banyan day »
In modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.
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cock up »
Unintentionally; to screw up, mess up or f** up.
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company »
The entire crew of a ship.
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crashpad »
In the aviation industry, used for a place of temporary lodging for airline flight crews.
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flog a dead horse »
To attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.
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gandy dancer »
A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.
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have a screw loose »
A phrase meaning that the subject is insane or irrational.
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jack up »
To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up.
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Loose cannon »
A cannon that breaks loose during battle or a storm and causes serious damage to the ship and its crew.
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make an example of »
He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.
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screw back »
To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.
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screw it »
"I don't care enough to continue"; whatever.
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screw the pooch »
To screw up; to fail in dramatic and ignominious fashion.
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screw this »
"I don't care enough to continue"; "This is too stressful for me"; whatever.
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skeleton crew »
The minimum number of personnel needed to operate and maintain an item at its most simple operating requirements, such as a ship or business, during an emergency or shut down, and at the same time, to keep vital functions operating.
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