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What exactly does "shiver me timbers" mean, and where did it originate?

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Originally Posted by Moon

Acro-nym:
From what I gather, this expression is derived from a wooden ship hitting a rock or something so hard that the timbers shivers. Strangely enough, ti wasn't an actual sailor''s term, but more so an expression used by Captain Frederick Marryat in Jacob Faithful in 1835: “I won’t thrash you Tom. Shiver my timbers if I do”.

That's quite interesting. Thank you.

Double Post:

Originally Posted by Dekoa

"What would happen if Microsoft made only High Quality products?"

More than likely, if Microsoft made such products, we'd have better respect for them and less disdain. Also, we wouldn't have to scream at our computers as often. Of course, there would still be some screaming. These products wouldn't be perfect.

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