Third in a series of unexpected installments to repurpose archaic terms for the names of Indy Pop Bands or Micro Brew Beers. This time naval terms from the Naval Terms and Definitions by Commander C.C. Soul, U.S.N. (Second Edition, 1926), previously reviewed in an earlier blog.
Jibber the Kibber*
Runner and Tackle
Spanish Burton
Double Bottoms
Eyebolt
Monkey Gaff
Man Ropes
Preventer (mistyped and misheard as Perverter and Prefer Her)
Rose Lashing
Tanner Blish Machine
Against the Sun
Parbuckle
Squilgee
Eye-Splice
Shaft and Alley
Snorter
Ice Blink
Recognition Signal
Keep her so
Heave 'round
*the only term not to come out of Naval Terms and Definitions
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