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Myrtle | 00:39 Mon 06th Sep 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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Which eight letter word, used as a verb, is naval slang meaning to severely rebuke? My local library is very short of books on slang or naval terms.
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keelhaul? You don't get more severely rebuked than that.
01:27 Mon 06th Sep 2004
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"Masthead" is another possibility. The complete opposite of teh keel!
09:24 Mon 06th Sep 2004
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The other possibility is 'carpeted'. Meaning to be on the Captain's carpet for punishment rather than the normal disciplinary mode of a Ship's officer handing out minor punishments somewhere other than the Captain's cabin. It is not generally regarded as exclusively naval. I favour verbiphobe's 'keelhaul' (very sore on the family treasures)
18:57 Mon 06th Sep 2004
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Rembrandt  To rebuke or severely put someone in the picture.
23:07 Thu 09th Dec 2004

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