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"Shiver my top-sails, my Laſs, if I know a better way." "Shiver me timbers" (or "shiver my timbers" in Standard English) is an exclamation in the form of a mock oath usually attributed to the speech of pirates in works of fiction. It is employed as a literary device by authors to express shock, surprise, or annoyance.
Shiver My timbers (or My) Timbers may refer to: Shiver my timbers, an exclamation; Shiver My Timbers (1931), an Our Gang short; Shiver Me Timbers!
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers of Albany, Oregon, [1] who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate (that is, in English with a stereotypical West Country accent). [2] It has since been adopted by the Pastafarianism ...
The Grinch. The Grinch can't steal our Christmas spirit, but he sure can deliver laughs. In the 2018 adaptation of Dr. Seuss' beloved children's storybook, Benedict Cumberbatch brings the mean ol ...
"Shiver Me Timbers" (Tom Waits cover) (with Deborah McCall) "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" "A Pirate Looks at Forty" "Come Monday" "Tampico Trauma" Encore: "Let the Good Times Roll" (B.B. King cover) "Dixie Diner" (Larry Raspberry and the Highsteppers cover) Encore 2: "Tin Cup Chalice" (acoustic) Universal Amphitheatre, Los ...
Between blessings, sayings, toasts and proverbs, the Irish clearly know a thing or two about catchy, humorous, encouraging and wise statements. And what's more—they are incredibly proud of being ...
U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe was fined a total of $120,000 — but will not be suspended — for cursing repeatedly at a chair umpire after losing a match at the Shanghai Masters last month.
"shiver my timbers" is a legitimate phrase actually found in the OED, it is the correct phrase, derived from "my timbers" as in "my goodness" (not "me goodness"). Somewhere someone started a slang variation with "me timbers", but it is not "proper" English. So we have a proper English phrase, and a slang phrase.