Salty dog (slang)

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In the U.S. Marines and Navy, one who is a salty dog is one who is very experienced, having travelled much and seen more than his fair share of things, used more in the lower enlisted ranks to establish some kind of credibility regardless of rank.

Salty dog also means ornery, as in the T-Bone Walker tune "Ain't Salty No More." Salty dog has an older sexual meaning in US folklore and song. See, for example, the traditional song "Salty Dog Blues", where the lyric "let me be your salty dog" translates to let me be your sexual partner. The term comes from the term sea dog, or a horny sailor.

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