Ahoy!- "Hello!"
Aft- Short for After, usually used regarding the part of the ship to the rear.
Argh- The first word in pirate vocabulary-used to punctuate any sentence and should literally be sprinkled throughout the dialogue.
Avast- Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise such as, "whoa get a load of that!".
Aye!- "Why yes, I agree most heartily with everything you just said or did."
Aye aye!- "I'll get right on that sir as soon as I am finished with my break."
Arrr!- This one is often confused with Arrrgh, which of course is the sound you make when you sit on a pin.  Arrr! can mean variously,
           "yes," "I agree, " "I am happy, " or "I saw that television show, it sucked."
Beauty- The best possible address for a woman. Always preceeded by "me" as in, "C'mere, me beauty."
Belay- "Stop That!" Belay that talk would mean, "Shut Up!"
Bilge-  Nonsense or foolish talk. The Bilge is usually filled with stinky water- only good enough to wash hogs.
Bilge Rat- The bilge is the lowest level of the ship, so the bilge rat lives in the worst place on the ship.
				*Note- For pirates, a lot of humor involves insulting your friends to prove your friendship. It is important
                that everyone know that you are smarter, more powerful, and much luckier than they are, so by all
                means call your friends a bilge rat.*
Black Spot- To place a Black Spot on another Pirate means to mark him for death.
Blimey!- An exclamation of surprise.
Blow the Man Down- To kill Someone.
Booty- Treasure
Brethen of the Coast- The Carribean buccaneers called themselves this in the 1640-1680 period.  During this time, they actually formed             
                                         a sort of fraternity and did not fight each other. After 1680, a new evil generation of pirates emerged. Use this phrase  
                                        for your closest friends, those you trust.
Buccaneer- A general term for the Caribbean Pirates.
Bucko- A familiar term- "Me Bucko" means "my friend."
Bung Hole- Victuals on a ship were stored in a wooden cask. The stopper is called a bung. At dinner you will be a hit  if you stop and say, 
                    "Well, me hearties, let's see what crawled out of the bung hole!"
Cat O'nine Tails- Sometimes just shortened to "Cat"- a whip with many lashes used for a flogging. "I'll give you  a taste of the cat, " 
                             might mean a ful flogging, or simply a single blow to "smarten you up."
Chandler- See Sutler
Chantry- A sailor's song, Also spelled "shantey" or "shanty."
Chase- The ship being pursued- "The chase is making full sail sir"= "the ship we're after is going as fast as she can."
Corsair- A more romantic term for a pirate, but still a pirate.
Cutlass- A curved sword, a traditional pirate weapon.
Davy Jones' Locker- The bottom of the Sea- most likely not used by traditional pirates.
Deadlights- Eyes
Piece of Eight- A Spanish silver coin worth one peso or 8 reales. It was sometimes literally cut into 8 pieces-  each worth 1 real.
Gangway!- Get out of my way
Grog- Generically, any alcoholic drink. Specifically, rum diluted with water.
Flogging- Punishment by caning, or whipping with the cat.
Hands- The crew of the ship- the sailors
Handsomely- Quicky. "handsomely now men- Handsomely!"
Jack Tar or Tar- A sailor
Jollyboat- A small but happy craft, perhaps even one which is a little dinghy.
Jolly Roger- The pirates' skull and crossbones flag. It was an invitation to surrender, with the implication that those who surrendered 
                       would be treated well. A red flag indicated "No Quarter."
Keelhaul- Punishment by dragging under the ship, from one side to the other. The victim of keelhauling would be half drowned
                   or lacerated by the barnacles that grew beneath the ship.
Lad or Lass- A way to address someone younger than you.
Lubber- as in "Land Lubber"- This is the seaman's version of land lover, mangled by typical pirate disregard for elocution.
                A lubber is someone who does not go to sea.- Considered an insult by pirate everywhere!
Letters of Reprisal- issued to merchants to make it legal to counter raid pirates. A ship bearingsuch letters, and operating within their limits 
                                    is a privateer rather than a pirate. This makes than legal combatants instead of murderers or criminals.
                                   However, such marques are not always honored, even by the government that issued them. Captain Kidd had such 
                                  letters, and his own country hanged him anyway.
Maroon- A fairly common punishment for a violations of the ship's articles or offending her crew. The victim was left on a deserted island
                with almost no supplies, that way no one could say that the unlucky pirate was actually killed by his former brethen.
Me- A pirate's way of saying, "my".
Me Hearties- A typical way for a pirate leader to address his crew.
Matey- A Piratical way to address someone in a friendly way, if not necessarily a friendly way.
On the Account- The Piratical Life. A man who went onthe account was turning Pirate.
Pirate- A seagoing robber and murderer.
Privateer- A ship bearing letters of marque, or one of her crew or captain. Thus, she can only attack an enemy  ship, and only in a time of war, 
                   but does so as a representative of her own country. A Privateer is theoretically a law abiding combatant, and entitled to be treated 
                   as an honorable prisoner if captured.
Rope's End- another form of flogging. "you'll meet the rope's end for that, me bucko."
Sail Ho!- "I see a ship!" The sail, of course, is the first part of a ship visible over the horizon.
Scallywag- A villainous or mischievous person.
Scuppers- Openings along the edges of a ship deck to allow water to drain back to the sea rather than collecting in the bilges. 
                    "Scupper That" means to throw something overboard.
Scurvy- (1) A deficiency disease which often afflicted sailors; it was caused by a lack of vitamin C 
               (2) A derogatory adjective suitable for use in a loud voice, as in "Ye scurvy dogs."
Shiver me Timbers- An expression of surprise or stron emotion.
Sink Me!- An expression of Surprise.
Smartly- "do it quickly."
Splice the Mainbrace- To have a drink- or perhaps, several.
Spyglass- A telescope
Swab- A disrespectful term for a seaman. "Man that gun, ye cowardly swabs."
Walk the Plank- A Piratical Execution. The victim, usually blindfolded or with bound hands, or both, is forced to walk along a plank laid over
                              the ships side, to fall into the water below. This actually seems to be a total invention; it first appeared in 19th century fiction,
                             long after the great days of Piracy.
Weigh Anchor- To haul the anchor up; more generally, to leave port.
Yo-Ho-Ho- A very piratical thing to say, whether it means anything or not.

The Pirate Alphabet:
A: Ehhhhh? - What's that?
B: Are- as in Be ye ready to surrender?
C: Si Si!- To a Spanish Pirate, yes!
E: Eeeee!- "Maaaaaybe.."
I: Aye!- yes
L: 'Ell- A destination, as in "To L with you matey"
O: Oh!- "Oh!"
Q: Queue- A sailors pigtail, usually tarred.
R: Arrrr! A general expression of glee.
T: Tea- A very inferior substitute for grog.
Z: Zee- To a French pirate, "the"


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