red day

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Allusion to the colour of blood.

Noun[edit]

red day (plural red days)

  1. (euphemistic) A day during which a woman is menstruating.
    • 1994, Verena Stefan, Shedding and Literally Dreaming, page 68:
      For fifteen years, every month, red days. I have my period; it belongs to me.
    • 2019, Dr. Gajanan V. Madiwal, Contraceptives Hygiene and Pregnancy Care:
      Is there any harm, if we indulge in sex during red days?
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