throuple

Or thru·ple

[thruhp-uhl]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of throuple¹

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

Example Sentences

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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