Man I love those old looney tunes. If you go back and watch them they seem very adult. I think it came from people saying uhhhh. Too bad Marina doesn’t have any money making tips like hotforprofits.
I doubt, however, that “duh” comes from the words for yes. I think it more likely comes from the expressions of stupid people who use “throat clearing” words and sounds. “Duhhhh…I dunno…” for example. And, so to mimic stupid people, the term was standardized to “duh.”
The odd thing is that I don’t actually recall requesting this word! But I’ve been away for over a month, and the memory is the first thing to go! But, boy, do I have a smile on my face!!!
As you were gussing, so am I. The American west seems to be the leader in taking words from other cultures and twisting them to mean something else. My guess would be “Duh” is a WWII adaptation of either the German or Russian word for “Yes.” Qui? The French word for “Ich würde liebend gerne Ihr Kind.”
erm, well, maybe I do recal as a weener child sayer ‘Duh!’ to someone else who got something wrong or made a twit out of them selves…..they said it alot to me Duh derived from someone who wasn’t all there, the lights on but no ones home kinda thing……a bit challenged in some way……not a good word in that respect….
I think you might be off in your theory for “duh”. I believe it comes from the mocking of the way an unintelligent person speaks, especially when they’re giving a list of items, as in: “I like to eat french fries and hamburgers and pizza and – uh – did I say pizza?”
“Duh” comes from joining the end of “and” with “uh”. (There’s actually a word for that, but – uh – I can’t remember what it is.)
When I was little we mocked people who said something stupid (or too obvious to need saying) by saying something like, “Duh, I’m not too bright, am I?” And from there, it seems like “duh” moved on to be a retort to anyone who said anything stupid or obvious.
Hello dear teacher!
Are you surprised if I say you are absolutely correct when you gave your idea about the word comming from Sweden…
Interesting thing is that we in Sweden (the young ones…) use the frase “men du” for the same reason, only that means “Hey you!” and pronounced in a sarcastic tone just like “duh”
“Duh” was used in cartoons and comics to indicate that someone was not bright enough to immediately think of obvious words. It was meant more as a sign of lack of brains than as “that’s obvious,” and it’s use today is more in the sense of “you’re an idiot” than “it’s obvious.”
Sorry to tell you guys, but she’s doing what she always does which is wait for me to go to bed before she posts the new video.
However, tonight I’m not co-operating; I’m going to stay here and wait all night if necessary.
Marina, The original word “Duh”, i believe had nothing to do with “Stating the obvious” as it is used today. It was a reference to “Dummy”, a pause and a “Duh” meaning ” Someone did not know an answer to the situation or problem at hand”, maybe even “Stupid” or “The expression of Stupidity”. It has of late of course been more used as you have depicted “Stating the Obvious” but it still is know to be used as “Stating the Obvious Stupid”. The derivative of the word is not likely to have been with reference to “Yes” in other languages. I do however, love you and your site. You have set an example for others to learn more about words and there meanings. Than k you for all you do.
Hey Marina can u please tell me the meaning of he word Farfetched and how it started and i no that this is like one suggestion out of like a million but it seems like a good word
thx if u do
so sorry that this time i can’t suggest anything interesting,i hope i managed to do that in the other lessons so that i can be a helpful student, Marino4ka,have you corrected our former homeworks even if you are costantly so busy? i don’t actually know whether i did a good job,i really hope so….anyway in my mediocre opinion i think that duh derives from a mixture between RUSSIAN and SWEDISH,i do believe that this is just the most logical solution….. Do you know also Marina that a Swedish friend of mine who explained me the Swedish origin of the verb ”kidnap” told me that you sound completely Swedish when you say ”JAaaah” and DUH” …we have really noticed that the foreign languages in which you have worked better so far(except English ,of course,) are Italian and Swedish…..
Referring to the YT Keyframe. Doesn’t Marina look loving with her head up next to her twin sister the now sock puppet? They look so cute together! Awe…
I was just thinking about that. I was planning to buy one for myself for my classes. Canon Vixia HF10
I could save Marina the trip to the store and buy two of them.
Duh is on the first page now, and the new one is not on YouTube yet.
I think the little minx was teasing us. She’s sitting back there laughing her socks off at all the slavering slaves drooling in anticipation.
Ok that was interesting. I refreshed my browser and it said no new post on YT. Then like 5 mins later I refreshed and it said the new video had been posted 14 minutes earlier. Damn Firefox!
Well the word I’v been curious about lately is the one word that is in my nickname “Reaver”
The only thing I know is that its meaning is somewhere between stealing or in literature – more mystical “to devour”, but the origin of the word and the exact meaning of it, is lost for me (if I’m not mistaking at all)))
Так что я буду очень рад если ты объеснишь значение этого слова =)
From Russia with love…
Спасибо за полезные уроки))
Много интересного для себя выцепил…
And I had the same idea about the word Duh!
I always heard that it had to do with someone hanging themselves. They would stand on the bucket, put the noose around there neck and then “kick the bucket” to make enact final decision.
Please do the word BABYDOLL…. does it have to do something with dolls???? or babies???
I have posted this comment a while ago and I have not recieved any responses…
I understand you have so many comments but please do it!…
thank you.
Marina, I love your vids – they are very educational. There’s one word I’ve been meaning to ask you the origin/history of the word, “goods” – as in “Did you get the goods?” or “He knows the goods on her.”
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Hi Marina,congratulations for your work,we need it badly.My word request is the word”amativity”.Even in french Larousse has taken that word out,i don’t know why because it is an important word.It means the instinct which push men and women to go to each other for the reproduction of the species.Thanks for your answer.
Hello Hotforwords,
I would be very happy if I could please request the word “Autism”.
My brother has it, and I want to have people understand what “Autism” is and what it means. Thank you so much,
Your #1 grammar fan,
Jake (TheAutismSpectrum)
geronimo, the request a word takes you to the latest lesson where you are supposed to request the word in the comments section… so everybody IS requesting the words in the correct place I made it this way so that people can see what other words people are requesting and perhaps agree.. etc…
Don’t feel bad geronimo. I though teacher was getting on everyones case for not posting in the correct spot. Then I clicked on the button and notice it did put everyone back on the new lesson page. I have notice there are few new word request people are making on other pages.
New hall monitor? Self appointed. Interesting… It has begun.
First up i gotta say well done and congratulations! I Have a word you might like to check out. It’s a bit obscure and am not too sure how long it has been around. Although I guess the name may shed some light on it’s history. Anyway to the point, if you find time wuold you have a look into the wrod “Typoglcemia“.
You did, but don’t worry, we all make fools of ourselves in here from time to time, and we all are very quick to pick on the mistakes of others and tease them unmercifully.
Welcome to the playground and feel free to join in all our childish games.
This is a portemaneau word ( a word
which is a combination of two or more
single words ). The origin of pantyhose
is fairly recent. Hose and garters are
still very HOT!
I have a word that I would like for you to look up…iPod. I know what it is and I actually work for Apple but I have never been able to find out why its called the iPod.
Where does the word “handsome” come from?
And
Where does the word “ta” (slang used in New Zealand, Australia, and ? the UK to say thank you) come from?
Ta!
By usage as “the” is one of the most common parts of speech.
