time of the month

English

Alternative forms

• TOM, that time of the month

Pronunciation

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Noun

time of the month (plural times of the month)

1. (euphemistic) Synonym of menstruation: the monthly period during which a fertile woman menstruates.
   • 2006 Mar. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 6:

     I'm so, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I'm just... I'm just a little bit, you know... Well, I've got you know at the moment, so... I've got Aunt Irma visiting.
     Do you not like Aunt Irma? I've got an aunt like that.
     It's my term for... my time of the month.
     What time of the month? The weekend?

   • 2014, Becky Rutledge, Miss Becky's Charm School‎^[1], Citadel Press, →ISBN:

     You have to admit, however, that during that time of the month, we are not at our most likable. Let's face it. We are swollen up like an overfed slug, our breath stinks, the tiniest irritant is magnified ten thousand times, and we cry at the drop of a hat.

   • 2014, “Crimson Wave”, in NVM, performed by Tacocat:

     It’s that time, that time of the month / Well I woke up early and I got a hunch

Derived terms

• Tom, curse of Tom