red tide

n. a menstrual period. (Punning on the name of a tidal phenomenon where the water appears reddish owing to the presence of certain kinds of microscopic creatures.) Sorry, she’s down with the red tide and really prefers to stay home.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Milena	mee-LE-nah (Italian)	Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Italian
Sveinn	-	Ancient Scandinavian
GÁSpÁR	-	Hungarian
Alda (2)	AHL-dah	Limburgish
Jehoiachin	-	Biblical
YrjÄNÄ	UYR-ya-na	Finnish