“The ?” eventually shortened to just
the first sound out of peoples’ mouths.
examples: “Da plane! da plane! da plane”; “Da “;
“Get on da boat!”; “Git in da car!”; “Git da ball!”
thus since the person’s diction wasn’t articulate the “da”
sound became associated with people who had a limited or incomplete education especially if their hearing was also
impaired preventing them from hearing the proper
enunciation of words.
Marina: Back in the 40’s cartoons would would show dumb people using the word ‘Duh’ when speaking. Either as the word ‘the’ or when thinking about something and trying to come up with the right words. “I..duhhhh…wish I knew” It was also very common for New Yorkers to use the word ‘Da’ instead of pronouncing ‘the’. It became used as sarcasm when someone would ask a question with an obvious answer or say something stupid. the point was that people only dumb people say ‘Duh’ I remember when we first started using it in the late 70’s and my mom thinking it was funny and she started using it.
“idiot” comes from ancient Greek, not from French. It meant “common citizen”, so not a slave but neither an educated aristocratic, usually a farmer. For sure “idiota” was already an offense in Latin.
“journal” means in fact “daily”, likely from the French “jour” and the Italian “giorno” (day). I am not sure I know English well enough, but daily news are “newspapers”, whereas a “journal” is not daily. How it comes “jour” and “giorno” from “dies”? I think it is via “diurnus” (of the day; daily).
Sorry, I know Marina would explain all that in a much more sexy way
What about sanction? It means to approve (as in “The league sanctioned the use of aluminum bats” and to disapprove (as in, “The club was sanctioned for violating the rules.”
And Michigan, a US state and Michoacan, a state in Mexico. Same name?
The “duh” origin seems unsolvable because the meaning of “it’s obvous” is indicated by the intonation. The two sources you cited–cartoon and Edgar Bergen– are both verbal records where the intonation would be preserved. I don’t think you could get this from a written source. Same with the use of “hello”–intonation is used to indicate also that it’s obvious, as in “Hello, I’m bleeding here.” Holmes might have told Watson, “Hello, this appears to be blood,” but he wouldn’t have used it sarcastically. I think the origin of this use of “duh” is as impossible to discover as the origin of the fashion of turning baseball caps backwards (for non-catchers)
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hehehe Would it be cool if we could get our own sock puppet of Marina?
A doll like barbie would be fun if it had a pull string you could yank on and when you did it would say common phrases that teacher says…course an extra thick russian accent would be best!
Interesting question Bob. How does she see us? I have wondered about that same question for a long time. I have a few theories, but thats all they would be is just theories. Hum….
Well Guys,
I would have to think We/I scare her to death. Becaus there might be a wacko lurking out here. Trying to figure out were she lives and every other aspect in her life. Think , If You were a Hot young thing and got all the attention she gets here? Wouldn’t you be a little intemidated? I would have Gucci sleeping in the bed with Me.
More over, it only take one roof tile to come loose in the storm, And all shit could hit the fan. Like in her life. Her audience is a very fickle and vengeful group of Kids and XXXers And could turn on her in a snap.
So yeah, I think We all scare her to death.
Homework answer: i dunno. Your answer of the 1943 cartoon sounds very plausible. Cool dude, surfs up, whatzup, humdinger, doohickey, thingamjig, yo, whatchamacallit, ect. are all fairly recent Americanized vocabulary terms/words/slang. Regarding the weapon of choice: AK-47, M-16, bare hands, peace,…. well with this Russian, I would not play twiddly-winks with. Nikolai Valuev
HEY PEOPLE! ARE WE HAVING FUN YET!!!
Give me a ‘M’
Give me an ‘a’
Give me a ‘r’
Give me an ‘i’
Give me a ‘n’
Give me an ‘a’
Whats that spell????? ???? ??? ??? ???? ???? ?
I don’t know? Thats why Im asking you? Duh! Geee…
I just had to blurt that out. Sorry if I woke anyone. I just finished a beer before bed time and I tend to get really happy. I’ll try harder next time and act like a jerk or one of those… well you know.. an a hole.
No I wasn’t referring to you. Just one of those guys that gets drunk and acts like an mule… I seen a few of them on the beach yesterday. All drunk and acting like jerks. I was hoping they would end up on the Darwin Awards to thin out the herd.
I am not thin skinned. It was just a good set up.
I gave ya the ( like the fore finger to the side of the nose)
I like goofing on RRR the most, of all of ya’ll. -J-:shock:
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But with out the ocean we would be dead. And its the earth that is holding the oceans. Just like the cup filled with water you drink from. Any questions?
Sounds like a Zen koan.
I like Jack’s answer too, but maybe the question was deeper than the ocean. Did the Master mean in the deep oceans or on them? Or is the deep ocean a Red Herring?
Duh! Wouldn’t the evening and the morning be the first night?
The first day would have to be the morning and the evening.
Well, I guess you just can’t trust these municipal architects – He also put a drain and a sewer in the middle of the playground when he converted Adam’s rib.
No, Mr. 3R’s. I asked CJ something like this. Land is solid foundation. Water has no foundation. What is your foundation in the deep ocean? And since i just cut my hair, don’t do drugs anymore, I only drink (green) mountain dew.:roll:
One more thing I want to add to my answer to you. Does an ice cube need a foundation to float? I am like an ice cube at the top of the cup of water. Free to float to and fro. I am free to travel to any ocean in the world. I am not tied down to any rock which is owned by the government. 70% of the planet is covered with water. I am no longer bound to the other 30%. I am the little ice cube traveling in a very large cup. That there my friend is freedom.
I have this feeling you where looking for some other kind of answer.
Thanks cj for responding to my attempt at Russian. My question can be answered any way you feel like, it posed any parameters that you choose from. Since I feel stable walking on land, being tossed about at sea is an unwelcome event. Yes, I could feel stable on land, but if I race my car past a police car, say doing 40mph over the speed limit, I would get that unstable feeling when the police turns the siren on. So since you face danger in the very deep waters, my guess is that you have a mental anchor, saying something to yourself, “I am heading into the big wave, not rolling side to side, check/no problem, all the hatches are battoned down, check, the new sailor/bad sailor/sick sailor are all doing their job, I didn’t hit a reef, (ect.) “I’m OK, continue on.” That was my question. But any answer is fine. Thanks. Wow/off topic.
Hello Marina,
I would like to request the origin of the word “journal”. I read that it comes from the latin word dies, “day”, but how could that be, because they are written in a completely different way?
Its an Acronym for an auto parts story in Olympia, Wa that is called “C.R.A.P.” It means Cut Rate Auto Parts. Its a great auto part store. I shopped there many of times. Google it if you don’t believe me.
Interesting Captain Jack. There are other theories. Thomas Crapper was an Englishman who manufactured a very popular flushing toilet in the very early days of the innovation. The slang term crapper (for toilet) is said to have come from there. However, apparently the term crap was in use prior to this so I think it might pre-date thae auto parts store!
AWE that right! Now I remember. Thanks Marina. Maxim Radio show. That seem to be a good platform for you to do risky words. First off they have no issue with the words. Second its more exposure.
Interested in the origins of the word “vicarious” and how it came to be named. Can you possibly finally answer my question as many other resources offer different answers and they often conflict.
D’OH!~ I mean, Duhh, Da? Nyet. I give up. Surrender!~ Thats a good word teach, I’m sure it has something to do with a battlefield.
Marina, I have been sending pochta to a girl in Russia. I believe “this one” to be real, as she held up a piece of paper with the words, Hi Leo! It’s me Mariya.( in a recent photo) Is there any other way I can verify that she really exists?
