Slang

slang or jargon usually is used to describe a non-standarised language variety or a non-standarised vocabulary, which is only used in specific quarters or by specific persons.(1) In Klingon those words are called mu'mey ghoQ, literally fresh words and are mostly used by young klingons.(2)

Some words are easy to derive: bej, moH and qu' remind of suffixes, Dach means being absent and is used here in a figurative sense. Haq means operate (in a medical sense) and is used in a figurative sense here, too. pIn originally means boss and is also used for experts in slang.

List of slang-expressions

Here you can find a list of slang-expressions.

Klingon	English	literally
bachHa'	make a mistake	shoot wrongly
bej	be sure	watch; as suffix: be sure
bochmoHwI'	sycophant, flatterer	Polisher
bolwI'	Traitor	drooler
buy' ngop	It is good to hear that	the plates are full
chatlh	rubbish	soup
chelwI'	somebody who has to do with accounting	adder
chong	profound, thorough	be vertical
chuH	explain	stab with a spear
Dach	be distracted, not attentive	be absent
Degh	improvise	helm
Duj ngaDHa'	irresponsible person	unstable ship
ghIgh	duty, quest	chain
Haq	intervene	perform surgery
Ha'DIbaH	Dog!	animal
Hom	weakling	bone
Ho'	idol	tooth
Hur'Iq	outsider	Hur'k
jav	prisoner	number six
luH	get somebody to tell a secret	root out
moH	exert undue influence on sombody	ugly
mo'	motive, cause	cage
naQ	pony tail (hair-cut)	staff
natlh	be disgusting	use up, consume, expend
na'	be sure, be difinite	salty
ngup	Authority	cape
paw'	butt heads	collide
pIn	expert	boss
qang	always agreee with	pour
qu'	be great	strong
QaD	be protected	dry
Qom	be dangerous	experience a tremor
Qop	be dead (meals)	outdated
SaS	be shallow	horizontal
SIj	be clever	to cut
Sub	be brave
tlham	order	gravity
tlhuH	be refreshed	breath
vonlu'	fail utterly	be trapped
yIv	irk, irritate	to chew
'Igh	be cursed