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See also: threeway
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The sense referring to a serving of Cincinnati chili was coined in the 1920s by Tom and John Kiradjieff, Slavic-Macedonian immigrants to Cincinnati, for their Empress Chili chain.[1] Doublet of trivia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]three-way (not comparable)
- (attributive) Relating to three different directions.
- a three-way valve
- 1951 April, “British Railway Signalling since 1925”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 229, photo caption:
- Three-aspect colour-light signal with three-way junction indicator, Bow Junction, Eastern Region
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]in three directions
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Noun
[edit]three-way (plural three-ways)
- Sexual activity involving three individuals.
- Synonyms: threesome, ménage à trois
- 1992, Dennis Cooper, Frisk, page 117:
- A guy Julian and you had a three-way with millions of years ago. I used to watch you guys screw through the keyhole sometimes.
- 1995, Deborah Abbott, Ellen Farmer, From Wedded Wife to Lesbian Life: Stories of Transformation, page 263:
- I had a three-way with two other women in my class.
- 2002 February 3, Allan Heinberg, “A ‘Vogue’ Idea”, in Sex and the City, season 4, episode 17, spoken by Samantha:
- Is a three-way with a 21-year-old a bad idea for Richard's birthday?
- 2007, Lainie Speiser, Threesomes: For Couples Who Want to Know More, page 22:
- But how many men will actually admit to having had a three-way with another man and one woman?
- (Cincinnati) A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti and cheese.
- Synonym of three-card monte
Alternative forms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit](sexual activity involving three individuals):
Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]sexual activity — see threesome
References
[edit]- ^ Woellert, Dann (2013) The Authentic History of Cincinnati Chili[1], The History Press, →ISBN, retrieved November 20, 2015, page 29:
- Coming from such a cultural crossroads, the brothers Kiradjieff spoke Macedonian, Bulgarian, Greek, Turkish and English. But they also created another language: the chili lingo that is still used today when ordering at a chili parlor. To aid in ordering, 'chili spaghetti with cheese on top' was shortened to 'three-way'. This was done to let servers shout their orders quickly to the cooks during a busy lunchtime.
- “three-way”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.