third space

British  

noun

1. informal the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home

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third space

Australian brand Yo-Chi opened a Notting Hill branch in August and blew up quickly on social media for its range of toppings and "third space" feel.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

As Weibo’s popularity exploded in 2010, the internet seemed like “a third space unshackled by the rules that bound the rest of the nation’s institutions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Killer Fitness opened in May with the hope that horror’s increasing popularity at the box office could translate to this unique, in-person third space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025

And it isn’t in the form of run clubs, which have become the tantamount third space for sparking romance.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2024

If you bleed into the third space, you bleed into the space between the skin and the flesh.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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