Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, September 10, 2023 Klingon word: Qagh Part of speech: verb Definition: err, be mistaken, make a mistake _______________________________________________ Qagh yaS wa'DIch The first officer errs. KGT jIQaghpu' I have made a mistake. KGT (KGT 145): ... [{bachHa'}] literally means something like "mis-shoot" --that is, shoot wrongly. It is used in such constructions as {jIbachHa'pu'} ("I have made a mistake"; literally, "I have mis-shot"). The standard word meaning err, make a mistake is {Qagh}, as in {jIQaghpu'} ("I have make a mistake"). TREK NOTES: TROI: Data. You can handle defeat in two ways: You can lose confidence, or you can learn from your mistakes. DATA: That is what troubles me. I made no mistakes. < …. > PICARD: And, Commander, it is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life. [TNG “Peak Performance”] SEE: Qagh error, mistake (n) QaghHom minor error (n) Qagh'a' major blunder (n) (De'vID < MO, 2/17/2018): A [software] bug is a {Qagh} (not a {ghew}). QaghHommeyHeylIjmo' due to your apparent minor errors TKD QaghwIj vIQIj 'e' yIchaw'neS Permit me to explain my mistake, your Honor. PK QaghmeylIj tIchID, yIyoH Have the courage to admit your mistakes. TKW SEE ALSO: muj be wrong (v) APPOSITE QUOTATIONS: “It’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake.” (quip by Talleyrand) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.