Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Klingon word: meHghem Part of speech: noun Definition: arts, the arts, culture Source: qepHom 2016 _______________________________________________ meHghem yoS botlh DI’on ’oH ghommeH yotlhvam’e’ The plaza is a central feature of the Cultural District. (Pittsburgh Art Tour) (Lieven, 11/07/2016): Klingon for the Galactic Traveler (p. 79) says there is no single word for art or artwork. This refers to visual art (painting, sculpture, etc.). {meHghem} (arts, the arts, culture) is a bigger, more comprehensive term covering "the arts" or "art" as opposed to "science." So it includes music, theater, dance, etc. as well as visual art. It's "culture" in this sense. Similarly, {vIqraq} (artifact, work of art) is more general than a visual piece of art. It covers that, but also an artifact (not in the archaeological sense), handicraft, gizmo, gadget, contraption, machine, device, etc. – that is, something manufactured/made. TREK NOTES: "Klingon culture is not in your taste?" (Troi to Pulaski, TNG "The Icarus Factor") SEE: meHghem Qat pop/popular culture (n) tera' DIS cha' pagh wa' wej meHghem Qat Sub boq cherlu'. In 2013, Popular Culture Hero Coalition was established. (PCHC 2016) SEE ALSO: ngoHwI' artist (DSC) (n) nugh society (group of people with a shared culture) (n) roSqa' archaeological artifact (n) pItlhbergh Pittsburgh (GN) Hoy be refined, fancy, sophisticated (v) Qat be popular (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.