Definition of "Larry"

Larry¹

/ˈlæɹi/

proper noun
1. A diminutive of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence, popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.
  Quotations
  No one gets named Larry anymore. It's had it as a name. Think of someone called Larry and you automatically conjure up a guy drinking beer in a sixties rec room.
  1998, Carol Shields, Larry's Party, Penguin, page 254
  "Larry, name's Larry." I smiled, it was too ridiculous. He was worried about me calling him Lawrence instead of Larry with a rogue zombie climbing out of the dirt.
  2002, Laurell K. Hamilton, Circus of the Damned, JOVE, page 149

Larry²

/ˈlæɹi/

proper noun
1. (fandom slang) The real-person fiction ship of Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of the band One Direction.
  Quotations
  "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.
  2013, Andrea Flores, "Is Your (Relation)Ship Sailing?", TheBearCat (San Mateo High School), 1 November 2013, page 8
  Fan platforms often include some type of Larry fan fiction, fan art and detailed explanations of their fan theories.
  2014, Mary Sheehan, "One Direction: Why We Need To Pay Attention", The Edge (Elon University), Fall 2014, page 25
  Perhaps the most striking example of this intra-fandom antagonism comes in responses to Larry shippers.
  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 Lucy Bennett, Paul Booth, editors, Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture, page 60