Salty Slang - What's your score?

[MyTMerc]

Here's an interesting web site for all you salty dogs.

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=136994 (http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=136994)

[dwasson]

I got 18 of 20. It must be from reading a lot because I was never a sailor.

[Merc-O-matic]

Thought that a "titless wave" was a Reserve,
but the answer was a Yeoman.

Gotta Love It! :P

[MyTMerc]

I got 18 of 20. It must be from reading a lot because I was never a sailor.That's pretty good for a landlubber.

[Joe Walsh]

17 out of 20...I've got several friends who were in the NAVY and I've heard lots of their stories!

titless Wave, geedunk, & Irish pennant got me.

[MyTMerc]

17 out of 20...I've got several friends who were in the NAVY and I've heard lots of their stories!The salty term would be "Sea Stories" :D Most Sailors have a million of them. I'm no exception, some I can even tell in public.

[CBT]

19 outta 20, never heard of an Acey-Duecy club. Odd, being as I'm in the Navy.

Cool test, it even mentioned my rate, Hull Technician.:D

[Merc-O-matic]

19 outta 20, never heard of an Acey-Duecy club. Odd, being as I'm in the Navy.

Cool test, it even mentioned my rate, Hull Technician.:D

I was in the Navy for 33 years and I still missed one!
Always thought a "titless wave" was a Reserve Sailor....

Gotta Love It! :beer:

[MyTMerc]

19 outta 20, never heard of an Acey-Duecy club. Odd, being as I'm in the Navy.







Cool test, it even mentioned my rate, Hull Technician.:D
There is an affectionate salty term for Hull Techs right? Don't worry, you can say it. It's not much worse than my rate. I was an Aviation Machinist Mate. My rate was known as "Nose Pickers"

[Merc-O-matic]

In the world of "salty slang" what do you call
a Navy Hospital Corpsman? Hi Hi
For this net will just call him "Doc".

Gotta Love It!

[Bluerauder]

Here's an interesting web site for all you salty dogs.
17 of 20 for me and I'm an old Army guy. I guess all those Navy movies I watched came in handy .... :D But how did I miss "snipe" -- that's what is did in the Army. :rolleyes:

[shakes_26]

You scored: 19 / 20

Missed the med lights thing, never heard of it, then again we wuz crusin the western Pacific...

[shakes_26]

hmm thought HT was knuckle dragger :)


There is an affectionate salty term for Hull Techs right? Don't worry, you can say it. It's not much worse than my rate. I was an Aviation Machinist Mate. My rate was known as "Nose Pickers"

[lshultz]

20/20 for me...Guess 21 years in the Navy went for something... :beer: :beer:

[CBT]

Hull Tech; Turd Chaser.

[2005Marauder]

19/20 for me but technically I got 20/20.
Missed Sparky. I only heard Electrians called sparky which the quiz author notes is also correct.

Got the two toughest questions correct. Med lights and bubblehead. Probably because I was often called a bubblehead and spent three years on Med crusises.

Challenge would be to write a sea story using all twenty. I'll start:

After stringing Med lights as the Old Goat ordered, I decided to try out the acey-ducey club as I had just tacked on my new crow. Put on my dixie cup but had to first remove the Irish pendant. On the way over, we ran into a pack of jarheads, man, you could hear them a mile away, but we could smell the bubbleheads that were walking behind them first....blah, blah...

[dwasson]

After stringing Med lights as the Old Goat ordered, I decided to try out the acey-ducey club as I had just tacked on my new crow. Put on my dixie cup but had to first remove the Irish pendant. On the way over, we ran into a pack of jarheads, man, you could hear them a mile away, but we could smell the bubbleheads that were walking behind them first....blah, blah...

If this was in english it might have been a good post.

[MainEngDwarf]

20 out of 20 :D I guess it helps being a retired sailor :beer:

[ctrcbob]

Missed "Med Lights" but us CT's never went to sea, so how would we know. :coolman:

[Merc-O-matic]

Missed "Med Lights" but us CT's never went to sea, so how would we know. :coolman:

You "know" from the scuttlebutt you hear in those windowless Bldgs.
over at Corry Station...Hi Hi

Gotta Love It! :P

[jspradii]

I got 16 of 20. I was an Air Force guy, but I spent 10 months with the squids and jarheads on Diego Garcia in 90-91. I should have picked up all of this. Maybe I was tired when I took the test!

[MyTMerc]

17 of 20 for me and I'm an old Army guy. I guess all those Navy movies I watched came in handy .... :D But how did I miss "snipe" -- that's what is did in the Army. :rolleyes:In the Navy "Snipe" is a proper noun and sometimes an adjective, in the Army it's a verb :coffee: . In today's military they'll soon be called JSnipes

[Pat]

I Got 18/20, not too bad for being Air Force. Missed #1, snipe and #3 bug juice.

[Bluerauder]

I Got 18/20, not too bad for being Air Force. Missed #1, snipe and #3 bug juice.
Everyone that has been "in the field" or in austere conditions knows about "Bug Juice". :rolleyes: Oh, I forgot, austere in the Air Force means only domestic beer and house brands at the club. :rofl:

[Vortex]

19 of 20, didnt know what Med Lights were. Thats deck ape stuff anyway.

[Marauder386]

Whats a Stewburner ? Thatsa gimme.... How about ButterCutter.... I got 20/20 'cuz I was a DeckApe then a Stewburner and finally a SeaCop....


:cool:

[Vortex]

I was a "fresh air snipe".

[metroplex]

14/20 - never been in the Navy and it probably shows.

[marauder307]

Time for the Coast Guard to weigh in...

I got 18 outta 20; Boatswain's Mate in the Reserve. I argue with the Med Lights thing---must be some Navy jargon, we normally called that "dressing ship". They were right about one thing tho: It was still a major-league PITA.
Especially on a 210-ft cutter with a REALLY narrow access to the masthead. And we call it "Officer of the Day" when we're inport; OODs go 24 hours between reliefs. It's "Deck" and "Conn" when we're underway, and sometimes those can be split between two officers/CPOs when we're transiting a port. :cool:

"Deck Ape" now; "Wheels" when I was AD.

[Merc-O-matic]

What is a "Fresh Water Sailor"?.......

Gotta Love It! :rolleyes:

[2005Marauder]

Coast Guard...that reminds me of our what are Navy Drill Instructor replied when one recruit mentioned that he should have joined the Coast Guard.

The DI responded, "Sailor, you couldn't get into the Coast Guard because you must be at least 6' 2" tall so when their boats sink, they can wade back to shore!"

[ole69]

12/20 :help: An Army guy