red day

English

Etymology

Allusion to the colour of blood.

Noun

red day (plural red days)

1. (euphemistic) A day during which a woman is menstruating.
   • 1994, Verena Stefan, Shedding and Literally Dreaming, page 68:

     For fifteen years, every month, red days. I have my period; it belongs to me.

   • 2019, Dr. Gajanan V. Madiwal, Contraceptives Hygiene and Pregnancy Care:

     Is there any harm, if we indulge in sex during red days?

Anagrams

• yarded, dready, yadder, dryade