moist moment

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Noun

moist moment (plural moist moments)

1. (slang) A brief period of weeping, especially for self-pity.
   • 2008, Sarah Bird, How Perfect is That: A Novel, page 22:

     I give my nose a definitive blow, then power-flush the Kleenex down the Toto. I have had my moist moment and now it is over.