To be late reporting for duty
A military driver
Swear a dit/story is true
To be totally intoxicated by the Navy
Children
The Royal Navy
Tinned steak & kidney pudding
Gun turret
Packed lunch
A sandwich
An impromptu beach party
To cease doing something
Best as in 'bezzy oppo' - best mate
To fool or make someone believe something stupid
To walk slowly
An bird who's so ugly she who requires a bin liner to cover her entire body
A stupid person or thing to do
To have sex
A Royal Marine
Medal ribbons
A homosexual
The Army
Senior Seaman on board ship
A wall on boards ship
A curry/curry house
The main corridor on a ship running for'ard to aft
A rumour - usually untrue!
A piece of equipment prone to breaking down
See above!
Cheap and nasty wine
Egg on toast
Hard luck
Carpenter
A request form
Civilian
Veneral disease
PT instructor
Cockroach
Dirty
A member of the RAF
Get your head down,Go to sleep
The floor
To deck - to knock someone to the floor
The ceiling
Wash
Washing powder
Someone who does the laundry - usually Chinese
To make an effort
To miss out on something/ make an unexpectedly gain
A story
Gorgeous woman (divine)
A naval parade
Any medical personnel
A really ugly woman
A bit that goes on something
Veneral disease - a dose of the clap
Someone so ugly that you put a bin liner over your own head in case theirs falls off!
To moan
Giving birth
Pudding
A gorgeous woman (very occasionally a man)
Taxi
Unfit personFar East Station
Waffle/bullshit
Fleet Air Arm's name for a sailor
Panicking (flapping around like a headless chicken
Open space between mess decks on board ships
Face Like A Slapped Arse
Talcum powder
A ships kitchen
Junior rates dining hall
Someone who eats a lot
Rubbish
True/genuine
A free gift/something unwanted that might prove useable
Someone with a big mouth who usually talks rubbish
A big wave
Cold fizzy drinks
Someone who is naive or gullible
Electricial branch of the RN
Someone who latches on to a free run ashore
Book filled with female contact details who you can meet up with ashore
An ugly woman
A quantity of drink somewhere between 'sippers' and 'sandy bottoms'
A small, more private area of a mess deck. Eg. Granny gultch - usually taken by the longest serving AB's/Leading hands
Plymouth
The ships's toilets
Really cold
Foreign Currency
In serious trouble
A sailor of the RN
A Matelots ship
RN supply rating
A Wren (WRNS)
The First Lieutenant
The Master At Arms
Foreign money, usually coins
A personal kit inspection
To treat someone
A cock up
Lime cordial or other non fizzy cordial drink
Hanging about aimlessly/leave something loafing about
Early finish to a days work
Dirty
Drunk
A really ugly woman
To be extremely drunk
To drink Pusser's rum neat
A jammy dodger biscuit
A Navy punishment (There are loads of others, all numbered)
A fresh, raw recruit
Sweets/chocolate
The Skipper/captain of the ship
Cornish pasties
The sea
An idiot
Friend/mate
Girlfriend
Someone from the Army
Officer
Midshipman
The Wardroom
To be spotted
Whistle used to send orders. Also ships broadcast system
Bed space, bed or bunk
Portsmouth
Army - From 'where the army goes, the pong goes too!'
Goods aquired from dubious methods, usually from the Establishment!
The Royal Navy/Marines as a whole
To drink/consume usually quickly
Presents or souvenirs
To be very drunk
Running Down Period - referring to the last few months of being in the mob
A Regulator - Naval policeman
Roll On My Fucking Time - Used by a hacked off Matelot usually after they have put in their notice to quit the RN
Rough sea/stormy weather
Ship's inspection carried out daily, usually by the Officer of the Day
A night out
The supply and secretariat branch of the RN - Cooks, stewards, stores etc.
To be depressed
RN medic
An untidy rating - see below
A bag where loose bits of kit are kept
To finish for the day or end of watchA fellow seaman or shipmate
A large seagullRN medical centre
Someone who spends a lot of time off sick
The queue formed the morning after a ship leaves port by ratings who have possibly caught VD
Scrambled eggs on toast
Singapore
A sip of a drink
Submariners name for a sailor serving on a surface ship
A sailors name for a submariner
A show put on at sea by the ships company
To tell or explain
An issue of a tot of rum (I got two in 5 years!)
A Wren
Money
A child/juinior rating with no sea time
Mechanical branch of the RN
A tea break
To wet something, to swamp your pit - wet your bed
To be really worried
An old sea dog with 12 years good conduct but who has usually not gone beyond Able seaman
Dockyard transport usually driven by a civvie
A measure of Pussers rum - sadly gone but given out as a treat on special occasions.
A mess game losely based on Ludo
Sailors name for a member of the Fleet Air arm
The officers mess
A drink
A female sailor
A close friend
Make it up as you go along
Service issue wooly jumper
To force march with a heavy load
A long time
To get some sleep