Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, September 28, 2025 Klingon word: 'I'SeghIm Part of speech: noun Definition: curmudgeon Source: email to Lieven, 27 march 2012 _______________________________________________ (MO to Lieven, 3/27/2012): Maltz has been kind of a curmudgeon lately. (Do you know that English word? The closest Klingon equivalent is {'I'SeghIm}.) ... (then he mumbled something about {tlhIngan Hoghmey} and wandered off). When I next find him in a talkative mood, I'll try to figure out what he was referring to. PUN: Isegrim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isegrim et al.) SEE ALSO: mul be stubborn (v) bergh be irritable (v) TREK TRIVIA: Chakotai says Capt. Janeway is "stubborn as a Klingon." Is this a 24th century Federation simile? (VOY "Night") -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons