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Terms vs Moonburn - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and moonburn

is that terms is while moonburn is (humorous) a hypothetical burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to moonlight.

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    moonburn

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (humorous) A hypothetical burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to moonlight.
  • * 1995 , " Moonlight Causes Slight Warming on Earth, Study Finds", Los Angeles Times , 10 March 1995:
    • 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 , Jeff Klinkenberg, "An Uneasy Balance", St. Petersburg Times , 28 January 1996:
    • "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 (2005), ISBN 9780827607750, 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 , Linton Weeks, " Washington Coverup", The Washington Post , 1 August 2006:
    • 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 , 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.

    • See also

    * rainburn