throuple
/ˈθɹʌp.əl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Three individuals engaged in a romantic or sexual relationship.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "But among all the throuples, polycules and nesting partners, there exists another category of polyamory that still throws many for a loop: solo polyamory, or having concurrent intimate relationships while maintaining independence."
- "“Honeybee, if you stare at that dividend check any harder, we're gonna officially be a throuple.” [chuckles] “I'm in.”"
- "Throuples with only white people are so funny they're like hi this is my starter ethnostate we're all in love"