Something I Learned Today
Apparently, FTW doesn’t always mean what I thought it did. Alternates:
- For The Win
- Facing The Wall
- Free The Whales
Thanks, Urban Dictionary. The latter is now my preferred mental narration when reading “FTW”.
Crump Juice
Many terms now in use in the English language around the world owe their beginnings to slang originated by sailors of the Royal Navy. A valuable resource in tracing these origins has been Covey Crump - a collection of Naval slang, abbreviations, legends and historical tit-bits which was originally compiled by Commander A. Covey-Crump, RN, a former Naval Assistant to the Chief of Naval Information. The first edition appeared on 17th May, 1955. It is re-produced here and provides a valuable resource for researchers looking for answers to many historical questions about the Royal Navy.
The Royal Navy’s online Covey Crump. How sweet would it be to actually have the 1955 edition?
if only there was an entry for the “Clermont Clump” in the Covey Crump.
“Covey-Crump’s Clermont Clump”
Imagine if there was a guy named Urban Diction Barry and he helped people with their urban diction problems.