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"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!
"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.
Obviously, timbers refer to the wooden ribs in a ship's frame (even today). The phrase 'shiver(ing) me(my) timbers' was actually proper english at the time and would not only have been employed by English pirates and/or their victims, but in regular naval warfare (among english-speaking participants).--K10wnsta 22:27, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
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