"Happy one month anniversary"

[TheFillyjonk]

It's not an anniversary then, is it?

I do bite my tongue as people are usually celebrating or commemorating when they say this, though.

That was a ghastly use of syntax for Pedants' Corner!

So what is it, mensiversary? Menses is simply 'monthly', what's celebration - mensival? Is there a word?

You have brought to mind the Jilly Cooper character sarcastically referring to "weekiversaries".

Would one-twelfth anniversary catch on?

Yes, ::squirm::.

I prefer it when people acknowledge that it's silly and wrong by saying "monthiversary".

I don't mind people saying weekiversary, mensiversary, monthiversary or even one-twelfth anniversary. I particularly like mensiversary, you could even take that further by having a hexmensiversary for six months and so on. I reckon that'd stop the silliness pretty quickly!

Ought it be hebdoversary though?

Meditrina, thank you for directing me to that new word!

Oh no, I didn't invent monthiversary?

I love hebdoversary though, fantastic word

I also cannot bear '1 year anniversary'

You're right TiredyCustards, that's also wrong. I never even thought about that one but it'll wind me up now!

Sorry filly - no rest for the pedantic!

I dissent. Semantic broadening often ocurrs when there is no word for something but there is a word whose meaning can be broadened or shifted to encompass it. Many words in English no longer mean exactly what their etymology signifies.

When me and my DH had been married 72 days i wished him a 'Happy Kardashian Day' (reference to Kim's short lived marriage). He had NO IDEA what the hell i was talking about, but it made me smile!

FFS! One-month anniversary, indeed! I will make an exception for Happy Kardashian Day, however, as that is, quite clearly, a piece of brilliantly observed snark!

My DH takes it to a new level of when referring to our DD as a '2 month year old'. Despite my relentless teasing about the meaningless of that phrase, he can't stop it.
He also orders pomp-a-doms from the Curry house though, so I think he's slightly verbally challenged