flagitious: /fluh-jish-uhs/

1. shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
2. heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous.

how to use in casual conversation:

"there is nothing flagitious about riding public transit without pants."

not to be confused with:

fergalicious

how it makes me feel:

first i'm going to say that i really like this word. phonetically it's nothing terribly exciting. but it is one of those ominously dark words that makes me tingle in my special place*. speaking of ominous, i was scanning the merriam-webster WOTD archive. it's kind of sad. here's a list of the one i find most offensive from december and january:

1. ominous
2. baptism of fire
3. receipt
4. pundit
5. pied-à-terre

i've been laying off the whole "merriam-webster" sucks, but in the name of not taking any guff i must say that indeed, merriam-webster sucks. and it's not that i am patiently waiting for them to continue sucking - i want them to be better. i want them to shine with all the word power they can muster. like some dorky care-bear cousin that shoots adjectives from it's chest like warren beatty dispenses baby batter. but for some reason their continued insistence on being mediocre means i'm using their site less which means less clicks for them. therefore it behoves them to improve, lest they continue to have their asses kicked almost daily by dictionary.com.

* my brain you perverts.