Klingon word: pIm Part of speech: verb Definition: be different _______________________________________________ pImlaw' romuluSngan be' porgh I've heard Romulan women are different. (ST5 notes) may' bom pIm bom sing a different battle song (idiom: "speak of another matter entirely") KGT DaH may' bom pIm Dabom Now you sing a different battle song. (i.e. "Well, that's another matter altogether.") KGT may' bom pIm wIbom We sing a different battle song. KGT may' bom pIm lubom They sing a different battle song. KGT motlh pIm 'ejyo' Dujmey Unlike most Starfleet vessels... ["Starfleet vessels are usually different"] SP3 QuchlIj vIl law' QuchwIj vIl pIm your forehead is not as ridgy as my forehead (HQ 13.1:10) pIj tay'taH Doch pIm Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations = IDIC (lit. "different things are often continuously together") (ASM) mapIm ngIq maH 'e' luQaw'meH ghoS chaH. They come to destroy our individuality. (DSC "Battle at the Binary Stars") vanchuq luqara' joH qeylIS je 'ej Hemey pIm ghoS qa' qo'Daq ghomqa' chaH Lady Lukara and Kahless, They said their goodbyes, And Lukara knew they would meet again. (PB) “All Klingons are not alike. To an outsider, Klingon society is often regarded as rather homogeneous, as if all Klingons behave and think in the same way. In fact, although there are a good many shared basic beliefs and understandings that hold Klingon society together and define what it means to be a Klingon, there is a great deal of variation. Thus, despite the veneration shown to warriors, not everyone is a warrior.” -- [KGT p.5, “The Fiction of Klingon Conformity”] SEE ALSO: Sar be varied, various (v) ngang vary, be varying (v) Dop be opposite, antithetical, contradictory (v) rap be the same (v) latlh additional one, other one, another one (n) jaS differently (adv) TERRAN TRIVIA: F. Scott Fitzgerald once told Ernest Hemingway, “The rich are different than you and I.” Hemingway replied, “Yes, they have more money.” -- 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.