On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 17, 2017
>
> Klingon word: pan
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: spark, emit sparks
> Source: Email from ghunchu'wI' to the KLI's email discussion
> group on 22 August 2011

PUN: flash in a pan?

A "flash pot or pan" is a stage device used to create fire & smoke using flash paper. Often sparkle additive is sprinkled onto the paper before it's ignited to get a shower of sparks. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDRPf9df7OM for an example.

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