Dear consuelo: you get ten demerits for using "merkin" to refer to USns
We thrashed that one out a long time ago. "merkin" is a pubic wig, and is a joke in very poor taste
by Marin county types. Look in up in Quinion, at www.worldwidewords.com

What color merkin do you wear?

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/merkin.htm