About some words , which is the most widely used , sanitary towel or maxi pads ? I looked this word up in Dictionary , the translation is sanitary towel . And on WIKI , it says A sanitary napkin, sanitary towel, sanitary pad, menstrual pad, or pad is an absorbent item worn by a woman while she is menstruating, while she is recovering from vaginal surgery, for lochia (post birth bleeding), after an abortion, or in any other situation where it is necessary to absorb a flow of blood from the vagina. I remember foreign friend told me that you guys call it Maxi pads or Tampon . I think WIKI is very authoritative , they won't lie about this . Is this word wrong ? Sanitary towel . If it's wrong , if you came up to this word , what do you think it would be ?