Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, December 13, 2025 Klingon word: Det Part of speech: verb Definition: be charged Source: qepHom 2025 _______________________________________________ (qepHom 2025 REQUEST): We have a verb for "be negatively charged" and "be positively charged", but what is the general term? As in "Be careful, the device is charged!" SEE: ngIng have a negative charge (v) ruS have a positive charge (v) SEE ALSO: Huj charge (up) (v) rIH energize (v) laQ energize/fire [e.g. thrusters] (v) 'ul 'aplo' battery (n) TREK NOTES: "Do you think I would be foolish enough to give you a charged phaser?" [Capt. Garth to Kirk, TOS "Whom Gods Destroy"] "Emergency power re-charge is 40 percent. [ST3; Torg, after his ship is hit, trying to arm the emergency torpedo tube] -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons