Aft - short for "after". Towards the rear of the ship.

Ahoy - "hello!"

Avast - "Hey!" could be used as "stop that!" or "who goes there?"

Begad! - By god!

Belay - Stop that. "Belay that talk!" would mean "shut up!"

Belaying pin - a shot wooden rod to which the ship's rigging is secured. A common improvised weapon abord a sailing ship, because they're everywhere, they're easily picked up, and they are the right size and weight to be used as a club.

Bilge! - nonsense or foolish talk. The bilges of a ship are the lowest parts, inside the hull along the keel. They fill with stinking bilgewater, or just "blige"

Blige-sucking - a very uncomplimentary adjective

Black Spot - to "place the Black Spot" on another pirate is to sentance him to death, to warn him he is marked for death, or sometimes just to accuse him of a serious crime before other pirates.

Blimey! - an exclamation of surprise

Booty - loot

Bosun - boatswain; a petty officer

Bowsprit - the slanted spar at the ship's prow

Brethren of the Coast - the Caribbean buccaneers caled themselves by this name in the 1640-1680 period. During this time, they actually formed a sort of fraternity, and did not (usually) fight each other or even steal from each other. After 1680, a new generation of pirates appeared, who did not trust each other, for good reason.

Briny deep - The ocean. Probabily no pirate in history ever used this phrase, but don't let that stop you, espically if you can roll the R in "briny!"

Buccaneer - a general term for the caribbean pirates

Bucko - familiar term. "Me bucko" = "my friend"

Cap'n - short for "captain"

Cat o'nine tails, or just "cat" - a whip with many lashes, used for flogging. "A taste of the cat" might refer to a full flogging, or just a single blow to "smarten up" an unruly hand

Chandler or ship-chandler - see Sutler

Chantey - a sailor's work 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."

Chest - traditional treasure container.

Corsair - a more remantic term for pirate. but still a pirate

Crow's Nest - a small plaform, sometimes enlosed, near the top of the mast, where a lookout could have a better view when watching for sails or for land.

Cur - a sort of derogitory word... like jerk or slimeball haha! like in POTC when Jack says "Come 'ere you stupid slimy mangy cur!"

Cutlass - a curved sword, like a saber but heavier. Tranditional priate weapon. has only one cutting edge, may or may not have a useful point

Davby Jone's Locker - the bottom of the seal

Deadlights - eyes. "Use ter deadlights, matey!"

Dead men tell no tales - standard pirate excuse for leaving no survivors

dog - a mild insult, perhaps ever a friendly one

Doubloon - a Spanish gold coin. at different times, it was worth either 4 or 16 silver pesos, or "pieces of eight"

Feed the fish - what ou do when you are thrown into the sea, dead or alive

Gangway! - "Get out of my way!"

Grog - generally, any alcoholic drink. spcifically, rum diluted with water to make it go farther

grub - food

gun - cannon

fore, or forrard - toward the front end of the ship

flogging - punishment by caning, or by whipping with the cat

hands - the crew of a ship, sailors

Handsomely - quickly. "Handsomely now men!" = "hurry up!"

Jack Ketch - the hangman, to dance with Jack Ketch is to hang

Jack Tar, or tar - a sailor

Jollyboat - a small but happy craft, perhaps ever one with is a little dinghy

Jolly Rogber - the pirates skull and cross bones flag. it was an invitation to surrender, with the implication that those who surrender would be treatedwell. A red flag indicated "no quarter"

Keelhaul - punishment by dragging under the ship, from one side to the other. The victim of a keelhauling would be half-drowned, or worse, lacerated by the barnacles that grew beneath the ship

Kiss the gunner's daughter - a punishment: to be bent over one of the ship's guns and flogged

Lad, lass, lassie - a way to address someone younger than you

Landlubber or just lubber - a non-sailor

Lights - lungs. A pirate might threaten to "have someone's lights and liver."

Line - a rope used as part of the ship's rigging, or as a towing line. When a rope is just coiled up on deck, not yet being used for anything, it's alright to call it a rope

Lookout - someone pointed to keep watch on the horizon for other ships or signs for land

Maroon - a fairly common punishment for violation of a pirate ship's articales, or offending her crew. The victim was left on a deserted coast (or, of course, an island) with little in the way of supplies. That way, no one would say that the unlucky pirate had actually been killed by his former brethren

Me - a piratical way to say "my"

Me Hearties - Typical way for a pirate leader to address his crew

Matey - a piratical way to address someone in a cheerful, if not necessarily friendly, fashion

On the Account - the piratical life. A man who went "on the account" was turning pirate

Piece of eight - a spanish silver coin worth one peso or 8 reales. it was sometimes literally cut into eight pieces, each worth one real.

Pirate - a seagoing robber or murderer. Contrast with privateer

Poop deck - the highest desk at the aft end of a large ship. smaller ships don't have a poop; the highest part aft is the quarter deck

Port - (1) a seaport (2) the ligth side of the ship when you are facing toward her prow

Poxy, Poxed - diseased. Used as an insult

Prow - the "nose" of the ship

Reef - to reef sails is to shorten them, tying them partially up, either to slow the ship or to keep a strong wind from putting too much strain on the masts.

Rope's End - another term for flogging. "Ye'll meet the rope's end for that, me bucko!"

Rum(noun> - traditional pirate drink

Rum(adjective) - strange or odd. A "rum fellow" is a peculiar person, the sort who won't say "Arrr!" on Talk Like A Pirate Day

Sail ho! - "I see a ship!" The sail, of course, is the first past of a ship visible over the horizon

Salt, old salt - an experienced seaman

Scuppers - openings along the edges of a ship's deck that allow water on deck to drain back to the sea rather than collecting in the bilges, "Scupper that!" is an experssion of anger or derision: "Throw that overboard!" **probabily like "oh CRAP!" or "Aww F@#%"**

Scurvy - (1) A deficiency disease which often afflicted sailors; it was caused by lack of vitamin C (2) a derogatory adjective suitable for use in a loud voice, as in "Ye scurvy dogs!"

Shark bait - (1) Your foes, who are about to feed the fish (q.v.). (2) A worthless or lazy sailor; a lubber who is no use aboard ship.

Shipshape - Well-organized, under control, finished.

Shiver me timbers! - An expression of surprise or strong emotion.

Sink me! - An expression of surprise.

Smartly - Quickly. "Smartly there, men!" = "Hurry up!"

Splice the mainbrace - To have a drink. Or, perhaps, several drinks.

Spyglass - A telescope.

Starboard - The right side of the ship when you are facing toward her prow.

Sutler - A merchant in port, selling the various things that a ship needed for supplies and repairs.

Swab (noun) - A disrespectful term for a seaman. "Man that gun, ye cowardly swabs!"

Swab (verb) - To clean something. Being put to "swabbing the decks" would be a low-level punishment for a disobedient pirate.

Swag - Loot.

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 ship's side, to fall into the water below. Except this 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 actually means anything or not.

I thought you'd all like to learn the words to "A Pirates Life for Me". Hehe! And yes... "And really bad eggs" is really in the song!