Posted by Peter d'Owdon on December 04, 2009 at 07:28:49 user Dowden.
In Reply to: Re: Jibbooms and Bobstays and other sayings posted by Ed Kiser on November 27, 2009 at 21:40:37:
Jib-booms(hyphenated) would be current mainstream style I'd say. I wonder if -bb- is standard for nautical writing of old. I remember my big brother, quoting the books, pronouncing it "jibooms" (emphasis as in "baboons").