The battleship SMS Hindenburg lies scuttled at Scapa Flow - Orkney Islands, Scotland, 21st June 1919 #ww1 #ww1history #scapaflow #scotland #orkneyislands #hindenburg #scuttled

Scuttlebutt in #slang usage means #rumor or #gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water (or, later, a water fountain). The term corresponds to the colloquial concept of a #waterCooler in an office setting, which at times becomes the focus of congregation and casual discussion. Water for immediate consumption on a #sailingShip was conventionally stored in a #scuttled #butt: a butt (cask) which had been scuttled by making a hole in it so the water could be withdrawn.