About This Quiz
The phrase "curse like a sailor" is one we all know, and it refers to how people in the military talk, although the Navy is known for throwing f-bombs into everything (e.g., Lieu-f***ing-tenant). And the curse words can get quite creative and colorful, and some have made it into civilian life. Many times, the strong language is hidden in acronyms. Take for example the well known FUBAR, which means (in the more G-rated version) "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition." Sometimes recognition is replaced with repair. You may not know FUBER, which takes "all recognition" and replaces it with "economical repair".
NAVspeak, as some from the U.S. Navy call it, is a language all its own. A lot of it is full of sarcasm, jokes and phrases which play on words, like the nicknames of their ships. One prime example is Sh*tty Hawk, which is a nickname for the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). You can imagine what that means for the oldest ship in the US Navy. There's a lot in this quiz we couldn't use because it was just way too salty, even with a little censoring. But by the time you finish it, you'll be able to curse like a sailor and, many times, not necessarily offend anyone – unless they know the NATO phonetic alphabet. Oscar Mike Golf! Ready to shove off into the less polite language of the Navy? We hope you have fun on this quiz! Bon voyage!
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