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  • cnm/enm = consensual/ethical non-monogamy
  • comet/satellite = a partner one sees infrequently, often long distance, with low commitment expectations
  • compersion = vicarious joy for your partner's other relationships (opposite of jealousy)
  • hierarchical polyamory = in which you might have a primary and secondary partner etc
  • hinge = see 'v relationship'
  • metamour /ˈmɛt əˌmʊər/ (meta) = your partner's other partner(s)
  • nesting partner = the partner you live with
  • polycule = a group of people connected by their overlapping relationships
    • 2 people that are together, monogamous or not = dyad / couple
    • 3 people that are all in a relationship with each other = triad
    • 4 people that are all in a relationship with each other = quad
  • polyfidelity / closed relationship = a polycule that is closed to new partners
  • polysaturated = having as as many relationships as one can reasonably handle, without the capacity for more
  • relationship anarchy = (1) a relationship ideology that rejects conventional rules about relationships (2) a type of non-hierarchical polyamorous relationship structure
  • relationship escalator = the progression of a relationship, or the idea that a relationship has to 'go somewhere' (aka become increasingly commited) and can't go backwards
  • solo polyamory = polyamorous person that chooses not to have a primary partner so their lives are not enmeshed with someone else. typically also does not subscribe to the idea of the relationship escalator
  • unicorn = bisexual individual willing to join an existing couple (for sex or a relationship)
  • v relationship = one hinge partner dating multiple people, but those do not date each other

partially picked up myself from media/books/etc, partially from r/polyamory.

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