Talk Like a Pirate Word List Ahoy: hello Matey: friend Example: "Ahoy there matey! Come aboard me ship!" Example: "Ahoy there matey!" Avast: "What are you up to?" Me hearty: my friend Example: "Avast, me hearty?" Example: "Me hearty, help me search for treasure!" Bilge rat: a criminal Piece of eight: Spanish silver coin Example: "That ship be full of bilge rats!" Example: "The pay for the job be 25 pieces of eight!" Booty: treasure Scallywag: bad person Example: "The booty be buried on Treasure Island!" Example: "He be a mean, rotten scallywag!" Doubloon: Spanish gold coin Scuttlebutt: news or gossip Example: "I be saving me doubloons for a new ship!" Example: "I be new in town. What be the scuttlebutt?" Grog: a pirate's favorite drink Sea dog: very experienced sailor Example: "Tis' lovely grog that quenches me thirst!" Example: "We need good sea dogs for our crew." Heave to: an order to stop Sea legs: staying balanced on a boat Example: "Heave to me hearties so we can come Example: "Me sea legs kept me from tipping over into aboard!" the brink (sea)!" Jolly Roger: skull & crossbones flag Sea rover: pirate ship Example: "Their Jolly Roger is flying high, warning Example: "Look! On the horizon there be a dozen sea others to steer clear!" rovers heading our way!" Keel haul: severe punishment Shiver me timbers!: expression of Example: Arrr! We'll keel haul ye if ye steals our great shock or surprise treasure!" Land lubbers: non-seafaring folk Yo ho ho!: pirate laughter Example: "Those land lubbers would be useless trying Example: "Yo ho ho! What a funny joke!" to sail the Seven Seas!".