Moonchild

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Cancerian. euphemistic

    "The punk icon and bottle-blond beauty is a moonchild who, like most Cancer women, has a "heart of glass.""

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canceriancancerian

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"The punk icon and bottle-blond beauty is a moonchild who, like most Cancer women, has a "heart of glass.""

Etymology

From moon + child, because the ruling planet of Cancer is the Moon. The term is used to avoid the negative connotations of the word cancer.

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