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Where does the expression Gird Your Loins come from?

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  1. leonard says:
    200

    random lesson….steaks out for the birthday LADY

  2. ingvarr says:
    199

    This is an appropriate subject for Marina =] I vote for a or b. Women like Marina and hotforprofits make me respect blonds a lot more tbh. She looks like a duck there at the end though lol

  3. michael r says:
    198

    i think its 1

  4. shirak says:
    197

    Hi Marina

    there is an error. lonja is not what you said. ans slice in spanish could be said said “loncha”. ham is cold “jamos” so or you are in a mistake or that is a fake answer :-P

    lonja is a place were the fish are sold when they come from the ships.

    and I am sure, I am spanish!!! ;-)

    kisses, take care and be bad ;-)

  5. cimska says:
    196

    :twisted: What is the origin of the word kiss :cry:
    :arrow: kiss means to barely or lightly touch,
    :arrow: kiss this means that your lips touch another person. for example: kissing in public & is illegal in the country of india based on laws that govern relationships
    :arrow: kiss ass is slang meaning to be obsequious; fawn I think that means to be favor someone highly as a means of getting their way over others
    :arrow: kiss off is slang meaning to reject, dismiss, ignore, give up, denounce
    :arrow: kiss (a bite sized chocolate)
    :arrow: kiss (a sugar cookie)
    :arrow: kiss (a toffeelike confectionary)
    :arrow: kiss in the game of billards, means the slight touch of one ball to another
    :arrow: Also to blow a kiss to use eye contact & showing the significant other your lips while then blowing in their general direction (a “kiss”)
    :arrow: kiss also means to make a smack sound with your lips as if they had touched another (this is only the case when you use eye contact with another person)
    :arrow: also it is the act or instance of kissing
    :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

    • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
      196.1

      Nice one……. come on Marina can we have a video on kissing please ?
      Hard hitting use of smileys………..Shucks my sunglasses are in the car
      :cool: :cool: :cool: xxx
      I love you can you give us kiss

  6. Bob says:
    195

    Word game suggestion for Marina.

    Punk

  7. sniperskaya says:
    194

    Marina, дорогой учитель, I’m curious to know: what are some of the common expressions and colloquialism’s that American and Russian cultures have in common? What do you like best about being in America and what do you miss the most by not being in Russia?

  8. tiger-the-vicious says:
    193

    Dearest Marina
    I have been watching this website for a month now :oops: but only subscribed today because I finally decided that I wanted to be part of the fun. :wink: :lol: :twisted: :grin:

    You seem to attract only the most knowledgeable jolly persons who try to share the benefits of each other’s wisdom because they have 2 common interests. :twisted: No offensive guys you normally have to endure on youtube :evil: but a highly educated multinational group of men and women that have been snared by your obvious charms :shock:

    It’s fantastic.

    Last time I saw theG4 introduction video I was really impressed.
    Consequently and subsequently I have seen all of your lessons and feel that I know you better ,and therefore wish you well.
    Today I watched the introduction video on HFW youtube channel ID again and I wept like baby for 30 minutes …on my kids life.

    I have just one thing to say to Marina shaking like a leaf with emotion and tears running down my face onto my keyboard
    GO BABY GO !!!!!

    She is the cheerleader !!! :lol:

    • BillyB says:
      193.1

      You sound truely moved. Curious as to the “2 common interests. :evil: ” you were refering to??
      Cover your keyboard, You almost made me spill my tea onto mine too. Why did you wait to subscribe? If you were realy vicious you’d be in there early & often. Just curious why you waited
      You say no offensive guys… heck hang around a while, you’re sure to get offended or at least misunderstood & cause offence. It’s all good though. Merry Christmas http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=FRvoChwdr88
      Welcome!

    • tiger-the-vicious says:
      193.2

      Nothing fishy about it at all. i wanted to observe
      I really was moved Marina is the most beautiful and intelligent witty lifeform that ever walked this earth ,
      I wish her well, and cry and shake with the excitement of her blatently impending success which I believe me has barely even started.

      The 2 common interests are our passion for words and admiration of Marina what else could they be

      • BillyB says:
        193.2.1

        I answered your “deer” riddle over there.
        I too have been emotionally moved posting here at the website, been angry, sad, melancholy, ticked, & enjoyed good music links. A whole different dimension that didn’t exist a few years ago. Is it real? I’m older than most here, so I didn’t really think a lot about this dimmension before, although other dimmensions I have contemplated.
        I did’t mention the happy or laughing emotions, I didn’t really have a passion for words as some here seem too but there are some excellent writers in my family of whom I’m a tad jealous. So I try to write & be understood & while I relate stuff from my life I realize that my life wasn’t as boring as I thought, & HFW.com is not boring unless I go on&on…
        So that being said I laugh with you & weep with you & wish Marina all the success that is due & with the lessons taught & learned may she find peace in her soul & not compromise the integrity that shines through in what she shares with us. ‘nuf said…

      • BillyB says:
        193.2.2

        You may like this, just guessing
        http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZ5-L9znt8
        My good friend told me to look her up, I’m Impressed.

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        193.2.3

        Hey didn’t I read somewhere that you were teacher’s pet once ?

