#pirate lingo

[unboundprompts]

Pirate Terms and Phrases

-> Pirate Lingo

-> A Pirate's Glossary

Batten Down The Hatches - tie everything down and put stuff away for a coming storm.

Brig - a prison on a ship.

Bring a Spring Upon 'er - turn the ship in a different direction

Broadside - the most vulnerable angle of a ship that runs the length of the boat.

Cutlass - a thick, heavy and rather short sword blade.

Dance with Jack Ketch - to hang; death at the hands of the law (Jack Ketch was a famed English executioner).

Davy Jones's Locker - a mythical place at the bottom of the ocean where drowned sailors are said to go.

Dead Men Tell No Tales - the reason given for leaving no survivors.

Flogging - severe beating of a person.

Gangplank - removable ramp between the pier and ship.

Give No Quarter - show no mercy.

Jack - flag flown at the front of the ship to show nationality.

Jolly Roger - black pirate flag with a white skull and crossbones.

Keelhaul - a punishment where someone is dragged under the ship. They are cut by the planks and barnacles on the bottom of the ship.

Landlubber - an inexperienced or clumsy person who doesn't have any sailing skills.

Letters of Marque - government-issued letters allowing privateers the right to piracy of another ship during wartime.

Man-O-War - a pirate ship that is decked out and prepared for battle.

Maroon - to leave someone stranded on a. deserted island with no supplies, typically a punishment for any crew members who disrespected the captain.

Mutiny - a situation in which the crew chooses a new captain, sometimes by forcibly removing the old one.

No Prey, No Pay - a common pirate law that meant crew members were not paid, but rather received a share of whatever loot was taken.

Old Salt - experienced pirate or sailor.

Pillage - to steal/rob a place using violence.

Powder Monkeys - men that performed the most dangerous work on the ship. They were treated harshly, rarely paid, and were expendable.

Privateer - government-appointed pirates.

Run A Shot Across the Bow - fire a warning shot at another boat's Captain.

Scurvy - a disease caused by Vitamin C Deficiency.

Sea Legs - when a sailor adjusts his balance from riding on a boat for a long time.

Strike Colors - lower a ship's flag to indicate surrender.

Weigh Anchor and Hoist the Mizzen - an order to the crew to pull up the anchor and get the ship sailing.

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[buyandsellcar]

#creative writing #writeblr #pirate writing prompts #pirates #pirate au #glossary #pirate lingo #pirate terms and phrases #tswiftedit #my gifs #candy swift #tscreatorsnet #food

[lifeisstrange-incorrectquotes]

Chloe: Parlay. My place. Five minutes.

Victoria: Parlay?

Max: Pirate code. She wants to meet up and negotiate.

Victoria: Does everyone here know pirate code?!?

Rachel: I understand it. I can’t speak it.

#submission #only the og maties can speak the true pirate lingo #thanks for the submission!!! #chloe price #victoria chase #max caulfield #rachel amber #life is memes #life is strange #life is strange before the storm #incorrect quotes

[aka-indulgence]

Now all I can imagine is the pirates stealing reader away and Sans just shows up and is met with a villager which he’s uninterested in until they’re like like “Um…some pirates kidnapped your wife…please don’t eat me.” and then Sans is just like “They WHAT?!”

Somewhere far away, the captain feels his sins crawling down his back.

Yes yes EXACTLY!! That’s what I thought when I was writing it

You meet with Sans almost every day. Though there are days where you don’t appear at the cliffside to meet him, usually you’ll come back the day after, or have already told him that you were going to be busy the day before.

(Of course he still comes, and though he’ll be sad, he’s not too broken up about it.)

But then you were gone for a day… then two… than three… the more he doesn’t see you the more agitated he becomes. He’ll rise up to the cliff and wait for hours on end. He’ll be there in the morning, leave, and come back at night.

It’s clear to the villagers that their Local Kraken is becoming upset, agitated even. They’re haunted at night by his cries and wails of despair at night.

After about a week he’s in anguish, storm clouds have gathered above the sea and the shores around it as Sans cries, not knowing what happened to his beloved human. The villagers get more and more frightful… sure when you were here he was as ‘harmless’ as a puppy, but without you it’s almost like he’s turned back to that unknown beast that come from the inky black depths.

