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A pairing from Final Fantasy XIII/XIII-2, including the characters Lightning Farron and Hope Estheim. Other names for the ship would include hopurai and hopelight.

A rather popular ship within the FFXIII/XIII-2 fandom, the pairing depends on the timeline specified by the shipper; if from the first game, a fourteen-year-old Hope and a twenty-one-year-old Lightning, a pairing that is somewhat less popular due to claims of the ship being pedophilic, or being more commonly looked upon as a brother/sister or friend pairing. The ship from the second game is a bit more common as the age difference is considerably reduced, with Hope being twenty-four/twenty-six and Lightning remaining twenty-one due to incidents in Valhalla and pertaining to time travel.
The pairing has become increasingly popular over the course of the years, reason being the sudden jump in age for Hope, thus permitting the two characters to become more suitable for each other and allowing more chances for the ship to become canon, as he is seen being a teenage boy to suddenly becoming the twenty-four-year-old, diligent, highly respected, and attractive Director of the Academy. If one chooses to search up words such as "hoperai fanfic" or "hope and lightning fanart", there is a high chance they will soon become engulfed by the ship - willlingly or not - given by the search results.
Example 1:

Person A: "Hey, have you seen Hope's CGI render for Final Fantasy XIII-2?"
Person B: "Oh my God, yes. He's so hot."
Person A: "He'd be really cute with Lightning, wouldn't he?"
Person B: "He would! They're my new otp."

Example 2:

Person A: "My favorite ship is hoperai."
Person B: "That's so cute! I ship it, too. Aren't they perfect for each other?"

Example 3:

Person A: "My favorite ship is hoperai from Final Fantasy XIII."
Person B: "Really? I think Hope and Lightning have a more platonic relationship, but that's okay, too. I mean, it's a ship you like, right? Nothing wrong with that."
hoperai by youraverageshipper April 30, 2013
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An operator who manipulates others by appealing to emotions, using visual and verbal hypnosis techniques to obviate discussion or analysis of the root causes of problems.
Ronald Reagan was the 'communicator,' the Bush child called himself 'the decider.' Barack Obama? The 'hoperator.'
hoperator by Shlomo Hussein January 22, 2009

Hip Hopera 

A term used to describe R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet videos and other videos where they constantly say everything that is happening.
Dude did you see R. Kelly's Hip Hopera? You mean those trapped in the closet video's? Yeah man thats what I said. His Hip Hopera.
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Hip Hopera 

Hip Hopera is a combination of Hip Hop and Opera.
An example of a Hip Hopera song would be Memories - Young Maestro feat. The Firm and Ozmosis
Hip Hopera by CBirch October 5, 2007

Hyperaid 

Any combination of an energy drink and powdered drink mix that creates a beverage with the consistency of syrup.

In small doses, can cause jittery behavior, and unruly antics. In larger doses, or done in shots, can result in a sugar coma or death.

Also known as "Sweet Liquor".
Doctor, all I am allowed to say about my friend here in your ER is that he has consumed too much hyperaid
Hyperaid by Ian John Willis February 22, 2011

hip-hoperize 

1. The practice of getting your friends jobs where you work.
2. The practice of creating a job for friends in a corporation where you work. Even though the job is complete bullshit.
Once I am a CEO I am going to hip-hoperize corporate america and get all my boys jobs.
hip-hoperize by Frantz August 8, 2006

Hip-Hopera 

Hip-Hopera is the joint dropped by The Fugees and Bounty Killer in 1997. It can be found on Bounty Killer's single entitled "Hip-Hopera" as well on The Fugees' 2007 album "Besides."
My favorite verse in Hip-Hopera is:
Through the temples of doom
Somehow we managed to bloom
Like blossoms.
"By any means necessary," said Malcolm;
Nights before battle we play dead like possums,
Mimimizing our losses like caution
To the maximum,
Strategies for the Refugees.
How many mics do you rip? I say not too many.
Hip-Hopera by readyORnot July 22, 2008
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