Welcome to the Hardcore Husky Forums. Folks who are well-known in Cyberland and not that dumb.
Favorite nautical slang?
YellowSnow
Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,890 
Favorite nautical slang? 23 votes
Cut of one's jib
8%
2 votes
Give a wide berth
0%
Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
4%
1 vote
Scuttlebutt
4%
1 vote
High and Dry
8%
2 votes
All Hands on deck
0%
Shot across the bow
8%
2 votes
Loose Cannon
17%
4 votes
As the crow flies
8%
2 votes
Write-in option
39%
9 votes
Comments
-
Loose CannonGotta 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.
-
ScuttlebuttScuttlebutt, only because there's a lot of that in my line of work. It's constant.
I also like scallywag. -
-
Write-in optionKeel haul
Those were tuff sailors that could survive that -
Scuttlebutt
Tuff liberals who would punch you in the face?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.RaceBannon said:Keel haul
Those were tuff sailors that could survive that -
Rum, sodomy & the lash
More of an ethos than slang, but still. -
becalmed
-
Shipshape and Bristol FashionSwaye 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.
-
Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
What the fuck would I know about sailing? I'm just a galley slave.GrundleStiltzkin said:
First thing that came to my mind seeing the headline. The disrespect is unreal.RaceBannon said:Keel haul
Those were tuff sailors that could survive that
