Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, September 18, 2023 Klingon word: qab jech Part of speech: noun Definition: mask Source: Hamletmachine _______________________________________________ (Hamletmachine notes): two words; This is a mask as a disguise, not a surgical mask TREK NOTES: DROXINE: I don't like filters, or even masks. I like the word "protector" much better, don't you? SPOCK: It is less technical, therefore less accurate, but perhaps more generally descriptive of the function. (TOS “The Cloud Minders”) SEE ALSO: jech disguise, costume (n) Sut clothing (n) HIp uniform (n) jech disguise (v) tuQ[moH] wear [clothing] (v) vel cover, coat, mask (v) “And after all, what is a lie? ‘Tis but the truth in masquerade.) (Don Juan, Canto XI, Stanza 37) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.