On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 3:20 AM nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 5:17 PM De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
However, I can't think of what {rubyo'} can be a reference to, except for a very specific politician. Can anyone else have any ideas?

The original request for the word "politician" wasn't entirely value-neutral: "A person who is professionally involved in the politics. Also a derogatory term for a person who manipulates or pleases others just to gain own advantage. For example Gowron is described as a politician in DS9"
So it's possible Okrand was thinking more along the lines of the latter half of the request when thinking about specific politicians.

Even then, what's the connection between Okrand and the U.S. Senator for Florida? If it were a reference to a real-life politician, I'd have expected something closer to home or with a personal connection to him.

Like with "Tikriti", I feel like it's a genuine coincidence: the story fits, but it just happens to fit by accident. I think the "Texas Tea" explanation is obviously right for {yItQet}, because his "coincidences'', when they are references and not wordplay, are most often about TV or film pop culture, and occasionally to people he knows in real life.

De'vID