Pun: VISCERa. Speaking of puns, I spoke with Marc Okrand on Facebook and mentioned some of the clever puns he's hidden in recently revealed words. I thought *mobIj* for "latch" probably had something to do with "jibboom", but Marc said he didn't see a connection between "latch" and "jibboom". Then I thought about it more, and noticed how *jIbom* also means "I sing". "I sing" sounds like "isinglass" . . . were latches traditionally made with isinglass, or put on isinglass windows or used with isinglass curtains?

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Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 13, 2025

Klingon word: re'chIv Part of speech: noun Definition: internal organ Source: qep'a' 29 [2022] _______________________________________________

AFAIK not used in a sentence.

(qepHom 2023):  {remloS}, in its singular sense, would refer to any individual internal organ. It could, of course, also be used as a plural >(equivalent to {remloSDu'}).

  The Klingon body incorporates multiple redundancies for nearly all vital bodily functions which gives Klingon warriors enormous ?>resiliency in battle, since almost every function in their body is duplicated in case any primary organ or system fails. From various >episodes we know that Klingons have two livers, three lungs, twenty-three ribs, a redundant stomach, an eight-chambered heart, a >backup for their synaptic functions, redundant neural functions, and at least two QiVons (whatever that is).

remloS      gut,  guts,  bowels,  entrails (n) porghQeD      the scientific study of bodily functions (n) bIraqlul      *brak'lul* (redundancy in body parts) (n)

ro         trunk (of body), torso (n) chor         belly/midsection (n)

burgh         stomach luH         intestine (n) rajma'         kidney (n) tIq        heart (n) etc.

  "If you were not an ambassador I would disembowel you right now!" (Worf to Iyaaran Amb. Byleth, who had accused Worf of lying >during a poker game [TNG "Liaisons"])