monokini

A woman wearing a one-piece, breast-covering monokini (sense 2).

Meaning

Noun

  • The lower part of a bikini without the upper part (i.e., topless).
  • A one-piece swimsuit, which may cover both the chest and the crotch (as contrasted with a bikini, which consists of two pieces).

Origin

  • Borrowed from French monokini or simply mono- + -kini, punningly reinterpreting the first syllable of "bikini" as the prefix bi-.

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