👉 The word "matups" is a term used to describe how people in some cultures refer to their close friends and family members who are married to each other. The name comes from the Latin word "mate", which means "to mate".
For example, if you had a group of people who lived together as a couple, they might use this term to call them, meaning that they have become a couple. In a humorous instance, let's say two close friends are talking about their marriage. One friend says, "I got married to the best guy I've ever met!" The other responds with a playful expression: "Actually, it's more like matupping." This example sentence is a playful way of saying that while you might have been married to someone in a previous life, your current relationship is different from the one you had with your spouse. It uses humor and tongue twisters to convey a sense of whimsy without sounding too risqué or unsettling. So, "matupping" means a close friendship that has become a couple, but not necessarily as much as you'd imagine in real life.