[Tlhingan-hol] More new words from Maltz

[qurgh lungqIj]

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>  (3) For "double agent," Maltz liked the slang expression jey'naS ghoqwI'
>> (literally, "double-headed ax spy").  He said the non-slang term 'o'wen
>> could also be used for "double agent," but its meaning is a bit broader --
>> it's used to refer to someone (or something) of ambiguous status.  As
>> Maltz
>> put it, "You're not quite sure if it's this or that. You think it's one
>> thing, and it may be, but it may be another."
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> And who is the Owen in US culture or television to whom Marc refers?
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chaq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Lattimore?

qurgh
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