1. A traditional work song aboard 17th-19th century sailing vessels. Often a call-and-response song, used to keep all the sailors' motions in time while performing tasks and spirits high.
2. After the early 2021 TikTok 'Sea Shanty' craze, the term began to be applied more broadly to acapella folk music with maritime themes evocative of traditional sea shanties (see: the Wellerman) and even more broadly to all folk music with maritime lyrics/themes. While these are not true shanties, the name has seemed to stick among zoomers.
2. After the early 2021 TikTok 'Sea Shanty' craze, the term began to be applied more broadly to acapella folk music with maritime themes evocative of traditional sea shanties (see: the Wellerman) and even more broadly to all folk music with maritime lyrics/themes. While these are not true shanties, the name has seemed to stick among zoomers.
Have you seen the sea shanty version of "Astronaut in the Ocean" that's been going around on TikTok?
by GamersRightsAdvocate June 4, 2021
Part of the Dudar-Cressy vocabulary, 'sea shanty' is a word that comes between Scrim and Bo Diddley , meaning pretty crappy or not very good, something thats just not up to par. But it could always be worse ( Ie Scrim)
( list of related Dudar-Cressy Vocabulary see Flash , Bo Diddley and Scrim.)
That movie last night , I hated it , it was so sea shanty.
That joke was at the level of sea shanty.
Homework on the weekend is sea shanty.
That joke was at the level of sea shanty.
Homework on the weekend is sea shanty.
by DarianToDark May 9, 2006
by 2zsl November 9, 2020
by @realBatman November 13, 2019
One of the most popular and memed songs in old school RuneScape, a 3d fantasy mmo. It has a lot of influence in meme culture, and it also is just an awesome song!
Arrrrr me be listening to sea shanty II with me bottle of rum
John: hey yo I just got 99 firemaking while listening to sea shanty II
Ben: same
John: hey yo I just got 99 firemaking while listening to sea shanty II
Ben: same
by rubiasole628lover December 4, 2019