Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2017

Klingon word: tar Part of speech: noun Definition: poison Source: TKD

bIQapqu'meH tar DaSop 'e' DatIvnIS To really succeed, you must enjoy eating poison. TKW (TKW 73): the Klingon Tea Ceremony, in which two friends share poisoned tea as a test of bravery (TKW 117): Duras had sought to gain power in ways that were less than honorable. He used poison to kill Council Leader K'mpec, rather than challenging him face-to-face... When K'mpec revealed to Picard that he had been poisoned, Worf said, "A Klingon would not use poison. The murder would have no honor." (TKW 59; TNG "Reunion") The Klingon nerve gas {Qab} (theragen) is instantly lethal if used in its pure form, when diluted with alcohol deadens certain nerve endings in the brain. (TOS "The Tholian Web") Cp. {DuQwI' pogh}: "Resembling a gauntlet-length oversized glove, the end of the glavin has a large, vicious hook and is covered with poison-tipped spines." (STE 114; TNG "Code of Honor") PUN: rat (poison) backwards? SEE ALSO: SuQ be toxic (v) -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons