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Loose lips sink ships is an American English idiom meaning "beware of unguarded talk". The phrase originated on propaganda posters during World War II, with the earliest version using the wording loose lips might sink ships. [3] The phrase was created by the War Advertising Council [4] and used on posters by the United States Office of War ...
Loose lips sink ships is an American World War II propaganda slogan which became an English idiom. Loose Lips Sink Ships may also refer to: "Loose Lips Sink Ships", a song by Camper van Beethoven from the album Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead.
The song also features many references to the 1998 film Titanic, i.e. "loose lips sink ships, that's what someone told me, but this boat can stay afloat as long as you hold me". Music Video [ edit ]
Other slogans used for this type of poster were “loose talk costs lives”, "loose lips sink ships", “Another careless word, another wooden cross”, and “bits of careless talk are pieced together by the enemy”. [16]
Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [16] Love makes the world go around; Love will find a way
The phrase "loose lips sink ships" was popularized during World War II, which is a testament to the urgency Americans felt to protect information relating to the war effort. [3] Radio broadcasts, newspapers, and newsreels were the primary ways Americans received their information about World War II and therefore were the medium most affected by ...
Beneath the Northern Sky: An Evening of Fred Alley's Songs (2002) a tribute to the AFT's founder Fred Alley and features songs from Loose Lips Sink Ships, Guys On Ice, and The Spitfire Grill as well songs from Fred Alley's three CDs. It was assembled by James Kaplan and Jeffery Herbst. Sweet Baby James: The Songs of James Taylor (premiered 2000)
Loose Lips may refer to: Loose Lips (column), a newspaper column in Washington City Paper; Loose Lips, a British former talk show "Loose Lips", a song on the album Remember That I Love You by Kimya Dawson; Loose Lips, a novel by Rita Mae Brown