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mooncup en · NOUN

Etymology

From moon + cup, originally a brand name.

Meanings

  1. A menstrual cup.
    • Anyone who has ever owned a mooncup knows the clear celestial connection between women's menstrual cycles and the big space rock, though as a child I was none the wiser. 2023, Hanna Flint, Strong Female Character:
    • Highlights include: What it really feels like to use a mooncup, a leakage horror story you won't soon forget, and 1950s adverts performed before your very eyes! 2010, Chris Bobel, New Blood: Third-wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation, page 123:

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