Favorite nautical slang?

YellowSnow

Swaye

Loose Cannon

Gotta be the old loose cannon! If you have ever watched Master and Commander can you imagine the havok that would be caused if one of those cannons broke it's mooring lines and started slamming about on the gun deck? Massive death and carnage. Awesome.

PurpleBaze

Scuttlebutt

Scuttlebutt, only because there's a lot of that in my line of work. It's constant.

I also like scallywag.

LesGrossman

Write-in option

Write In
The Bitter End

RaceBannon

Write-in option

Keel haul

Those were tuff sailors that could survive that

PurpleBaze

Scuttlebutt

RaceBannon said:

Keel haul

Those were tuff sailors that could survive that

Tuff liberals who would punch you in the face?

GrundleStiltzkin

RaceBannon said:

Keel haul

Those were tuff sailors that could survive that

First thing that came to my mind seeing the headline. The disrespect is unreal.

GrundleStiltzkin

Rum, sodomy & the lash

More of an ethos than slang, but still.

GrundleStiltzkin

becalmed

YellowSnow

Shipshape and Bristol Fashion

Swaye said:

Gotta be the old loose cannon! If you have ever watched Master and Commander can you imagine the havok that would be caused if one of those cannons broke it's mooring lines and started slamming about on the gun deck? Massive death and carnage. Awesome.

YellowSnow

Shipshape and Bristol Fashion

GrundleStiltzkin said:

RaceBannon said:

Keel haul

Those were tuff sailors that could survive that

First thing that came to my mind seeing the headline. The disrespect is unreal.

What the fuck would I know about sailing? I'm just a galley slave.

Swaye

Loose Cannon

YellowSnow said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

RaceBannon said:

Keel haul

Those were tuff sailors that could survive that

First thing that came to my mind seeing the headline. The disrespect is unreal.

What the fuck would I know about sailing? I'm just a galley slave.

YellowSnow

Shipshape and Bristol Fashion

In fairness @GrundleStiltzkin , keel haul should have made the cut and is a glaring omission. I was sexting with @swaye about nautical talk and did this on the fly.

NoWarningJustDawg

Write-in option

I like to call a Propeller a Screw; it's what I like to do.

There's so many though. Just the letter "S" has sideboy, spreader, snotter, seacock, spanker, sextant, and dozens more you salty dogs probably can't fathom.

...I may need to get laid.

PurpleThrobber

Write-in option

Out of respect for our anal loving brother @89ute , poop deck should have made the cut.

Pitchfork51

Ive never seen open water

Swaye

Loose Cannon

Pitchfork51 said:

Ive never seen open water

I was going to make a crossing the Rio Grande joke but then realized that isn't open water. I realized that. And stuff.

Pitchfork51

Swaye said:

Pitchfork51 said:

Ive never seen open water

I was going to make a crossing the Rio Grande joke but then realized that isn't open water. I realized that. And stuff.

According to obk us desert/Mexican/whatever he comes up with folks don't know what water is

minion_doog

Write-in option

Man battle stations, torpedo!
Man Battle stations, torpedo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR2eZahdxdU

ThomasFremont

Shot across the bow

Changing my vote to write in:

The implication

minion_doog

Write-in option

NoWarningJustDawg said:

I like to call a Propeller a Screw; it's what I like to do.

There's so many though. Just the letter "S" has sideboy, spreader, snotter, seacock, spanker, sextant, and dozens more you salty dogs probably can't fathom.

...I may need to get laid.

Pretty desperate and out of sorts, you could prolly talk @backthepack outta his panties right about now

minion_doog

Write-in option

ThomasFremont said:

Changing my vote to write in:

The implication

I love this so much.

NoWarningJustDawg

Write-in option

minion_doog said:

NoWarningJustDawg said:

I like to call a Propeller a Screw; it's what I like to do.

There's so many though. Just the letter "S" has sideboy, spreader, snotter, seacock, spanker, sextant, and dozens more you salty dogs probably can't fathom.

...I may need to get laid.

Pretty desperate and out of sorts, you could prolly talk @backthepack outta his panties right about now

Is btp actually a girl?
...well, wait, not that it matters. Doubt I'd know what to do anymore. Been so long since I've been down there they probably moved it.

dnc

Write-in option

Walk the plank.






We all watched in slight annoyance as BTP walked the plank of his own accord last night.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Cut of one's jib

PurpleBaze said:

Scuttlebutt, only because there's a lot of that in my line of work. It's constant.

I also like scallywag.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Cut of one's jib

I like the cut of the jib but my write in options were tailhook and batton down the hatches.

And if we're talking nautical shit and sailors, we need to give props to sailors everywhere.

ThomasFremont

Shot across the bow

minion_doog said:

ThomasFremont said:

Changing my vote to write in:

The implication

I love this so much.

WOW that is awesome.

biak1

Write-in option

Loaded to the gunnels (gunwales)

Doog_de_Jour

Um, I’m surprised no one has said, “thar she blows”.

YellowSnow

Shipshape and Bristol Fashion

Doog_de_Jour said:

Um, I’m surprised no one has said, “thar she blows”.

Call me YellowSnow

LebamDawg

Write-in option

Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey

nuff said on that one



Edit: such a gay gif - I am worried about you