Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, May 09, 2021 Klingon word: ghIH Part of speech: verb Definition: be messy, be sloppy _______________________________________________ bIghIH You are sloppy. {KLS) ghIH They're sloppy. (CK) Ha'DIbaH ghIH tIr ngogh je burger (TNK) Mentioned in CK in the section on expressing opinions of Klingon sites. (KGT 30): while the verb {ghIH} means "be messy, sloppy" in {ta' Hol} and in most dialects, in the towns near Ruk'evet (ruq'e'vet), {ghIH} means "be careless". The more widespread word for "be careless" is {yepHa'}, and this word is used in addition to {ghIH} in the Ruk'evet area. To say "be messy, sloppy", the Ruk'evet inhabitants say {Soy'}, a verb meaning "be clumsy" elsewhere. The Ruk'evet word for "be clumsy" is {jat}, which is phonetically identical to the noun meaning "tongue". CULTURAL NOTES: (KGT 138): the characteristic patterns of younger people's speech, if noticed and commented upon, are more likely to be judged sloppy or careless rather than wrong. -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.