# Euphemisms for menstruation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-menstruation/484786 "2009-02-07T04:28:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-menstruation/484786/81 "2009-02-09T19:06:30Z")
Mouse matresses Manhole cover The cardboard cannon 12-guage shells The wings of destiny Clitty litter (used) Deer lures (used) Blud Clot’ (Jamaican slang for a used one, also an insult to a man) Doin’ the No Baby dance Stripping the wallpaper (shedding the uterine lining) The Red Badge Of Courage Not a day to wear white Remember, the adhesive side goes out. Curses! Foiled again! Well, put the cradle back in the attic! The Hell’s Angels have a Red Wings patch to show that the wearer has given head to a menstruating woman. When Lil’ Marli gets to growling, remind her that raggin’ has 2 Gs, not 1. And, when it’s time to talk about Jilling off, tell her that orgasm is one of the best ways to cramp relief. ---
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-menstruation/484786/82 "2009-02-10T02:37:29Z")
Here’s a little song about other terms - from the Australian movie Boytown: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0lYrG1Ms7vU/hqdefault.jpg "Boytown - Special Time Of The Month") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lYrG1Ms7vU) My husband refers to me being ‘up on blocks’ (as in a car you can’t drive …) Another term is ‘circus is cancelled - the monkey has a blood nose’ ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-menstruation/484786/83 "2009-02-10T06:07:11Z")
It isn’t exactly a nick, but in Spain it’s called “la regla,” “the rule.” Cos it’s a rule of life that if you’re female you’re going to get it and cuss it… ---
**Author:** ![caused\_two](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@caused\_two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caused_two)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-menstruation/484786/84 "2009-02-12T02:42:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Aunt Flo is from Redlands, right? > > I had a g/f who called tampons/pads ‘accommodations’. She would excuse herself and say, ‘I have to accommodate.’ We use the DivaCup around here so we usually say something like “Gotta go do the Diva” ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-menstruation/484786/85 "2009-02-12T03:25:58Z")
I don’t know if it qualifes as a euphemism, but in our younger days Razorette simply referred to it as, “Sorry, you’re SOL.” I loved how she made it all about me. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-menstruation/484786/86 "2009-02-12T03:30:12Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > My daughter and I complain about “bleeding to death”. (snip) I swear to God, on the night before I was married, one of my uncles – having imbibed one or two Jack Daniels too many – actually told me, “Never, never criticize your wife…” I thought this was a noble, gallant thing to say, until he added, “…‘cuz you ain’t ever gonna’ win a fight with somebody who bleeds for five days and survves.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-menstruation/484786.md?page=4)