How To Talk Like A Pirate

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Ahoy! - Hello!

Avast - Pay attention! or Look at that!

Aye - Yes or I agree. Say it twice in a row (Aye! Aye!) to indicate that you heard, understood and will do what the other person asked you to do.

Arr! - This one has lots of meanings... "I'm happy", "yes", "I agree" or just a general term of agreement like "uh huh". Arrr is always a good term to fall back on if you just don't know what to say. Arrr...

Be - Used in place of "am", "are" and "is". For example, "Arrr! I be hungry!", "We be going to the galley", "Me matey be over thar!"

Booty - loot, treasure, money

Landlubber - "land lover", anyone who is not a pirate.

Matey - Friend

Me - Use in my place of "my". For example, "Me booty is missing!"

Scallywag - scoundral, a basic pirate insult

Scurvy - dirty, stinky, another basic insult

Ye - You

Yer - Your

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Once you've got the basics down you can start using more advanced pirate words and phrases!

Bilge Rat - an insult, save this for someone you really don't like

Blimey! - an exclamation of surprise

Buccaneer - another name for a pirate

Crow's nest - small platform at the top of the mast, a place for the outlook to stand

Cutlass - a sword with a short, curved blade

Doubloons - coins

Head - the toilet of a pirate ship, oddly enough

Heave Ho - put some muscle into it!

Old Salt - an experienced sailor

Pillage - rob, sack, plunder and generally destroy everything that's not valuable

Poop Deck - deck in the back of the ship, generally above the captain's quarters. The poop deck is not a toilet.

Savvy? - Do you understand?

Sea Dog - Old sailor or pirate

Yo ho ho! - cheerful, upbeat exclamation meaning "hello, pay attention to me!"

Pirates Raising the Skull and Crossbones

Blow Me Down! - expression of surprise or shock similar to "Holy cow!"

Dead Men Tell No Tales - means "leave no survivors" because they could tell what had happened

Shiver Me Timbers! - literally means that the ship is (timbers) is shaking possibly due to canon blast. Used as a slang for a term of
surprise

Skull n' Crossbones - universal sign of pirates. Used on the pirate flag, the Jolly Roger

Three sheets to the wind - drunk. Could be one, two or four sheets to the wind depending on how drunk ye are.

Walk the Plank - A punishment where the person must walk off a board hanging over the ship and fall into the sea, resulting in death. Often used as a threat when yer talkin' like a pirate.