here's an idea

[contrary.livejournal.com]

we change the word MENstruation

to

FEMstruation

afterall, why is the word MEN in it anyway? they don't have one, so they shouldn't get to be in the word! yeah! i sound like im two! hah. anyway.

Comments

[hissyfit.livejournal.com]

that's a good idea! lets get started on it.

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

Actually, it is called "menstruation" after the Roman goddess "Mens". She was the goddess who governed a woman's monthly cycle. Mens was also a goddess of intelligence, good judgment, and the conscious mind. Mens' feast day is May 8.

mythically yours, ;)

00goddess

[rockstarbob.livejournal.com]

oh christ. my friggin birthday is may 8th.

i wonder what it could mean ...

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

Perhaps that you are extroardinarily intelligent, and a clear thinker?

(or maybe that you have the personality of a big bloody cramp.)

Judging from what I've read of your writing, I'm in favor of the former, but hey, it's your call. =)

00g

[jaclyn.livejournal.com]

I put my money down on a big bloody cramp.


*winks to bob*

Re:

[rockstarbob.livejournal.com]

haha. i'll opt for the cranky option.

[contrary.livejournal.com]

wow. learn something new everyday, eh!
i wish Mens would relieve my cramps!

that's interesting...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I got this from dictionary.com

The roman Goddess link is interesting... I wonder if the word month comes from the phases of menses, as well. interesing word roots.


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men·stru·a·tion (mnstr-shn)
n.

The process or an instance of discharging the menses.


men·ses (mnsz)
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

The monthly flow of blood and cellular debris from the uterus that begins at puberty in women and the females of other primates. In women, menses ceases at menopause. Also called catamenia.

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[Latin mnss, pl. of mnsis, month; see m-2 in Indo-European Roots.]

[little-one-meg.livejournal.com]

My husband's birthday is May 8. How interesting.

[kalemachka.livejournal.com]

Keep the word MEN in there to always remind you what a bloody pain men are.