Jolly Roger: Word of the day for September 19, 2018

Jolly Roger , n :
The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a parodic holiday invented in 1995 by John Baur (‘Ol’ Chumbucket’) and Mark Summers (‘Cap’n Slappy’), of Albany, Oregon, USA.