Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Shark Fin Soup? F#ck That!: How To Curse Like An American
    Shark Fin Soup? F#ck That!: How To Curse Like An American
    Shark Fin Soup? F#ck That!: How To Curse Like An American
    Ebook156 pages51 minutes

    Shark Fin Soup? F#ck That!: How To Curse Like An American

    By Perk Perkins

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    The 2013 Shark Fin Dictionary contains:
    •133 defined words and phrases
    •phonetic spellings and pronunciation guide
    •part-of-speech labels
    •humorous illustrations of literal word and phrase interpretations
    •China-based examples from ass to WTS
    •great content for adult ESL & CLT

    Because cursing is the final exam for fluency.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPerk Perkins
    Release dateOct 16, 2012
    ISBN9780985694616
    Shark Fin Soup? F#ck That!: How To Curse Like An American
    Author

    Perk Perkins

    Perk Perkins, international lexicographer and author of SHARK FIN SOUP? F#CK THAT!, graduated from the US Naval Academy, served as an Infantry Officer in the US Marine Corps and started an online stock trading office in another life. He holds a TESOL ESL/EFL teaching certificate.

    Related to Shark Fin Soup? F#ck That!

    Related ebooks

    ESL For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      “Winter”

      Mar 26, 2022

      “Winter”
      7 min read

    • Article

      Crash And Burn

      Sep 10, 2019

      Crash And Burn
      4 min read

    • Article

      Everyday Humor

      Jun 19, 2019

      Everyday Humor
      3 min read

    • Article

      How To School Your Family

      Jun 16, 2019

      How To School Your Family
      3 min read

    • Article

      A Unique Estate Planning Idea: How to Write Your Memoir

      Jul 6, 2018

      Do you sometimes feel like your life isn't valuable? Everyone does at one point or another. I've interviewed all kinds of impressive people about their legacies, and you know the most-common response I get? "My life isn't that interesting." Some of t

      6 min read

    • Article

      The Creative Hero’s Journey: 5 Reasons You Should Write Your Book, Paint Your Picture, Sing Your Song

      Dec 9, 2021

      Estimated reading time: 10 minutes — I used to be a professional disease hunter, a board-certified surgical pathologist. I was the M.D. in a white coat who stared at your skin (or breast, brain or bone, etc.) biopsy under the microscope and let your

      6 min read

    • Article

      One Word: Dipshit

      Mar 4, 2019

      One Word: Dipshit
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Return Of… EMILY SEARS

      Apr 27, 2022

      The Return Of… EMILY SEARS
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Return Of… EMILY SEARS

      Apr 27, 2022

      The Return Of… EMILY SEARS
      8 min read

    • Article

      A Truthteller’s Toolkit

      Apr 25, 2020

      Once upon a time, a writer might contact an agent and confess their desire to publish an essay collection. And once upon a time, an agent might have resisted an urge to laugh in the writer’s face. As a form, essays had fallen out of favor, hard, and

      8 min read

    • Article

      Peter Griffin

      Jul 20, 2022

      Peter Griffin
      2 min read

    • Article

      Awkwardness, Why?

      Apr 27, 2017

      Awkwardness, Why?
      6 min read

    • Article

      You Talkin’ To Me?

      Jan 6, 2022

      You Talkin’ To Me?
      3 min read

    • Article

      Peter Griffin

      Jul 26, 2022

      Peter Griffin
      2 min read

    • Article

      Silver Hair and Silver Linings

      Feb 20, 2024

      Julia and I and our fishing buddies, Cory and Dan, were recently invited to Costa Rica to fish with Capt. John Adams aboard Griffin, one of our 65’s. Silly as it may sound, I had never been out upon the Pacific before. Those warm breezes and flat-cal

      5 min read

    • Article

      The First Laugh

      Oct 9, 2023

      The First Laugh
      7 min read

    • Article

      Service We’re Pleased To Be Of

      Sep 1, 2021

      Service We’re Pleased To Be Of
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Joy Of Quitting

      May 19, 2019

      The Joy Of Quitting
      7 min read

    • Article

      You Talkin' To Me?

      Jun 22, 2023

      You Talkin' To Me?
      3 min read

    • Article

      Charlie Hunnam

      Mar 8, 2020

      Charlie Hunnam
      2 min read

    • Article

      Wesʼs Moving Castle

      Mar 9, 2018

      Wesʼs Moving Castle
      8 min read

    • Article

      You Talkin' To Me?

