A

adj. awesome. <Everyday, no matter where I am or who I'm with, I hear the word. The "A" word. A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Those who utter it usually do so without irony, with a special vacancy inspired by the "A" word's absence of meaning or impact. It is the physical symptom of an imaginative wasting away of the host's verbal skills. The "A" word is a menace! It is a verbal scourge that is spreading fast.…