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A couple doing something a crowd pretends is intimate, like golf.
means A pair of people doing something together — often with the implication that two is a cozy, exclusive number.
from Simple and transparent: 'two' plus the suffix '-some,' the same '-some' found in 'threesome' or 'foursome,' which comes from an Old English ending meaning roughly 'a group characterized by this number.' No hidden plot twist here — it's been doing quiet, obvious work in English for centuries.
- origin
- from twain plus some, since the 1500s
- golf term
- two players as one team, no third wheel
- math cousin
- basically a pair with better PR
- vs duo
- duo sounds chosen, twosome sounds accidental