Please write your answer in my email below. I rate all your videos excellent, and I subscribe to your channel. I would love to chat over Chi sometime. Chi!~ another good word. Spacebo Marina~ vasdrugleonard-Len_sno@yahoo.com
I don’t know how many times your average viewer watches, but I’ll bet it’s more than twice per vid, I’d say probably 4-5 times. I’m curious about a couple of things & may remain so. Do you have someone, a friend or relative view your lessons before you post them? And when one views a lesson two or three times in a row, does that only add one view to the count? the second question, I can do without the answer, for now.
I try to have someone watch a lesson before I post but most of the time I don’t have the time to do that.. I just post it then tell people to watch it really quick to see if there are errors!
As for the views.. I think it counts the repeat views up to a point.. it should count them as they are views but probably stops counting after it becomes obvious manipulation. It only shows you the same ad perhaps once or twice as well…
Thanks for the reply. You have become very proficient at the art of the one way conversation. I’m just impressed, is all.
Bob Newhart was called a “comic genius” because of his ability to pull off the one way phone convesation
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I’ve requested this before, but….(it isn’t in the list), so here’s a really interesting word: Contrafibularities. I’ve found some sources saying it’s fake, some that it’s legit. What’s the deal?
Ok i know this sounds bad and like a joke but the word fuck. I have heard the orgin is german… but it an acroynm meaning fornicate under common knowledge. I have also heard it means fornicate by command of the king meaning that in early england the black plague killed off tons of people and the king actually ordered people to try to repopualte england. Why would a words orgin be german but have english ties? Do you know the actual meaning and orgin of this word. I would love if you helped me out on this thanks.
yeah i knew alot of idiots asked the meaning i want the orgin. I explained why in my post . I was sitting in a chat room on paltalk when the definition and orgin came up a heated debate followed and i thought screw this lets ask marina… if people get bitched at for asking why have the site in the first place. before posting i did look up the words previously done. IT IS NOT ON THE LIST!!!! Maybe people would quit asking it to be done if she redid it on youtube? WHY do people on the net have to be such pricks? I asked a simple thing gave my explanation and get eyes rolled at me for it? Too bad they dont have a flip off icon cause that is what would be inserted!!!!!
Dear Mr. Punks, Miss HFW did this word before, but she switched web-hosting servers, so I cannot link you back to the Sirrus broadcast of it because it is not available.
Its a very interesting theory about the word “Duh” coming from Russian, Irish, German, and other languages. To be honest I don’t have another theory but I do like yours. Perhaps someone just didn’t understand what that Swedish guy with the dummy was saying and thought he was saying something that was supposed to be obvious. Please do hockey….I know that in Russian “hockey” is basically said the same way as it is here so I wonder how old the word is or where it came from.
m&m did the phrase in his song. You make a good request, it would be a cool show “lesson”. Sorry if I spooked you, I’m afraid to look in my closet anymore.
Hey, i have a request for a word that might be confusing to figure out the meaning but i’ve always been wondering what thw definition, and or origin is of the word “word”
I’m not normally someone who gets into English usage corrections, but this is a linguistics site, so I feel justified.
“Duh” is usually not sarcastic. The word “sarcasm” implies an intent to wound. “Duh” is usually derisive, not hurtful, and hence is sardonic rather than sarcastic.
Marina,
Your Da/Ta/Ja theory for Duh may have merit. In the 1990’s my Munich German partners would occasionally use Ja in the same way we use Duh. The key was the same slow, flat, elongated sarcastic pronounciation with the same “no shit Sherlock, thank you Admiral obvious, I hope you didn’t stay up late coming to that conclusion” meaning.
Mit Freundlichen Grusse
Another origin might be a morphing of the word from phrases such as, “Duh, I don’t know”.
Marina! Interesting video, I didn’t think I could ponder the word duh.
I’d like to know the origin of the word “pie”. Perhaps an ancestry with the greek letter of similar name? hmmm
hiii!!! I am really glad i can talk to u… i was wondering if u could tell be the origin of B-line,as in u make a B-line for the door.,because if u maade a B-line for the door it wouldnt be very straight.
thnx.luv pipeoutdoors xoxo
Baptize with fire is a symbolic baptizing to represent a purification. Without going into a long etymology the word originally (in Hebrew) meant to submerse in water. Baptized in fire recently has come to describe some who started a new venture or job and hit hard with the worse or hardest part of the job.
I’ve been thinking about your missing sirrus radio shows, they are part of the body of your work so far. If they are at all retrievable you should get them, you did them as Hotforwords & the station should have them recorded, they are your legacy , as it were.
you know marina, i wonder if it did begin as a insulting impression of immigrants in general. implying naivety, stupidity, and then became a generalized reference to ignorance.
the ability to get someone to say, “yes” to something that they don’t fully understand establishes one individual in a superior secure position. the immigrant’s form of “yes” comes to mean an uninformed acceptance of… and thus identifies the immigrant as inferior, ignorant and more importantly not intimidating. making the “american” feel more secure.
I would like to know the origin of the word “stool”, as in a bowel movement, because I find it strange that a bodily function is associated with a piece of furniture.
I Am Not Canadian but I nearly became one once.
As a young unemployed pilot fresh out of the Navy, I thought the best place to find a job was in Canada, so I applied for and was granted landed immigrant status.
When I was about to hop on a plane to Canada, I got the offer of a job in UK so I took it to build up my experience.
Years later, I got the offer of a job with Okanagan Helicopters, but got turned away by Immigration – “We’ve got enough pilots already, we don’t need any more”.
Catch 23. C’est la Vie!
Bob is like a Canadian, he just lives in Scotland (a secret spy or somthing) Warren & I are & Ithink wetsuit sounds like a Canadian as well, What part of Canada, you in? Capt. Jack’s almost a Canadian he drinks our salt water.Oh Canada woot
Last year I spent more time in Canada than in the US that I think I am Canadian now! Nanaimo is like my second home now. If I ever was kicked out of the USA ( and it might happen ) I know 3 people that would let me crash at there place. Billy’s is one of those people!
I doubt Duh came from those languages for “yes” because I think duh is more of an imitation of a sound a dumb person would make, implying that the person is dumb for asking what they did. It has much more to do with that imitation than a sarcastic way of saying “yes.”
Marina,
It has been brought to my attention, That I am something of a A.S.S.hole. So I will ask you. Do you understand my somewhat twisted humor, And maybe the…..1 or 2 sharply ironical taunts,
Are all in fun? Or did I come off as just a jerk.
I thought everyone was in on my witticisms. And can see sarcasm, satire. And take it presonaly. Your call Marina.
No need not reply just, block me. I will unstand.
I’ll live aether way.
RR, if you where and freaking annoying truck driver we would have you kicked out years ago. The fact that I even respond you, must mean I care enough to spend my precious time to respond to your comments or something. We all rub each other the wrong way from time to time. I guess its important to be a tad bit sensitive to one another ( I didn’t just say that did i?) . I guess we all should shake hands and give a few hugs for we can fight each other another day. Are you cool with that RR?
It’s an exaggeration of a stereotype. Some deaf people may make that sound when speaking but it mostly is identified to depict an uneducated people who say this when mentally reaching for a word.
When a verbally challanged person is lost for words but is still trying to speak despite having nothing to he will utter duh while anticipating some thought congeals in his/her mind to speak.
