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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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sinclair is not gonna make it out alive

個人的な解釈です

Do I look like him?

“average sinner has 2 levels of reincarnation themes" factoid is actualy just statistical error. average sinner has no themes of reincarnation. Reincarnation Quixote, who lives in lighthouse & gains a new reincarnation motif every day is an outlier adn should not have been counted

peak hater behavior

[ID: A Scum Villain meme redraw of Shen Qingqiu in a Tiktok. He's shown standing on a porch and about to hurl a book through the air, captioned "When it's clear the author should've went to therapy instead of writing a book. His profile picture is official art of Shang Qinghua with a "no" symbol over him. End ID]

these creatures mean everything to me

i thought so too LMAO

chillin on a Saturday night

How Animals Eat Their Food

A new mode of production arises out of the newly networked masses.

Takumi said happy birthday to my sister

And shes dieing in the corner.

if i could turn into an eel. well that'd be ideal.

size of the donut hole through the years (Via keepfilming)

tumblr is like a group therapy with no therapist.

“Appeal to a wider audience” is corporate lingo for “strip more themes from a piece of media so it’s safer and more sanitized for investors”

The Mermaid (2016).

there is so much love in friendship, people forget that

sitcom about living with a wizard

A short thing about “weird triggers” inspired by this that I’ll end up deleting later honestly-

You can reblog this but like... don’t fuck around??? I won’t hesitate with the block button on this I swear to fuck I won’t.

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i’ve had a realization and i’m sure it’s been done before but-

millennial depression:

vs

gen z depression:

I highly reccomend falling in love with yourself & romanticizing your own body

ok but this hoe y/n is living her best life in all these fics. can I be her