Talk:Salty dog

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'Salty Dog' also 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). It also means ornery, as in the T-Bone Walker tune "Ain't Salty No More."

Does anyone know its derivation? It seems to carry a range of connotations from 'male cuckold' to 'stud'

The term comes from the term "sea dog," or a horny sailer.

What about the song Salty Dog by Flogging Molly? Aecis 22:19, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

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.