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not 'TIL something interesting about bacon'). Make them descriptive, concise and specific (e.g.Rephrase your post title if the following are not met: Posts that omit essential information, or present unrelated facts in a way that suggest a connection will be removed. Social and economic issues (including race/religion/gender).Recent political issues and politicians.This includes (but is not limited to) submissions related to: No politics, soapboxing, or agenda based submissions. Any sources (blog, article, press release, video, etc.) with a publication date more recent than two months are not allowed. No personal opinions, anecdotes or subjective statements (e.g 'TIL xyz is a great movie'). Videos are fine so long as they come from reputable sources (e.g. Images alone do not count as valid references. Please link directly to a reliable source that supports every claim in your post title. Submit interesting and specific facts that you just found out (not broad information you looked up, TodayILearned is not /r/wikipedia). Now, scuttlebutt just means rumors and gossip whether or not actually originated at the water cooler.You learn something new every day what did you learn today? Not being allowed to chat with each other on duty, sailors could exchange a few words at the scuttlebutt… words like, “Watch out for squalls.” In other words, “The captain is in a foul mood today so don’t cross him.” This could be very useful information for other crewmembers. (Breaking the planks out of the bottom of a boat is a way to scuttle the boat.) So in old times the drinking water came from a “scuttled butt”. The procedure after getting the butt up on deck was to break the planks sealing the top of the cask to “scuttle” the butt allowing access to the water. These were hauled up onto the foredeck where sailors could use a dipper to get a drink of fresh water when needed. This makes sense since the water cooler is the perfect place to catch “the scuttlebutt” but where did the term scuttlebutt as a water cooler come from?Īmong other things in sailing ship times, a “butt” was a 126 gallon cask often used for storing fresh water aboard ships. The direct origin and even now in the navy, a scuttlebutt is a water cooler or water fountain. These days “scuttlebutt” means rumors and gossip.

Scuttlebutt navy term