When someone in a relationship wants to see other people but also wants a fall back because they are unconfident and are afraid they might get get rejected.
leo is dating jessica but he also thinks angelica is hot so he is also fu**ing angelica. So leo and jessica have an open relationship
by kalleb mccathery September 11, 2009
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an open relationship is a when two people like eachother, but you only call it a relationship when either partners legs are spread wide open like a pterodactyl's wings. otherwise theyre just regular-ass friends.
"yo bro i heard you and aaron were in an open relationship?"
"yeaah i mean we were last night!"
"whachu mean fool?"
"i mean me and aaron had relations when i tagged that ass wide open last night. hence open relatioship."
by markky mizzark February 2, 2008
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An open relationship is a relationship where both partners agree to see other people. Basically, it's permission to cheat.
Jane: "I hooked up with Joey last night!"

Hope: "Aren't you with John? So isn't that cheating?"

Jane: "We have an open relationship."

Hope: "That's what I said, cheating."

Jane: "But with permission."
by PurpleFuzzyBlanket August 23, 2010
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A "couple" that can't commit to a relationship. Basically just friends with benefits.
Boy: Hey you have a boyfriend?

Girl: Yeah, but we're in an open relationship. We can see other people.

Boy: So you have sex with other guys?

Girl: I can if I wanted to.

Boy: So you're basically a slut who covers it up by saying you're in an "open relationship."
by This One Right Here April 18, 2011
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The immaturity of a person, who is not willing to commit themselves to someone. They want to be with each other, but want to see other people, too.

Also an act of insecurity where the person needs more than one mate to satisfy themselves and to boost their ego.
Example for "Open Relationship." would be: I love you, but I like them, too, and I wanna see them. Can we be in an "Open Relationship."?
by patsy-rose December 29, 2011
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1 For a female, the state or condition of being single. For a male, the state or condition of being a servile fuck-wit.

2. A heterosexual relationship or marriage in which the female engages in sexual relations with multiple partners and somehow talks the male into accepting this. The male partner in such a relationship is known as the patsy or victim. This person may speak openly about being "in an open relationship," but generally does not himself pursue alternate partners. The male in these cases is almost always a dutiful idiot, often a SNAG, who sits at home and develops a potentially deadly ulcer, while his partner gets nasty with every dude she can. This type of male is also known as a man-bitch.

The Open Relationship is exclusively dominated by the female. Normal men who wish to pursue multiple sex partners remain single or cheat. This does not include so-called swingers, a sub-class of perv.

The Open Relationship is, more often than not, a precursor to divorce, or occasionally to homicide.
Debbie and Emil are in an open relationship.

Dude! Oh my God. She invited me over for dinner with the two of them.

Don't do it, man. Fake your own death. Anything. There is no good outcome.

What if I go over while he's out of town?

Oh, that's fine then.
by Randomness Personified February 12, 2011
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An open relationship is a relationship where one person does not own the other. The couple are not exclusively seeing each other and although sex is usually kept between the two, they can date, flirt and hook up with other people should they wish to do so. In a true open relationship the couple will be fully honest with each other. They will not get pissed at each other for stupid things such as not ringing the day before, wearing a slutty top, passing out cold in a club, kissing that lesbian in the lift. Infact they will just love each other for who they are and support each other through times of need. Although other people will say they are sluts and it will never work, they onlys say this because they are jealous. In the end the couple will get bored of seeing other people because they realise they are the best two out there. Then they get married and have beautiful children. And retire together in Goa.
"is he whipped by his girlfriend"

"no man, he's in an open relationship"
by 88234fhjhffaef April 13, 2009
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