10 silly terms you'll only hear on submarines

Submarines are a little world of their own. With little more than 100 people aboard and submerged, running silent for months at a time, the crews of these nuclear powered undersea monsters begin to develop an entirely new culture of their own. Even non-submarine sailors can get flummoxed at the vocabulary the silent service sailors are capable of slinging.

1. Freeloading oxygen breather

A person taking a ride on the sub or a submarine sailor who doesn't pull his or her own weight.


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2. Angles and dangles

When the sub takes a significant angle while submerging or surfacing, the boat is no longer moving horizontally. As a result, the ship's crew will suddenly be walking uphill or downhill at a significant angle.