We have gathered together the ultimate list of funny pirate sayings for kids ready for International Talk like a Pirate Day on September 19th.
If you have children who love pirates they are going to really enjoy these funny sayings, and pirate jokes.
If there’s anything kids love more than a good story, it’s the opportunity to use colorful language, but did you know pirates didn’t really have swear words. Instead they used descriptive language to conjure up a suitable insult.
Here are some silly pirate sayings that will have your kids laughing out loud… and you smiling from ear to ear. So let’s jump right in:
List of Pirate Sayings and Pirate Words with Meanings
Aye aye captain… let’s get started with our fun pirate phrases and soon you will be talking in pirate lingo just like real pirates.
Here are the meanings explained for some of the most common and famous pirate words
Ahoy – This is pirate for “Hello”
Aargh – This pirate sound can be used to mean yes, like aye, or just as a pirate roar to intimidate enemies.
Avast – This is pirate for Stop.
Avast ye scurvy dog – This phrase means stand back, weakling!
Aye – Pirate for yes
Batten down the hatches – This means a storm is coming, tie everything down
Bilge rats – Bilge is the lowest part of the ship so bilge rats are the dirty rats found at the bottom of a pirate ship.
Booty – This pirate word means treasure
Davey Jones’ Locker – Means the bottom of the ocean, refers to where pirates would go when they drowned and reached the bottom of the sea.
Doubloons – This means the pirate treasure of gold coins
Fire in the hole! – Means a cannon is going to be fired
Grogg – A pirate name for their alcoholic drink
Grub – This is a pirate word for food
The Head – This is the pirate name for the ship’s toilet
Hempen Jig – Means being hanged
Jolly Roger – This is the name for the black flag with a white skull and crossbones, the most famous pirate flag
Land Lubber – This means someone is not an experienced pirate (land lover)
Lily livered – This is a way of calling someone a cowardly fellow
Matey – Pirates use this as a familiar term meaning friend
Me Hearties – This is a term of endearment or showing respect
No Prey, No Pay – This saying means that the loot will be shared out between all the pirates on the ship. Pirates did not get any wages, but every pirate in the ship would get his share of the bounty.
Old Salt – This means a sailor who has sailed for many years
Pegleg – A pirate word for a wooden leg
Poop deck – This has nothing to do with poop! It is the stern or the highest deck on the pirate ship
Sail Ho! – This means another ship has come into view
Scallywag – Means someone who is not trustworthy, a dishonest man
Scurvy Dog – This is a pirate insult
Scuttle – This means to sink a ship
Shark bait – This is an insult meaning you will walk the plank and be eaten by sharks
Shiver me timbers – This means shock or an expression of surprise
Show a leg – This isa pirate phrase meaning wake up
Swashbuckler – Men of courage, fighting with swords
Yo ho ho – This extremely famous pirate saying came from a fictional pirate sea shanty in the book treasure island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Popular Pirate Catch Phrases
Your child’s sense of humor is important. You can foster a love of reading and writing in kids by teaching them these silly Pirate Sayings for Kids and other phrases that can lighten their mood.
Pirate sayings and phrases are fun to say and teach your kids!
You can take funny pirate quotes from old Pirate themed games like Monkey Island with the pirate character Guybrush Threepwood, or from movies like Walt Disney The Pirates of the Caribbean with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Davy Jones, Captain Hook from Peter Pan, or Captain Long John Silver from Treasure Island.
Here are a few of our favorite Pirate Quotes
”Dead men tell no tales”
May your blade always be wet, and powder dry.
Under a black flag we sail and the sea shall be our empire.
The rougher the seas, the smoother we sail. Ahoy!
“To err is human but to arr is pirate.”
“In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages, and hard labor; in this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power.”
Bartholomew ‘Black Bart’ Roberts
“I am a man of fortune and must seek my fortune.”
Captain Henry Avery
“Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.”
Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean
This is the END for you, you gutter crawling cur! And I’ve got a little TIP for you, get the POINT?
Monkey Island, Insult Sword Fighting
“Nobody’s ever drawn blood from me and nobody ever will.” “You run THAT fast?”
Monkey Island, Insult Sword Fighting
“Under the leadership of a man you have all chosen to flee. We shall see how you prove yourselves under the hand of a woman.”
Ching Shih, Princess of the Chinese Seas
“I am sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you needn’t be hanged like a dog.”
Anne Bonny
“It’s funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating.”
Jack Handey
“You may kill me but you might never insult me.”
Jack Sparrow
To life, love and loot.
Captain Morgan
It is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King.
W.S Gilbert
“You got the makings of greatness in you, but you got to take the helm and chart your own course!”
Long John Silver, Treasure Planet
“When I take something from a man – his ship, his money, his life – I don’t hide behind a clerk. I don’t hide behind the law. I don’t hide behind anything. I look him in his eye and I give him every chance to deny me.”
Captain Charles Vane, Black Sails
Pirate Jokes For Kids
Do you want to make your children laugh? Here are some of the best Pirate Jokes for Kids.
What did the ocean say to the pirate?
Nothing, it just waved.
Why is pirating so addictive?
Because, once ye lose yer first hand, ye get hooked!
How do ye make a pirate furious?
By taking away the P.
What did the pirate wear on Halloween?
His Pumpkin Patch
What do you call a pirate who steals from the rich and gives to the poor?
Robin Hook
Why are pirates called pirates?
Because they arrrr!
Why don’t pirates shower before they walk the plank?
Because they’ll just wash up on the shore later
What’s a pirate’s favorite exercise?
The Plank
More Pirate Fun for Kids.. Pirate Crafts and More
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There are dozens of pirate sayings for kids that you can use for your pirate themed party or even just to get kids to sit still long enough for your next shot of photos. We hope you enjoyed this collection!
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Happy talk like a pirate day!
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