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Have you ever used cutesy phrases to talk about your period, like “Aunt Flo is in town” or “I’m surfing the crimson tide”? Well, you’re far from being the only one. The new book Flow: the Cultural Story of Menstruation, by Elissa Stein and Susan Kim, manages to be both hilarious and educational in its approach to menstrual history. Here, they list common euphemisms for periods from around the world.
- The Netherlands: “The tomato soup is overcooked”
- Brazil: “I’m with Chico”
- China: “Little Sister has come”
- many parts of Latin America: “Jenny has a red dress on”
- Australia: “I’ve got the flags out”
- Denmark: “There are Communists in the funhouse”
- Ireland: “I’m wearing a jam rag”
- England: “I’m flying the Japanese flag”
- Japan: “Little Miss Strawberry”
- France: “The English have arrived”
- Germany: “The cranberry woman is coming”
- Puerto Rico: “Did the rooster already sing?”
- South Africa: “Granny’s stuck in traffic”
In other news, I am stealing that Danish phrase pronto.
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If anyone asks I say “I have my period”
…no need to step around the situation, I bleed what of it?
In Greece we say “I have my clothes on” :P
In romania we kinda say ” Santa came to town” or “she`s got guests”
adevarat :)))) am mai auzit si “a venit madam popescu” :)))
sau “e pe stop” :p
“The Crazy Bitch.”
I call it Bloody Mary… o///o
the red monster is in town
I’m Australian but i’ve never heard that phrase, we usually say tom’s in town. tom as in Time Of Month.
I always say that its shark week
En Argentina decimos “Vino Andrés… el que viene una vez al mes”
“meri happy birthday hogai” (i got my happy birthday)……lolx
I’m from Costa Rica and we say “me vino la regla” like normal people do
“It’s Maintenance Week”
my friend is sick and throwing her cookies.
My husband and I say that I am “being invaded.”
im from mexico and everyone i know uses that one!
hmm I’m Dutch, never heard of that one. I always say my red friend’s come to visit. Or red flag’s week. when I was in high school me and a friend used to say that we were camping out :P
In England you could say “the painters are in” but I have never heard the thing about the Japanese flag. I doubt that anyone would know what you were talking about if you said that.