Polyamory

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POLYAMORY--518,000 Google hits.
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"Polyamory" is not in the OED. It's in today's New York Post.
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_http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm_
(http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm)
_http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29658.htm_
(http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29658.htm)
October 19, 2005 -- TODAY'S a  special day for John and Nan Wise - it's the
31st anniversary of their first  date. As with most special events, John, a
bankruptcy attorney, and Nan, a  psychotherapist, will share the occasion with
their extended family: her  boyfriend, Julio, and his girlfriend, Amy.
The Wises, who've been married for 24 years, are "polyamorists" - people who
reject monogamy in favor of maintaining relationships with more than one
person  at a time.
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POLYAMORY TERMS
POLY: A person who practices polyamory.
TRIAD: A relationship between three people.
TRIANGLE: A triad where each person is involved with the other two.
VEE: A triad that revolves around a single person who's involved with two
others--i.e., the "hinge."
PRIMARY: A polyamorist's central relationship--sometimes a spouse. Others are
 "secondaries."
COMPERSION: Getting pleasure from someone's relationship with another person;
 the opposite of jealousy.