NAVY SLANG.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 145, 19 June 1915, Page 18

NAVY SLANG.

crniosiTiEs nr a sailors VOCABULARY. To e.p'ain the orlirln of some or the picturesque terms which "Jack has hrstowed upon many I allien tn conneetton with his rnlllnc is almost Impossible. Navy men themselves cm offer no explanation as to w-by. f..r Instance, ihey ea'l tlwir ration of tinned mutton •'.'ami}' Adams. Who the lady was. nnd why her name lembalmed In a prr-.-erv-ed meal tin even the sailor mir.-elf ha- forj..llo!i. It Is quite nhvl.UH, however, why he refers tn tinned liecT as Ihe "Ae.'ldpnt," while the raCon ol' h led ineit vvlih ve.e tallies .- known in a "Sel, r on HiBucks," ii'io baked al a- I'u'i.t ..il. r 1_.." (In his officers Jiii'lt has 1...5:., wed some ti.i'l.-!.i- names. The ('..imuai.der -In-i'hiel Is citl . d "Tlie Hal," ■•". ai.l.r.v; .Hon ~| admiral: the Ciimiiuii'der "Ihe IV.ke." "Nilliil.er ( " I.- lie I, si I;, uienaiil, a..-. tl'ovvn .i- the "l-'ir-l 1...,,!.' ■■.;..;,. n,,. nihilities Ihe piyma-ler, t_ ( . liomiii j s "To.amy Pipes." a'ld his male ' I lie Uiii-er." A .Navy man in naval slim, b :. Wallow." from the l'r?ue|j "niatei, ",' vI . . Ihe Miispt-a: Arms Is !h. .nuty," r■ m r'.|.:;..n of K.iidai'iiie. 'I '■ i. aili.e. live ki.'.wn as "lea.her o" :-. ' froi.i tie I'.o I ilial the c„|„•,,. „f I. • Jacket vv.is ■„ ■ ■ 1 w,ll, a I hill i- :.' ■■' lealher. Tl, a p- hand is ~,,„. r.'rd of "vvind'aiiim .-." vv_i;e signalmen m i "lu-.i.tlng tosser.-. .he torpedo i.s known anion, battleship Ken as ihe "stink lish" from ihe fumes whl'h tho enrlv luli-s gave .'IT when fired Qrd wireless teles ai liy Is "aimos|.!ierle». A:-nine, -nek s favouillc- pa.lime when "flinke and mend clothes" is the order, is . Qtin-n as being "up the rigging.'* wiu.e oi-i_-Hng Is "flogging the cut."