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"Son, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow. Savvy?"

―Jack Sparrow to Gillette^[src]

Savvy is a term used as a synonym for "wisdom" or "understanding". It is derived from the Portugese sabe ("he knows") and the Latin sapere ("to be wise"). Savviness relates to practical understanding, shrewdness or intelligence.^[1]

The word was commonly used by Jack Sparrow, often as a question, in which context the word was thought to mean "Understand?" or "Get it?"^[2]

Behind the scenesEdit

• Johnny Depp reportedly improvised the line "savvy" during shooting in The Curse of the Black Pearl, and continued to use it throughout the film series.

AppearancesEdit

• The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow
• Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm
• The Price of Freedom
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean Online
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

SourceEdit

• Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)

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