mayhole
English
Etymology
Blend of maypole + hole
Noun
mayhole (plural mayholes)
- (rare) A hole dug in the ground for dancing around on May Day, a feminist alternative to the supposedly phallic maypole.
- 1996, Harper's (volume 292, issues 1748-1753, page 72)
- […] held an annual Mayhole Celebration, "a feminist takeoff on the maypole"; […]
- 2010, James B. South, Rod Carveth, Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems
- Andreja Novakovic and Betty Draper used to dance around the “mayhole” in white dresses every spring […]
- 1996, Harper's (volume 292, issues 1748-1753, page 72)