Etymology

Monroe piercing

Today it means: A lip piercing placed off-center, above the upper lip on the left-hand side. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

Named after American actress, singer, and model Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), whose mole it is thought to resemble, though the mole was on Monroe's cheek, not her lip.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.