roll of the ship

A naval term used as an excuse by somebody who stumbles into the back of another person, often when the penis of the stumbler is in a somewhat turgid state. The stumbler is blaming the way the ship is rolling about in what is probably a heavy sea.

The usual response to that involves a roll of lino. That is a comparison with a roll of linoleum floor covering, i.e. something hard, thick and long. That may be a warning to not do it again, or a thinly veiled invitation to do it again, only more deliberately. Nobody knows which is which until they respond in the wrong way.

Roll-on Roll-off (RORO) ships are vessels have built-in ramps which allow the vehicles and other cargo to be efficiently roll on and roll off the vessel. Most commonly used in the international transportation of automobiles.

when a former member of the navy blames walking past a man and grabbing at the mans genitals on the fact he lost his sense of balance whilst in the navy, not the fact he is actually a closet homosexual.