[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: SochmaH Soch: <bIj qotlh>

[Steven Boozer]

ghunchu'wI':
> Is irony on the list of concepts Lawrence asked for? It should be.
 

{tlhaQ} "be funny" ["Causing amusement or laughter." (KLS)]

Cf. {Dogh} "be foolish/silly", {qID} "make/tell a joke", {Hagh} "laugh"; cf. also {vaq} "mock" [i.e. laugh at] & {nuS} {ridicule}.


Humor in Trek:

OKONA: "You don't know what a joke is?" 
DATA:  "Of course I do. It is a witticism, a gag, a bon mot, a
        fluctuation of words concluding with a trick ending."
 (TNG "The Outrageous Okona")

"A joke is a story with a humorous climax."
 (Spock to McCoy, ST4)

"Joke: a verbal comment or gesture designed to provoke laughter." 
 (Borg Drone One to Doctor, VOY "Drone")

"I don't understand their humor either."
 (Worf to Data, TNG "The Naked Now")


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons