BC GLOSSARY
1. GrandPa - Heavenly Father, Creator, God, Jehovah, Allah, etc,
2. Lurd - Lord, Buccaneer, Sealord.
3. Omoluabi - Fineboy, Noble or Gentleman Buccaneer
4. Alora - The clarion call. In the beginning
5. Awumen - The Answer, In the end, In agreement, In Support
6. Bridge - Administrative HQ.
7. Sekere - BC Anthem
8. Deck Logo - Lordish Name
9. BAN Logo - Insignia, Skull and Dry Bone
10. Call Log - Telephone Number
11. Log - Number
12. Cap - Talk, Speak, Chat, etc.
13. Echo - Answer, Response
14. Fingas - Naira, Dollars, Euro etc.(Currency Notes)
15. Toe - Kobo. Cent, Pence. etc (Coins)
16. Saga - Year
17. Moon - Month
18. Leg - Day
19. Awas - Hour
20. 00.awas - Starting time for major sallies
21. Deck - The flat top of Ship, Floor or Platform, where various activities
take place.
22. Deck Masters - Any Officers on the Deck, Frigate, Galleon and Bridge
23. Deck Hand - Crew on a Campus Deck
24. Frigate Hand - Crew on a Frigate
25. Galleon Hand - Member of a Galleon
26. Salted - Graduate
27. Salt Coated - Old Salted not yet Scarlet
28. Weather Beaten- Very Old Scarlet
29. Cloak - Office.
30. Cloaking - Swearing in of cloaked Officers BE, FC, GM or GE.
31. Decloak - Removal from office unceremoniously of BE, FC, GM, or GE
32. Pastoral - Official visit to Galleons, Frigates or Decks by GE,
33. Epistle: - News Letter by GE
34. Signal - Message
35. Sally - Coming together for merriment - singing, drumming, dancing,
fleshing and rumming
36. Major Sally - In full or half reg on Deck.
37. Micro Sally - Impromptu p or Without reg in a public place and off Deck
38. Shiptail - Sally with Lubbers on Deck.
39. Anchor Sally - end of Tenure in Office and Handing over Sally of GE.
40. Bonfire - Night Sally with fire
41. Ascension Sally- Burial, or Remembrance
42. Rough Seas - Problems
43. Clawing - Hand shake, Greeting
44. TomTom - Drums
45. Seasongs - Sally songs
46. Chest - Coffin painted black with logo
47. Bone - Hand help femur shaped wood
48. Convaj - Large convergence of Lurds for a activities, viz Ini, Cloaking,
Anckor, etc
49. Ancient Scroll - Yellow Clothe on which Initiation Oath is written
50. Kry - To write, to send signal or messages
51. Blud - The blood in your body system or Red Ink
52. Odas - Orders. Instructions, Directives
53. Deck - Floor, Platform, Seat, Cease, Stop.
54. Atupa - Lantern
55. Bomboy - Illegal Arms
56. Reg - Short form for Regalia
57. Sweet - Wife
58. Rodite - Baby Boy or Son
59. Holite - Baby Girl or Daughter
60. Loot 1 - To acquire from a marooned Lurd on Deck his Reg or part off
61. Loot 2 - Lady friend
62. Lubber - Non-initiate, non-member
63. Hi-Lubber - Member of other Frats
64. Singapore - Law enforcement Agents’ Office
65. Sharks - Police
66. Rumses - Bottled Alcoholic beverages, Beer, Stout, Spirits
67. Rumming - Drinking
68. Brew - Deck prepared Drink
69. Weed - Cigarette
70. Fleshing - Food or Eating
71. Flesh - Beef (Meat)
72. Jazz - Stand, Move, Go
73. Flotila - Social meeting place for Lurds to rum and socialize
75. Hit - To attack or Strike, mostly against Lubbers
76. Hit the Deck - Sit down, Give up
77. Island - Land where Sallying and Convajs take place, Cyber Forum
78. Voyage - Sallying from one place to another during sally
79. Malay - To go on voyage
80. Foregone Terrors- Ancestors
81. Jack - The Skull, Double Daggers and Femur Flag
82. Lagging - Lateness, Not Committed, Peripheral Member
83. Chopping Trebor- Loose tongue, Unseriousness
84. Maroon - Drunk, Lost, Stolen, Embezzled
85. Axial Convaj - One Host
86. Coaxial Convaj - More than one Host
87. Watas - Area, Environment
88. Mit - Meeting.
89. JawJaw - Interview
90. Cove - Private Residence
91. Measure 4 Measure- Value 4 Value, Like 4 Like
92. Hauling - Punishment by physical exercise without body contact –
Rolling, Running, Jumping etc
93. Sanction - Punishment by Fine of Fingas or Rumses
94. Spots - Punishment by suspension or expulsion
95. Single Black spot- Suspension for three (3) moons
96. Double Black spots- Suspension for six (6) moons
97. Yellow Spot - Expulsion from the Confrat.
98. Bleach - Reversal or Removal of Black spot spot before or after date
Respectively
99. Cure - Reversal of Yellow spot
100. XYZ - Former, Ex,
101. Deadweight - Yellow spotted Lurd, Undesirable Elements
102. Duel - For settling differences
103. No Borass - No sentiments, No misfits
104. Abandon Ship - Absent without permission or excuse, Desert, Run away, AWOL
105. No Junketing - No Jokers.
COMMON ABBREVATIONS
MV : MOVING VESSEL.
BC : BUCCANEERS CONFRATERNITY
BAN : BUCCANEERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
OSB : ORDER OF SCARLET BUCCANEERS.
LJS : LONG JOHN SILVER.
SBC : SUPREME BUCCANEERS COUNCIL
HOL : HOUSE OF LORDS
GA : GALLEON ASSEMBLY
OIO : ODAS IS ODAS
BDB : BRODA DELIVA BRODA
BKB : BRODA KILL BRODA.
NPNP : NO PRIZE NO PAY
NFNF : NO FRIEND NO FOE.
NBITW: NO BORASS IN THE WOOD.
NLT : NO LOOSE TONGUES
NCT : NO CHOPING TIREBO.
GE : GRAND EYE.
GM : GALLEON MASTER
FC : FRIGATE CAPTAIN.
SC : SEA KRAYA
BE : BIG EYE.
FM : FINGAS MATE.
1PM : 1ST PETTY MATE.
2PM : 2ND PETTY MATE.
KMS : KILLA AND MAKER OF SOULS
KSS : KEEPER OF THE SACRED SCROLL
SWGP : SAILING WITH GRAND PA (DEAD)
