Reverse Dictionary: MENSTRUATION

ADJECTIVES
► BACK IN THE SADDLE ► BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN menstruating → 1954 Amer. dial.
► CARRYING A FLAG menstruating → 20C US sl.
► DECORATED WITH RED ROSES in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► ILL of a woman: menstruating → 1931 Amer. euphemism
► IN THE SADDLE menstruating → 1966 Amer. dial.
► INDISPOSED having the menses → 20C colloq.
► KNOCKED-UP experiencing the menses → 20C US sl.
► MINISTRATIONAL relating to menstruation → c1938 Amer. dial.
► MINSTRESS menstrual → c1938 Amer. dial.
► OFF-FLOOR of a woman: menstruating → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OFF THE ROOF of a woman: menstruating → 1954 Amer. dial.
► ON in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1971 UK
► ON A STREAK menstruating → 1990s US sl.
► ON THE RAG menstruating → 1930s sl.
► O.T.R. expecting the menses (On The Rag) → 20C US sl.
► OUT OF ORDER menstruating → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► OUT OF THIS WORLD experiencing the menses → 20C US sl.
► RAGGING having the menstrual period → M20 US sl.
► RIDING THE COTTON BICYCLE having the menstrual period → 20C sl.
► RIDING THE RAG having the menstrual period → 20C US sl.
► RIDING THE SADDLE menstruating → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RIDING THE WHITE HORSE having the menstrual period → 20C US sl.
► SICK menstruating → 1948 Amer. dial.
► SO menstruating → M19 sl.
► SO-SO menstruating → 19C Brit. euphemism
► UNDER THE WEATHER pert. to a woman who is menstruating → 20C US sl.
► UNWELL menstruating → 1827 Amer. euphemism
► UP ON BLOCKS menstruating → 1990s sl.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ALL’S NOT QUIET ON THE WATERFRONT a catchphrase pert. to a woman’s state when menstruating → sl.
► ARSENAL ARE AT HOME used by a (N. London) woman to indicate that she is having a period → 2000s sl.
► ARSENAL ARE PLAYING AT HOME the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2000 UK sl.
► AT NUMBER ONE LONDON experiencing the menses → 19C Brit. sl.
► AUNT EMMA FROM READING refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► AUNT FLO HAS COME menstruation has started → 1948 Amer. dial.
► AUNT FLO HAS COME TO STAY the menstrual period has started → 1954 sl.
► AUNT FLO IS VISITING menstruation → 20C sl.
► AUNT JODY’S COME WITH HER SUITCASE menstrual period → 1971 Amer. dial.
► AUNT LILIAN IS VISITING menstruating → 1960s US students’ sl.
► AUNT MINNIE IS VISITING menstruation → 1978 Amer. dial.
► AUNT SUZIE’S VISITING menstruation → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BLOOD AND SAND refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► CAPTAIN IS AT HOME, THE used to indicate that a woman is menstruating → L18 Brit. colloq.
► CAPTAIN IS COME, THE menstruation proceeds → L18 sl.
► CARDINAL IS COME, THE she is having her period → M18
► DANGER-SIGNAL IS UP, THE the ‘menstrual flux is on’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► ENTERTAINING THE GENERAL menstruating → 1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
► FLAG IS UP, THE the ‘menstrual flux is on’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► FLYING BAKER to be experiencing the menses → sl.
► GAL’S AT THE STOCKYARDS a woman is menstruating → 20C US sl.
► GRANDMA IS HERE menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► GRANDMAMMA IS HERE menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GRANDMA’S HERE FROM RED CREEK refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► GRANNYS’ VISITING menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GREEN GRASS any time when a girl is not menstruating → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HAMMOCK IS SWINGING indicates that a woman is experiencing the menses → 20C US sl.
► HAVE THE BLOODY FLAG UP of a woman: to be menstruating → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAVING YOUR CYCLE experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2001 US sl.
► HER REDHEADED AUNT IS VISITING HER menstruation → 1967 Amer. dial.
► I HAVE FRIENDS TO STAY announcement of the menstrual flux → 19C
► LADY IN THE RED DRESS the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► LITTLE OLD LADY WITH THE RED SHAWL refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LITTLE SISTER’S HERE menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► LOOKS LIKE A WET WEEK-END used by girls menstruating at the weekend; then by males (mostly teens) to a girls carrying a parcel that, judging by its size, may well contain a box or carton of sanitary pads → 1930s Aust. sl.
► MICKEY MOUSE IS KAPUT indicates that a woman is experiencing the menses → 20C US sl.
