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Flotsam's name origin

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Captain
Dec 11, 2010
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Recently I have discovered that Flotsam is actually a word! The word means debris or floating wreckage of a ship or it's cargo. Which makes PERFECT SENSE considering the entire town of Flotsam is all destroyed and of course floating.
Mind blown!
Commodore
Sep 20, 2009
989
Rachel Dreamsong on Sep 11, 2015 wrote:
Recently I have discovered that Flotsam is actually a word! The word means debris or floating wreckage of a ship or it's cargo. Which makes PERFECT SENSE considering the entire town of Flotsam is all destroyed and of course floating.
Mind blown!
Yup, Flotsam and Jetsam has actually become a bit of a saying in some parts of the world.
Flotsam is debris from man-made objects, Jetsam is debris from natural origins. The floating remains of a ship, destroyed house etc is Flotsam, floating tree branches, plants etc are Jetsam.
Ensign
Feb 17, 2009
29