        So was I but my teacher didn’t look like Marina.
        More like a bag of spanners

        PS I have to put the riddle answer under the question sorry

      • BillyB says:
        193.2.4

        What do you mean I was teachers pet “once”, I still am, see…
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY5fhbsQt9w
        Imortalized for as long as the video stays posted. Matina is so nice she hastn’t had me put down yet, Allowed to play out in the back yard virtually as long as I want to.
        BTW I think my answer to your riddle about the deer is right. “venison”… I was very hungry when i answered. Yours just adds corn to a tasty meal.
        http://www.freakingnews.com/Tiger-squirrel-Pictures-11880.asp
        http://www.worth1000.com/entries/80500/80643YeGD_w.jpg
        http://www.saynotocrack.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/tiger-and-piglets1.jpg Some interesting Tiger photos.
        Believe it or not one of my hotfest teachers ever was my grade 5 teacher. I Remember the blond 60s’ hair & the bright coloured Mini skirts. Couldn’t stay in grade five more than two years though. I was born a child out of time, too young then, too old now…sigh :roll:

    • Bob says:
      193.3

      Welcome to the fold Tiger; maybe you can help keep the wolves from the door. :smile:
      Are you any relation to Sid Vicious?
      I think Marina likes the Sex Pistols; at least she was wearing one of their T-shirts in a video a long time ago.

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        193.3.1

        Thanks for the welcome Bob
        Really nice to meet you
        What species are you and do you bite ?

        I have been watching this site and your emails for absolutely yonks …well 2.37 yonks actually only just decided to join the fun now.
        You have a very distinctive gravatar

        No sorry vicious is purely coincidental.

        I am the eldest quintruplet of Little Squirt of the WaterPistols

        I am a Siberian Gamster (we use g sound as h in Russia)
        And I am a Gangster that has a vicious image to protect.

        I can’t pun any or your words because this is a family site. Kids want to learn too.

      • wordlover says:
        193.3.2

        Bob looks alot like an eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) in winter plumage to me.

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        193.3.3

        Hey one of those ate my little sister.. Come on WL pun that.

        Just getting my bullet proof vest

      • wordlover says:
        193.3.4

        Sorry for snorin’… :razz: / :wink: / etc. / … / π / ➪ / ???

    • melikadothechacha says:
      193.4

      You certainly make a first impression!
      I’m guessing you already know about
      the word list and the 158+ videos.
      If you need links, just ask.

      I feel you; on the Heroes catharsis;
      cutting edge social workshop.

      Uhh..bathrooms down the hall
      if you want to clean up.
      You may be sensitized at some
      level us mongo-men types
      see as “too deep”. The movie
      “Bedazzled” comes to mind.
      Brendan Frazier portrays the
      extreme example of sensitivity.

      Don’t Panic! We can help you
      get through this, and beef up
      your word-origin confidence.
      Sorry, I can’t do it for you,
      it’s something you have to
      do your own. See, we’re all
      engaged in healthy rivalries,
      We are really competitors
      vying for a spot as the TA.
      It’s about the words, mostly.

      I guess you knew that or
      you wouldn’t be here!

      my outro:
      Folks’ll read and respond
      to your stuff, so get busy.

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        193.4.1

        Is this the by product of intoxicating liquor or intoxicating literature melika

      • melikadothechacha says:
        193.4.2

        Huh? it is what it is, dude :mrgreen:
        i think you may mean byproduct?
        everything in moderation; nothing to excess
        Are you worried about the competition? :shock:
        I’m not :cool:

  9. chicagopeter says:
    192

    Marina,

    I always thought that the expression “gird you loins” came from the King James translation of the Bible, specifically, the book of Job. Would it be better to find out what the original Hebrew express was to find the origin of the expression?

    ChicagoPeter

  10. tlndofa says:
    191

    cancel below comment ,wrong game,ouchh ,was rushin

  11. tlndofa says:
    190

    ok it is handcuff but since you girt your lions :wink: it is handcuffs…but i have a request,where did (gift of the gap) come from :wink:

  12. zillakong says:
    189

    Hi Teacher,
    In books, I have come upon the the word Tallywacker or to tallywack someone, just wondering.
    zillakong

  13. 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
    188

    Dear Marina
    There are quite a lot of us out here that want :idea: :idea: ORGASMS. :idea: :idea: :idea:
    2hotforwords-fan club says :grin:
    Can we have ORGASMS please oh wonderful one
    Now calm down boys Marina knows what i mean

    Where’s WordLover we need your support second the motion please.
    I seconded yours yesterday (it was the same word LOL)
    Calm down at the back please
    Mr Strapp the Scotsman ….Can we have your full support Jock or are you too busy girding your loins ?
    And Platex are offering exceptional support also apparently
    Chastity where are you ? Ooops someone told her to belt up (UK for shut your mouth) so she went home in tears.

  14. gregory g mcbride says:
    187

    Marina,
    After thinking about this question I’ve come up with an answer
    On the humane the loins are located on each side of the backbone

    on the animals you will find the loin between the ribs and the hips

    Greg

  15. sniperskaya says:
    186

    Marina, дорогой учитель, I think the idea for you to teach some Russian language and customs, culture, etc., on a pay site has some merit and could be profitable for you. Please consider it? Also if enough of the other students here agree would that influence you? How about it class? What say you? How many of you would pay $5-$15 a month for a site where Marina would teach Russian language, customs and culture (even if no school credits would be possible)?

  16. ragabashmoon says:
    185

    It’s totally #1.

    • ragabashmoon says:
      185.1

      OMG I was wrong.

    • ragabashmoon says:
      185.2

      OK here’s a word origin conundrum…

      Why do we PARK on a DRIVEWAY and DRIVE on a PARKWAY?

      • wordlover says:
        185.2.1

        Look out, tiger-the-vicious, it’s a cat! :shock: Hissssssssssssssssssss!

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        185.2.2

        LOL I couldn’t type at all for laughing ! Had to go for a pee to settle down.
        With wit like yours you could compete against Marina
        Hot for Puns (no not hot cross buns)
        What am I saying ? No you are a cool dude I think you wear shades …well actually you said that after the ‘accident’ you only have one eye so it is a darkened monacle maybe.

        Look again at that Gravatar WL … Does this face look scared ? Eh ? Eh?
        Bloody Cat ? Looks like a right pussy to me !

