By: Capt. Deathbeard, Special Guest Pirate
ARRRR! Avast ye bilge rats! I hope ye have enjoyed this week of pirate talk lessons.
Today be the big day so make sure ye be talkin’ in the language of piracy from the dawning of the sun to the witching hour. ARR.
Here be some last minute commonly used pirate phrases for ye perusal:
ARR – Umm or catchall phrase.
AVAST – Hey
AHOY – Hello
SHIVER ME TIMBERS – That’s surprising.
ME HEARTIES – My friends.
WALK THE PLANK – Typical pirate solution to any and all problems.
LAND HO – There is the land.
LILLY LIVERED – Easily frightened person.
POOP DECK – The part of the ship where the magic happens.
SCURVY – An ancient ailment, usually caused by a lack of good nutrition and/or fruit.
SCURVY DOG – Commonly used insult, drawing an inference that a person is a canine suffering from an ailment caused by a lack of fruit.
SCALLY WAG – Jerkface.
DAVEY JONES’ LOCKER – Alternate solution to all pirate problems if the plank is already booked.
LAND LUBBER – Insult that implies a person who doesn’t embrace a life of sailing the seven seas and robbing ships is a jerkface.
AYE AYE – Yes.
GROG – Alcohol. Margaritas, cosmos, and other fancy drinks weren’t available to pirates. Instead, they’d mash up some crap, let it liquefy, use it to brew up some inebriating slop and have at it.
MISEN MAST – The part of the ship that holds a sail. Alternatively, the pirate’s junk. (i.e. ahoy me lady, ye surely rise me misen mast, ARR!)
BRITCHES – pants
BRINEY DEEP – Where Davey Jones’ locker is located.
Enjoy National Talk Like a Pirate Day, mateys!
For more info, check out the site of original Talk Like a Pirate Day inventors John Baur and Mark Summers.
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