Klingon word: nuQ Part of speech: verb Definition: annoy, bother _______________________________________________ reH muchmey chu'laH, mevlaH, 'ej chu'qa'laH lo'wI'. malja' qeSmey, latlh nuQbogh lenmey tu'lu'be'. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments. (DSC Netflix) (KGT 167): This verb [{yIv}] literally means chew. In its slang sense, it is found in such constructions as {choyIv} (You bother me--literally, "You chew me") or {muyIv romuluS Ha'DIbaH} (The Romulan dog irks me; literally, "The Romulan animal chews me," where Romulan animal is a derogatory way to refer to a Romulan). The subject of {yIv} can be only a person or creature, not an inanimate object or a situation. Thus, it is inappropriate to say something like {muyIv 'Iw HIq bIr} (cold bloodwine chews me). Standard ways to express the same idea are {nuQ} (annoy, bother) and {berghmoH} (irritate). SEE ALSO: 'Irgh bully, intimidate, pick on, harass (v) mogh be frustrated (v) bergh be irritated (v) puQ be fed up (v) QeHchoH get angry (v) TREK NOTES: "Then study this: Borg provokes Klingon; Klingon breaks Borg's nose." [B'Ellana to Seven, VOY "Someone to Watch Over Me"] < Gul Dukat recording drones on under the dialogue > SISKO: You know, I never knew how much this man's voice annoyed me. [DS9 "Civil Defense"] {chuSwI'} "A rodent that mostly lives underground and makes an annoying noise." [KEBH; first referenced in Keith R.A. DeCandido's novel "Enemy Territory"] -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons