English: be horizontal
Source: KGT
KLCP Level: 3
English: be shallow, be superficial, be uncritical
German: horizontal, waagerecht
Source: KGT
KLCP Level: 3
This word, literally meaning "be horizontal," refers to someone's intellect. To describe someone as SaS is certainly insulting, as in SaS DIvI' HoD ("The Federation captain is shallow"---that is, literally, "The Federation captain is horizontal"; DIvI', "federation"; HoD, "captain").
This slang expression has apparently been in use for quite a while and is fairly common. Indeed, for this usage of the term, there is no known standard equivalent.
A slang word with a meaning similar to SaS is natlh (literally, "consume, use up"). The opposite meaning---that is, "profound, thorough" and "good"---is often expressed by the slang verbs chong (literally, "be vertical") and qu' (literally, "be fierce").
English: lame, crap, rubbish, suck
Source: KGT
KLCP Level: 3
SaS is also used as an exclamation to express disapproval, comparable to the standard Do'Ha' ("unfortunate"). For example, upon hearing that a ship has been destroyed, one may say simply SaS (literally, "horizontal" but suggesting "That's bad, that's unfortunate").
There is no usage for this word in the database.