I’m not offended, unless you call my friend one. It’s almost lost its origional meaning & I’ve noticed at times its used, almost in an endearing kind of way, but mostly as a slight on someones character.
Way to stick up for yourself. toysjoe’s a good kid.
That’s not a problem Oozaco. I was our opportunity to help answer your question. HFW covers a lot of risky words here. Marina is very good at covering words that most other places tend to run away form. One reason we like her so much. She is not your old typical boring librarian.
It’s not a word! “Duh” is a sound like uh, um, er, eh, ick, ack, aw. The giant in the Bugs Bunny cartoon was intended to sound stupid by the “duh” he used. A teacher of mine said when you say uh, youi’re just making noise with your mouth before you’ve thought of the words you want to say.
BTW, Marina, I’d love to hear you say the words, “Kill moose and squirrel.” Has someone else asked already?
Duh? Why not? Da makes as much sense as any other and it sounds MUCH better coming from you , Marina!
By the way, do you think that the Russian word “Nyet/нет” could be a contraction of the English words “Not yet”?
Bugs bunny roxx
Man I love those old looney tunes. If you go back and watch them they seem very adult. I think it came from people saying uhhhh. Too bad Marina doesn’t have any money making tips like hotforprofits.
random lesson—corruption, dat it is, do’ me ain’t chur. oops
[uni*verse]“`universities of being universal“`[tri.-umph]““yes—science of h.u.m.a.n relationships~~~~~~~~
Doh! A similar word popularized by Homer Simpson.
I love that shirt…..
I doubt, however, that “duh” comes from the words for yes. I think it more likely comes from the expressions of stupid people who use “throat clearing” words and sounds. “Duhhhh…I dunno…” for example. And, so to mimic stupid people, the term was standardized to “duh.”
The odd thing is that I don’t actually recall requesting this word! But I’ve been away for over a month, and the memory is the first thing to go! But, boy, do I have a smile on my face!!!
Never thought about that. Interesting though. could be it.
As you were gussing, so am I. The American west seems to be the leader in taking words from other cultures and twisting them to mean something else. My guess would be “Duh” is a WWII adaptation of either the German or Russian word for “Yes.” Qui? The French word for “Ich würde liebend gerne Ihr Kind.”
the origin of Duh?? I Duh-no!!
erm, well, maybe I do recal as a weener child sayer ‘Duh!’ to someone else who got something wrong or made a twit out of them selves…..they said it alot to me
Duh derived from someone who wasn’t all there, the lights on but no ones home kinda thing……a bit challenged in some way……not a good word in that respect….
Nice video.
Can you say “Ja” more often ? Your russian accent rocks the room (don´t worry, all russian people say it that way */caldown*
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I think you might be off in your theory for “duh”. I believe it comes from the mocking of the way an unintelligent person speaks, especially when they’re giving a list of items, as in: “I like to eat french fries and hamburgers and pizza and – uh – did I say pizza?”
“Duh” comes from joining the end of “and” with “uh”. (There’s actually a word for that, but – uh – I can’t remember what it is.)
When I was little we mocked people who said something stupid (or too obvious to need saying) by saying something like, “Duh, I’m not too bright, am I?” And from there, it seems like “duh” moved on to be a retort to anyone who said anything stupid or obvious.
Yers,
Swineheund
I love those old cartoons
Hello dear teacher!
Are you surprised if I say you are absolutely correct when you gave your idea about the word comming from Sweden…
Interesting thing is that we in Sweden (the young ones…) use the frase “men du” for the same reason, only that means “Hey you!” and pronounced in a sarcastic tone just like “duh”
From your dear student / Swedehunter
“Duh” was used in cartoons and comics to indicate that someone was not bright enough to immediately think of obvious words. It was meant more as a sign of lack of brains than as “that’s obvious,” and it’s use today is more in the sense of “you’re an idiot” than “it’s obvious.”
441 !!!! It’s ok that I’m late to the party. …I’m the “TEACHERS PET”!!!
I think “TEACHER wants to see me after school. (in the voice of David Lee Roth )
err…onomatopoeia ?
You always say “HotforWords decided to Investigate”. So I was wondering were did the word Investigate come from?
Lol..nice question, i agree, that would be interesting
Hi Marina
Nice videos. Keep up the great work
Would be very interesting to get the origin of the word that we all use; “internet”.
Thanks if you do and have a nice day
Regards
Scronix
Sorry to tell you guys, but she’s doing what she always does which is wait for me to go to bed before she posts the new video.
However, tonight I’m not co-operating; I’m going to stay here and wait all night if necessary.
Well, that worked a treat.
New vid is up.
Marina, The original word “Duh”, i believe had nothing to do with “Stating the obvious” as it is used today. It was a reference to “Dummy”, a pause and a “Duh” meaning ” Someone did not know an answer to the situation or problem at hand”, maybe even “Stupid” or “The expression of Stupidity”. It has of late of course been more used as you have depicted “Stating the Obvious” but it still is know to be used as “Stating the Obvious Stupid”. The derivative of the word is not likely to have been with reference to “Yes” in other languages. I do however, love you and your site. You have set an example for others to learn more about words and there meanings. Than k you for all you do.
Hey Marina can u please tell me the meaning of he word Farfetched and how it started and i no that this is like one suggestion out of like a million but it seems like a good word
thx if u do
I think Marina meant that she starts working on the new video when the old one hit page 2 ’cause it’s been on page one forever….
gO TO NEWEST. watch there. Utube/new releases
we’re back live and direct?
- anticipation is making me wait
Well I am going to leave it to you folks. I have to finish my honey do list. I’LL be back
I have listened to Hello my dear students a hundred times. But the thing about it. I could listen to it another hundred.
She could be more like the teachers I had in school,
SHUT THE FFFCCK UP AND SET DOWN. !!!
wow, your teachers couldn’t spell, “fuck”
Referring to the YT Keyframe. Doesn’t Marina look loving with her head up next to her twin sister the now sock puppet? They look so cute together! Awe…
I tried to get her to send me one of those dolls or hand puppets.
hehehehe and what did she say?
Marina,
Don’t forget not to compress the next one too much–this one didn’t get the “watch in high quality button.”
lostforwords
don’t jinx it! doh
I watched it in high quality – I could see every hair on her … dog’s blanket.
Don’t you worry. She will be offering the DVD version. Soon you will be able to get your lesson on your 75″ plasma TV.
I able to do that with my router. Wireless It is sweet.
It’s only off the screen-cam on a mac….maybe we should buy her a hi-def camera? That would be
I was just thinking about that. I was planning to buy one for myself for my classes.
Canon Vixia HF10
I could save Marina the trip to the store and buy two of them.
Have you noticed that no one has commented lately. They are hitting F5 and keep renewing there page awaiting on you.
Shush capman! If she knew how much money we’ve all got riding on this she’d want some of it…duh!
Duh is on the first page now, and the new one is not on YouTube yet.
I think the little minx was teasing us. She’s sitting back there laughing her socks off at all the slavering slaves drooling in anticipation.
Yea Bob my F5 button is about wore out.
How many of you have a chop and drop ready? Cleeeeek and paste.
Think up a good statement and cut and paste it.
Saying ” First ” is such a DUh !
Ok you are holding out on us.