      Aug 17, 2023

      You Talkin' To Me?
      3 min read

    • Article

      A Class On How To Fall Down

      Sep 10, 2019

      IN ORDER TO MAKE a living while also pursuing the arts, I feel it’s best to aim low. Being a writer, I myself cobble together a living from multiple, mostly unimpressive sources. One: I work part time at a community center, where I’m paid a modest wa

      7 min read

    • Article

      Faking It To Make It With A Girl Is Fine (but Not For Life)

      Oct 18, 2022

      You never forget your first erection. (You didn’t think I was going there, did you? Nor did I.) It happened on a crisp spring morning back in the ’80s. On a working-class holiday park in the south-east of England—think Batam with fewer rustic huts an

      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Shark Fin Soup? F#ck That!

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Shark Fin Soup? F#ck That! - Perk Perkins

      Preface

      Thank you for purchasing this book. I admire your thirst for knowledge and promise you will be amply rewarded. Knowledge, such as the contents of this dictionary, might be dangerous.

      English can be difficult to learn to read, write, and speak. For a native Chinese speaker, it can be like the duck and chicken learning to speak to the horse. It is my wish that this dictionary helps students develop their communicative competence in an authentic context.

      When a person curses, they may be angry or amazed. Either way, for the people nearby, it is usually funny. Comedy is when somebody else steps on the banana peel! This book tries to point out the funny side of cursing, while teaching you what those crazy Americans really mean when they say chickenshit. Proper use of idioms is a mark of fluency.

      I would like to thank everyone who helped make this dictionary possible, including but not limited to BB for patiently pointing out all of my comma-splice errors and Jason Singer for his entertaining art. My brother, JP, gets a fist bump for still not liking the cover. Kenny gets props for repeatedly asking, If you’re so smart, why are you working here? The funniest person I know, Tamayo Otsuki, deserves thanks for showing me the way.

      As you study the words in this book, I will be busy studying how Mandarin is not a Chinese word. Most Americans think Mandarin is the national language of China, but apparently no one has told the Middle Kingdom. Most Americans (99.9%) do not know the capital of Australia, either. Do you?

      Enjoy. Learn. Speak.

      Perk

      Pronunciation Guide

      a apple

      aa large

      aw tall

      ay stay

      air fair

      b bb burst, babble

      ch china

      d dd did, paddle

      ə among, tiger, Boston, citrus

      e ten

      ee wheel

      f ff frog, offer

      g gg give, egg

      h hot

      i sit

      ī white

      j ust

      k keep, stick

      l ll luck, bill

      ‘l couple

      m mm most, summer

      n nn never, inner

      ‘n pronunciation

      ng wing

      o stop

      ō no

      oo pool

      ow cow

      oy toy

      p pp pet, dripping

      r rr rat, hurry

      s ss stop, pass

      sh ship

      th thank

      th that

      t tt take, rattle

      u under

      ur hurry

      v victor

      w wish

      y yellow

      z zz zip, buzz

      Guide to Contractions

      can’t can not

      couldn’t could not

      doesn’t does not

      don’t do not

      give ’em give them

      I’d I would

      I’ll I will

      I’m I am

      isn’t is not

      it’s it is

      let’s let us

      she’s she is

      that’s that is

      there’s there is

      we’ll we will

      we’re we are

      what’s what is

      who’s who is

      y’all you all

      you’re you are

      you’ve you have

      A

      Ass

      Ass In Gear

      Assbackwards

      Asschewing

      Asshole

      Asskicking

      Asswipe

      Dumbass

      Fatass/Lardass

      Get Your Head Out Of Your Ass

      Head Up Your Ass

      Jackass

      Kickass

      Kiss My Ass

      Kissass

      Lameass

      Nail Your Ass To The Wall

      Open A Can Of Whoop Ass

      Pain In The Ass

      Shove It Up Your Ass

      Smartass

      You’re An Ass

      Your Ass Is Grass

      Ass

      [ass]

      1. noun Sexual intercourse.

      2. noun Crude for buttocks.

      3. noun Inconsiderate, obnoxious person.

      4. noun Literally: Donkey. Horse-like animal, both wild and domesticated.

      Online: (_|_) or a$$

      Examples:

      1. You and American investors gaze at the beautiful scenery in Shanghai’s Bar Rouge. They wish to meet Chinese women.

      They ask, How do we get some ass around here?

      2. A beautiful woman walks past the American investors at the bar.

      One says, Nice ass.

      Another says, I love that little heart-shaped ass.

      You say, Gentlemen, please, don’t be rude.

      3. Your cab’s tire goes flat on the way back to your hotel. The cab driver does not know how to change the tire and screams at you to get out and walk.

      You think to yourself, what an ass.

      Your son’s new father-in-law drinks too much wine at the wedding, sings poorly, dances worse then falls asleep in his chair.

      You ask, Why must he make an ass out of himself?

      4. Nice ass.

      Ass In Gear

      [`ass in geer]

      noun

      Motivation. Enthusiasm. Go! Go! Go! Great term to inspire your hard-working employees.

      Examples:

      You can’t squeeze into your favorite pair of jeans.

      You

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1