monthsary

9.3

A small celebration one month after two people start dating

noun
/ˈmʌnθˌsɛri/

Philippine

: mesversario

They celebrated their first monthsary by going out for dinner together.

Examples

It's our third monthsary, so I bought her flowers to mark the day.
Our first monthsary is coming up soon.
My friends reminded me not to forget our group's monthsary this Saturday.
Happy monthsary to us!
It's our third monthsary, so I bought her flowers to mark the day.
They celebrated their first monthsary by going out for dinner together.
My friends reminded me not to forget our group's monthsary this Saturday.

Surface Forms

monthsary singular

monthsaries plural

Morphology

monthsary = month (semi-transparent) = month + sary

Formed by combining the clearly identifiable base 'month' with a nonce suffix '-sary' by analogy to 'anniversary'; the intended meaning (one-month anniversary) is guessable but the suffix is nonstandard and informal.

Etymology

The word monthsary is made from month and anniversary, so it literally means the 'one-month anniversary' of an event. People often use it to mark the first month of a romantic relationship.