Klingon word: way' Part of speech: verb Definition: parry, deflect a lunge _______________________________________________ wIjoppu' 'ej wIway'pu' We have lunged and we have deflected. (i.e. "We have had an argument.") KGT [ Should this be {majoppu' 'ej maway'pu'} or is an object (i.e. the bat'leth) implied?] (KGT 59): There is an extensive vocabulary for the moves associated with bat'leth use. To thrust or lunge toward one's opponent, for example, is {jop}. To deflect a thrust -- that is, to parry -- is {way'} ... When teaching someone to use the bat'leth, the tutor will shout out movements--for example, {yIjop! yIway'!} ("Lunge! Defend!"). Generally in such a situation, however, the tutor will used the shortened form of the language known as Clipped Klingon and skip the imperative prefix {yI-}, leaving only the bare verb: {jop! way'!} It is important to note that the tutor is giving the student direct commands ("Lunge! Defend!"), not shouting out the names of movements. (KGT 115): This idiom [{jop 'ej way'} "lunge and deflect"], which means "have an argument", is based on movements associated with the bat'leth. During the course of a bout, both parties, among other things, alternately lunge ({jop}), that is, push the bat'leth toward the opponent, and deflect ({way'}), or use the bat'leth to push the oncoming one away. Each side, then, engages in both offensive and defensive movements, and this alternation of roles is likened to a verbal duel. In using the expression, the appropriate verbal affixes are attached; for example, {wIjoppu' 'ej wIway'pu'} ("We have lunged and we have deflected" -- that is, "We have had an argument"). If the two verbs are reversed ({way' 'ej jop} ["deflect and lunge"]), the idea of have an argument is not present, though the phrase is perfectly well formed if referring to a bat'leth bout. CULTURAL NOTE: The {mong'em} maneuver is "A parry where you thrust a sword or other edged weapon behind your neck in order to block an attack from the rear." [Keith R.A. DeCandido's novel "Diplomatic Implausibility"] SEE ALSO: yan wield, use or manipulate a sword (v) bot prevent, block, prohibit (v) ghoH argue, dispute (v) Sol quarrel (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons