5/31/2023 0 Comments Scuttlebutt services![]() ![]() ![]() These days the term has been translated to also refer to a water cooler in an office setting.Īn earlier version of this post first appeared on my blog on March 14/18. Private / Highlights Contacts 4 Employee Profiles 1 Recent News & Activity There is no recent news or activity for this profile. Since sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scuttlebutt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became Navy slang for gossip or rumours. Scuttlebutt Services, LLC is a veteran owned and operated recruiting agency headquartered in Houston, TX. (The word scuttle derives from the Middle French escoutille or the Spanish escotilla, meaning hatchway.) Water was conventionally stored in a butt (a cask) that had been scuttled (had a hole bored into it) so the water could be withdrawn. The word comes from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water on a sailing ship. (I can only assume she was comparing the gravelly sound of the music to the darkness of rumour and gossip?) But at least I now know the interesting origins of the word. I’m still not entirely sure how she meant the term, used here to describe a musical passage. Someone adds darker bits with growly undertones. There is still moderation, there is still. With these services there are still servers that people gather around, so if you want an account you have to find a server and register for it. Here’s how Itani used the word:Įxcitement, now. Decentralized, open-source social networks have been tried before, the two most well known are Diaspora and Mastadon. Then, I encountered it in the (mediocre) Frances Itani novel about a woman seeking to learn the details of her own adoption, That’s My Baby. But I’ve never before had reason to investigate its origins. I’ve used the word scuttlebutt on many occasions - it means rumour or gossip, as in “what’s the scuttlebutt? And I’ve always enjoyed the way it trips off the tongue. Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. ![]()
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