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        185.2.3

        There are two ?
        Oh yes :idea: there were two but the right one is the only one left

      • wordlover says:
        185.2.4

        Don’t underestimate ragabashmoon, Tig! He hasn’t had anything to eat—YET… :eek:

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        185.2.5

        Now where was that Kalashnikov.
        I can see a photoshoot of too close friends coming along for a Gravatar

  17. About the money and video adds…

    Maybe some donate will help You Maria???

    • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
      184.1

      I don’t think that she will need donations from donors when the DVDs start she will be fine :cool:
      Then there’s the calendars,
      the ‘ I fell in love at hotforwords.com’ tee shirts,
      the mugs,
      the bubble gum cards
      the condoms with ‘fortune cookie’ style word puzzles inside. (guaranteed to damage Viagra sales here)
      the his and hers matching wrist watches
      the XBox and PS3 game,
      The hotforwordsland amusement parks
      The chain of ‘Hot food with your words’ restaurants
      I have every confidence that she has it all covered (and keeps them all covered …….well mainly covered) :twisted:
      The 64 book sets of the ‘hotforwords English etyological Dictionary

      • wordlover says:
        184.1.1

        Etyological as in “etyology” the study of wizened foot-headed aliens, right? :lol:

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        184.1.2

        Ooops sorry WL tired it’s 5am in UK it was a slip of the tongue (I got it stuck between the t and y keys and had a to get a screwdriver to take it apart and accidentally pressed send in doing so)
        What i meant was as in etymology .

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        184.1.3

        Oh thear ny thung ith all thwolun now . I can’t thalk protherly

      • melikadothechacha says:
        184.1.4

        Bravo!
        The Hot for Words oven mitts
        HFW lunch box w/ special edition thermos bottle!
        HFW sheets and pillowcases, king size only – satin, of course
        not to mention appearances on Dances with the Stars, and the like.
        I really see a day coming when we won’t be able to do this anymore.
        She’ll be too busy making movies (or cinema, as our friends across the pond, say). My peoples think she would be a great Bond girl since she’s got “it”. All the memorable actors started off as villians (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, etc.). Bond hasn’t had a “strong” woman opponent since Mayday (Grace Jones). Mayday? Woof!
        The Hot for Words Movie! (ala Rock ‘n’ Roll HS), maybe?
        hey – where’s My percentage? LOL :mrgreen:

      • pennsyltucky9 says:
        184.1.5

        Embrace entropy, boys. What choice do you have?
        Least we can say is, we knew her when…

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        184.1.6

        Go on then I only joined yesterday

  18. labbatt78 says:
    182

    I like to know what the origin of the word “pool” :?:

    • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
      182.1

      There never was a toilet handy when you really needed it ! :eek:
      But wherever you leave it you can be certain that the origin is the same.

      • koalabear says:
        182.1.1

        Our local council pool has the following sign on the entrance :-

        “Welcome to your Public OOL
        There is no P in it and we want it kept that way!!!”

      • wordlover says:
        182.1.2

        I’ve seen a sign with a similar message:
        Welcome to our ool:
        Notice there is no p in it, please keep it that way.

      • wordlover says:
        182.1.3

        Then one could imagine a sticker on the Thermos of a coffee-drinking construction worker:
        This is my ool. Notice there’s no t in it. I like to keep it that way.

        (BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD pun, sorry. :roll: )

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        182.1.4

        But that is what you excel at, (actually you seem to excel at many other things) so just keep em coming my learned new male friend !
        Reload………

        PS Why not use a real gravatar of yourself like I do ?

      • wordlover says:
        182.1.5

        I do, after the “accident” the only thing the doctors could salvage from my face is my lips and an eye. But the eye is rather unsightly and I daren’t show it to anyone online lest they judge me by my lips; and no facial feature should have to be held to that standard.

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        182.1.6

        Eye completeyely eyenderstand about eye standard that theye has to mainteyen

        Tiger and I are absolutely LOAO (plural of LMAO)
        You really really crack me up I can’t take anymore .it’s 7 in the morning.
        Emotional overload I don’t know whether to watch the G4 video and cry again or laugh so much my pecker drops off .
        eyether weye eye M off to bed

        hungry diner LO
        waiter LO2U
        hungry diner FUNEX
        waiter SVFX
        hungry diner FUNEM
        waiter SVFM
        EZ

      • wordlover says:
        182.1.7

        OK, LVMNX!

      • wordlover says:
        182.1.8

        Vhy did I do dat? I meant:

        OK, LFMNX!
        :roll: :roll: :roll:

      • Bob says:
        182.1.9

        Thank you, the two Ronnies. :grin:

    • BillyB says:
      182.2

      Hey labbatt78, to which pool do you refer. ie hockey , swimming pool… or to say, pool our resoures, or car pool. or even the game pool. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7GA3ySz4el4 someone had way too much time one their hands. LOL greetings fellow ex pet.

    • BillyB says:
      182.3

      My uncle had a Billiard table, so when I was a kid I played a lot when the cousins got together. Don’t have my own table so don’t play pool anymore, but I do have a pool so now I play in the pool (Weather permitting)
      Later

  19. mistress9nine says:
    181

    Hi Marina! I just thought of another strange expression: “sounds fishy”. Fish dont make sounds, thats silly! Why would anyone think that something sounds like nothing?

  20. eulogic says:
    180

    :mrgreen: Please do a video on the word “territory.” You are the best!

  21. hybuk18 says:
    179

    i would like to know where the phrase “big wigs” came from … you know when a boss comes in the room and someone says look he’s one of the big wigs… and i think it is number 3 for the loins game :) cheers!!! :mrgreen:

    • mistress9nine says:
      179.1

      Isnt that because french nobles used to wear those redicilously big white wigs (ie: the ones with big wigs had the power). And it became poplular in many other countries I dont know about england but this could be it.

    • pennsyltucky9 says:
      179.2

      Yeah, take a gander at Louis the 14th sometime.

      And in England everybody working in the legal profession still wears them in the courtroom, don’t they?

      Talk about retro…

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        179.2.1

        They certainly do
        And I think that they make the courtroom much more serious and authorative.

        I did a couple of years in the Police and a Manchester England Barrister was absolutely livid because his gown and wig had been stolen from the Crown Court changing rooms.
        ‘It’s not the price’ he complained bitterly ‘It will take my wife hours to unpick the stitches and fray the gown and 500 times in the washing machine to make both look like my old ones. I don’t want to look like a Rookey.

        So these guys are supposed to wear them to look smart but in reality the scruffiest guy is the most senior hhhhhhhhhm

      • wordlover says:
        179.2.2

        Sting was in the Police and was/is from Manchester…

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        179.2.3

        Blisteringly corny , after the knock knock gag I thought I had the copyright on the really ’smelly ‘ ones !
        Nice to be back WL didn’t get back from dancing till 2am to I catchup.

      • melikadothechacha says:
        179.2.4

        how about a physics joke?
        two atoms were walking down the street when one starts furtively checking his pockets.
        Atom #1: What’s wrong?
        Atom #2: I’ve lost an electron!
        Atom #1: Are you sure?
        Atom #2: I’m positive

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        179.2.5

        That one had a very positive odour , you had eggs for tea ?
        Gird the loins,,pegs on noses ,,, retaliation required as a defensive measure ….
        A skeleton walks in a bar and asks for a pint of beer and a mop ?

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        179.2.6

        Which type of cheese is made backwards ?

      • kaibanator says:
        179.2.7

        edam :mrgreen:

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        179.2.8

        I knew one of you would be a smarty pants.

      • wordlover says:
        179.2.9

        It was a trick question, though. There is only ONE cheese that’s made partially backwards: Gouda. Don’t ask me to explain as I am sworn to secrecy by—uh, some people… :roll:

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        179.2.10

        What are they big wigs or the big cheese himself ?

      • wordlover says:
        179.2.11

        Let’s just put it this way: if I so much as cut the cheese as a means of relaying information regarding this secret, I’m Swiss cheese!

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        179.2.12

        :idea: I’m going to change the subject back to jokes because I haven’t told mine yet . (Bet WL has heard it B4 )

        What do you call a reindeer without an ‘i’

      • wordlover says:
        179.2.13

        No, I haven’t heard it. But I’ll guess it… uh…

        Rangifer tarandus sine oculus???

      • BillyB says:
        179.2.14

        render the answer please tigger-the-tame. vicious doesn’t seem to be more than a name :grin:

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        179.2.15

        Billyb ….I am a Siberian Mafia Gamster (Russians use g instead of h)
        I have a tough image to maintain so I have to disagree in pubic ooops where is that backsapce key

        WL I really thought that you would say no eyedeer

        What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs ?

      • wordlover says:
        179.2.16

        A rug?

      • BillyB says:
        179.2.17

        ” ttv”Since a cow with two legs is “lean beef” your sightless legless deer would be “Venison” Need some recipes you carnivorous rodent
        http://www.venison.ca/recipes.html

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        179.2.18

        Sorry BillyB my legs are short it took me 2 hours to get this far down the page.

        What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs ?
        Still no eye deer eh ?

        What do you call a deer with no eyes no legs and no manhood ?
        This is a family show ……..retraction

        What do you call a fish with no eyes ?
        I can’t keep you waiting another 2 hours Billyb
        The answer (must be spoken of course) is fsh

      • melikadothechacha says:
        179.2.19

        Wow- cheese whiz, guys.
        [giving tiger the fish eye] I find
        it remarkable that the Russian
        mafia would employ a hamster.
        Sounds like you may have
        watched “Eastern Promises”
        a time or two. Let it go.
        Mafia thugs don’t usually go
        around trying to attract attention
        to that fact, do they? Well,
        maybe the really stupid ones…
        With all the mood swings you
        have (blubbering over yer
        keyboard & such) I guess
        it’s possible – not probable.
        Lay off the elderberries, dude.

  22. fleetwood says:
    178

    #3

  23. bdv1970 says:
    177

    Hello hotforwords. Let me start by saying WOW!!! I just discovered your site and can’t wait to share this with my wife. I have a new 7 week old son and can’t wait to build his vocabulary with you. Y
    You make learning fun!!
    I have a couple of requests that I hope you can help me with.
    1. Where in the hell did the expresion 23 ski doo come from.
    2. what the heck is onamonapia( hope I spelled that right)
    hope you can help, can’t wait for the next lesson
    BDV1970
    If there were more women like you in the world…
    Men wouldn’t stand a chance!!
    :)

    • pennsyltucky9 says:
      177.1

      Hi bdv1970,

      Sometimes Marina doesn’t answer, so if you want to look that up, it’s (onomatopoeia) I think.

      Uh, I got some important news for ya… Men never had a snowball’s chance in H… :shock:

      No, wait, I’m not allowed to disclose that. Proprietary information! Never mind! Pretend you didn’t see this! Uh-oh! Gotta go.

      • captainjack says:
        177.1.1

        Great now you let the cat out of the bag. There goes the neighborhood. How are we so post to keep up the illusion with you spatting out the truth all the time. :mrgreen:

      • melikadothechacha says:
        177.1.2

        23 skidoo – I believe this came about
        from 1923 -1924, around New Years.
        I should remember more details but
        all day at the track has me a lil’ toasted.
        all I can smell right now is burnt rubber,
        formula fuel & brake pads, yuck. AND
        I get to do it again tomorrow! WooHoo!

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        177.1.3

        BVD1970 You can be pretty certain that our learned friend melikadothechacha will be right , (he usually is)

        An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the action
        eg
        Pop
        Bang
        Sshh
        Oops ?
        Oomph
        Slap
        Smash
        Bubbling
        Crack

        Can you have 2 word onomatopoeias fellas ?
        Plink Plonk
        Ping pong
        Splish Splosh Splash

      • melikadothechacha says:
        177.1.4

        Ding-dong, comes to mind
        Next?

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        177.1.5

        Careful Melika you need to make sure that your head can fit through the doorway or you may have to wet your pants or pee in the tropical fish tank

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        177.1.6

        Oops another wrong reaction to one of Melika’s quadribiguous sayings.
        Bet WL pulls me up on this word I made it up. Bet he wants to check my software licence numbers and the tread depth on my mouse and whether my monitorscreen wipers have a full bottle of water. ooops I’m done for……

      • wordlover says:
        177.1.7

        No, not done for. I would just word it: quadriguous and not quadribiguous as the -bi- bit is actually part of the ambi- prefix.

        By the way, where is that tax form I sent you to fill out? :razz:

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        177.1.8

        Oh Shucks i told you I was done for ……. there’s definately no time to say bye or press the enter key even

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        177.1.9

        William Shakespeare said ‘Whether it is quadribiguous in the mind blah blah Use the b or not the b that is the question’

    • kaibanator says:
      177.2

      heya,

      I had mentioned onomatopoeia a few days ago. It looks like that Marina is planning a video (in collaboration with Venetian Princess). So hopefully we will find out soon :)

      hope this helps :cool:

  24. chris7viorklumds says:
    176

    Hi Teacher, grettings from your new chilean student,
    i want to know the origins of the word blacksmith.

    muchos besos
    bye

    • melikadothechacha says:
      176.1

      arrowsmith, wordsmith, gunsmith (Smith & Wesson?)
      that’s a lot of “smith”, including yours. Good question!

    • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
      176.2

      INTERESTING QUESTION
      I am going to answer in a round about way because wherever you live in the world you will know someone of English descent. :grin:
      Sorry no Wiki used we just learnt this at school and police

      After the Vikings invaded us in 7th c we all inherited the German/Scand blonde hair from integral cross breeding.
      86% of Brits have some Viking descent by recent DNA tests.
      Anyway they were named after the professions they had. In those days the capital City of England was York not London.
      If you manufactured or forged metal you were a Smith.–from the verb to smite or to hit —(when hot of course to shape it) The main metal objects for forging in those days were knives. . So it’s easy to understand Smith. Later Silversmith, a Tinsmith, Goldsmith Platinumsmith and of course someone that forges black iron (mixed with coal) was a Blacksmith, In those days it was a very important profession and was the olde worlde equestrian version of a car dealer working on the iron horse shoes and repairing carriages. Centuries later the car was first called the horseless carriage, and the term hackney carriage still stands today as if it is a ‘fare paying carriage’ traditionally drawn by horses.. Long replaced by very odd looking (but beautiful) black taxi cabs. The law requires food and water for the horse to be kept in the boot (trunk for the US) even in a diesel taxi cab this law still stands today.
      Needless to say that it is never enforced ! :wink:
      Funnily enough the law compelling us to practice our archery for 2 hours on the village green every Sunday has never been withdrawn either.

      Most manufacturers of non metals had specific names , eg Cooper (barrelmaker) Fletcher (makes arrows) thatcher (makes straw roofs -they are were all straw once) Taylor (Tailor makes men’s clothes) Cobbler (makes shoes) Archer etc etc
      If you worked on something you were a Wright
      Some Wrights were called Wheelwright Wainwright etc

      In the remote parts of the country of Wales in Britain where the Vikings never reached they still speak the old indigenous language to Britain today (Welsh) there are only really traditional 3 surnames Jones Hughes and er ?
      So the people are called Jones Butcher or Jones Posty etc etc

      Alx can you come in on the German origins of the verb to smite ?

      • chris7viorklumds says:
        176.2.1

        :shock: wow, very good answer, i hope now if the teacher, answer me too jeje :grin:
        or maybe she answer me with other theories, if my word is selected
        gb
        c ya

      • melikadothechacha says:
        176.2.2

        Gnarly gnarl! I just felt a bunch of neurons
        light up reading your piece! Excellent style.
        – understood it all :grin:
        can you help me programme my VCR? LOL
        Have a cookie, You’ve earned it!
        (don’t know if you like beer: if so swap “beer” for “cookie”)
        That was real good, bro.

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        176.2.3

        I’ll have the cookie. Hamsters love cookies

      • melikadothechacha says:
        176.2.4

        A real thug would
        have demanded
        Vod-kya!

    • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
      176.3

      Thanks Chris .She rarely answers anybody (not as marina anyway)..
      Go to the top of the page buddy a lot of men want orgasms . Are you going to join in the nominations for Marina to give us orgasms (meaning of the word) :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :evil: :wink: :roll:

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        176.3.1

        Hey I subscribed for the first time yesterday and someone said they thought I was Marina. Marina wouldn’t have time to answer anyone.
        Apart from that do I look like I have a big sticking out pair of temping lugs and nicely rounded th’eyes ? Eh ? Eh ?
        Some people have no eyedea…. :grin:

      • wordlover says:
        176.3.2

        Someone mistook Marina for a hamster? Whoa! (pause) or did you mean they thought you were Marina using a pseudonym? :wink:

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        176.3.3

        Hey you are the guy with the deja vu right ?
        You make me laugh. What have my paws got to do with it
        Are you telling me to keep my paws off ?
        Not happy about blokes winking at me mind.
        You don’t get gay Siberian Gamsters they are all tough Mafiosi gangsters. h=g
        When are all you guys out there going to realise that Marina is a hamster.and leave her to me ? :wink: oops can’t do that how about backspace, no let’s try shift/control/F2/tab oh crap it’s telling me that i have aided and abetted an illegal act on the PC. Ahhh there we are :lol:

      • wordlover says:
        176.3.4

        Well, that just gives me paws… :wink:

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        176.3.5

        For thought maybe ?

      • wordlover says:
        176.3.6

        But of course! How else can you explain the ellipses? Right, melikadothe—Hey, where’d he go?

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        176.3.7

        что ? He isn’t on this thread though, yet I must say I distinctly noticed his absence. Maybe it was because I tripped up over the spelling and corrections on his absence note to Marina ‘ Deer teechu mi litul Melika has a bad cold and a blocked breathing pipes . I think it is Flue.
        Yours Forever A.D. Mirer

      • wordlover says:
        176.3.8

        That’s just like him! :razz: :wink: :mrgreen:

      • melikadothechacha says:
        176.3.9

        [sigh] you just can’t turn
        your back around some
        people without them
        getting all wierd! :mrgreen:

  25. rvpilot says:
    175

    Hi Marina, would you do a video on the word CAHOOTS sometime?
    Thanks and keep up the great work….Bill

  26. ca_is_back18 says:
    174

    hello. i would like to request a word. i know you’re from Russia and i have been watching a lot of racist videos lately. All of the videos come from Europe, racist soccer fans in Spain. Some underground racist groups in Russia and racist kids screaming at the camera in Germany. i would like the origin of the word “Racism.” i’m very sorry that the old continent is consuming itself with hate. i would also like to know how do say “Racist” in Russian, i could just google it, but it would be better to see your sexy lips say it…

    • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
      174.1

      Section 9 of the 1968 Race Relations Act sub section 16 paragraph near the blood stain about half way down the page clearly states ‘all persons shall be prohibited from using racial language or hatred or use of the word race’

      So that’s Formula 1 banned and the horses

  27. skatrumpet says:
    173

    i wanna know about the word Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
    and why its sooo long

  28. socaljr says:
    172

    You know, I don’t have a clue…….by the way, would you marry me???? Please???????

  29. theswede42 says:
    171

    Has any one noticed that melikadothechacha, seems to be a real a-s with his smart A-s commets. and his pic with those 70’s top gun freak glasses. sorry teach, he just brought it out in me.

    • turtlewax says:
      171.1

      Nope. I haven’t noticed. He generally has good comments by my book. and what a cool handle! Sorry, Swede. Gotta keep the solidarity.

    • melikadothechacha says:
      171.2

      I would like to personally apologise to you for any offence you may feel. I acknowledge my dontpodiatry in these matters. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, as I am sure you speak for many who did not write in. Rest assured I am getting my comeuppance. I feel like I
      can grow from this experience, and carry on, but let’s face it.
      I was not at my best and I sincerely hope to not upset anyone, again.

      • pennsyltucky9 says:
        171.2.1

        What? and disappoint your fans? That’s the last straw!

        On the other hand I can understand his point of view. Even so, putting down the way you look deserves recompense in kind.

        Who’s he to judge when his gravatar is so featureless and indistinct? Now wouldn’t you agree? Wait. Maybe he’s Gautama traveling incognito. Or worse yet, COGNITO!

        Okay just kidding!

      • wordlover says:
        171.2.2

        melika melikadothechacha! He nice. He funny! Me happy, you happy too? :mrgreen:

      • melikadothechacha says:
        171.2.3

        Thanks for your words of support. Don’t be too hard on
        theswede42. He had a gut response to my tantrum and
        his response was to be protective of Marina. Umm… the
        glasses comment…. well… at least he didn’t question my
        parentage or insult my MOM! LOL! I just hope he realizes
        as much as I make jokes here, I meant it when I apologized.
        Part of being an adult is owning your mistakes so you can
        enjoy your successes. I’ve only been a subscriber for a
        month or so, but it’s clear. There are a lot of like-minded
        people in here who are very sharp. I enjoy it immensly
        when I can abstract a joke from other’s comments and get
        peoples imagination sparking. I’m not banned but I guess
        I can forget the TA position :cry: for awhile! :twisted:

        On the lighter side, does anyone remember “Escape from Noise”?
        - San Francisco based “noise” band from the ’80’s

      • wordlover says:
        171.2.4

        No. But speaking of “noise” and “Marina” has anybody seen the godawful (attempted) spoof of HFW at YouTube about “Noiseology”?

        Yuck! Whoever that actress(?) was may have intended to ridicule Marina but ended up having it backfire on herself (socially, at least)… Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeotch! :razz:

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        171.2.5

        Hey who on earth is talking about taking a fence. melika does the blah blah ?

        I had my eye on something more cheeky !
        Pinching the cast iron gates.

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        171.2.6

        Hey I saw that video WL .
        I didn’t think it was very authentic looking but it certainly was very funny and it is more publicity and Marina even plugged it on this website
        Maybe so that all the fans could logged on to hotfornoise to leave insults. f**k knows (Sorry you told me not to call you that)

        Please remember WL, that
        1) Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery (even if done by spoof).
        2) Bloody SAB confuscious say Annoyed he show argument lost he has (those silly kiddy’s drawings don’t translate well)

      • wordlover says:
        171.2.7

        Yeah, but a BAD spoof: well, that’s different. S/he obviously WASN’T trying to flatter Marina.

        PS—I told you not to call me what? Факноз?

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        171.2.8

        Get real Wordlover even Carmen Electra couldn’t do that.
        Who on this world could they possibly get ?
        Cleopatra is dead silly…(I should know I have a Playboy poster of her on my wall :smile: )
        Until Michael Jackson I would have said that publicity doesn’t have to be good to sell product . Think of all the curious people wondering who is so important that she deserves to be mimicked
        PS
        The ноз=nose not knows :oops: sorry to use the f word but blokes can take it !

      • wordlover says:
        171.2.9

        But that’s only one side of the coin; namely the reverse.

        Back to the obverse, let’s not subscribe to the philosophy “bitin’ and scratchin’ is most folks’ way of lovin’”. Okay, that’s a paraphrase, originally it’s “Biting and scratching is Scots folk’s wooing.”

        But I think you get my point. To be calumniated is NOT a sign that one is appreciated. Look at all the US presidents—if you dare!—all of them have been mocked and despised by someone, and that someone isn’t/wasn’t trying to curry favour with them either. Perhaps, by your reasoning, in shooting the president, Booth was trying to tell Lincoln “I love you” the best way he knew how. C’mon, that’s kookie talk! Don’t be such a Pollyanna!

        Do you get it yet, M. de Sade? :razz:

      • melikadothechacha says:
        171.2.10

        Pinching the cast iron gates? :shock:
        I dunno this one! need input

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        171.2.11

        My master has let me out of my cage and gone for a squirt so I will explain for him in his absence.
        Someone told 2effinghotforwordsfanclub not to take (offence), so he said that he had no intention of taking a fence his eye was on another item of territorial garden furniture.

      • melikadothechacha says:
        171.2.12

        pinch
        to take!
        steal!
        input! InPut! iNput!
        I’m a little tired,,,

      • tiger-the-vicious says:
        171.2.13

        Sorry I forgot to say I am Siberian but live in England. My granny answered a Russian dating advertisement once .

        Pinch is one of those silly words they use in England …stranger still is the rhyming slang verb to half inch. Half inch = pinch.
        Sorry I meant to say steal lift nab rob or nick

  30. theswede42 says:
    170

    My Teacher I belive it’s #1. to tie up your loins as a part of your body for war.

  31. oscard524 says:
    169

    As crazy as this sounds, I think its Numero tres (3). :smile:
    I would also like to REQUEST the word “Eye candy” and how it became to mean something that is pleasing to the eye…. :roll:
    Marina you are great example of “Eye Candy” :smile:

  32. redneckoby says:
    168

    i was wondering where the word punk came from and how many different versions are there of it i know of at least 2

  33. turtlewax says:
    167

    Thank you for having the comment box on the top of the page!

    • pennsyltucky9 says:
      167.1

      Turtlewax:

      Proud to know you. Mosey on over to gravatar.com and they’ll put your nice little picture next to your postings. Just make sure it’s not quite as recent as mine is. Jeez, I look like I’m pert’ near dead! My comb-over reminds me of a bunch of white feathers in that dang ol’ picture too! Must be time to get a better camera!

      -pennsyltucky9

      • turtlewax says:
        167.1.1

        You too, man! I appreciate it!
        -Dave

      • pennsyltucky9 says:
        167.1.2

        In fact, in that picture, I AM dead. It’s a photo from a museum of a real human skull from the good old days of tribal cannibalism in New Guinea with some feathers and crab pincers added for decoration.

      • turtlewax says:
        167.1.3

        That’s cool, Pennsyltucky. I’ve always wondered what it was. Either my vision or my screen isn’t good enough to discern the details of these gravatars. Do you have a link to a larger version of the image?

        Hey, PT, would your evil twin’s name be Kenvania6? :lol:

    • pennsyltucky9 says:
      167.2

      Nice gravatar, turtlewax.

      No, I shot it myself. I love masks, especially from exotic cultures which have since been modernized. In this case, it’s not a mask, per se because there’s no way to wear it. It’s a whole skull. But what a gnarly trophy to hang up in your thatch-roofed living room! The crab pincers attach somewhere under the cheekbones and meet at the nose, so it reminded me quite a bit of the alien headhunter, “predator” from the movie if the same title. I had to have at least a photo of it. It will make a great painting or sculpture subject some day.

      BTW, my evil twin is gonna kick your ass if you mention her name again…

  34. stokesjrj1 says:
    166

    no no that is unacceptable if you need the revenue please keep it running to your full benefit.

  35. stokesjrj1 says:
    165

    I like this comment box at the top.

    • stokesjrj1 says:
      165.1

      Marina, please close you comment box………..Hey that has a nice ring to it………off to the pig pen i go

      night all

      off to bed i go
      im just a working joe
      hi ho the morning oh
      its off to work once mo

  36. cej says:
    164

    I will risk with this because i have heard this before………
    (not google)……….
    I willl choose the number 3 ………….. for jam
    If anybody else use this answer before, you cannot say I am copying cause I am lazy this time to read the anothers commentary :eek: .

    Other thing in the list, o yes i need to say this: Marina let me tell you is a great mini show you made, i learned a lot of vocabulary here (for real) and congratulations for you “exito”. Sorry i need more practice in english :???:

    ha and number 3: In my country the color of the sky depens of the weather. I don´t know if this means another think…………..in that case that doesn´t hurt me :twisted: . This is for the commentary of my mail :smile:

    greetins

    • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
      164.1

      Whoa my friend I think I have the wrong idea here . The homework was about tying up the genitals to prepare for war. Are you absolutely sure that you want to say that the answer is no 3 for jam ?
      So you think that the 2 testicles and the penis should not be tied up before war but removed to be the main ingredient of jam eh ?

      I would say that you are answering the marmalade question in the wrong place here ?

      • pennsyltucky9 says:
        164.1.1

        2hot,

        Let’s not leap to conclusions.

        Hey, lots of people spread jam on their privates before trussing them up with scratchy twine or rusted baling wire. In fact, it gives the ants somewhere to party while one lies broken in a shell-hole. Very important to keep the nervous sytem jump-started while awaiting medevac, you know.

      • 2hotforwordsfanclub says:
        164.1.2

        FLMAO Utterly superb pennsyl . with tucky9 on the end and not an eraser.

  37. melikadothechacha says:
    163

    I’m gonna tell you the way it is
    and I’m not gonna be kind or easy
    YouTube’s attitude stinks, I say
    And the ads they run are totally vapid.
    and now that damn ad is gonna play AGAIN!

    • pennsyltucky9 says:
      163.1

      Silence used to be golden, so I heard tell… But now License is Golden.

    • Marina says:
      163.2

      melikadothechacha, it’s not YouTube.. it’s a company that say they will pay me 3 times what Google is paying me for that box which was like $1 per 1000 views. The video happens to be hosted on YouTube… but it has nothing to do with them. Can we just try it out for a little bit? It’s getting expensive for me to run this site and I need to make a little money to pay for the server hosting.

      If it gets unbearable, then I’ll pull it.

      • sniperskaya says:
        163.2.1

        Marina, I hope you will consider my advice about opening a pay site. (Posted elsewhere here.) Intelligence is sexy and sex sells. Put them together and you’ll be a rich little capitalist…

      • melikadothechacha says:
        163.2.2

        No need to be hasty, girly girl. :mrgreen:
        I am learning patience my whole life. :evil:
        I apologize if my straightforwardness was
        perceived as being rude or thoughtless. :oops:
        I’ve been having a ball since I found this site.
        This last little change surprised me! :shock: :shock:
        but i’m all better now! ok?

      • captainjack says:
        163.2.3

        Hey Marnia, How about putting up a donation/share the expenses button. Have it post a goal to be reached for the month. I would put in a few $$$ into it. Or about this we pay to remove ads? I would go for that too. Tell us what you need and we your student body can offer lots of help. :mrgreen:

    • Marina says:
      163.3

      Oh.. they have it set to play once per hour.. I can have them change it to say once per every 5 hours.. or once a day.. but I make NO money if it doesn’t play. You can always stop it if it starts to play.. but I don’t know.. let me know if it ruins the experience.. maybe I can make it only play on the homepage.. let me look into that.

    • Marina says:
      163.4

      OK.. I made it so that everyone who is logged in, ie: everyone who makes comments will NEVER see the ad.. only people who come to the website for the first time.

      How’s that?

      • turtlewax says:
        163.4.1

        that’s a great solution, Marina, but I worry that you’re leaving money on the table. maybe folks that are logged in could opt out with a cookie? that way you’ll still get paid for the folks that are logged in that don’t care if it plays.
        I think most of your students would agree with me: we want you to be wildly successful; we don’t want the experience to suck unbearably; we don’t want to have to pay for access (that would seem to run contrary to your mission); we’d be willing to compromise a bit, as long as we felt like we weren’t standing on a slippery slope.

      • leonidas says:
        163.4.2

        Marina, it is only a minor nuisance (say, now THERE’S a word…HotForWords should “decide to investigate”). Your loyal students want you to be fabulously wealthy, so that you can continue to grow your web offering for the greater good of all mankind. We don’t mind these little minor annoyances. Please don’t be rash about taking down a moneymaker (there’s another word, as it relates to a woman’s derriere…hmmm…philology is getting into my blood…as is Marina :-)

      • stokesjrj1 says:
        163.4.3

        I say run the adds to your full benefit. i don’t want to be a freeloader.

      • melikadothechacha says:
        163.4.4

        These guys make sense.
        This is what I should have said.
        Thanx guys

      • koalabear says:
        163.4.5

        I hope it works out ok $ wise, but tell us if it doesn’t.
        I would be crushed if the site shutdown just because we were a bit
        too impatient to let an ad run.

        The gravatars now take a time to load now anyway, but I’ve got used to that.

        XXXXX

      • stokesjrj1 says:
        163.4.6

        errr ugh Ok Ill be a Man about it and say ” Put a help “contribute\ support my website” button next to your videos. Don’t let a gentle nature or a proud bearing nature be the downfall of your goal and dreams. I will contribute if you choose to do so, as many others would also.

      • BillyB says:
        163.4.7

        What did I miss??? I run a small business, now two. The last business coarse I went to I learned that pennies count at the end of the year. Add up all the pennies & see what you get. We used to give away free valves with every new tire. two years ago we started charging $1.50 each, some complained but not many @ the end of the first year it made a difference of $12,000 to our annual revenue. last year we charged $2.50 per & less complaints, we give great service & back up our products & treat customers like family & it works. The little add ons are neccesary to complete the total picture & cover all the little add ons that cost to run a succesful operation. So hit us hard Marina
        we lack discipline. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JUhM0BrZjsM&feature=related arnold runs a tough class eh!

      • captainjack says:
        163.4.8

        I agree with turtlewax. I posted a similar solution but failed to read further down to see TW already had the idea.

        Like Billy, I to run a small business and Billy makes a valid point is a buck here and a buck there really ad up over time.

        If I knew what your business plan goals where I could better assist you. But that is private information that should not be released. You do have a BP? Or are you running this site as a hobby business?

        I’ll tell you what Marina, Shoot me an email of your basic idea of what HFW goal is. Is it larger business goal to make big time $$$, or just want to cover maintenance of the site? I’ll get you set up with some fantastic advisers to help you out for the type of business you wish to create. Best of all It will cost you absolutely nothing but your ears. They have helped me enormous times and I would have been dead in the water if it wasn’t for them. :smile:

        _/)_

    • bricotius says:
      163.5

      Well, maybe I’m alone in this, but the video really didn’t bother me at all. I think if you can make money by putting those ads on your site then go for it. You have to get the money to run your site from somewhere right? Unless you want to start charging your students. :shock:

    • koalabear says:
      163.6

      If Marina makes money out of it, then I wouldn’t mind seeing it
      every time I connect.
      Go for it Miss M.

  38. whyclan says:
    162

    how did the word vampire originate? Thanks!

  39. pow` says:
    161

    Hey ;) Maybe it sounds funny :D but i would like to know what the word “masturbation” means :D <3 your vids ;)

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