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bohica Throbbing Titan UID 18417 Digest Posts 0 Credits 3379 Posts 2138 Karma 3340 Acceptance 782 Reading Access 70 Registered 7-1-2009 Location US Status Offline

#1 Post at 12-3-2013 02:14  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Why is the origin of 大姨媽 Da Yi Ma ? I know that 大姨媽 Da Yi Ma means Menstrual Period but what is the context / origin? Thanks in advance! Bend Over Here It Comes Again...

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#2 Post at 16-3-2013 07:20  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L 姨媽 = aunt or auntie (specifically your mother's sister in Chinese). Aunt >> Aunt Flo >> flow >> menstrual flow/period. It's another one of those slang terms borrowed from English. Recent Ratings nooblier   11-4-2013 08:43   Acceptance   +1   Legit, thanks

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#3 Post at 16-3-2013 09:03  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Reply #2 Freelancer's post Holy crap!  I never knew the chinese used a literal translation of the (VERY) slang term "Aunt Flo is visiting" to refer to their period.   Wonders never cease..... Edit:  this phrase came about in the Victorian era when it was deemed Very unpolite for women to discuss anything about their bodies at all -- even amongst other women.  Well-bred women simple didnt discuss "periods" or such.  So this was a very polite way to state why a woman couldnt attend a function, or some such. [ Last edited by  wander at 16-3-2013 09:08 ]

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#4 Post at 11-4-2013 02:34  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L I see said the blind man... Thanks for the literal, figurative and historic explanations. Bend Over Here It Comes Again...

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