Eventually they’re scared enough that instead of trembling in fear and avoiding the shore like a dead zone, they decide the longer the monster doesn’t have his gf the more likely he’s going to destroy everything- so they send one person to the cliffside.

At first Sans is excited to see a human on the cliff, but quickly realizes that it isn’t you. The small peek of sun is quickly covered by swirling clouds. It’s visible both in the sky and on his face, and the poor sap that was sent to talk to him is shaking in their boots. The dark anger on his face makes it look like he’s going to eat them or something (when really he’s uninterested), so they quickly blurt out:

“Sir… s-sir kraken! Please don’t eat me, I’ve come t-tp tell you that p-pirates have st-tolen your wife…?”

Sans was just about leaving when he hears it. He goes from despairing to rage. He grips the cliff until his phalanges dug deep grooves into it and yells (in their head), “WHERE DID THEY TAKE HER?!”

They blurt out in fear and quickly run away as Sans’ eyelights turn an angry red, practically roaring into the sky as lightning strikes, tentacles knocking boulders and upsets the shore as they sway violently.

His roar is heard far across the ocean… on a pirate ship, you wake up from a nap in your makeshift prison and a shudder runs along the captain’s spine.

“What been that, Cap’n?”

“... It’s probably nothing, maybe a clap o’ thunder. Get aft to work, lad.”

#kraken sans #ask #idk how my pirate lingo is doing sdjhf #villagers: DONT TAKE THE GIRL SHE'S THE KRAKEN'S WIFE #Captain: cap #villagers: D: #Sans: :] where's my wife #villagers: *points at the pirate ship* he did #Sans: hahahaha *die*

[myymi]

Batten felt breathless when those blue eyes turned to her. She was so certain she'd never get to see them again, but there they were. Staring right through her.

Sails smiled at her as she carefully landed beside him. Neither of them said anything for a while, staring at the other while waiting for them to speak.

They hadn't had a chance to talk to each other since before the big fight against Nine.

She had regretted not saying more to him when she watched that bomb explode. There were a lot of things between them that she believed just went unsaid, but still wanted to tell him at least once so he knew they were there. But she lost him before she could.

Then it was revealed she hadn't actually lost him to that bomb. He was okay and she found she had even more she needed to say. She wanted to yell at him for being so reckless and then tell him just how much he meant to her to keep him from pulling something like that again. But she didn't get a chance to, the fight far too chaotic for them to have a chat.

Just as the fox was ready to break the silence, the older pulled him into a tight hug. She closed her eyes to keep her tears from falling, but was fairly sure the kid knew how close she was to crying based on her breathing.

He didn't comment on it though, instead choosing to hug her back just as tight. He wrapped himself around her as much as he physically could, knowing that hugs from her was a rare occurance.

The hug lasted for a few long moments before Batten pulled away, keeping her hands on the younger’s shoulder, "Pull a stunt like that again and I'll send ye to meet Davey Jones myself."

Sails couldn't help but snort at that, giggling as he wiped his eyes. "Aye aye, Batten." The bat rolled her eyes, playfully punching the kit’s arm as she let him go.

"C'mon. I'll make ye a sea dog for savin us from that big bot." Batten said, nudging the fox to follow her.

Sails smiled, happy to see her acting like normal again, "Ye know I won't refuse yer sea dogs, Batten. But that was a team effort with Mangey."

"You seem to like that lad a lot." The bat noticed, taking a deep inhale of the salty ocean air as they walked to the other side of ship where they usually prepared food. "Why don't you tell me about him?"

Sails smiled, his twin tails wagging, "I think you'd like him a lot." He said hopping up to sit on the side of the ship once they made it to the cooking station. Batten nodded to show she'd take his word for it as she pulled out all the ingredients she needed, quickly getting to work on preparing a sea dog.

It wasn't unusual for the two of them to chat while one of them prepared some food. They did it quite often, but Batten still found the whole situation hard to believe.

She caught herself continuing to glance over to look at the fox next to her as he retold his expirence with Mangey.

She was so sure he was dead, it was almost harder to accept he survived the explosion. She was relieved the kid was okay, but she couldn't help but wonder just how he managed to get away.

He was fast, sure, but not fast enough to escape an explosion that big. At least, she was fairly sure he wasn't. If he was, he certainly didn't have the stamina to keep fighting.

