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Pirate Phrases

Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! - exhortation of discontent or disgust

Ahoy! - Hello!

Ahoy, Matey - Hello, my friend!

Ahoy, me Hearties! - the same as saying "Hello, my friends!"

All hand hoay! - comparable to all hands on deck


Pirate Dictionary-

• All Hands Hoay! - "All Hands on Deck!", everyone on the ship called to the deck, usually for action
• Avast - "Avast Ye!" from the Dutch term for 'hold fast' and means "Stop and pay attention.", like, "Get a load of this."
• Black Spot - a death threat among pirates made of a black spot or mark on a scrap of paper with more specific detail sometimes written on the other side, referred to in the story, Treasure Island.
• Dance the Hempen Jig - To hang, (rope was often made of hemp fibers)
• Dungbie - rear end
• Go on Account -a tongue-in-cheek description pirates used that compared the act of becoming a pirate to going into business
• Hempen Halter- The hangman's noose.
• Hornswaggle - To cheat or defraud, often of money or belongings, Yosemite Sam knows a lot about it
• Shiver me timbers! - akin to "Blow me down!", an expression of shock or disbelief, believed to come from the sound the ship made when 'shocked' by running aground or hit by a cannon blast.