and All the Many-Splendored Things in Between in Teenspeak - Jockspeak - Menglish - Slanglish - Spanglish
Gaylese - Americanese - Britspeak - Ozslang - Funetic
Populo-Vulgar Speech - T-Shirt & Net Shorthand
Pompo-Verbosity & other Figurative Lingos
Short for: period of menstruation / menstrual period / my period(s) , are all based on the 19 th century medical usage of the word ' period ' for duration of a disease. See menstruation for synonyms.