Etymology

monokini

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Today it means: The lower part of a bikini without the upper part (i.e., topless). Full definition →

French monokini
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  1. French · borrowed frommonokini
  2. English todaymonokini

Borrowed from French monokini or simply mono- + -kini, punningly reinterpreting the first syllable of "bikini" as the prefix bi-.

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