Monroe piercing

noun

A lip piercing placed off-center, above the upper lip on the left-hand side.

Meanings

nounMonroe piercing (plural Monroe piercings)

plural Monroe piercings

  1. A lip piercing placed off-center, above the upper lip on the left-hand side.

    Her one Monroe piercing accentuated her face, the small diamond adding a slight sparkle to her flawless complexion.

    2016, Kel Fulgham, chapter 12, in Walk of the Claimed, Xlibris, →ISBN
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    For anyone with thin lips, the 5/16″ bar may still be too long and a 1/4″ bar may fit better, especially for Monroe piercings.[…]I have also seen girls use nose screws in their labret and Monroe piercings.

    2012, Genia Gaffaney, The Art of Body Piercing: Everything You Need to Know Before, During, and After Getting Pierced, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN

    The other two women were seated across the table: a fiery red-head, probably in her early thirties, dressed in the latest post-apocalyptic chic with a partially-shaved head and a very cool Monroe piercing above her lip;

    2018, Deborah Wilde, The Unlikeable Demon Hunter: Fall, →ISBN

Origin

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.

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Translations

German Monroe-Piercing
  • Monroe-Piercinglip piercing
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APA

Monroe piercing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Monroe%20piercing

MLA

“Monroe piercing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Monroe%20piercing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Monroe piercing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Monroe%20piercing.

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