tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 19 09:28:26 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: toDSaH (excl)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, June 19, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: toDSaH
>Part of Speech: exclamation
>Definition: !@#$%
>
>Additional Notes:
>TKD p. 178. Also in CK, you would call someone this if you were not on
>the best of terms.
In the pro-novel "Diplomatic Imperative" it was glossed: "Insult with no
direct translation.
It was first used in "The Defector" (TNG). Pronounced /to-ZAH/, it was
flung at Worf by Admiral Alidar Jarok, the Romulan defector: "Get this
tohzah out of my sight!" (Riker calmly countered that "only a *veruul*"
would say that, trumping Jarok and showing off his own knowledge of Romulan
curses.)
The Federation spelling *tohzah* was confirmed by the ST: Encyclopedia.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons