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POSSLQ (Persons of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters)

unmarried people sharing households (coined by the U.S. Census Bureau during the 1970s)

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POSSLQ

POSSLQ (pronounced ) is abbreviation (or acronym) for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households.After the 1980 Census, against all odds, the term gained currency in the wider culture for a time, with CBS commentator Charles Osgood memorably composing a verse which beganThere's nothing that I wouldn't doIf you would be my POSSLQYou live with me and I with you,And you will be my POSSLQ.I'll be your friend and so much more;That's what a POSSLQ is for.
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POSSLQ

abbrev. Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters; sometimes written as POSLSQ - Persons of Opposite Sex Living in Same Quarters.

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