Pirate Vocabulary Guide
Avast ye, landlubbers, and baton down the hatches for Talk Like a Pirate Day be here! I love “Talk Like a Pirate Day.” In order to properly celebrate, you need…
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Avast ye, landlubbers, and baton down the hatches for Talk Like a Pirate Day be here! I love "Talk Like a Pirate Day." In order to properly celebrate, you need to have some pirate vocabulary at your disposal. There's a SLEW of terms at islands.com. I've narrowed down their list to the top 15 pirate phrases to know for today.
For a quick tutorial on talking like a pirate, check this out:
Now that you know HOW to say it, here are some words and phrases you can throw around.
Check out my pirate vocabulary guide:
Ahoy
Hello!
Avast ye
Your attention, please.
Batton down the hatches
Prepare for the imminent storm.
Booty
Stolen treasure or other goods
Davy Jone's Lockker
A reference to the bottom of the sea that holds the pirates that have been killed or drowned.
Grog
booze
Hornswaggle
the pirate way to bamboozle, trick, or swindle others. Example: That landlubber hornswaggled me grog and ended up in Davy Jone's locker.
Landlubber
Someone who lacks skill in the art of sailing and the seas
Me
My - examples: listening to me radio.
Old Salt
OG sailor
Plunder
Stolen treasure (booty, loot)
Shiver me timbers
I was surprised by those events.
Thar she blows
I believe I see a whale in the distance.
Three sheets to the wind
drunk.
Wench
woman
