Meanings
plural mooncups
- A menstrual cup.
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 1231 more example
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
Origin
From moon + cup, originally a brand name.
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