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What is a blue moon?

What is a blue moon? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (rare) The moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere.
  2. An extra full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year, namely:
    1. The third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.
    2. The second of two full moons that occur in the same calendar month.
  3. (idiomatic, by extension) A long time.
  4. A flavor of sweet ice cream that is popular in the Midwestern U.S. and is a component of Superman ice cream.
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You know that song that comes along once in a blue moon and takes your breath, and steals your heart, away?
He hardly ever went outside except to get the newspaper and, once in a blue moon, mow the lawn, and so his skin was milk-white and blue-veined.
While most children have bedwetting accidents every once in a blue moon, others have embarrassing incidents more often.
It only happens to me once in a blue moon that I can make no forward progress.
You could forgive him for a snit here, a tantrum there, an errant expletive in front of an impressionable young fan once in a blue moon.
The second full Moon in a calendar month is sometimes called a blue moon.

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