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A Word of Four Letters

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Title: A Word of Four Letters
Author(s): Glen David
Date(s): 1983
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Genre(s): gen
Fandom(s): Star Trek: TOS
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A Word of Four Letters is a gen Star Trek: TOS story by Glen David.

It was published in Alnitah #15.

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Koloth throws a kink in a delicate diplomatic mission in the sensor-fouling Murasaki area. Escape necessitates separating the drive (Adam) and saucer (Eve) sections. Kirk paints a Klingon obscenity on the hull in order to determine whether the Klingons can see them, and it turns out to be miraculously a holy word of the culture Fox is contacting.[1]

In 'Four Letter Word,' an expletive painted on the Enterprise to psych out some Klingons fortunately turns out to be a sacred word used to invoke the great spirit on a world in which Kirk is involved in diplomatic negotiations. Funnily enough, this word, when written, also bears a strong resemblance to the name of a certain famous starship captain.[2]

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