[tlhIngan Hol] New meanings given to Klingon words by users?

Felix Malmenbeck felixm at kth.se
Sun Sep 11 09:08:56 PDT 2016


> Duj :: used in canon as "spaceship", used

> by us often as "car", "any vehicle".


It's worth mentioning that this one has pretty much been canonized; the EuroTalk program gave us {puH Duj} ("car"), {bIQ Duj} ("ship") and {muD Duj} ("airplane"), so using {Duj} for any sort of craft seems appropriate.


The Facebook translation project can sort of be seen as one big exercise in applying Klingon terminology to a purpose it wasn't originally designed for.


One good example is perhaps {jup ruS}, which  is used for "friendship", although just a few days ago Marc translated "friendship" as {jup ghom}.


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Subject: [tlhIngan Hol] New meanings given to Klingon words by users?

So far in this category, I know of:-

jabbI'Id :: used once in canon as "data transmission", used by us often as "email message", until QIn = "message" or "spearhead" was revealed.

Duj :: used in canon as "spaceship", used by us often as "car", "any vehicle".

Are there any other Klingon words or other morphemes which have acquired new meanings in this sort of way?

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