minimoon
noun

- a short break spent together by a newly married couple, typically in advance of a longer holiday to be taken at a later date

- a full moon that purportedly looks smaller than normal when it coincides with the moon’s farthest position from Earth

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WORD ORIGIN

A “minimoon”, as the name suggests, is a shorter and therefore usually cheaper trip taken by a newlywed couple. During tough economic times, the minimoon is a practical alternative to longer and more expensive honeymoons.

Speaking of which, why are they called honeymoons anyway? One suggestion is that “honeymoon” stems from the Nordic word hjunottsmanathr, which apparently referred to the practice of kidnapping the bride and hiding her until the family abandoned the search and stopped looking.

Another theory derives from an ancient custom of the bride and groom drinking a honey-laced potion (such as mead) on the first month of their marriage, thereby keeping the young couple in amorously good spirits.

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TEN MOON QUOTES

- The Moon is opposing Jupiter. Don’t get involved - it’s their problem. — James H. Critchfield

- That’s one small step for [a] man; one giant leap for mankind. — Neil A. Armstrong (Commander, Apollo 11) upon stepping down onto the moon’s surface

- I think a future flight should include a poet, a priest and a philosopher . . . we might get a much better idea of what we saw. — Michael Collins (Command module pilot, Apollo 11)

- The Moon, like a flower in Heaven’s high bower, with silent delight, sits and smiles on the night. — William Blake

- Don’t tell me the Moon is shining. Show me the glint of light on broken glass. — Anton Chekhov

- Stay wild, moon child — Riitta Klint

- The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. — Alfred Noyes

- There are nights when the wolves are silent, and only the Moon howls. — George Carlin

- The Sun watches what I do, but the Moon knows all my secrets. — J. M. Wonderland

- The Moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one Moon. — Jean Ingelow

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“I remember the word MINIMOON by imagining some newlyweds having a quick lunar tour in a mini-car. What would your ‘Eselsbrücke’ be?”

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