Pun: "mouth of" backwards. The spout is the mouth of the teapot.

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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, January 11, 2026 Klingon word: vatwam Part of speech: noun Definition: spout Source: qep'a' 30 [2023]

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(qep'a' 2023):  a noun, referring to the nozzle on a teapot, for example. There's also a slang term: {wuS} or {wuSDu'}, literally "lip(s)" - >the choice depends on the shape of the spout. The request for this word was: "tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged". SEE ALSO: runpI'          teapot (n) 'unqal         kettle (n) Dargh        tea (n) ghIt         flow (e.g. water), gush, spout (v) lIch          pour (into/onto anything) (v) qang         pour (from one container into another (v)