► MONKEY’S GOT A HEMORRHAGE one is menstruating → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MY COUNTRY COUSIN IS HERE I am having my period → 20C US euphemism
► MY FRIEND HAS COME announcement of the menstrual flux → 19C
► MY LITTLE FRIEND menstruation → 20C
► MY LITTLE FRIEND HAS COME I am menstruating → 1920s sl., orig. Aust. & Can.
► MY RED-HEADED AUNT FROM RED BANK refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► MY RED-HEADED AUNT HAS ARRIVED menstruation → 20C sl.
► MY UNCLE CHARLIE IS VISITING I am experiencing menstruation → 2001 US sl.
► ON BLOB ► ON THE BLOB in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle  → 2000 US sl.
► ON THE RAG experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1974 sl.
► PAINT THE BARN RED refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PAINTERS ARE IN to be in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1961 euphemism
► RABBIT’S HOPPING, THE experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2001 US sl.
► RED-LETTER DAYS refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED WAGON IS DOWN refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED RIVER IS FLOWING refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED RIVER IS RISING refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED RIVER IS RUNNING refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED RIVER IS UP refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED SEA’S OUT, THE refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► RIDING THE COTTON BICYCLE menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► ROAD UP FOR REPAIRS menstruation → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SHE’S GOT THE BLOODY MONTHLIES refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► SHE’S GOT THE MONKEY she is menstruating → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SNATCH BOX DECORATED WITH RED ROSES the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► STREET UP FOR REPAIRS the menses → 19C Brit. sl.
► UNCLE CHARLIE IS VISITING I am experiencing menstruation → 2001 US sl.
► WHEN THE BOARD’S RED refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► AB (also A.B.) the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1980s NZ sl.
► AUNT FLO the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1954 US sl.
► AUNT FLO FROM RED RIVER the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2001 Can. sl.
► AUNTIE ► AUNTY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1992 Norfolk Island sl.
► AUNTIE JANE menstruation, a period → 1970s Irish sl.
► AUNT ROSE menstruation → 1990s US sl.
► AUNT RUBY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2002 US sl.
► AUNT TILLIE ► AUNT TILLY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► BAD DAY menstruation → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BAD-FEELING DAYS menstruation → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BAD TIME menstruation → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BAD TIME OF THE MONTH menstruation → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BAD WEEK menstruation → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BAKER FLYING menstruation → 20C sl.
► BLITZ, THE menstruation → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BLOB the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2000 UK sl.
► BLOODY MONTHLIES a woman’s menstrual period → 1948 Amer. dial.
► CALENDAR DAYS the bleed period of a women’s menstrual cycle → 1954 US sl.
► CALENDAR FEAR menstruation → 1968 Amer. dial. euphemism
► CALENDAR TIME the bleed period of a women’s menstrual cycle → 1954 US sl.
► CAN’T-HELP-IT menstruation → 1954 Amer. dial.
► CHANGES menstruation → 1930 Amer. dial. euphemism
► CHARLIE menstruation → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CHINKERINGS menstruation → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CHOCOLATE TIME the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2001 US sl.
► COLLYWOBBLES menstruation → 1969 Amer. dial.
► COME-AROUND menstruation → 1960s US sl.
► COUNTRY COUSIN the bleed period of the menstrual period → 1908 US sl.
► CURE-THE-PLAGUE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2000 US sl.
► CURSE, THE menstruation → 1930 euphemism
► CUSTOM OF WOMEN, THE menstruation → 1560 obs.
► D.A.s the ‘domestic afflictions’; the menses → M19 Brit. colloq.
► DOG DAYS a woman’s menstrual period → 1960 US sl.
► FLOODING menstruation → 1931 Amer. dial.
► FLOODS menstruation → 20C US sl.
► FLOWERS menstruation → 1925 Amer. dial.
► GIRLS’ WEEK the menstrual period → 1999 Aust. euphemism (Bk.)
► GRANDMA GEORGE menstruation → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRANDMOTHER TROUBLES menstruation → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GRANNIES menstruation → 1908 Amer. dial.
► GRANNY CHILLS menstruation → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GRANNY GRUNTS menstruation → 1908 Amer. dial.
► GRANNY’S COMING menstruation → 1978 Amer. dial.
► HAMMOCK SEASON the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2001 S. Afr. sl.
► HIGH TIDE the time of menstruation → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HOLY WEEK the time of menstruation → 1960s US sl.
► HUMMER DAYS from a male perspective: the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2001 US sl.
► HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2000 US sl.
► JAM AND BREAD the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► JAMMING menstruation → 2000s sl.
► JENNY a woman’s menstruation → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LADY’S MONTHLY JOURNAL menstruation → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LITTLE FRIEND. menstruation → 1920s sl., orig. Aust. & Can.
► LITTLE SISTER menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
► LITTLE WILLIE menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
► MARY JANE a woman’s menstruation → 1970 Amer. euphemism
► MINISTRATION menstruation → c1938 Amer. dial.
► MINNIE menstruation → 1978 Amer. dial. euphemism
► MISERIES, THE menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MONKEYS menstrual cycle → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MONTHLIES the menses → L19 Brit. & US colloq.
► MONTHLY the menstrual period → L19 sl.
► MONTHLY BILL menstruation → 20C US sl.
► MONTHLY DUES menstruation → 20C US sl.
► MONTHLY FLOWERS the menses → 19C euphemism
► MONTHLY PAIN menstruation → 20C US sl.
► MONTHLY TERMS the menses → E17
► MONTHS menstrual discharge → 1694
► MOON-TIME the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2000 US sl.
► MOTHER NATURE menstruation → 1978 Amer. dial.
► MOTHER NATURE’S GIFT the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► MULLIGRUBS menstruation → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MY FRIEND menstruation → 20C
► MY OTHERS menstruation → 20C
► NATURE the menses → 14C
► NUISANCE, THE the menses → 20C colloq.
► OLD FAITHFUL menstruation → 1954 US sl.
► PACKAGE OF TROUBLE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► PIP, THE menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PIPS menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PLAGUE, THE a woman’s menstruation → 1969 Amer. dial.
► POORLY TIME the monthly period → 1887 lower-class women’s usage
► RAG a menstrual period → 1971 sl.
► RAGAMUFFIN the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2001 Aust. sl.
► RAGGING TIME menstruation → 1965 Amer. sl.
► RAG TIME menstruation → 1965 Amer. sl.
► RAG WEEK the week of the month when a woman has a menstrual bleed → 1980s UK sl.
► RED BARON the menstrual period → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RED CREEK menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED DEVIL, THE menstruation → 1954 Amer. dial.
► RED KING menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED RIVER menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► REDS menstruation → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET the menses → 20C jocular euphemism
► RED TUMMY-ACHE the menses → 20C US sl.
► ROAD-MAKING menstruation → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► ROSES the menses → 19C Brit. euphemism
► SHOW the appearance of blood at the onset of the menses → 19C Brit. & US colloq.
► SICK PERIOD a menstrual period → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SICK TIME a menstrual period → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SICKNESS, THE menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► SNATCH BOX DECORATED WITH RED ROSES the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► SPECIAL FRIEND a woman’s menstrual period → 2001 US sl.
► THOSE DAYS OF THE MONTH the menses → 1982 (Bk.)
► THOSE DIFFICULT DAYS the menses → M20 US advertising usage
► TIME the menstrual period → 1564-78
► UNCLE BLOODY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2001 US sl.
► UNDER-STAIN the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1980 UK euphemism
► VAPORS the menses → 20C US colloq.
► VISITOR ► VISITORS a woman’s menstrual period → 1942 Amer. sl.
► VOLCANO the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 2001 Can. sl.
► WALLFLOWER WEEK those days during which a woman is menstruating, and is, traditionally, sexually inactive → 1954 US sl.
► WOMAN’S HOME COMPANION the menses → 20C US sl.
► WRONG TIME a woman’s menstrual period → 1954 US sl.

NOUNS – PRODUCTS
► AMMUNITION a tampon or sanitary towel; tampons or sanitary towels → 1984 UK sl.
► BANDAGE the ‘menstrual cloth’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► BEACH WHISTLE a tampon inserter washed up on a beach → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► BLOB HAMMOCK a sanitary towel → 2002 UK sl.
► BUMBOCLAAT a sanitary towel → 1967 sl., orig. & chiefly Jamaican
► CLOUT a sanitary napkin → 19C Brit. colloq.
► CUNT RAG a sanitary napkin → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► DAM a menstrual cup (a device worn internally, used instead of tampons) → 2001 US sl.
► DANGER-SIGNAL a menstrual cloth → 19C Brit. sl.
► DIAPER the ‘menstrual cloth’ → 19C sl.
► DOUBLE CLOUT the ‘menstrual cloth’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► FANNY RAG a sanitary towel → 1985 Aust. sl.
► FLAG the ‘menstrual cloth’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► GAM a tampon, a sanitary towel → 2000s Aust. sl.
► GENTLEMAN’S PLEASURE GARDEN PADLOCK the ‘menstrual cloth’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► GRANNY RAGS homemade sanitary napkins → 1957 Amer. dial.
► G-STRING any device – a tampon, towel, etc., used to staunch the flow of menstrual blood → 1970s African-American sl.
► HAMMOCK ► HAMMOCK FOR A BLEEDING LAZY CUNT a sanitary towel → 2003 UK sl.
► JAM-RAG a sanitary towel → 1966 sl.
► LITTLE BROWN JUG a ‘plug’, a tampon → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► MANHOLE COVER a sanitary napkin → a1948 Amer. sl.
► MICKEY MOUSE MATTRESS a sanitary napkin → M20 US sl.
► MONTHLY RAG a menstrual cloth → 20C US colloq.
► PERIODICITY RAG the ‘menstrual cloth’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► PLEASURE-GARDEN PADLOCK a menstrual cloth → 17C
► RAG a sanitary towel → 1920s euphemism
► RED RAG, THE the ‘menstrual cloth’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► SADDLE a sanitary napkin → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SADDLE BLANKET a sanitary towel → 1990s US sl.
► SANDBAG a sanitary towel or tampon → 2001 US sl.
► SANNY a sanitary towel → 1940s sl.
► SARK a sanitary towel → 1980s NZ sl.
► SHOE a sanitary napkin → M20 Aust. euphemism
► SICK PAD a sanitary towel → 1966 US sl.
► SNATCH-PLUG a tampon → 1972 US sl.
► TAMMY a tampon → 2001 UK sl.
► VAMPIRE BAG a sanitary napkin → 1990s African-American sl.
► VAMPIRE’S TEABAG a sanitary napkin → 1990s African-American sl.
► WHITE BREAD a sanitary napkin → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WINDOW-CURTAIN the ‘menstrual cloth’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► BLOODY MARY a menstruating woman → 1948 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► BE AT NUMBER ONE, LONDON the ‘menstrual flux is on’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► BE IN A STATE OF ‘NO THOROUGHFARE’ the ‘menstrual flux is on’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► BE ROAD-MAKING the ‘menstrual flux is on’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► COME AROUND to menstruate → 1910s US sl.
► COME ROUND to begin to menstruate → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► COME SICK to menstruate → 1948 Amer. dial.
► COVER THE WATERFRONT to menstruate → 1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
► FALL OFF ► FALL OFF THE ROOF to begin a menstrual period → 1948 Amer. euphemism
► FLASH THE RED FLAG to have one’s courses → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► FLOW to menstruate → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLY THE FLAG to have the monthly flux → c1850 sl.
► HAVE A FRIEND VISITING to experience the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1889 UK sl.
► HAVE ALICE to experience the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1968 US sl.
► HAVE DOMESTIC AFFLICTIONS the ‘menstrual flux is on’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE IT ON to be experiencing the menses; to have a sanitary napkin on → 19C Brit. colloq.
► HAVE ONE’S AUNTIE IN ► HAVE ONE’S AUNTIE WITH ONE to experience the menses → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE ONE’S FRIEND IN to experience the menses → 19C Brit. sl.
► HAVE ONE’S GRANDMOTHER IN ► HAVE ONE’S GRANDMOTHER WITH ONE to experience the menses → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE ONE’S LITTLE FRIEND WITH ONE the ‘menstrual flux is on’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE THE FLOWERS to experience the menses → 16C Brit. euphemism
► HAVE THE GATE LOCKED AND THE KEY LOST to experience the menses → 19C Brit. colloq.
► HAVE THE PAINTERS IN to be in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1961 euphemism
► HAVE THE RAG ON ► HAVE THE RAGS ON to be having one’s period → c1860 colloq.
► HAVE THE RED RAG ON the ‘menstrual flux is on’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE THE STREET UP FOR REPAIRS the ‘menstrual flux is on’ → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► LOSE to menstruate → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MINISTRATE to menstruate → c1938 Amer. dial.
► PACK THE PILLOW to menstruate → 2000s US sl.
► RAG to menstruate → 1960s sl.
► RAG IT to menstruate → 1948 Amer. dial.
► RIDE A COTTON BICYCLE to menstruate → 1948 Amer. dial.
► RIDE THE RAG to be menstruating → 1920s sl.
► SEE ROSES to menstruate → 1990 Amer. dial.
► WEAR RAGS to be having one’s period → 19C sl.
► WEAR THE RAG to menstruate → 1965 Amer. sl.