tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 14 07:58:45 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: bochmoHwI' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, August 12, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: bochmoHwI'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: sycophant, flatterer (slang)
also: "one who tries to curry favor by flattering a superior" (slang)
Literally "shiner, one who shines (something)", this word is all
that remains of an earlier expression, {'etlh bochmoHwI'} ("blade
shiner"). It was originally used to refer to someone who shined
somebody else's blade, as opposed to one's own, suggesting the
idea of flattering a superior rather than simply doing one's own
work. A nonslang equivalent might be {naDwI'} ("one who praises"),
though this lacks the overtones of "self-serving"." (KGT 146f.)
Garak... a Cardassian operative in the Mirror Universe who is a
{bochmoHwI'}. (KGT 146 ill. [caption])
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons