polyam

Clipping of polyamorous.

polyam (comparative more polyam, superlative most polyam)

1. (informal) Polyamorous.
   • 2019, Cassandra Snow, Queering the Tarot‎, page 77:

     If someone discloses a polyam identity or relationship, the Three and Four are strong indicators that it's a good time to welcome in new partners or take the next steps forward.

   • 2021, Faith G. Harper, Unfuck Your Friendships: Using Science to Make and Maintain the Most Important Relationships of Your Life, unnumbered page:

     But even with that being the case, I've never had a polyam bud presume a sexual interest on my part.

   • 2021, Martha Kauppi, Polyamory: A Clinical Toolkit for Therapists (and Their Clients)‎, page 250:

     Many people have mixed feelings or reluctance about being in a polyam relationship, but if they were clear that they did not want to be in this relationship, they would have broken up rather than come to couples therapy.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:polyam.

• poly (informal)