[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jInbo'

[nIqolay Q]

The spirited discussion inspired me to put in more of an effort to find a
pun for *jInbo'*. Here we go:

Etymology
>
> c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of
> bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).
>
> From French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c.
> 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century. The
> French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin,
> most likely from an unattested Latin *biaxius "with two axes".
>

*jInbo'* backwards is *'obnIj*. *nIj* is "leak". ob-leak = oblique

On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 7:37 AM Will Martin via tlhIngan-Hol <
tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:

> Ahh. One could say that her software detects when and where a bias FORMS,
> right?
>
> pItlh
>
> charghwI’ ‘utlh
> (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 4, 2023, at 12:42 AM, Alan Anderson via tlhIngan-Hol <
> tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 6:19 PM James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol <
> tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
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>> >Does anyone see any pun?
>>
>> The word *jInbo'* plays off the name of Jimmy "Jxmbo" Wales, founder of
>> Wikipedia...
>>
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> I think connecting the word to that name is quite a stretch.
>
> It could be a reference to Dr. Jinbo Chen, Professor of Biostatistics at
> the University of Pennsylvania. Her work at the Institute for Translational
> Medicine and Therapeutics includes the development of tools for Machine
> Learning from readily available but imperfect health data, and methods to
> monitor ML and AI systems for bias. Some of her published papers address
> bias in statistical models.
>
> Or it could be nothing of the sort.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
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