Klingon word: jeQ Part of speech: verb Definition: be selfconfident Source: TKD _______________________________________________ bIjeQ You are self-confident. KGT Note the idiom {vaj Duj chIj} "navigate a warrior ship" meaning to have strength of character. For the opposite idea: (KGT 30-31): throughout the Empire, a soup whose main component is igvah liver has a special name, {ghaw'}. This word is avoided in the Vospeg region, however, because there, the word {ghaw'} is a slang term meaning something like "one who is full of self-doubt or who is insecure" and is a word used only as an insult. (KGT 123): This is the Klingon equivalent of wound one's pride. The sash represents a Klingon's heritage. If the sash is removed, so is the Klingon's ancestral identity, and, along with it, his or her dignity and self-esteem. It is generally used with a possessive pronominal suffix attached to {Ha'quj} (sash): {Ha'qujwIj} (my sash), {Ha'qujlIj} (your sash), and so forth. Thus, the phrase {Ha'qujlIj nge'} (literally, "take away your sash") means wound your pride. TREK TRIVIA: "Leadership grows from self-confidence, which is part of a Starfleet officer's education." (Troi, TNG "Pen Pals") "She must see the fire in your eyes. [...] Words come later." (Worf counseling a love-struck Geordi, TNG "Transfigurations") SEE ALSO: jaq be bold (v) Hem be proud (v) nguq be arrogant, haughty, conceited (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons