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Originally Posted by NorthStafford
Having spent 15 years in the regulars and serving with 9 different units it's a habit I have never come across.
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It was widespread in my time. Bear in mind these are terms of endearment, not insults. I noted, speaking to the occasional sailor that they did it too.
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Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam - I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.
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