[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pabpo'

[Steven Boozer]

>> Klingon word:   pabpo'
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition:     grammarian

ghunchu'wI':
> Do you have a source for this? Preferably one traceable to Marc
> Okrand...

According to my notes:

Questionable origins:  allegedly MO's inscription in someone's TKD (source unknown). "Krankor confided to me at the Las Vegas qep'a' (javDIch?) that *he* (Krankor) made it up, in the early days of the old mailing list (run by Elias Israel). He said that, back in those days, there wasn't as much awareness or concern about not making stuff up, and that this is one usage/convention that has persisted through to this day." (Holtej [7/26/2005])

KGT 159:  The nonslang term for an expert is {po'wI'} (literally, "one who is expert, skilled").

If you want to avoid controversy use {pab po'wI'} or  *{pab pIn} - using the slang term {pIn} "expert, authority" (which I think sounds better).  Also, Okrand sometimes uses this inscription when he signs books:

  tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI' po' 

 
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons