Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/September 19

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avast interj (nautical)

Hold fast!; cease!; stop! (slang) In imitation of pirates: listen!; pay attention! 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.

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