threesome

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Etymology

From three +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈθɹiːsəm/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: (UK) -iːsəm

Noun

threesome (plural threesomes)

  1. A group of three people or things.
    Synonyms: triad, trine, trinity, trio, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
  2. An instance of sexual activity involving three people.
    Synonyms: ménage à trois, three-way, troilism
    • 1998 July 26, Jenny Bicks, “Three's a Crowd”, in Sex and the City, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Samantha:
      Threesomes are huge right now. They're the blow job of the '90s.
    • 2013, Joanna Biggs, “Tell me everything”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 7:
      ‘Tell me everything,’ she said to Losse, and when she’d heard everything, got the colleague who kept suggesting a threesome discreetly demoted.
    • 2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Charter Schools”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 22, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
      That’s a threesome joke about her fucking children! It was in the first season and they gave her another one!

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