We know that a lot of our readers are still in school. In an effort to help further enlarge their vocabulary and WORD POWER, we would like to present the HGNews Word of the Week. Please read, understand, and use these words in everyday conversation. Amaze and surprise your friends.

This week's word is:
Deipnosophist

Definition:
n.: a person who is an adept conversationalist at table

Usage:
"The last thing you want when you're eating at a good restaurant is a deipnosophist, because all he'll do is talk and talk and talk, not letting you truly savor your meal."

This week's "Gang Slang" is:
Loc

Definition: 1) n.: a homeboy
2) adj.: high, drugged
3) adj.: crazy, loco

Usage:
1) "You know I'd never bone your ho. You my loc."
2) "Them niggaz is really loc'd, always takin' hits from their blunts."
3) "You want none of this, bitch! I'm so loc I took on 2 cops with nothin' but my crack pipe!"

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