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Oar[]
The pirate Ragetti holds an oar.
- "The oars have gone missing! Find them!"
- ―Bo'sun to the crew of the Black Pearl
A pole with a flat blade, used to row or steer a boat through the water.
Oblivion[]
- "And last we saw of ol' Bill Turner, he was sinking to the crushing, black oblivion of Davy Jones' Locker."
- ―Pintel
The state of being completely forgotten.
Ocean[]
The Atlantic Ocean.
- "I love this song. Really bad eggs. When I get the Pearl back, I'm gonna teach it to the whole crew, and we'll sing it all the time."
"And you'll be positively the most fearsome pirates in the Spanish Main!"
"Not just the Spanish Main, love. The entire ocean, the entire world." - ―Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann
One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents. Water belonging to an ocean. Some of the main oceans include the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Octant[]
- "I'm going to my cabin for a few minutes. Have to put away my octant."
- ―Jack Sparrow to Robert Greene
A reflecting instrument used in navigation.
Odds bodkins[]
An archaic English oath, generally believed to probably be a euphemism for "God's body" or "God's bodkins", referring to the nails used in the crucifixion. It is used as an exclamation of surprise or astonishment.
Oi[]
- "No, no. Oi! No, no! Not good."
- ―Jack Sparrow
A word used to attract someone's attention, especially in a rough or angry way.
Okay[]
- "It's okay. My name's Elizabeth Swann."
"Will Turner."
"I'm watching over you, Will." - ―Elizabeth Swann and William Turner Jr.
A word used to say that something is all right, satisfactory, or good.
Old Hob[]
See Hob.
Old Moon in the New Moon's Arms[]
The old moon in the new moon's arms.
- "The old moon in the new moon's arms. First of the summer. Perfect for a mermaid hunt."
"How so?"
"Mating season." - ―Angelica and Jack Sparrow
The Old Moon in the New Moon's arms is an astronomical phenomenon most common during our Moon's waxing crescent phase. The dark ("Old") area of the Moon, its surface softly illuminated, appears to be cradled by the bright ("New") crescent of the Moon. Astronomically what is occurring is that light from the Sun is reflecting off the surface of the Earth and back out to illuminate the surface of the "night side" of the Moon, while direct sunlight illuminates the brighter crescent. This phenomenon was written about as early as the 16th century by the great Leonardo da Vinci. This event occurred particularly on the night that the battle at Whitecap Bay took place.
Old salt[]
- "You looking for a bite to eat, boy? Try the Faithful Bride inn. The bread is stale and the meat all stingy, but it's the only place for food around these parts. Of course, the company you'll be keeping will be, well, questionable. All old salts and dock hands—even pirates."
- ―Thief to Jack Sparrow
An old sailor or mariner who tells oral history and sea stories.
Old World[]
The parts of the world (Europe, Asia and Africa), known to Europeans, Asians and Africans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus in distinction to the New World which was discovered by the Europeans later.
Olé[]
- "Right. Best be started."
"...Olé." - ―Hector Barbossa and Jack Sparrow
Olé, a Spanish word for "Hooray!". It can also be an expression of excitement, encouragement or approval.
Omission[]
- "No. You're all liars."
"No. Jones is merely cruel. I am perhaps guilty of the sin of omission, for which I apologize." - ―Weatherby Swann and Cutler Beckett
Someone or something that has been left out or excluded. The action of excluding or leaving out someone or something. Cutler Beckett admitted to Weatherby Swann that he was guilty of omission when Ian Mercer discovered that Elizabeth Swann was still alive.
On a silver platter[]
- "You square things with Jones on my behalf, assure me of my freedom, and in exchange...I will lead you to Shipwreck Cove and deliver up all the Pirate Lords on a silver platter."
- ―Jack Sparrow and Cutler Beckett
Without exertion; effortlessly.
On Stranger Tides[]
- "Years pass...a new crew of pirates be at on the horizon, taking ports across the world by storm. And at the helm, Captain Jack Sparrow. Ha ha ha ha ha ha...So if ye be willin' to sign on for this unchancy cruise, muster yer courage. Smart now! All hands ready to set sail...on stranger tides."
- ―Hector Barbossa
The title of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Also a novel by author Tim Powers.
On the account[]
- "The Code calls for us all to respect our fellows on the account, and I was abiding by it."
- ―Hector Barbossa
"On the account" was pirate slang for piracy.
Opium[]
An opium den in Singapore.
- "It’s probably the opium smoke. Gone to her head. Don’t mind her."
- ―Jack Sparrow
An addictive narcotic drug that is derived from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy.
Ordinary seaman[]
- "I’m eager to get to the bottom of this, Mr. Mercer. I’ll start with Greene and Connery, the mates. After that, we’ll take the helmsmen, and then go on from there, working though a representative sample of the able seamen, then the ordinary seamen."
- ―Cutler Beckett
A seaman with between one and two years' experience at sea, who showed enough seamanship to be so rated by their captain.
Orient[]
- "I am a well-known smuggler on the Seven Seas—I have liaisons and connections everywhere from the Orient to the Outer Hebrides."
- ―Laura Smith to Minuit
The Orient means the East. It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Near East or Far East, in relation to Europe. In English it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the continent of Asia.
Orphan[]
- "The memory of my father will not be defiled by the tongue of a pirate! This diary is my birthright. Left to me on the steps of a children's home, along with a name and nothing else."
"Oh, so you're an orphan. What be you called?"
"The brightest star in the North gave me my name." - ―Carina Smyth and Hector Barbossa
A child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them.
OST[]
Abbreviation of On Stranger Tides, fourth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. It could also refer to the novel of the same name.
Ottoman Empire[]
The Ottoman Empire was a Turkish multi-region state bordering to the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Indian Ocean. The Barbary states were her vassals, therefore the Barbary Corsairs served as privateers to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire itself suffered under attacks of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Maltese, Ukrainian and Arab pirates and privateers.[1] Jack Sparrow was locked up in a Turkish prison during his search for the key of the Dead Man's Chest.
Out of pocket[]
- "Let’s go back to Venganza. I want to change my clothes, and get a shawl. Then, perhaps you’d take me up to The Drunken Lady?"
"It would be my pleasure, love. But... I find myself just a bit out of pocket, as they say."
"What does that mean? You English have such strange expressions." - ―Esmeralda and Jack Sparrow
A phrase meaning someone's in the position of having lost money.