Re: Piss Off - Klingon

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, John Cowan wrote:

> Raymond Brown wrote:
>
> > Other phrases with similar meanings this side of the pond are:
> > "Bog off!" - go far away & use the bog (i.e. lavatory)
> > "Sod off!" - go far away & commit sodomy
>
> How do we understand "Naff off!" (a Princess-Anne-ism) according
> to this model?
<wry look>  Since I don't know (and don't want to know) what a "naff" is,
I can't say--but I'd understand it as expressing the same sentiment, if
not the exactitude.

YHL, intrigued, who hasn't gotten anywhere near swear words in Chevraqis
because her parents probably wouldn't approve (even if they'd never know)