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