Ex-

During an irregular meeting of the qepHom Saarbrücken on 25 january 2014, Maltz released a new word through Marc Okrand during a video conference. The word was the adjective Deq with the given meaning (be) erstwhile, former, prior, ex-. One may use this word for instance in phrases like HoD Deq ex-captain or former captain (1).

Idiomatic use

During the online interview with Marc Okrand at the qepHom he said that there is an idiomatic use of that phrase:

Deq HoD
literally The captain is "former"
idiomatic meaning: "The captain is history."

See also

• idioms

References

1 : Message from Maltz of 25 Jan 2014

External links

• list of new words on qepHom.de
• Messages from Maltz on qepHom.de