Jackspeak by Rick Jolly

Author:Rick Jolly [Jolly, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-84486-144-6
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Dolphins

line book (originally FAA) A frequently scurrilous, libellous, scatalogical and invariably hilarious, written and pictorial account of a squadron’s activities, both professional and social; since adopted by ships for a similar purpose.

line shoot (FAA) A tall story, or exaggeration in the recounting of some event that is worthy of recording in a squadron line book.

lined up Charged with an offence under the Naval Discipline Act.

lip lock Prolonged kissing; see also *swapping spit: ‘… an’ then she slaps this bloody great lip lock on me!’

lipstall (FAA) What happens when your brain moves quicker than your mouth; see also *burble.

liquorice legs Shiny black gaiters worn by the officers in charge of a formal Guard, the officer carrying the *Queen’s colour, and by the officer or *warrant officer responsible for parade training (formerly *Guns).

List/list Three meanings here:

1. Short form of the *Navy List, an official document published annually by the *MoD, giving a complete listing of all officers serving in the RN and RM, including their seniority, where they are serving, etc. A second volume contains the Retired List; in fact, naval officers don’t actually retire – they get placed instead on the Retired List, thus remaining eligible (if medically fit) for call-up in an emergency.

2. The term is also used when referring to the latest batch of promotions (or alterations to the List) signalled annually by the *MoD: ‘No good news for me on this List unfortunately. Just one more *shot, then the Feast of the *Passover …’ See Tugg’s rendition of this event here.

3. The condition of a ship which, owing to a shift in her cargo or to flooding below the waterline, is not lying horizontally in the water. This is not necessarily dangerous provided the problem is under control, but see also *loll.

lit up Drunk; derives from the broadcast made by a retired naval officer employed by the BBC to cover the Coronation Fleet Review at *Spithead in 1937. He was generously entertained in the wardroom of the battleship HMS Nelson, and by the time he came to describe the floodlighting of the fleet he was somewhat tired and emotional. ‘The whole bloody fleet’s lit up,’ he announced in slurred and excited tones to a shocked radio audience, and then later, when the floodlights were switched off: ‘Where have they gone?’ This incident, captured for posterity in the BBC sound archives, caused a furore at the time.

Little f (FAA) Official nickname for Lieutenant Commander (Flying) in an aircraft carrier or RN Air Station. He acts as deputy for Commander (Air) who is also known as *Wings (but never Big f!).

little nibble Intercourse: ‘I’m popping home to get a little nibble …’

liver-in Officer or rating who lives on board during the week, even if he has a home elsewhere; the RM equivalent is an *in-lier.

living high off the hog This expression appears to originate from the occasional welcome relief of pork substituting for the usual *salt horse (beef) in a sailor’s monotonous diet at sea.

LMD Another *TLA, but this one has a degree of wry humour.

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