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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: petqaD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Fri Dec 6 12:32:13 2013
In-Reply-To: <ACF6622D959A8842A81E4471BA56A7E001F8857E@xm-mbx-04-prod.ad.uchicago.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 18:31:40 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>,
Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, December 06, 2013
>>
>> Klingon word: petqaD
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: a medical device for mending bones
>> Source: Haynes Klingon Bird of Prey manual, p. 107, November 2012
>
> "The surgeon typically injects a combined stimulant and pain
> killer, before using a {petqaD} to bond broken bones in place
> and a dermal regenerator to suture any wounds. Typical turn-
> around times allow an injured crewman to return to his post
> within seven minutes." (p. 107)
Pun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
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De'vID
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