throuple

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noun

three people who are engaged or married to one another, or involved as romantic partners:
The throuple have been dating for the past two years and now live together in an intimate one-bedroom apartment.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of throuple¹

First recorded in 1990–95; thr(ee) ( def ) + (c)ouple ( def )

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Example Sentences

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Lachman: I think people will be pitching a throuple situation maybe, where they can all live together.

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“Yep, Kim Jong-un and Putin made it official. Then they got a text from Trump that said, ‘Throuple?’”

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“New Mistakes,” about a young woman attempting to get her life together after being dumped by a throuple, will be their first book.

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Her wealthy parents may be spending their days naked and in a passionate throuple with her father’s hunky caregiver, but Carol just wishes she could still go to Applebee’s after work.

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Ethicist: A throuple fell apart.

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throughway throve

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