Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
Maybe you get the reference, maybe you don't. Anyway, maybe we just a little label shake-up. Here's a not-so-serious attempt:
atrocious = crap
pitiful = embarrassing
awful = lousy
inept = incompetent
mediocre = pedestrian
average = nothing to write home about
respectable = decent
strong = groovy
proficient = slick
prominent = got skills
prolific = outstanding!
sensational = money
tremendous = incredible
wondrous = amazing
marvelous = whoa!
prodigious = are you kidding me?
stupendous = epic
phenomenal = heroic
colossal = not humanly possible
legendary = mythic
Don't ask what sort of Chunks they are, you probably don't want to know. Blowing Chunks since Season 4!