On 25 April 2017 at 15:39, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, April 24, 2017
Klingon word: Dut Part of speech: verb Definition: slam down (object is the thing slammed down) Source: qepHom 2015 p.19
Lieven interviewed Okrand (posted 10/29/2015): [...] LL: Can the verb {Dut} "slam down" be used for other things, too?
MO: Yes, like when you're angry, you "slam down" the phone. The verb {Dut} is not exclusive to the use of a stamp, right.
There's a Seinfeld skit where he mocks mobile phones, saying that you can't slam them down like you could with old-fashioned landline telephones. He pretends to yell angrily into an imaginery cell phone, then, instead of slamming down the phone, very delicately searches for and presses the "hang up" button (which makes a *doot* sound). -- De'vID