~ѕlang◦Ahoy - A pirate greeting, or a shout to attract an attention. Something like "Hello!" or "Yo!".
◦Arrr, Arrgh, Yarr, Gar - A common pirate terms, which are used in different situations.
◦Avast - An order to stop and pay attention.
◦Aye - "Yes"
◦Aye aye - Conformation, taking order from the captain.
◦Belay - Usually means to tie something down but pirates used it to prevent someone to do something.
◦Booty – The treasures and other values plundered from the victim ships.
◦Bucko - A friend.
◦Davy Jones's locker - A graveyard for people killed or drowned at the sea.
◦Dead men tell no tales - Means that a dead man cannot reveal any secret or fact. It was the reason why the pirates didn't like to spare any survivors.
◦I'll Crush Ye Barnacles - A common pirate's treat.
◦Jolly Roger - The well-known pirate flags, usually represented with symbols of a skull and the crossbones. The most recognized symbol of the pirates.
◦Lad - A younger person.
◦Letters of Marquee - A document issued by a government, which allowed the privateers and the buccaneers to legally attack the ships and the colonies of an enemy nation.
◦Maroon - To leave prisoners on island or desert coast.
◦Matey - A companion, a close friend.
◦Prize - A ship captured by pirates.
◦Savvy - "Do you understand?"
◦Sea Rover - A pirate, a pirate ship.
◦Shiver me timbers - idiom for surprise, shock. Usually used when a ship is hit in combat.
◦Smartly - To do something quickly.
◦Sweet trade - Another term for the trade of piracy.
◦Walk the plank - When someone is forced to walk on a plank, with hands tied behind. Plank is extended over the side of a ship, and victim is usually forced to jump to water and drown. Shown today as main pirates' amusement, although only a few real pirates practiced that.
◦Weigh anchor - "let's go", "get ready to sail on".
◦Yo-ho-ho - Salutation, expression of delight.
(copied from
http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/pirat ... -slang.php)