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Contributor: Chilipepper Chilipepper
I've been calling it Moontime since high school. "That" Time of the Month is also used. Or just plain Period. Although I have called it (during particularly difficult cycles) "God's a Misogynist Prick Event".

I remember coming across a reference to it in the Oz Books (surprisingly) and Dorothy Gale commenting that she wouldn't be able to have a Monthly Visitor because her house is just too small.

One of my friends who is a lay monastic and professionally writes about the spiritual motifs of the Harry Potter universe calls her period "Voldemort" (because it's painful and leaves a Dark Mark).
06/06/2012
Contributor: Do emu Do emu
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
We all seem to call it something different. "On" your period. "Having" your period. Riding the Crimson Wave. The Curse. The Blessing. What do you call it?

Choose more than one.
The Curse!!!!!!! Or just say I'm on my period.
06/06/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
I say "on my period" usually, but between just my partner and I it's "I'm sick". When we were in school and didn't have a lot of private time, this let us talk about it without having everyone know my business.
06/06/2012
Contributor: Sangsara Sangsara
i first got my period at age 14 and I thought it was a skidmark! i was so embarassed, not be3cause of thye period- which i had been waiting for since i was 11 and used to wear a maxipad under my leggings to 'fake' it so I seemed more mature. when i got it I was so glad it hadn't come earlier since it became such a hassle. in my twenties I was so skinny (5'6 1/2 inches- 102 lbs) that I lost it for 5 years. now its back and I'm hoping that I somehow held onto those eggs that I didn't release cause I'm 35 and running out of time to get pregnant
06/06/2012
Contributor: joja joja
I usually just say "on the rag" or "on my period." I don't like using things negative connotations, because I don't view my period that way.
06/06/2012
Contributor: Woman China Woman China
The one I most use, "I am being reminded that I am a girl". To which the best reply was, "like you could forget?"

My students, when we talk about our bodies and such, I always have to chuckle when I see their faces, they forget that a period is not just found at the end of a sentence. No wonder why English is confusing!!! LOL!!!
06/06/2012
Contributor: Bex1331 Bex1331
I "have" my period, or I'm on the rag, or its shark week, or my uterus is trying to kill me, or it's anal and blowjob week =p
06/06/2012
Contributor: Greenleaf Greenleaf
I usually just say "on" my period. Sometimes having. Moontime and red llama are going to make their way into circulation now though!
06/06/2012
Contributor: sexxxkitten sexxxkitten
Usually 'on my period' or 'that time of the month.'
06/06/2012
Contributor: brevado brevado
That time works too.
06/06/2012
Contributor: ginainohio ginainohio
On my Rag
06/06/2012
Contributor: Bodhi Bodhi
On my period.
06/06/2012
Contributor: theavocadopit theavocadopit
Quote:
Originally posted by Master DarkWolf
I'm a llama!
I never heard of the llama lol!
06/07/2012
Contributor: kitty1949 kitty1949
i always say "on" my period
06/07/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by ghalik
Shark week, Mr. Uterine liner, or if I'm feeling especially creative, "communist convention in the downtown dining and entertainment district."

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dining and entertainment district indeed!

I'll have to start calling it this. My husband would love it.
06/07/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by theavocadopit
I never heard of the llama lol!
I made the red llama up.
06/07/2012
Contributor: CindyH CindyH
I use to call it "That" Time of the Month don't have that problem any more
06/07/2012
Contributor: Phosphorous Tick Phosphorous Tick
irrational, irritated, and scrappy time
I always want to fight when i'm on the rag. Always.
06/07/2012
Contributor: Gracie Gracie
Sometimes I don't call it anything, I just say "I started today." The other thing I say is "I'm a raging hormone," which is tricky because it can also mean I have PMS or had a bad night with night sweats last night or it just means leave me alone cause I'm cranky!
06/07/2012
Contributor: WhoopieDoo WhoopieDoo
I'll usually say "I'm cursed" or "out of commission"....other terms of endearment include:

I'm ragging
I'm bleeding out
It's shark week
I'm hemorrhaging
My uterus is crushing itself
I'm imploding
I'm a crampire
I'm Carrie
I'm out of order
06/07/2012
Contributor: Chilipepper Chilipepper
Quote:
Originally posted by WhoopieDoo
I'll usually say "I'm cursed" or "out of commission"....other terms of endearment include:

I'm ragging
I'm bleeding out
It's shark week
I'm hemorrhaging
My uterus is crushing itself
I'm imploding
I'm a crampire
I'm Carrie
I'm out of order
Ah, yes, thank you for reminding me - in fact, I had to say this one last night when an old FWB (not Mulder) asked if I'd come over:

"I'm closed for business this week."
06/07/2012
Contributor: PeaceToTheMiddleEast PeaceToTheMiddleEast
Monthly visitor, evil friend, that time of the month.
06/07/2012
Contributor: Red Vinyl Kitty Red Vinyl Kitty
I jokingly say "I'm bleeding out my sniz!" Though, usually only around my partner.

Usually it's "I'm on my period" or "Having my period". Though, I had to tick off the llama one because it made me laugh.
06/07/2012
Contributor: Love Obsessed Love Obsessed
I usually say that I'm on my period or it's that time of the month.I don't use the term that time of the month often because that would imply that I have them every month,I'm lucky if I have one six times in a year.
06/07/2012
Contributor: freshbananas freshbananas
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
We all seem to call it something different. "On" your period. "Having" your period. Riding the Crimson Wave. The Curse. The Blessing. What do you call it?

Choose more than one.
I try not to give it too much power
06/07/2012
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim


We call it the Red Week or Throe required week.
06/07/2012
Contributor: Squirtz Starz Squirtz Starz
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
We all seem to call it something different. "On" your period. "Having" your period. Riding the Crimson Wave. The Curse. The Blessing. What do you call it?

Choose more than one.
WAR
06/07/2012
Contributor: justme23 justme23
It's my dot. Like a "." (period)
06/07/2012
Contributor: vitriolicvertigo vitriolicvertigo
Shark Week.
06/08/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
My time of the month and I'm on my period
06/08/2012