Keeping us in suspence. 
i think this word comes from the romanian DA. Whis word mean yes
peace
Hi Marina! ;*
can U check the word “rush”
Where does ‘Duh’ come from. Usually from the back of the classroom, never from the front row…
What type of word is ‘duh’ anyway, adjective, noun, adverb?
what is antidisestablishmentarianism
Did it already
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/11/27/antidisestablishmentarianism/
Ok everyone get ready for the new video. The du video is on the second row second page.
capman911….
Wanna guess the word?
No Maam I wouldn’t want to spoil everones suprise. Well just wait an anticipate the arrival.
Is it grenade?
Does it follow the KGB theme?
Detection.
Seduction.
Affection.
Defection.
De-briefing. (Get ‘em off – Oh! Sorry)
Rejection.
Nope, it’s Duh! in Russian…got the inside on this one….
Wanna is not a word.
I guess subrosa. I know that’s wrong but maybe you’ll do that word some day, since That’s what I do.
Why is my old gravatar showing up?
Wanna is 2 a word: http://www.xmlgadgets.com/home.pl?site=mdict&query=classroom
I guess your inside sources as reliable as the CIAs okay4now
Right behind you. F5 button on stand by. All systems are ready to go.
Spoil the surprise? Are you privileged to some information there comrade? Awe your KGB! Haaaa.!!!
Naw, to be honest my inside is more in-side-out
But, if I were KGB I’d deny, deny, deny…
But my e.s.p. tells me that the next word/video will be (sshhh) ‘Kidnap’
Ok that was interesting. I refreshed my browser and it said no new post on YT. Then like 5 mins later I refreshed and it said the new video had been posted 14 minutes earlier. Damn Firefox!
“Sputnik”. What does it mean
ermm can i ask for 2 words if thts ok
first: insperation
second: regardless
HOLY MOLEY!
I just Googled melikadothechacha!
I got 22 pages of search data,
all the way back to my first post!
…so now I know
Well that’s proof that you’re one of a kind.
the melika search shows 292 entries
when I googled “bob”, it showed
383,000,000 entries!
you must wear out a lot of keyboards – lol
i mean … duh
Nah, I’m not that narcissistic.
Duuuuuh…nce?
Well the word I’v been curious about lately is the one word that is in my nickname
“Reaver”
The only thing I know is that its meaning is somewhere between stealing or in literature – more mystical “to devour”, but the origin of the word and the exact meaning of it, is lost for me (if I’m not mistaking at all)))
Так что я буду очень рад если ты объеснишь значение этого слова =)
From Russia with love…
Спасибо за полезные уроки))
Много интересного для себя выцепил…
And I had the same idea about the word Duh!
I’ve always wanted to know what the phrase “Kicking the bucket” meant. It’s suppose to suggest death although it makes no sense to me.
Marina, sorry if I steal this one from you..
I always heard that it had to do with someone hanging themselves. They would stand on the bucket, put the noose around there neck and then “kick the bucket” to make enact final decision.
Appartments – why are they called apartments if they are together, not apart?
Freckles- i have them but how did the name for them come to be?
I would like to know where the word freckles come from too *has a face full of them* ^^
Why do we park in DRIVEway? Why do we drive down a PARKway? If the government wants to make PROgress why do we have CONgress?
Please do the word BABYDOLL…. does it have to do something with dolls???? or babies???
I have posted this comment a while ago and I have not recieved any responses…
I understand you have so many comments but please do it!…
thank you.
What if the right origin comes from the Homeric (Simpson obviously) “d’oh”?
Marina, I love your yeahh beibi
:D:D your sos sexy lady
after that last comment i think i’m going to buy white smoke.
I got one more my teacher!! if a dork is a whale pennis why does is it also used to reffer to a nerd or geek??
Teacher please picks me!!!!! I request the origin on getting a leg up on the competition.
Sounds like what dogs do! – LOL
if u think that’s where it from then i think ur right,also i was woundering about the word cal. like a gun 50.cal. or 22.cal.
Hey, nice work, I have a lot of fun watching your videos. My word request is viral. I’m a big fan of resident evil
Hi Marina,congratulations for your work,we need it badly.My word request is the word”amativity”.Even in french Larousse has taken that word out,i don’t know why because it is an important word.It means the instinct which push men and women to go to each other for the reproduction of the species.Thanks for your answer.
Hi hotforwords,
Will you please do a lesson on the word -ion- thank you very much.
Loyal Viewer
Appel.
Hello Hotforwords,
I would be very happy if I could please request the word “Autism”.
My brother has it, and I want to have people understand what “Autism” is and what it means. Thank you so much,
Your #1 grammar fan,
Jake (TheAutismSpectrum)
Is your brother a savante?
many autistics are, which
is why I ask.
I always use this word, my boyfriend doesn’t know what it means =]
The word is pedantic.
I love my boyfriend but he is so pedantic!
love love x
You rang?
— pedanticKarl
Show us your lozzy and we’ll love it.
Why is everyone still requesting words in this area when there is a specific area for that? See “request a word” above.
Yes that’s right, I am the new hall monitor.
Don’t resign GM. We need a stiff upper lip to curtail the uprising of newbes we get from time to time.
geronimo, the request a word takes you to the latest lesson where you are supposed to request the word in the comments section… so everybody IS requesting the words in the correct place
I made it this way so that people can see what other words people are requesting and perhaps agree.. etc…
Ok sorry. I resign my position.
Don’t feel bad geronimo. I though teacher was getting on everyones case for not posting in the correct spot. Then I clicked on the button and notice it did put everyone back on the new lesson page. I have notice there are few new word request people are making on other pages.
New hall monitor? Self appointed. Interesting… It has begun.
hi i’d like to know the origin of the word thong
First up i gotta say well done and congratulations! I Have a word you might like to check out. It’s a bit obscure and am not too sure how long it has been around. Although I guess the name may shed some light on it’s history. Anyway to the point, if you find time wuold you have a look into the wrod “Typoglcemia“.
Cheers and Thank you in advance Marina.
It’s a word that describes some who chronically mis-types words like “wuold”
Oh yeah, and the word “wrod”
Celver!
Cuold eh(s) maen Hypoglycemia (Hypoglycaemia in British English)?
i umop ap!sdn w,I
LMAO
that’s an example of typoglycemia (above)
where your blood sugar drops and you
can’t type upside right anymore
poops! right side up
Or your meds are off and the voices won’t STOP.. bugging me!
You did, but don’t worry, we all make fools of ourselves in here from time to time, and we all are very quick to pick on the mistakes of others and tease them unmercifully.
Welcome to the playground and feel free to join in all our childish games.
Dang I am glade I am not the only one, whew
He’s “glade”
Hello I have a word to request the word pantyhose. I was wondering where this word began.
This is a portemaneau word ( a word
which is a combination of two or more
single words ). The origin of pantyhose
is fairly recent. Hose and garters are
still very HOT!
I sense the approach of a rash of clothing requests for upcoming videos.
I have a word that I would like for you to look up…iPod. I know what it is and I actually work for Apple but I have never been able to find out why its called the iPod.
or maybe dutch
Check the wordlist, “dutch”
has recently been done!
Before any word requests
are made, please read the
words list to avoid repetition.
( I read that someplace on the homepage? )
OK – I’ll help you this time.
