[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghIgh

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 16, 2011
> 
> Klingon word:   ghIgh
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     assignment, task, duty (slang)

Never used in canon.

KGT 150f:  As this word literally means "necklace", perhaps the slang usage is based on the old practice of identifying one's position within a military unit-for example, one's assignment on a ship-by means of a symbol hung on a chain worn around the neck. On the other hand, it may be based on the idea that assignment to a specific task holds one in that position as if by means of a line around the neck. The usual nonslang word for "assignment, mission" is {Qu'}. 

PUN: "gig" (a musician's or actor's job)


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