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Nick's Word of the Week

After I was watching MTV's Ultrasound and heard Nick Carter use the word scapegoat correctly, I decided to make this little section called....

Nick's Word O' the Week

This week's word is...

metrify

meaning: to put into or compose in poetic meter

How Nick would use it in a sentence: When we are writing songs, we are actually metrifying them!

Previous words of the week...

ameilorate

meaning: to make or become better; to improve

How Nick would use it in a sentence: Rehearsal is a way to ameilorate our stage show!

paseo

meaning: a slow, easy stroll or walk outdoors

How Nick would use it in a sentence: I'm going for a paseo everyone, and no I aint talkin' about the car!

calliope

meaning: an instrument fitted with steam whistles, played by a keyboard

How Nick would use it in a sentence: That thing the chick played in "The Goonies" wasn't no pipe organ, it was a calliope!

preposterous

meaning: absolutely ridiculous

How Nick would use it in a sentence: "For Rich, the naked guy from "Survivor" to be a CBS correspondent is absolutely preposterous!"

assisduous

meaning: diligent, industrious

How Nick would use it in a sentence: "Aaron is a very assisduous kid! He can build anything out of popsicle sticks!"

dogmatic

meaning: arrogant;dictorial;authoritative

How Nick would use it in a sentence: "Just because Lou Perlman has more money than the US Mint, there is no need for him to be so dogmatic!"!

alacrity

meaning: a cheerful promptness or readiness

How Nick would use it in a sentence: "I am so pumped for this show! I have such a feeling of alacrity"!

perspicacious

meaning: of acute mental vision or discernment;keen (as us country folks would say, as clear as day!)

How Nick would use it in a sentence: (While watching Romeo and Juliet during the death scene), " This is so perspicacious, even I know that Romeo is going to drink the poison!

histrioncs

meaning: Theatrical arts or performances; exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect

How Nick would use it in a sentence: When you see me trying to open teh can of silly string, it's purely histrionics!

perpetuity

meaning: to make perpetual; to last forever

How Nick would use it in a sentence: Aaron or Leslie will be the Backstreet Boys opening act in perpetuity, or until I buy a paper shredder from Ofice Max to shred this contract!

juxtaposition

meaning: to place side by side

How Nick would use it in a sentence: (while in a restaurant staring at the salt & pepper shakers): Look they are side by side, what a nice juxtaposition!

tintinnabulation

meaning: to be ringing like bells

How Nick would use it in a sentence: Gee the fans were yelling so loud, I feel a tintinnabulation in my ears!

emote

meaning: to express emotion, especially in an excessive, theatrical manner

How Nick would use it in a sentence: The more Nick emotes (in the way of pelvic thrusts), the more likely you will recieve an injury by a teenyboper.

multifaceted

meaning: having many facets or aspects

How Nick would use it in a sentence: I'm a very multifaceted person. Not only am I a Backstreet Boy, but I also write and research questions for "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" in my spare time.

ambidextrous

meaning: using both hands with equal ease; unusally skillful; versatile

How Nick would use it in a sentence: "I can pimp slap you with my right or left hand. I'm ambidextrous."

***All definitions come from "The American Heritage College Dictionary"***