Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, December 18, 2022 Klingon word: bol Part of speech: verb Definition: drool _______________________________________________ (HQ 12.4:8): If {tlhepQe'} "saliva" is produced, one is said to{tIl} "salivate". If the {tlhepQe'} involuntarily escapes one's lips and dribbles down one's chin, one is said to {bol} "drool." (KGT 147): In its nonslang sense, {bol} does not take an object: {bolpu'} ("He/she has drooled"). SEE: bolwI' traitor (slang n.) (n) bol betray [someone] (slang v.) (KGT 147): This word actually means "drooler" -- that is, one who drools. The nonslang word meaning traitor is {maghwI'} (literally, "one who betrays"). Probably because of the parallel formation of {bolwI'} and {maghwI'} ... the verb {bol} (drool) is sometimes used to mean betray, as if it were equivalent to {magh}. In this usage, {bol}, like {magh}, may take an object; that is, the sentence may indicate who is betrayed: {mumaghpu'} ("He/she has betrayed me") or {mubolpu'} ("He/she has betrayed me"; literally, "He/she has drooled me"). PUN: During the US Civil War southerners working for the Union against the Confederacy were called boll weevils - an insect which destroys cotton crops by burrowing into the cotton bloom (known as a boll), ruining the plant from the inside. SEE ALSO: tIl salivate (v) tuy' spit (v) tlhIS spit out (v) tlhepQe' saliva (n) 'IqnaH mucus (n) qo'qaD phlegm (n) -- 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.