Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-17
SLANG 0F THE SAILOR
Tho Lingo That Is Used by UnoIe
 Sam's BIuejackets.
MANY QUAINT EXPRESSIONS.

The Man of-wsr's Man May es .
 "snowdigpsr" or . "sIopsr," but He
 Uses the Language of Every Other
 Sailor.
 There is n language that is neither English nor American. down east nor southern, western nor Yankee. It is just sailors lingo.
 No matter what part of the country may be the birthplace of bluejacket or what his language at home, sooner or later he uses the language of every other sailor.
 To the civilian a conversation be- tween two bluejackets about his life on shipboard is hardly ineligible. The other day on the water front two sail OTIS were overheard talking, says the San Francisco Bulletin.
 "Oh. he's nothing but beach comb CT. He was run up for breaking 1t once and got sent to the pie wagon" said one of them
 T heard he got six months and bob before he come here" replied the other.
 A. small boy standing near asked what all those things meant The sall- ors were in n good humor and ex- plained.
 "'Beach comber.' lad? Why. that's n fellow who hangs around a saloon ashore and never wants to work. Breaking it is staying overtime on shore, and run up is brought to the mast for offenses. The pie wagon is the place where they put prisoners. and six months md bob is sentenced to six months in prison and given dis honorable discharge"
 There are many other terms and ex- pressions that do not show their mean ing on the surface.
 A "rookie" is a recruit. A'man who "ships over' enlists again. A man who is on the report for mast call is down for chance" Canned beef is known as "canned Willie." and bottle of liquor is. a dog" All things lost on shipboard are put in a room called the lucky bag" An honorable discharge is "a big ticket" and desertion by a sailor is jumped" When the mail ar rives on board and is ready for distri- button "mailo" is the cry which carries the news. A ships carpenter is called "chips," a coppersmith "coppers," a blacksmith "blacky" and the chief of the engineering department "the chief"
 When ship Is travelling at sea 1t is "seagoing," and If it hurries 1t is "mak- ing knots." A prison on shore is a "stone frigate." When a man is dis rated to lower rating be Is "busted:" when he deserts and voluntarily gives himself up within a period of six months he Is a straggler: when he Is sitting next the dealer in a friendly game of draw" he is under the gum" when he Is continually quoting the naval regulations he has swallow ed the blue book" and when he thinks he knows more about the blue book than the captain he Is "sea lawyer"
 Pipe down. means in American slang "shut up." Put in his oar' is "butt in" Shove of, Jack" Is a hint to move on. When man is dishon- orably discharged he gets straight kick" A sailor who draws more pay draws more water" One who talks too much blows off at low pressure. ]"
 Wednesday afternoon, when the crew overhaul their clothing. is rope yard Sunday Any part of the United States is called Gods country" and the man from the eastern coast is a 'snowdigger," while his brother tar from the west Is called "sloper" The duty of calling the men in the morning falls to the master at arms, and he says ''show leg" or rise up and shine" When man has had no night watch and gets up in the morn ing with good appetite it Is "all night in and beans for breakfast"
 One of the more familiar sea terms is caught crab" meaning caught an oar in the water. When a sailor has several enlistments to his credit he is called "a sea dog" or "an old salt"
 A gentle hint from one sailor to an- other that he does not believe some thing which is being told to him is tell 1t to marine" To re-enlist Is to ''slip over.' and when more than half the enlistment is in sailor is going downhill."
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