rag week
rag week · rag weeks
An annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to…An annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity.
Meaning
2 senses(Ireland, UK)An annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity.
(British, slang, vulgar)The days of the month when a woman has her period.
I wouldn't bother trying to get off with her – it's rag week.
More definitions
- a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
Origin
From rag (“university students society run for charitable fundraising”) + week, possibly fFrom rag (“university students society run for charitable fundraising”) + week, possibly from the verb rag (“tease; torment; banter”).
From rag (“piece of old cloth”) + week. From the former use, by women, of rags to protect their clothing from menstrual blood.
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