Favorite nautical slang?

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• Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,357

  September 2019 edited September 2019

  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.

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• PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 29,738

  September 2019

  Scuttlebutt

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

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• LesGrossman Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,477

  September 2019

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  Write In
  The Bitter End

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• RaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 104,620

  September 2019

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  Keel haul
  
  Those were tuff sailors that could survive that

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• PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 29,738

  September 2019

  Scuttlebutt

  RaceBannon said:

  Keel haul
  
  Those were tuff sailors that could survive that

  Tuff liberals who would punch you in the face?

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• GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,486

  September 2019

  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.

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• GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,486

  September 2019

  Rum, sodomy & the lash
  
  More of an ethos than slang, but still.

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• GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,486

  September 2019

  becalmed

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,011

  September 2019

  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.

  
  

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,011

  September 2019

  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.

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• Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,357

  September 2019

  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.

  
  

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• YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,011

  September 2019

  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.

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• NoWarningJustDawg Member Posts: 1,000

  September 2019

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  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.

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• PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 43,633

  September 2019 edited September 2019

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

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• Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 26,853

  September 2019

  Ive never seen open water

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• Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,357

  September 2019

  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.

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• Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 26,853

  September 2019

  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

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• minion_doog Member Posts: 1,996

  September 2019

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  Man battle stations, torpedo!
  Man Battle stations, torpedo!
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR2eZahdxdU

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• ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325

  September 2019

  Shot across the bow

  Changing my vote to write in:
  
  The implication

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• minion_doog Member Posts: 1,996

  September 2019

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  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

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