She needed to know exactly what happened to her little brother.

Batten’s movements faltered at that thought, causing her to accidentally nick herself with sword. She heard Sails call out her name worriedly, taking hold of her hand to check the cut.

She hadn't said it aloud, but she called Sails her little brother. She always knew they were close enough for some sort of familial title, but was that the right one? She seemed sure of it two seconds ago.

The bat blinked when a paw was waving right in front of her eyes, looking down at the little fox.

"Ye alright, Batten?" Sails asked, his brow creased with worry as he held a rag against her bleeding finger. She wanted to tell him that it was just a small slip up and he was overreacting.

"I love ye, Sails." Batten admitted instead, smiling when the kit blinked at her in confusion. "Yer like a little brother. Annoying."

Sails looked like he was going to say something until he registered the last word, instead rolling his eyes. "Ye sure fit the big sister role, Batten." He grumbled, but the bat still saw his smile.

She didn't think she was fit for a family, but this one might just work out for her.

#i love these two so much i wish they weren't pirates #the lingo is so znsmskndkdd #miles tails prower #sonic the hedgehog #sth #tails the fox #sonic #rouge the bat #rouge and tails #sails the fox #batten rouge #sails and batten #anonymous source #after prime au #sonic prime #sonic prime spoilers #myydrabs

[sailforvalinor]

@kanerallels I saw a copy of The Thief Lord (a book that I started in middle school and never finished) at the used bookstore for like $1.50 and thought of you so of course I bought it. Idk when I’ll actually read it but I’ll keep you posted

#I also told you I would read valiant started it and then didn’t finish and I feel TERRIBLE 😅 #I think the issue was that I tried to read it on ebook and I’ve never been good at that. I’ll try again and keep you posted (it was no #fault of the book itself from what I’d read it was quite good) #I also got an adult novel that I had no idea that JK Rowling had written called The Casual Vacancy #and a really pretty copy of treasure island for my brother (it has a glossary of the pirate lingo at the beginning of each chapter!) #and black hearts of battersea by Joan Aiken which I had never heard of but sounded intriguing

[heart-wit-strength]

I have been reading Across The Seven Seas, but it is a difficult read for me. The pirate lingo is hard for me to grasp and I end up having to reread parts multiple times to understand and much of the time I never understand. I've given myself headaches trying to read it.

Understandable, always ok to click out and stop reading if you're having problems👍

#never thought i was using that much accent tho tbh #there are certain 2 words i tend to interchange mostly #plus the lingo takes me extra effort to write I just enjoy it cuz it gives me that get into the pirate era vibes

[thelawsofdaylight]

Pairing: Enjolras/Grantaire Words: 12,593 Chapters: 4/?

Fic Summary: Grantaire has never met Enjolras before; he doesn’t  know anything about the man other than his job title and the fact that  he is, as of today, Grantaire’s designated ride-share partner in their company’s new environmental initiative. He just hopes the two of them can get along well enough to survive the half-hour journey to work and back.

(Or: the ride-share AU that started out as a shitpost in the Discorinthe discord server and somehow turned into another multichapter fic featuring found-family, politics, and plenty of pining.)

IN THIS CHAPTER: Grantaire attempts to find a way to balance his newfound status as a member of Les Amis de l'ABC with the unshakeable feeling that no good will come of it. Maintaining a cool distance from the group, he thinks he's doing a pretty good job. Enjolras has other ideas.

#les mis #les mis fic #enjolras #grantaire #enjoltaire #enjolras/grantaire #my writing #CHAPTER 4 IS DONE!!!!!!!! #enjolras is dramatic. grantaire continues to be a disaster. special guest appearance from a very passionate feuilly <3 #there's pirate lingo #what more could you WANT

[verydrawnout]

Concept for a pirate-themed weapon for the RWBY ttrpg I play in with my college friends. 3d is hard. 🥲

#yarr #rwby #rwbyfanweapon #animation #transformingweapon #vdo #verydrawnout #completely lost on tag etiquette #various pirate lingo #3d animation #blender #new here

[reachexceedinggrasp]

