moonburn

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English

Etymology

From moon +‎ burn, by analogy with sunburn.

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Noun

moonburn (countable and uncountable, plural moonburns)

  1. (humorous) A hypothetical burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to moonlight.
    • 1995 March 10, “Moonlight Causes Slight Warming on Earth, Study Finds”, in Los Angeles Times:
      Researchers say the light of the full moon causes the Earth to heat up, ever so slightly. "Moonburn is not a problem," climate expert Robert C. Balling said.
    • 1996 January 28, Jeff Klinkenberg, “An Uneasy Balance”, in St. Petersburg Times:
      "Last night, the moon was so bright I could have gotten a moonburn," he says.
    • 2005, Marc Zvi Brettler, How to Read the Bible, Jewish Publication Society, →ISBN, page 165:
      Colon A ("By day the sun will not strike you") makes sense, given the strong Mediterranean sun. But to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever suffered moonburn.
    • 2006 August 1, Linton Weeks, “Washington Coverup”, in The Washington Post:
      Her husband, Walker, 38, laughs and says Teresa might start carrying one at night to protect against "moonburn."
    • 2010 May 24, Lee Aronsohn, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland, "The Lunar Excitation", episode 3-23 of The Big Bang Theory, 00:00:
      Sheldon Cooper: I should have brought an umbrella.
      Leonard Hofstadter: What for? It's not gonna rain.
      Sheldon Cooper: I know that. But with skin as fair as mine, moonburn is a real possibility.

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