Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 30, 2026 Klingon word: choywI' Part of speech: noun Definition: smuggler (of people) Source: qepHom 2024 _______________________________________________ choy smuggle (only for people) (v) qepHom 2024 REQUEST: "Bringing something to a certain place illegally, typically across an international border." (qepHom 2024) choywI' smuggler (only for people) (n) qepHom 2024 SEE: Doy smuggle (general term) (v) qepHom 2024 REQUEST: "Bringing something to a certain place illegally, typically across an international border." (qepHom 2024) DoywI' smuggler (general term) (n) qepHom 2024 (qepHom 2024, p. 38) : Q: Do I understand correctly that {Doy} can also be used with people, but {choy} is used only with people? So {loD vIDoy} and {loD vIchoy} can be used interchangeably? And based on this, I assume that {DoywI'} and {choywI'} are in the people who do this? MO: Correct on all of that. Of course, there's a difference in connotation: Using {Doy} when referring to people is probably always disparaging. You'd definitely use {choy} if, say, you're on my side and you're sneaking me out of the country for my protection. You might use either word if you were trafficking in people. CULTURAL NOTES: See also: {ghewmey SuqQo'} "Don't catch any bugs!" (i.e. smuggler's code for "Good luck in avoiding border officials!" (ST6) See also: veH boundary, frontier, barrier, border (n) - {jogh veH lungIv} They patrol the quadrant border. KGT -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons