Having researched the
KKK, I have learned that the Klan has an underground vocabulary. The Southern
Poverty Law Center—the best source for KKK information—lists the Klan’s secret
vocabulary.
It includes this: “KIGY!: A password meaning "Klansman,
I greet you!”
Is KAG! a shout out-- a presidential greeting-- to the Klan? There is no definitive way to know. Still, the exclamation point
caught my attention immediately. Will it have the same effect on KKK members?
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K words and K acronyms are used frequently by the KKK: Klaliff – vice
president; Klokard – lecturer; Kludd – chaplain; Kligrapp – secretary; Klabee –
treasurer; Kladd – "conductor", in charge of initiating new members; Klarogo
– inner guard, serjeant-at-arms; Klexter – outer guard; Klokard (officers at the Province and Realm level); Klazik Head of the
department of the realm; Klokann is a group of three Klokans (officers); Kloncilium
is a supreme governing council; Kalendar: Klan calendar, which dates events
from both the origin and its 1915 rebirth Anno Klan, and means "in the
year of the Klan," and is usually written "AK"; Kardinal
Kullors: White, crimson, gold and black. Secondary Kullors are grey, green and
blue. The Imperial Wizard's Kullor is Skipper Blue; K.B.I.: Klan Bureau of
Investigation; KIGY!: A password meaning "Klansman, I greet you!"; Klankfraft:
The practices and beliefs of the Klan; Klanton: The jurisdiction of a Klavern; Klavern:
A local unit or club; also called "den"; Kleagle: An organizer whose
main function is to recruit new members. In some Klans, he gets a percentage of
the initiation fees; Klectokon: Initiation fee; Klepeer: Delegate elected to
Imperial Klonvokation; Klonkave: Secret Klavern meeting; Klonverse: Province
convention; Kloran: Official book of Klan rituals; Klorero: Realm convention.
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