NEXT time – You’re in “dutch”
duh is not russian — it is a covenient shortage of saying obviously in a some ruud maner
duh is not russian — it is a covenient shortage of saying obviously in a some ruud maner
Thank you wordsworth for your clear and concise explanation.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!
what ”’sought out”’ from some like ”’’sought out those schmucks”’ means
my guess is russian
would you please do the word retread
please do the word sundae and pajama
5 BIG stars
would like to add my request for rock n roll, have heard
many different origins and am curious on your take of
the origin
hi Marina!
Can you do the origin of the word Sunday (as in the tasty treat)?
I’m wondering if it has anything to do with the day Sunday…
Hopefully i’ll find out
Thanks,
puckman384
переводит это простой способ говорят по-русски. Здравствуйте, я человек может написать на русском языке
puckman384
It’s a sundae.
How about the words gobbledygook and jabberwocky?…where could they have possibly come from!!?….mmmmm??
They are just made up words by poets.
Could you do a video on “pajamas”,please?
on or in?
I agree with you Geronimo.
Marina, I would like to know the origin of the word facetious.
You are gorgeous Marina, I would like to request the word “WOW”!
Maybe it came from the Macedonian word “Да” that also meens “Yes”. What do you think about this Marina??
Where does the word “handsome” come from?
And
Where does the word “ta” (slang used in New Zealand, Australia, and ? the UK to say thank you) come from?
Ta!
Where does the term “watershed moment” come from? To me, watershed refers to ground water.
How about the word zombie?
Dear Teacher:
I disagree with your hypotheses.
I propose “duh” came about by people with
slurred speech in softening the “t” sound
when pronouncing the word “the”.
It’s duh bomb!
da’ bomb, duh!
thxeleven38, but how would “the” become an expression of sarcasm?
Marina:
By usage as “the” is one of the most common parts of speech.
“The ?” eventually shortened to just
the first sound out of peoples’ mouths.
examples: “Da plane! da plane! da plane”; “Da “;
“Get on da boat!”; “Git in da car!”; “Git da ball!”
thus since the person’s diction wasn’t articulate the “da”
sound became associated with people who had a limited or incomplete education especially if their hearing was also
impaired preventing them from hearing the proper
enunciation of words.
P.S. Marina when are you going to do the “double u” video?
Marina: Back in the 40’s cartoons would would show dumb people using the word ‘Duh’ when speaking. Either as the word ‘the’ or when thinking about something and trying to come up with the right words. “I..duhhhh…wish I knew” It was also very common for New Yorkers to use the word ‘Da’ instead of pronouncing ‘the’. It became used as sarcasm when someone would ask a question with an obvious answer or say something stupid. the point was that people only dumb people say ‘Duh’ I remember when we first started using it in the late 70’s and my mom thinking it was funny and she started using it.
I am very sure it has nothing to do with the Russian word Da.
Well in all ,?
He is on to something, Ebonics use of “duh” is like English use of “the”.
If there is someone fluent in Ebonics that can help?
RRR
still here
“duh” is not the same as “da” are all of you middle aged white guys?
Hi Marina,
A hot word for Hotforwords to investigate: ‘Culture’
Thanks Hottie
hey please tell us the origin of the word “virgin”
Dear Marina,
I would like to know the origin of the word “debauchery.” Thanks alot! <3
~Greg
“idiot” comes from ancient Greek, not from French. It meant “common citizen”, so not a slave but neither an educated aristocratic, usually a farmer. For sure “idiota” was already an offense in Latin.
“journal” means in fact “daily”, likely from the French “jour” and the Italian “giorno” (day). I am not sure I know English well enough, but daily news are “newspapers”, whereas a “journal” is not daily. How it comes “jour” and “giorno” from “dies”? I think it is via “diurnus” (of the day; daily).
Sorry, I know Marina would explain all that in a much more sexy way
What about sanction? It means to approve (as in “The league sanctioned the use of aluminum bats” and to disapprove (as in, “The club was sanctioned for violating the rules.”
And Michigan, a US state and Michoacan, a state in Mexico. Same name?
Can I request for the origin of the word “Monster”
Thanks Marina ;D
I think the word corruption theory is very plausible. Words are corrupted or meanings change on a continuous basis in all living languages.
the origin and meaning of the word “tomboy”
The “duh” origin seems unsolvable because the meaning of “it’s obvous” is indicated by the intonation. The two sources you cited–cartoon and Edgar Bergen– are both verbal records where the intonation would be preserved. I don’t think you could get this from a written source. Same with the use of “hello”–intonation is used to indicate also that it’s obvious, as in “Hello, I’m bleeding here.” Holmes might have told Watson, “Hello, this appears to be blood,” but he wouldn’t have used it sarcastically. I think the origin of this use of “duh” is as impossible to discover as the origin of the fashion of turning baseball caps backwards (for non-catchers)
So in short you are saying it just a POP culture thing? H E L L O!
Yes, you’re right. but does it mean , YES, YEAH? Maybe, but sarcastically.
No,
im tired so im not gonna type anything more -.-
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis
i never knew where and what it meant. =] good luck
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hehehe Would it be cool if we could get our own sock puppet of Marina?
A doll like barbie would be fun if it had a pull string you could yank on and when you did it would say common phrases that teacher says…course an extra thick russian accent would be best!
Mwah!
Another thing to buy from your trusty hotforwords.
There you go!
See you all very soon.
One thing puzzles me … how does she see us?
BTW, the doll was a MIRRORЯOЯЯIM image again.
I think she needs a proof reader.
Interesting question Bob. How does she see us? I have wondered about that same question for a long time. I have a few theories, but thats all they would be is just theories. Hum….
PageDoll, How large would this doll idea of your be? Real Doll sized?
Well Guys,
I would have to think We/I scare her to death. Becaus there might be a wacko lurking out here. Trying to figure out were she lives and every other aspect in her life. Think , If You were a Hot young thing and got all the attention she gets here? Wouldn’t you be a little intemidated? I would have Gucci sleeping in the bed with Me.
More over, it only take one roof tile to come loose in the storm, And all shit could hit the fan. Like in her life. Her audience is a very fickle and vengeful group of Kids and XXXers And could turn on her in a snap.
So yeah, I think We all scare her to death.
RRR
Typospaztic.
Hey capt, I’m eligible to buy. Were do I get one?
I think she is selling them at Taco Bell or Wal-mart. I’m not sure which one yet. I do know batteries are not included.
word request “idiot” i heard it comes from some french word
Can u do a movie for “kudos” Please do “kudos”
lol on this lesson…we too in slovenia use “da” as “yes” in english but we have deformed word from german “doch” and it’s used as duh…
ok what’s with origin about word
subterfuge 
Homework answer: i dunno. Your answer of the 1943 cartoon sounds very plausible. Cool dude, surfs up, whatzup, humdinger, doohickey, thingamjig, yo, whatchamacallit, ect. are all fairly recent Americanized vocabulary terms/words/slang. Regarding the weapon of choice: AK-47, M-16, bare hands, peace,…. well with this Russian, I would not play twiddly-winks with. Nikolai Valuev
“Bug Bunny” in a HotForWords video?
Marina, you’re alright.
I suggest you do the word “chamber”. I think it might be interesting to find out the origin of it!
HEY PEOPLE! ARE WE HAVING FUN YET!!!
Geee…
Give me a ‘M’
Give me an ‘a’
Give me a ‘r’
Give me an ‘i’
Give me a ‘n’
Give me an ‘a’
Whats that spell????? ???? ??? ??? ???? ???? ?
