morning bean

noun

A spontaneous swelling of the clitoris during sleep or upon waking up.

Meanings

nounmorning bean (uncountable)
  1. neologismuncountableA spontaneous swelling of the clitoris during sleep or upon waking up.

    I've always called it morning bean

    [2018 June 10, u/skeyer, “TIL: The female version of morning wood (or morning glory in Australian,) is "nocturnal clitoral tumescence."”, in Reddit, r/todayilearned, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023
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    It can be confusing for women, and the more we understand our bodies, the more reassuring it is that what we're experiencing on a day-to-day basis is completely healthy and normal. It's just your morning bean saying hello.

    2018 June 28, Sophie Aubrey, “What you didn't know about what happens to your vagina when you sleep.”, in Mamamia, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2023

    Apparently women can get 'morning bean'.

    2023 May 12, Sarah-Louise Kelly, “Yes Really – Women Get Morning Wood Too”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2023

    As opposed to the penis, most of the clitoris is internal – it's about four inches long on average – so most of the morning bean is not visible.

    2023 May 23, Jade Biggs, quoting Karan Raj, “What is 'morning bean'? TikTok doctor explains why you might wake up with it...”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2023

    I was never aware of having morning bean before so if it's happening now, I am not aware

    2023 November 7, u/yammymaam, “Female members, do you still experience nocturnal clitoral tumescence?”, in Reddit, r/PSSD, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023

Origin

Coined by Reddit user u/skeyer in 2018 (see quotation below).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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