Performance of Fangirling", in Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture (eds. Lucy Bennett & Paul Booth), page 60:
 * Perhaps the most striking example of this intra-fandom antagonism comes in responses to Larry shippers.
 * 2019, Clare Southerton and Hannah McCann, "Queerbaiting and Real Person Slash: The Case of Larry Stylinson", in Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities (ed. Joseph Brennan), page 162:
 * Despite these “facts” being promoted, the Larry fandom persists in seeking “proof” that Larry is real.
 * 2019, Owen G. Parry, "'Shipping' (as) Fandom and Art Practice", in Fandom as Methodology: A Sourcebook for Artists and Writers (eds. Catherine Grant & Kate Random Love), page 133:
 * Fanartist Karukara is a well-known “doodler” in Larry fandom – a subsect of One Direction fandom designated specifically to the shipping (romantic coupling) of boy band members Louis and Harry.