Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Klingon word: mel'ogh Part of speech: noun Definition: chrysalis Source: QelIS boqHarmey [Klingon Alice] _______________________________________________ (Alice p.239): More generally, this refers to anything on its way to becoming something else. So, for example, it could be used for a lump of clay being transformed into a pot (but not yet a pot). As slang, it could refer to a student or athlete or warrior in training but not yet up to speed, as it were." PUN: Hebrew *golem* backwards: "from the Hebrew word meaning (according to Wiktionary) inchoate object, amorphous mass and also pupa." (niqolay Q, 11/17/2021) SEE ALSO: ngogh block, lump, brick (n) DabqI' mud, clay, putty (n) chu'wI' rookie, beginner, newbie (slang) (n) ghuv recruit (n) lopwI' initiate (n) moj become (v) chen build up, take form, take shape (v) ghe' be transformed, transmuted, metamorphosed, totally altered (v) 'ughDuq ghargh caterpillar (n) - "Maltz said this is a little squirmy thing that somehow turns into a {Su'wan ghew}." (Little Prince) Su'wan ghew butterfly (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons