What exactly is "Davey Jonese's locker?"?

Answer 1

Davy Jones' Locker is an idiom for the bottom of the sea — the resting place of drowned seamen. It is used as a euphemism for death at sea (e.g. to be "sent to Davy Jones' Locker")[1]; Davy Jones is a nickname (used primarily by sailors) for what would be the devil of the seas. The origins of the name are unclear, and many theories have been put forth, including incompetent sailors, a pub owner who kidnapped sailors, or that Davy Jones is another name for the devil - as in, "Devil Jonah."

Answer 2

Looks like every one is correct in their answers. But did you know, and if my memory serves me from my Navy days, that when crossing the International date line, all green horns on ship had to walk the plank paying tribute to Davey Joneses locker.

Answer 3

"Davey Jones' Locker" is another name for what sailors once referred to as "The Deep Six", i.e., a long fathom of water, into which Your body was committed upon Your demise. You would be sown into a shroud made from sail-cloth (canvass) that had been stored in a shelf, or "locker" space below decks. The original "Davey Jones" is said to have been a bosun on board the "Bonhomie Richard", but don't quote Me on that.

Answer 4

The first source of the use of the name comes from Tobias Smollett's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 1751:

"'By the Lord! Jack, you may say what you wool; but I'll be damned if it was not Davy Jones himself. I know him by his saucer eyes, his three rows of teeth, his horns and tail, and the blue smoke that came out of his nostrils. What does the blackguard hell's baby want with me? I'm sure I never committed murder, except in the way of my profession, nor wronged any man whatsomever since I first went to sea.' This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is often seen in various shapes, perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes, shipwrecks, and other disasters, to which a seafaring life is exposed; warning the devoted wretch of death and woe."

The first source that mentions Jones' locker is the 1803 Naval Chronicle:

"...seamen would have met a watery grave; or, to use a seaman's phrase, gone to Davy Jones's locker."

Answer 5

First of all, don't give the first guy the 10 points because he clearly copied that info from Wikipedia, which anyone can do.

Anyways, Davey Jones's Locker is a descriptive way to characterize Hell. A sort of pirate heritage thing.

Answer 6

The deep sea.

Answer 7

the ocean floor

Answer 8

A heart

Answer 9

this dude Dave's stink hole (aka: bunghole, buckeye, etc)