Pun: Nikki Russell, illustrator of The Dork Diaries series?


(At first I thought it may have something to do with Nike, perhaps the swoosh, but a swoosh is a RUSHING sound, not a RUSTLING sound. So that's probably not it.)



>Message: 5

>Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:42:12 +0000

>From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>

>To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>

>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'e'qIn (noun)

>Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, December 15, 2025

>Klingon word: 'e'qIn

>Part of speech: noun

>Definition: rustling sound

>Source: qep'a' 30 [2023]

>'e'qIn tlhen

>rustle, make a rustling sound (qep'a' 2023)

>

>SEE:

>tlhen          sound as,  produce the sound of (v)

>Cf. http://klingon.wiki/En/Sounds    Other examples:

>bobDar        splash sound (n)

>lu'lap         beep noise (n)

>petben         thump/thud sound (n)

>ray         /r/ sound, trill (n)

>rIS         click sound (n)

>SuqwIl         hiss sound (n)