throuple

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Etymology

Blend of three + couple.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɹʌpl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ʌpəl
  • Hyphenation: throup‧le
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Noun

throuple (plural throuples)

  1. (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, 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.

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