use of mensiversarry

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Could anybody tell me which sentence is correct?

A.) Happy sixth monthmensiversary.
B.) Happy mensiversary sixth month.
C.) Happy six month-mensiversary.

I think A and B are the correct one.
 
'Mensiversary' is a non-standard word — only found in the Urban Dictionary.

Which is 'correct' is hard to say.
 
If you're assuming 'mensiversary' is a correct word, then why the need for 'monthly'? We don't say "Happy 10 year anniversary"
"Happy sixth mensiversary" is the only logical version. 'mens' means 'month', just as 'anni' means year.
Also, see my post on your other 'mensiversary' thread.
 
A would be OK, but this isn't a standard word and I reckon few people would understand the sentence.
 
I had never seen it before. Before looking it up, I assumed it would be said to a woman and would mean "Happy anniversary of your first menstrual period". Whilst that is most definitely not something you would wish anyone in this country, I am aware that other cultures differ and I thought it might be possible.

I have now looked it up and understand what it means. I've never seen it, heard it or used it. In the UK, people fairly new to a relationship sometimes celebrate their "two-week anniversary" or their "five-month anniversary". No-one really takes any notice of the fact that "anniversary" specifically refers to years in that context.
 
I am not a teacher.

I have never seen it, heard it, or used it either. I looked it up and found it in more places than just the Urban Dictionary but not in any real dictionaries.
It sounds unnatural, contrived and unnecessary but I suppose time will tell us whether it catches on.

I don't expect to be using it in the foreseeable future.
 
For me, this a word we don't need.
 
I have two pieces of software containing multiple dictionaries, but I could not find "mensiversary".

Not a teacher.
 
Good.
 
Matthew Wai said:
I have two pieces of software containing multiple dictionaries, but I could not find "mensiversary".

Not a teacher.
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That's cause it is not a word, but an attempt to coin one. Using the Latin for "month" instead of "year" to create a word to celebrate so many months since some event.

It's not advisable because:

1) it makes people think of either "men" or "menses" and not "months"
2) it's too clever by half
3) people are perfectly content to stretch the meaning of "anniversary" to say things like "our 6-month anniversary."
 
When I first saw the word, I thought it meant some sort of gay man anniversary.
 
No.
 
This could be taken to the nth degree. Will we now see "diesiversary", meaning "number of days since something happened"? Going back to young people in love, some of them no doubt celebrate their "five-day anniversary" or something equally cute (!) so now they can celebrate their "fifth diesiversary". Sounds contrived, doesn't it? That's because it is. Just like "mensiversary".
 
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emsr2d2 said:
I assumed it would be said to a woman and would mean "Happy anniversary of your first menstrual period".
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That's because 'mense' = month (Latin) is the base for both 'menstrual' and 'mensiversary', so you might be close.
I don't have a problem with it. It's as logical as 'anniversary'. No one's heard of it because it's a new word. It makes a lot more sense to me than many new words we hear. "Sixth mensiversary" is more logical than "six month anniversary". I've never liked this misuse of 'anniversary', so I guess some people notice.
Marriages don't last long enough for many anniversaries these days, and young people's attention spans are only going to get shorter. Maybe we should get ready for 'Septimanaversary' and 'Dieversary'.

The Urban DIctionary is not the only source:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mensiversary
https://www.wordnik.com/words/mensiversary
http://www.wordsense.eu/mensiversary/

PS: Oops, just saw the second page of posts! - Can't be bothered editing.
 
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Raymott said:
"Sixth mensiversary" is more logical than "six month anniversary". I've never liked this misuse of 'anniversary', so I guess some people notice.
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It is more logical, but I don't really see why anniversary can't morph in English into an all-purpose marker term.
 
It already has morphed.
 
Tdol said:
It is more logical, but I don't really see why anniversary can't morph in English into an all-purpose marker term.
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Sure, 'anniversary' can morph. And 'mensiversary' can come into use. We'll see.
 
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