#Double Crossbones #Donald O'Connor #I don't know how to make gifs so making these was v. time consuming but I persevered bc I have to talk about this #a) this movie is amazing and has the most movie of movie pirates ever committed to celluloid #(except that they don't have West Country accents- that's the only lack- they throw in some old timey lingo but it's real weaksauce) #anyway it is a action adventure musical comedy with slapstick tapdancing and swordfighting #the plot is ludicrous and everything is very silly except the corrupt official bad guy who is kinda legit threatening #our hapless unlikely golden hearted-hero accidentally becomes a pirate lord through a series of shenanigans #eventually he enjoys it but he's gotta rescue his girlfriend from the evil governor #he fucks it up and she ends up rescuing him instead and then there's a happy ending and even more shenanigans #the jokes are cheeseball the costumes are over the top and all the pirates are hamming it up #the swordfights involve the most EGREGIOUS flynning and dance-fighting #there is straight up cartoon logic involved #so in conclusion: FLAWLESS. NO NOTES. #b) this disguise is one of the few main character disguises in cinema history that is actually convincing- he is unrecognisable #if I hadn't been spoiled by someone's blog post b4 watching this I would no joke not have known it was him until he gives it away #I fully buy even his girlfriend wouldn't clock him on sight #making it all the more funny that he gets caught almost immediately #anyway he's being hilariously ott posh and dandyish #my point was: maybe I'm seeing what I want to see but I feel like he based this on Leslie Howard in the Scarlet Pimpernel #he sounds so much like him! he does some of the same business! I want this to be true so bad #I chose to believe this is a reference/tribute

[pagerunner-j]

aaaaaanyway

cheering myself up right now with some Oxventure podcast goodness

bring on the bard puns

eta: The best laugh of my day: Andy on said podcast making note of the fact that they have Monday off to mark the sad passing of the Queen, but that also that the new Monkey Island game comes out on Monday, and that conveniently having the day off for it is "the best gift the Queen could have given me."

Sporfle.

#oxventure #also: monday is talk like a pirate day #bring out yer piratey lingo me boys

[underteika]

@oneeyedpsychic​

“By me father’s anchor, it be the wicked witch of the churnin’ seas!”

It’s quite an entrance to make, swinging in from a rope to the floor like that. It’s amazing what a little confidence of a costume can do, huh?

“Ye won’t be believin’ the plunder I’ve taken!”

...And by that, they mean reaching into a bag and pulling out a little cellophane bag with some chocolate coins in it. It’s tossed over to Zal.

“Feast yer tastebuds on that one, ye salty sea cat. There be gold in them.”

...Caramel. There’s caramel in the candy.

“Best be countin’ yer blessin’s I be so generous a captain, aye...”

#oneeyedpsychic #Isola Event: The Maskerade Festival (Legacy) #how many posts until she gets up with the pirate lingo

[mejomonster]

One day I'm going to write a really messy pirate story

And I'm going to need to add some super historically incorrect info so no one gets under the mistaken impression it's meant to be even slightly accurate

#rant #like. i believe i could be as historically accurate as potc? or ofmd? but im going for #the vibe tje fantasy of it the Peter Pan type pirates okay #and i feel like unless i have someone say texting lingo or do something wildly modern ppl are gonna think its specifically a certain time #ive mulled it over before and considered making tjem pirates in a fanrasy lamd #just so if i know nothing about monarchies or laws etc i can blame it on tje fantasy countries #mmm

[mantabanter]

looked up pirate tips for pirate specific prompts and a bunch of pro-ana blogs showed up? huh?

#i just want to plunder ships and read about pirate lingo #also wtf why was the first recommended tag when i typed 'i just want to...' 'i just want to be thin' #nah matey leave me be i dont care

[writerly-facts]

A fathom is called 6 feet deep because it comes from the old English word faedm or faethm, which means ‘outstretched arms.’

Source:

#writer facts #nautical #nautical facts #nautical terms #sailor lingo #pirate life #pirates

[shadowcnidocyst]

on account of not having a working adblock on my phone I am forced to see 100000 one piece ads and honestly alvida looks cute smiles but I know the running joke is you're supposed to think shes ugly and that's going to really sting this time around if they kept all that in :(

#I mean it was always bad but she's not an over the top cartoon this time #alvida done so dirty we couldve had it all.... #I hope she still talks in pirate lingo like the 4kids dub