threegether

English

Etymology

Blend of three +‎ (to)gether. Perhaps inspired by comedian Victor Borge's "inflationary language" skit.[1] Compare Bislama trigeta (“they three”, collective pronoun).

Adverb

threegether (comparative more threegether, superlative most threegether)

  1. (rare, nonce word) Together as a group of three.
    • 1997 July 16, Messian Dread, “Internet and 666”, in rec.music.reggae‎[2] (Usenet):
      Our little 6 year old girl is also happy with it, the three of us are having a nice time threegether.
    • 2009, Beverly A Burchett, Not just a house party, acknowledgements:
      To my 2 beloved brothers Paul Anthony George, and Brian Patrick George - Our lives 'threegether' from our baby-hood till now has been filled with so many things.
    • 2022, Ashok Banker, A Kiss After Dying, Penguin UK:
      There's much FMF action on the floor […] We're joking around about taking a vacation together 'threegether!' Olga cries.

References

  1. ^ Victor Borge (14 February 1965) “Inflationary Language”, in The Ed Sullivan Show‎[1]
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