I don’t know? Thats why Im asking you? Duh!
I just had to blurt that out. Sorry if I woke anyone. I just finished a beer before bed time and I tend to get really happy. I’ll try harder next time and act like a jerk or one of those… well you know.. an a hole.
A RRRhole?
No I wasn’t referring to you. Just one of those guys that gets drunk and acts like an mule… I seen a few of them on the beach yesterday. All drunk and acting like jerks. I was hoping they would end up on the Darwin Awards to thin out the herd.
I am not thin skinned. It was just a good set up.
( like the fore finger to the side of the nose)
-J-:shock:
I gave ya the
I like goofing on RRR the most, of all of ya’ll.
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Земля имеет твердое учредительство, воду не имеет никакое учредительство. Где ваше учредительство в глубоких океанах?
But with out the ocean we would be dead. And its the earth that is holding the oceans. Just like the cup filled with water you drink from. Any questions?
Sounds like a Zen koan.
I like Jack’s answer too, but maybe the question was deeper than the ocean. Did the Master mean in the deep oceans or on them? Or is the deep ocean a Red Herring?
http://www.carm.org/kjv/Gen/Gen_1.htm
There You go
Duh! Wouldn’t the evening and the morning be the first night?
The first day would have to be the morning and the evening.
Well, I guess you just can’t trust these municipal architects – He also put a drain and a sewer in the middle of the playground when he converted Adam’s rib.
No. Thanks, good answer. Internet 101, Babel Fish.
Is greeny making a statement like;,
. We can not have a strong moral base, if there is ever changing ideals in the law. or he wants a coke…..?
No, Mr. 3R’s. I asked CJ something like this. Land is solid foundation. Water has no foundation. What is your foundation in the deep ocean? And since i just cut my hair, don’t do drugs anymore, I only drink (green) mountain dew.:roll:
@Gw,
Awe tha’ts why you have the new photo.
One more thing I want to add to my answer to you. Does an ice cube need a foundation to float? I am like an ice cube at the top of the cup of water. Free to float to and fro. I am free to travel to any ocean in the world. I am not tied down to any rock which is owned by the government. 70% of the planet is covered with water. I am no longer bound to the other 30%. I am the little ice cube traveling in a very large cup. That there my friend is freedom.
I have this feeling you where looking for some other kind of answer.
__/)__
Thanks cj for responding to my attempt at Russian. My question can be answered any way you feel like, it posed any parameters that you choose from. Since I feel stable walking on land, being tossed about at sea is an unwelcome event. Yes, I could feel stable on land, but if I race my car past a police car, say doing 40mph over the speed limit, I would get that unstable feeling when the police turns the siren on. So since you face danger in the very deep waters, my guess is that you have a mental anchor, saying something to yourself, “I am heading into the big wave, not rolling side to side, check/no problem, all the hatches are battoned down, check, the new sailor/bad sailor/sick sailor are all doing their job, I didn’t hit a reef, (ect.) “I’m OK, continue on.” That was my question. But any answer is fine. Thanks. Wow/off topic.
Hello Marina,
I would like to request the origin of the word “journal”. I read that it comes from the latin word dies, “day”, but how could that be, because they are written in a completely different way?
What is the origin of the word CRAP.
you
eat it….
Its an Acronym for an auto parts story in Olympia, Wa that is called “C.R.A.P.” It means Cut Rate Auto Parts. Its a great auto part store. I shopped there many of times. Google it if you don’t believe me.
wrong…
I know thats not the origin. Duh! But There is a auto parts store by that name. I have an ink pen some where with their name on it.
Thomas Crapper
Interesting Captain Jack. There are other theories. Thomas Crapper was an Englishman who manufactured a very popular flushing toilet in the very early days of the innovation. The slang term crapper (for toilet) is said to have come from there. However, apparently the term crap was in use prior to this so I think it might pre-date thae auto parts store!
Why do I feel that Marina already covered this in a video. Or did we just did a discussion of it some where?
Maxin radio Capt. Jack
AWE that right! Now I remember. Thanks Marina. Maxim Radio show. That seem to be a good platform for you to do risky words. First off they have no issue with the words. Second its more exposure.
Origin: 1960–65, Americanism
I think that is the origin of that word Maria
Hello there. I have a word for you to play with:
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Thank you.
I wish I had a dime for everyone who request this word.
…and a dollar for every time someone requests the ‘f word’! I’d be able to afford a new barn by now.
Here you go, PT, complete with a Kalashnikov mower.
Interested in the origins of the word “vicarious” and how it came to be named. Can you possibly finally answer my question as many other resources offer different answers and they often conflict.
D’OH!~ I mean, Duhh, Da? Nyet. I give up. Surrender!~ Thats a good word teach, I’m sure it has something to do with a battlefield.
Marina, I have been sending pochta to a girl in Russia. I believe “this one” to be real, as she held up a piece of paper with the words, Hi Leo! It’s me Mariya.( in a recent photo) Is there any other way I can verify that she really exists?
Please write your answer in my email below. I rate all your videos excellent, and I subscribe to your channel. I would love to chat over Chi sometime. Chi!~ another good word. Spacebo Marina~
vasdrugleonard-Len_sno@yahoo.com
I don’t know how many times your average viewer watches, but I’ll bet it’s more than twice per vid, I’d say probably 4-5 times. I’m curious about a couple of things & may remain so. Do you have someone, a friend or relative view your lessons before you post them? And when one views a lesson two or three times in a row, does that only add one view to the count? the second question, I can do without the answer, for now.
I try to have someone watch a lesson before I post but most of the time I don’t have the time to do that.. I just post it then tell people to watch it really quick to see if there are errors!
As for the views.. I think it counts the repeat views up to a point.. it should count them as they are views but probably stops counting after it becomes obvious manipulation. It only shows you the same ad perhaps once or twice as well…
Thanks for the reply. You have become very proficient at the art of the one way conversation. I’m just impressed, is all.
Bob Newhart was called a “comic genius” because of his ability to pull off the one way phone convesation
Hahaha! Nice Bob Newhart clip, Bob. Kind of makes ya want to go right out and torch up a Lucky Strike.
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Looking for a phrase really
RAW DEAL
SQUARE DEAL
I’ve requested this before, but….(it isn’t in the list), so here’s a really interesting word: Contrafibularities. I’ve found some sources saying it’s fake, some that it’s legit. What’s the deal?
What about “sick as a dog” that would be a nice word…please
It doesn’t sound nice, or should I say THEY don’t sound nice, since there are four of them.
I know which character says duh often before starting a sentence-Moose Mason in the Archie comics.
can you do the words “spirit” and “soul”?
what is the difference?
Hello Marina,
I just returned from vacation in the great Northwoods of Wisconsin and was wondering where the term “Boondocks” came from….
Thanks and I love the lessons….
You should most definitely tell us the origin of Cellular. Like cellular phone cell phone ya know. Haha. =D
What about the word Humdinger??
Keep it up PD! Im pulling for ya!
Maybe my mind is in the gutter, but I think of something completely different than the actual meaning of the word.
You mean, like a bent panel on your Hummer?
Pimp my Ride!
new word request… xoxo. how does that have anything to do with hugs and kisses?
