Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 24, 2025 Klingon word: bergh Part of speech: verb Definition: be irritable _______________________________________________ bIbergh You are irritable. (KLS) (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. berghmoH irritate (v) (KGT 167): This verb [{yIv}] literally means chew. In its slang sense, it is found in such constructions as {choyIv} ("You bother me" -- literally, "You chew me") or {muyIv romuluS Ha'DIbaH} ("The Romulan dog irks me"; literally, "The Romulan animal chews me," where Romulan animal is a derogatory way to refer to a Romulan). The subject of {yIv} can be only a person or creature, not an inanimate object or a situation. Thus, it is inappropriate to say something like {muyIv 'Iw HIq bIr} ("cold bloodwine chews me"). Standard ways to express the same idea are {nuQ} (annoy, bother) and {berghmoH} (irritate). SEE ALSO: bIt be nervous, uneasy (v) ngoj be restless (v) mogh be frustrated (v) mul be stubborn (v) puQ be fed up (v) jot be calm (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons