Talkin' Like a Pirate Arrr
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Talkin’ Like A Pirate Arrr Ye? Ahoy, Matey! Git yer Pirate-Speak ship-shape with these fine sea-farin’ phrases! A FEW ‘PIRATEY’ GUIDELINES: 1. Ye best livin’-up the festivities smartly! Meaning: Use your pirate lingo to describe mundane events or activities in a spirited 'piratey' manner. 2. Use yer pirate-speak midst havenous pirate matters! Meaning: Make certain all circumstances are appropriate when speaking 'pirate' -- a saucy wench' may not be the most appropriate way to address your boss. 3. Revel in yer sweet-trade merriment, matey! Meaning: Have fun with your pirate-speak! Avast ye, what be yer sort? Choose what type of pirate you are. ROGUE MILQUETOAST BANGSTER A bit of a devilish sort A meek and timid sort Lawless and wild MAIDEN WENCH VIRAGO Gentle, tender, somewhat helpless A saucy, fun, independent lass Strong, outspoken, natural leader What be yer best fittin’ ‘piratey’ name? Usually a colorful combination of unique descriptive adjective(s) or noun(s) followed by a given name. Some examples: Barnacle Bob Southwind Sue Big One-Eyed Bart Harsh Lip Mary Spry Todd Wily Winona Make your pirate name known by all with this handy pirate identity card: Ahoy! Me ‘Piratey’Name be: (Hello! My name is:) ™ On Digital September 19 and on Blu-ray October 3 ©2017 Disney PIRATE GLOSSARRRY CURRENCY: EXPRESSIONS: EXCLAMATIONS: Blunt – slang for money or coin “Batten down the hatches” – we’re Blimey – to be surprised Cob or Cob Dollars – gold doubloons expecting adverse conditions! Buoyed up – to be uplifted Doubloon - Spanish or Aztec Gold “Bum-squabbled” – to be baffled confused Clear the deck – prepare for battle or puzzled Pieces of Eight – Silver Spanish coin Land Ahoy – to see land “By and large” – for the most part Tin – slang for money or coin Me thinks – I believe “Cracking a bottle” – ‘Let’s open a bottle of FOODS: wine or rum’ Sink me – to be surprised Bunny Grub - vegetables “Dead as bilge water” – rotting dead Aye or Aye, aye, sir! …or, Arr – yes Burgoo – a vile mash of boiled oatmeal “Devil to pay” – seeing no clear way out of PUNISHMENTS: with salt, sugar and butter a situation Bite the Bullet – to stop the screaming Cackle-Fruit – eggs “Eye of the wind” – the direction in which from any punishment Dogsbody – sea biscuit soaked in water the wind is coming from Clap in irons – confined to iron manacles and sugar “Feeling blue” – a ship without a captain Davy Jones’ Locker – a watery grave flew a blue flag when returning to port Grog - Rum diluted w/ water Feed the Fish – being thrown into the sea Grub - Food “Gone by the board” – anything lost over dead or alive the side of a ship Hardtack - a hard flour & water biscuit Flogging – a short whip with a cat-o’-nine- “Harp up in a clinch and no knife to cut tails attached at the end. Loblolly – Porridge or gruel the seizing’s” – in a difficult situation Poor John – salted and dried fish Gallows Dance – the dangling feet of a “I have the collywobbles” – to be afraid hanged man Rum – a preferred drink of pirates “I’ll see you measured for chains” -- Keelhaul – tying wrists & ankles, tossing Salmagundi – a particularly spicy soup a particularly nasty threat feared by pirates overboard then dragging under Spirits – hearty beverages “In due course” – something will happen the keel of the ship when it should happen Tooth Rot – sugar Kiss the Gunner’s Daughter – to be bent “Keep a weather eye open” – keep an eye over a ship’s guns and flogged FRIENDS: on where the trouble might come from Bucko / Mate / Matey / Me Hearties Kiss the Wooden Lady –to be tied up w/ “Rattle the bones” – to shake the dice or arms ‘round the mast. gambling with cards & dice INSULTS: Maroon – abandoning an offender on a Addled - crazy “Shake a cloth in the wind” – to be remote island slightly tipsy or drunk Bilge Rat Rope’s End – referencing a hanging – to “Shiver me timbers” – to be very surprised Bilge-sucking – an uncomplimentary meet the rope’s end adjective “Sink Me!” – to be very surprised Sweating – being forced to run around the Dog “Splice the mainbrace” – to have several ship until you dropped while crew utilized drinks various sharp objects ‘encouraging’ you to Land-lubber – land-lover “Stay the Course” – a nautical term to not continue Lubber – a clumsy man vary from the intended destination Walking the Plank – to walk until you Poxy, poxed – to be diseased “Sweet Trade” – a pirate's profession drop off the plank Scurvy Dog “Tell it to the parrot” – to tell everyone, Shark Bait - lazy spreading gossip Swab – disrespectful term for a seaman “Three Sheets To The Wind” – to be drunk TREASURE: “Yo Ho Ho!” – a very piratey thing to say on any occasion Booty / Loot / Swag Wracking trade –diving for sunken treasure ™ On Digital September 19 and on Blu-ray October 3 ©2017 Disney.