throuple
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˈθɹʌpl̩/
- Rhymes: -ʌpəl
- Hyphenation: throup‧le
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Noun
editthrouple (plural throuples)
- (informal) Three partners in a romantic or sexual relationship; a ménage à trois.
- 2021 January 14, Tamar Lapin, “Ashli Babbitt, Air Force vet killed at Capitol, was in a ‘throuple’”, in New York Post[1], retrieved 2021-07-22:
- The Air Force veteran fatally shot by police during last week’s US Capitol riot had been in a “throuple” with her husband and their live-in girlfriend, according to reports.
- 2023 April 21, Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Our Throuple Fell Apart. What Are the Rules of the Breakup?”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- Nearly a year ago, I began dating two friends — I’ll call them Rachel and Dave — who were already themselves in a relationship. We all had no experience with polyamory. The throuple ended fairly quickly, with no one being at fault; the other two continued to date but broke up not too long afterward.