best new thing in the world today. kahuna. a noun meaning a preimminent american of thing. the national spelling bee is the big kahuna of spelling bees. 278 spellers, all under the age of 16, competed in the first rounds of the national spelling bee today in maryland. the finals are tomorrow. you may have heard about the speller this year who is 6. a 6-year-old girl named lori ann madison. she's the youngest participant ever. she made it through round two today. she stumbled in round three. seriously. ingluvies. i think probably wrong. even though it's called the national spelling bee, interesting note, it's not only for american kids. every year there are a handful of kids from other countries