In a closed polyamorous relationship where two people are NOT involved with eachother but are both involved with a third person, this third person is known as the hinge.
This comes from the visual of a hinge, with two things connected to it but not to eachother and still functioning as a whole.
This could be considered the opposite of a unicorn.
This comes from the visual of a hinge, with two things connected to it but not to eachother and still functioning as a whole.
This could be considered the opposite of a unicorn.
In Alex, Jaden, and Morgan's throuple, Alex is the hinge.
My crush turned out to be gay but he says he would totally share a hinge with me and I'm DOWN! Time to find us a man.
My crush turned out to be gay but he says he would totally share a hinge with me and I'm DOWN! Time to find us a man.
by BluenetteofTroy May 28, 2021
Get the Hingemug. by Sanquo May 20, 2024
Get the mythical hinge pullmug. The disturbed feeling one experiences when viewing questionable, weird, or unattractive content on a potential suitor’s dating profile.
He’s cool in person but his profile for sure gives girls hinge cringe. He def needs to hire a curator.
by $w@gMoneyRecords May 3, 2024
Get the hinge cringemug. "Beside the Hinges" refers to the idea that your are beside yourself on something. You might be distraught over a decision or idea.
by kateeeeeeeiec September 8, 2025
Get the Beside the hingesmug.