Talk Like a Pirate Day

Hey kids. Guess what day is tomorrow? It’s one of the most important of internet holidays : the International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Yep, it’s that day when everyone on the whole internet suddenly becomes Guybrush Threepwood and tries to talk all pirate like.

So here is my contribution: a neat little glossary of commonly used pirate terms. Consider it a pirate talk crash course:

pls seeeed – a call to arms uttered by a pirate in need of a peer to peer assistance

stfu fag – pirate talk for “I respectfully I disagree”.

thx – the highest form of acknowledgment a pirate can expect from his peers. It’s usually reserved for special occasions only (ie. 0day releases)

a/v? – avast maties, what be the audio/visual quality of this here torrent. Arrrrr!

wtf – an exclamation indicating that the poster did not understand the previous statement, and that it may need clarification.

dot work! it ax me for cd key – I do not understand how cracks work. Please say inappropriate things about my mom

ho w do i opn iso? – common pirate talk for “I am to stupid to live”. A polite response is “gtfo”.

Hey, I don’t make these up – I’m just how that particular slang works. Don’t blame me if it’s harsh and vulgar – after all, pirate’s life is harsh and full of stranger danger. Please feel free to add your own common pirate phrases down in the comments.

Also, this:

So yeah. May your torrents never be seedles, may your ports never be blocked, may your bandwidth be huge, may your peers always seed and may your connections never drop.

Ok, ok… So I was to lazy to write a real post and I’m using the fake internet holiday as an excuse. Sue me. Actually, no. Don’t sue me. I don’t think I can afford a lawsuit right now. Maybe next week…