Thrupple

Meaning

What does Thrupple mean?

Thrupple is a combination of the words three and couple and it refers to a couple that consists of three people of any kind of preference.

It is alternately called a polyamorous couple or a triad.

Origin

What's the origin of Thrupple?

The term first appeared around 1994, in online discourses about relationships, especially non-conventional relationships.

It gained more of a presence during the 2000’s and first appeared on Urban Dictionary in 2007.

Spread & Usage

How did Thrupple spread?

“Thrupple” was further popularized in 2014, when Stephen Colbert was presenting a story about a “thrupple” wedding on The Colbert Report.

Since then, the phenomenon was featured in RuPaul’s Drag Race as well as the 2018 Netflix show Insatiable.

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