Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, June 08, 2026 Klingon word: veQDuj Part of speech: noun Definition: garbage scow _______________________________________________ veQDuj 'oH DujlIj'e' Your ship is a garbage scow! (TKD) (Star Trek: Continuum's KLS): space vessel primarily used to recover debris and transport waste materials TREK TRIVIA: "I can get my deuterium anywhere! Yours isn't even fit for a garbage scow!" [Korok to Tessic, ENT "Marauders"] KORAX: We like the Enterprise. We, we really do. That sagging old rust bucket is designed like a garbage scow. Half the quadrant knows it. That's why they're learning to speak Klingonese. CHEKOV: Mister Scott! SCOTT: Laddie, don't you think you should rephrase that? KORAX: You're right, I should. I didn't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away *as* garbage. [TOS "The Trouble With Tribbles"] "We can wallow like a garbage scow..." [TOS "Elaan of Troyius"] In 2367 a 300-year old unmanned waste vessel leaking radioactive waste assumed orbit around Gamelan V. (TNG "Final Mission") 'The Malon export vessels (or "garbage scows") are massive, 42-deck freighters from the Delta Quadrant used by the Malon Cooperative to haul and dump dangerous theta radiation and antimatter waste. Because the Malon lack recycling technology, these heavily shielded but degraded ships regularly traverse the galaxy dumping their toxic hazards. The ships and their radioactive cargo are famously featured in several episodes of Star Trek: Voyager: ... "Night", "Extreme Risk", "Juggernaut".' [Google AI Overview, viewed 6/08/2026] -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons