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C.U.‘d

C.U.‘d
 adj.— «In reality, Flagg and Pierson had not been married but rather “joined in civil union”—”C.U.’d,” as it is sometimes called—in a legally binding rite the Vermont Legislature established in 2000 under circumstances very similar to those now facing New Jersey lawmakers.» —“The cradle of civil unions” by Mary Joe Patterson Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) Oct. 29, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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