polycule
Americannoun
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polycules
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And the dynamic between the three central characters in “The Wedding Banquet” looks more like your modern-day polycule than it does an outrageously absurd farce.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
It's unlikely they know what a polycule is, for one.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023
Laura Nevo, 30, is part of a four-person polycule, along with William Jeffrey, Alex Sanson, and Mike Scoins.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018
“When I started dating someone else, my partner Laura expressed that she was feeling jealous,” says Mike Scoins, 28, also in the polycule.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018
Jeffrey, for instance, will meet once a week to play a Buffy the Vampire Slayer role-playing game with Scoins and the fourth member of their polycule, Laura Nevo.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018
The front-of-house staff always seem to be navigating the aftermath of a complicated breakup between two polycules, but the breakfast sandwich is truly good enough to make the interpersonal intrigue part of the charm.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
And polyamorists may be linked in intricate relationship structures, or polycules, whose contours change over time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
For many poly people, their pods and polycules do not neatly overlap.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2021
Because of the complexity of pods and polycules, the challenges of keeping romantic relationships alive are even greater.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2021
I recalled the boisterous couples and polycules who’d lived in the building when I was young—all of them my cousins and uncles and aunties even though we had only marginal blood relationships to each other.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2019
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