U.S. Navy slang

The following are some examples of U.S. Naval slang, sometimes also referred to as "NAVSpeak":

Airedale: A sailor who works on or around aircraft.
"Another fine Navy DAY!": an expression voiced (in a very cheery manner) on occasions when, in fact, it's not that much of a fine Navy day at all .
Aye: Yes (I understand)
Aye, aye: Yes (I understand and will obey).
Black Shoe: Any "Surface Navy" personal.
Bluenose: An individual who has crossed the "Artic Circle".
Brig: Jail.
Brown Shoe: Any "Naval Aviation" personnel.
Bulkhead: Wall.
Bulkhead remover: an in-joke shared by veteran sailors and often delegated as a task to new sailors, as in, "Go get me a can of bulkhead remover."
Bullet Sponge: U.S. Marine.
Chow: Food.
Chow down: Eat.
Chow hall: Dining room.
Deck: Floor.
Dick the dog: putting "half-assed" effort into a task (refers to improperly securing the "dogs" on a watertight hatch when passing through. Such a lax procedure could spell doom for a sinking ship if hatches were not absolutely watertight).
Flattop: Aircraft carrier.
FTN: F*** the Navy (common ephitet used when complaining about naval policies or regulations).
FUBAR: Fouled up beyond all repair, F***ed up beyond all recognition.
Galley: Crews' mess, or dining area. Place where food is prepared for consumption.
Geedunk: Candy, or a place that sells candy in a short form of Gedunk bar.
Gig line: The visual line formed by uniform zipper, belt buckle, and buttoned shirt seam. Also used as another in-joke to send new sailors on a wild goose chase. See bulkhead remover.
Goat locker: Lounge or galley for the exclusive use of Chief Petty Officers.
Grape: (Submarine Service) Easy as pie, man. Examples: "This is %$# grape duty" or "That was a grape sig, you %$#." (See "sig" below)
Grape: (Aviation Service) A sailor in an aviation fuels rating. So named because of the purple flight deck jersy.
G.U.A.M. "Giving Up and Masturbating"--common sailor's complaint about being stationed on the remote island of Guam.
G.U.A.M. "Gooks Under American Management"--racist sailors' acronym for the island of Guam.
Gundeck: to juryrig something; falsifying or misrepresenting records and reports.
Hatch: Door.
Head: Bathroom (The term comes from the days of sail, because wind would blow from the rear of the ship foreward the bathroom would be located at the front "Head" of the ship to carry the foul smell of excrement away from the crew).
Jar-head: U. S. Marine.
Knee-knockers: A passageway opening through a bulkhead. The lower lip of the opening sits at shin height.
Ladderwell: Stairs. (The stairs on a Navy ship are very steep, almost like ladders)
Mess Decks: Chow Hall or Eating Establishment on board ship.
Mustang: An Officer who came from the Enlisted ranks.
NAVY: acronym used by disgruntled sailors for "Never Again Volunteer Yourself".
Nuke: (Submarine Service) Engineering Department crewmember responsible for turning main shaft via atom-splitting. Also refers to ordnance type that is neither confirmed nor denied, and might or might not be handled by a different Department (See "Weaponettes," below).
OS trainer: derogatory term for a large popsicle. Apparently, Operations Specialists are expected to "brown-nose" with officers more than other ratings.
Overhead: Ceiling.
P-way: Short for passageway or a hall.
Pollywog: An individual who has not crossed the Equator, who must go through rituals, that sometimes cross the line to be hazing, to become a shellback. This practice can be traced back hundreds of years and is conducted in many countries Navies across the globe. See crossing the line.
Port: Left side of the boat or ship (when facing the bow). Left side of an aircraft when facing the nose.
Rack: Bed.
Radioing the logs: (Submarine Service) Recording engineering log data via mental telepathy (see "Xoxing Logs" below).
Reefer: Refrigeration ship carrying frozen foods.
Salty: Old and experienced.
Scullery: Washroom for eating implements such as knives, forks, trays, and cups.
Scuttlebutt: Drinking fountain or rumor (originated from the rumors that would be spread on board ship while gathered about the water barrel).
Sea lawyer: an argumentative, cantankerous old sailor.
Shark s%$#: A sailor who has fallen overboard and is lost forever.
Shellback: An individual who has crossed the Equator .
S%$#-on-a-shingle: Creamed chipped beef on toast.
Shinbuster: Same as knee-knocker.
Shipmate: Any fellow Sailor.
Sig: (Submarine Service) A signature on a qualification card. There are many, many "qual cards" in the Sub Service, especially if you're a Nuke. (see "Nuke" above).
Skipper: Term used in reference to the Commanding officer of any Ship, Unit, Platoon, or Detachment regardless of rank.
Small Boy: Term referring to smaller class ships, such as destroyers and frigates.
S.O.S.: Same as S%$#-on-a-shingle.
Starboard: Right side of the boat or ship (when facing the bow). Right side of an aircraft when facing the nose.
Swab: Mop.
Tin can: Destroyer (a small, fast ship that seeks out submarines and attacks them).
Wardroom: Officers' mess, or dining room
Wog: short for "pollywog", as in "wog ceremony".
Sucking Rubber: (Submarine Service) Extended periods wearing Emergency Air Breathing devices (EABs), A full-face air mask similar to that worn by firefighters, except fed from ship's emergency air system rather than a bottle on your back.
Xoxing Logs: (Submarine Service) (Derived from the word "Xerox," pronounced "zoxing") Entering engineering log data eerily similar to the previous hour's log data.
Very well: Senior to subordinate acknowledgement.
Weaponette: (pl: Weaponettes) (Submarine Service) Pejorative term for the members of a submarine's Weapons Department, used by members of the Navigation/Operations Department or Engineering Department, usually when they want their stolen tools back.