Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, May 30, 2022 Klingon word: taQbang Part of speech: noun Definition: exhaust _______________________________________________ Apparently the matter/substance being exhausted/ejected. SEE: taQbang urine, fecal matter (n. slang) - often used with {vuj} "expel, eject" (v) (qep’a’ 2016). (Kauderwelsch Klingonisch in re “going to the bathroom” [p.109]): {taQbang ghIm} is the basic structure. You can, of course, substitute {turmIq} ["urine "] or {qeQ} ["fecal matter"] in for {taQbang} if that's what you really want to say. So you can say things like {DaH jImej. turmIq vIghImnIS}. Maltz said Klingons don't have euphemisms for this sort of thing. On the other hand, there is a slang expression or idiom that's used from time to time, though mostly (but hardly always) by or to kids: {qIvon belmoH} (as in {DaH jImej. qIvonwIj vIbelnISmoH} and the like). You might ask a child who's a little jittery {belHa''a' qIvonlIj?}. Most people say {qIvon}, though some say {qIvonDu'}. Maltz says he has no idea why this expression has this slang meaning, given what he knows about his own {qIvonDu'}. As with idioms in general, you can't substitute one word for another (unless you're playing word games). So saying something like {qIvonwIj vIQuchnISmoH} could only refer to making your {qIvon} happy, assuming it's possible to do such a thing. SEE ALSO: ghImwI' exhaust [the device?] (n) yIb vent (n) pugh dregs (n) ghIm exile (v) [also exhaust?] tlhuch exhaust (v) nIj leak (v) Qoy' spill (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.