"on the blob" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Etymology: Apparently a reference to the blobbing (i.e. dripping) of menstrual blood, likely following the model of on the rag. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the blob, {{en-prep phrase}} on the blob
  1. (British, slang, vulgar) Menstruating; on one's period. Tags: British, slang, vulgar Categories (topical): Menstruation Synonyms: on the rag
    Sense id: en-on_the_blob-en-prep_phrase-pQwyNDuH Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        {
          "ref": "1993 April 19, Sean McAfee, “The Great a.t. IRC Party, part III”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet), message-ID <1993Apr19.224852.14466@mtu.edu>:",
          "text": "I have no problems fucking wimin on the blob. But some of them do",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 July 3, Nicholas Lezard, “Paperbacks”, in The Guardian, page A14:",
          "text": "Sweet's heroines are – well, unskinny; they eat lard, drink, smoke, ponce off the state, have huge dumps and go on the blob at inconvenient times.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, The Inbetweeners: The Complete Scripts with Added Extras, Random House, page 285:",
          "text": "Katie Can you stop staring at my tits please? […]\nJay She must be on the blob.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 February 13, Caitlin Moran, “Celebrity Watch”, in The Times:",
          "text": "Personally CW can think of no tampon in the world it would trust while wearing a white dress, on the blob, at a glamorous media event.",
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        "(British, slang, vulgar) Menstruating; on one's period."
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          "ref": "1993 April 19, Sean McAfee, “The Great a.t. IRC Party, part III”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet), message-ID <1993Apr19.224852.14466@mtu.edu>:",
          "text": "I have no problems fucking wimin on the blob. But some of them do",
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        {
          "ref": "1997 July 3, Nicholas Lezard, “Paperbacks”, in The Guardian, page A14:",
          "text": "Sweet's heroines are – well, unskinny; they eat lard, drink, smoke, ponce off the state, have huge dumps and go on the blob at inconvenient times.",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, The Inbetweeners: The Complete Scripts with Added Extras, Random House, page 285:",
          "text": "Katie Can you stop staring at my tits please? […]\nJay She must be on the blob.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 February 13, Caitlin Moran, “Celebrity Watch”, in The Times:",
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