A new survey has revealed the most popular ways of saying that you’re on your period.
We don’t know why they did it but they did, and there are some very interesting terms for it. In fact, there are 5,000 different ways to say it’s that time of the month.
The study, conducted by Clue, compiled a list of the most popular phrases from around the world that refer to a woman’s monthly visitor.
The ten most popular terms used in the UK were:
- Aunt Flo/Auntie Flow
- Time of the month
- On the rag
- Red tide/army
- Code Red
- Monthly visitor
- Lady time
- Surfing the crimson wave/tide
- Bloody Mary
- The blob
- Shark week
- Having the painters in
Other phrases used across the world include: mad cow disease (Finland); granny’s stuck in traffic (South Africa); little sister has come (China); and the cranberry woman is coming (Germany).
Earlier this week, it was reported that a company in Bristol is set to become the first business in the UK to introduce a “period policy” for its female employees.
If that doesn’t interest you, you might relate to this: ‘10 ways I can tell my period is coming without consulting a calendar‘.
