Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-35711173-20181001004513/@comment-35711173-20181007211750

Jdeschene,

Thank you so much for the review! You always know.

Shanghaied means forced into a crew, especially a ship's crew.

Press ganged means to force into military service.

The difference is subtle but I think the former is closer. Plus I think it sounds cooler. Yes, I grant it's a word that dates from oh about the US Civil War times and carries all the sensibility of so many other "colorful metaphors" from that period. Two is an in your face jerk who would deliberately offend as a power trip.