on the rag

Language: en

Meaning: (slang,vulgar,idiomatic,derogatory,sometimeseuphemistic)Menstruating.Synonym:on one's period1974, Stephen King,Carrie, page14:She herself had begun menstruation shortly after her eleventh birthday and had gone to the head of the stairs to yell down excitedly: "Hey, Mum, I'mon the rag!"1983,The Big Chill:Harold: How is Sarah? I don't want tojumpher while she'son the rag.; (slang,vulgar,idiomatic,derogatory,by extension)In abadmood;angryorirritable.1967, University of South Dakota, English Dept,Current Slang, Volumes 2-5, page 5:On the rag, in a bad mood.—College males, Arizona. I had a lousy time last night because she wason the rag.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeon,‎the,‎rag.

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