The Word of the Week:

MERITORIOUS

ANGST (ängst) n. A bottled up anxiety, dread, or frustration.

MACABRE (me-kä'bre) adj. Foreshadowing of fatal circumstances; mysteriously frightening.

DINGUS (din-güs) n. Any device; gadget: humorous substitute for a name not known or temporarily forgotten.

PLETHORA (ple'ther-a) n. Whatever exceeds a limit, measure, bound, or degree

MAELSTROM (mal' strem) n. Any irresistable movement or influence

DANK (dank) adj. Dark and moist; musty

EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS n. The hole in the skull through which the auditory canal connects the outer and inner ear

VEXED v.pt. Extremely upset, nervously perplexed

AEGIS n. A protecting influence or power; dominion of a respected being or myth

ENIGMA n. Something or someone extremely puzzling, baffling, or near impossible to figure out

FRIJOLES n. pl. Spanish for BEANS. I love beans.

DOLT n. A slighly classier form of "idiot" or "dumbass."

'MONEY' adj. Slang. Cool or awesome. EX: That tie is so money! That coat is money. YOU are money!

'SWEET' adj. Slang. Cool or awesome. EX: You are going on a Cross Country road trip? Sweet! --Used by Jon and the entire male half of the Miller family TOO often...

BALLY-HOO n. British slang. Something ridiculous or fluffy; completely worthless item.

QUIRKY adj. Slightly out of the ordinary, a positive medium between 'weird' and 'eccentric.'

MERITORIOUS adj. Representing or possessing merit.