Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shark week

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: shark week
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The week during which someone menstruates.

Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Humorous; Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There are several ways to green your Shark Week, ranging from bare-minimum "shucks, why not?" consciousness to Burning Man aggro hippie."
"If you've booked a hotel room, STAIN, and it's shark week for the wife, or a certain former senator drops in (drops out?) when you have anal sex, there's always the option of bringing your own santorum- and/or menstrual-blood-coloured/stained towels from home."
"Imagine my shock at discovering what those little bins with the flaps in bathrooms were really for, or that when girls mentioned shark week they didn't mean there was a Jaws marathon on SBS."

Etymology

A jocular reference to Shark Week, an annual week-long marathon of shark-related programming on Discovery Channel, which, like a menstrual period, is bloody.

Usage

Inflected Forms

shark weeks (plural)

Synonyms

Aunt Flo Aunt Frieda Aunt Rose blob blood sports Bloody Mary blowjob week breaching the beaver dam catamenia caught short Charlie closed for maintenance

Questions

What does shark week mean?: The week during which someone menstruates.
Where does shark week come from?: A jocular reference to Shark Week, an annual week-long marathon of shark-related programming on Discovery Channel, which, like a menstrual period, is bloody.

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