Ok i know this sounds bad and like a joke but the word fuck. I have heard the orgin is german… but it an acroynm meaning fornicate under common knowledge. I have also heard it means fornicate by command of the king meaning that in early england the black plague killed off tons of people and the king actually ordered people to try to repopualte england. Why would a words orgin be german but have english ties? Do you know the actual meaning and orgin of this word. I would love if you helped me out on this thanks.
Here we go again.
I’m glad somebody said it!
Maybe she should put the top 5 most common request on the log on page so everyone will read it before they log on.
Dear Mr. Punks, Miss HFW did this word before, but she switched web-hosting servers, so I cannot link you back to the Sirrus broadcast of it because it is not available.
So she did it once but it isnt avaliable. Um would that not mean maybe she could do it again. That way it would stop the request?
Here is a good explanation of;
Fuck
Yeah i know the grammer and meaning i want the orgin. But thanks.
Fornication Under Consent of the King
Its a very interesting theory about the word “Duh” coming from Russian, Irish, German, and other languages. To be honest I don’t have another theory but I do like yours. Perhaps someone just didn’t understand what that Swedish guy with the dummy was saying and thought he was saying something that was supposed to be obvious. Please do hockey….I know that in Russian “hockey” is basically said the same way as it is here so I wonder how old the word is or where it came from.
i would like to request the origin of “skeletons in the closet” to be done on the show.
Cleaning out your closet?
no like the actual phrase “skeletons in your closet” meaning you have have secrets no one knows about. duh!
Eminem must have been watching all of Marina’s videos to have written those lyrics.
Skeletons of Society
m&m did the phrase in his song. You make a good request, it would be a cool show “lesson”. Sorry if I spooked you, I’m afraid to look in my closet anymore.
Hey, i have a request for a word that might be confusing to figure out the meaning but i’ve always been wondering what thw definition, and or origin is of the word “word”
I wonder where the phrase “more *whatever* than you can shake a stick at” came from :/
Hello Marina,
I was curious where the phrase flying colors comes from. As in you passed with flying colors.
I’m not normally someone who gets into English usage corrections, but this is a linguistics site, so I feel justified.
“Duh” is usually not sarcastic. The word “sarcasm” implies an intent to wound. “Duh” is usually derisive, not hurtful, and hence is sardonic rather than sarcastic.
Wow!
Correct! i used to have a problem with sarcasm and caustic remarks, deleting them just leaves remnants.
No-duh!
I was wondering baby if u could find the word
whore
I know what it means but i dont get it really!
THANKS LOVE YA <3
Found it! It’s right there after the word “word” in your sentence.
You don’t miss a thing, do you geronimo?
btw, 390th!
I try not to.
Marina,
Your Da/Ta/Ja theory for Duh may have merit. In the 1990’s my Munich German partners would occasionally use Ja in the same way we use Duh. The key was the same slow, flat, elongated sarcastic pronounciation with the same “no shit Sherlock, thank you Admiral obvious, I hope you didn’t stay up late coming to that conclusion” meaning.
Mit Freundlichen Grusse
Another origin might be a morphing of the word from phrases such as, “Duh, I don’t know”.
Время пойти положить в постель. Ноча Miss.M ночи
You are going in to the bed?
Time to go into the bed. Nacht Miss.M night.
That soft ware is crap.
Looks that way
Wow! Look at you, goin’ all Russian and stuff!
Oh was that funny! I forgot to laugh at the obvious. hehehehehhe
Not yet, the translater isn’t quite right on some things. So you all will have to put up with my stupid remarks in English
Ответы жизни не могут прийти от человека, который был создан от земли, Бог.
Or to put it another way, You can’t solve a problem using the same mindset or paradigm you used to create it.
Marina! Interesting video, I didn’t think I could ponder the word duh.
I’d like to know the origin of the word “pie”. Perhaps an ancestry with the greek letter of similar name? hmmm
hiii!!! I am really glad i can talk to u… i was wondering if u could tell be the origin of B-line,as in u make a B-line for the door.,because if u maade a B-line for the door it wouldnt be very straight.
thnx.luv pipeoutdoors xoxo
B-LINE
I believe the term is actually BEE line, as in a fast flying bee.
LIke, As the crow flys. =\=/=========>
where the does the word baptize come from? if i undergo a baptism of fire does that mean i get fire poured on my head?
Baptize with fire is a symbolic baptizing to represent a purification. Without going into a long etymology the word originally (in Hebrew) meant to submerse in water. Baptized in fire recently has come to describe some who started a new venture or job and hit hard with the worse or hardest part of the job.
Someone
hiii marina!!! great video! i would like to know the origin of the word “Boo”
I thought it might be interesting because it has several different meanings
Hi Marina, May I request for the word ” Maiden ”
Thank You Very Much and more power!
nmp11
Hey marina,
I would like to get to know of the word:
“EXTRAVAGANZA”
Thnx..
Sincerely,
FamousxBlayzez
Marina, Can I get one of those hand puppets of your self.
Marina! Now I am upset!
I watch all your videos and have been watching them for a very long time, and I love them.
Tho! – I am from Norway, and “Yes” is also “Ja” in Norwegian, same as in Swedish and Danish. It dissapointed me that you forgot to tell that
Did I forget Norway martin1337?? I am sooo sorry.. I thought I said Scandinavian countries.. and I should have included Norway! Arrggh!
It’s ok, I still love you
Your video’s means alot to me
Marina, on your next video could you say kill the moose and the squirrel. We want to see if you sound like Boris from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
I’ve been thinking about your missing sirrus radio shows, they are part of the body of your work so far. If they are at all retrievable you should get them, you did them as Hotforwords & the station should have them recorded, they are your legacy , as it were.
Capman: Not Borris but Natasha. “We should kill moose and squirrel”
you know marina, i wonder if it did begin as a insulting impression of immigrants in general. implying naivety, stupidity, and then became a generalized reference to ignorance.
the ability to get someone to say, “yes” to something that they don’t fully understand establishes one individual in a superior secure position. the immigrant’s form of “yes” comes to mean an uninformed acceptance of… and thus identifies the immigrant as inferior, ignorant and more importantly not intimidating. making the “american” feel more secure.
Forgot Norway when saying Scandinavian countries?
God dag, Martin,
velkommen i galehuset; Du blander godt in med os, tror jeg fordi Nordmenn er Gale hvilket er velkjent.
Norske jenter og!
Hi, im very instested about the words “LOL”, “LMAO” and “OMG”. Please HotFor Words, investigate. Thanks!
Those aren’t words. Just the first letters in these words. Laugh Out Loud, Laughing My Ass Off, Oh My God!
I would like to know the origin of the word “stool”, as in a bowel movement, because I find it strange that a bodily function is associated with a piece of furniture.
Happy Canada Day to any Canadians!
Hope I’m not the only one.
Bob is from Canada. You’ll find him on this page.
Did you mean Bob , the crane? You’ll find ‘im in Scotland, me thinks.
Make you want to come here ?
I Am Not Canadian but I nearly became one once.
As a young unemployed pilot fresh out of the Navy, I thought the best place to find a job was in Canada, so I applied for and was granted landed immigrant status.
When I was about to hop on a plane to Canada, I got the offer of a job in UK so I took it to build up my experience.
Years later, I got the offer of a job with Okanagan Helicopters, but got turned away by Immigration – “We’ve got enough pilots already, we don’t need any more”.
Catch 23. C’est la Vie!
Do you know how Canadians spell Canada? C eh, N eh, D eh?
Bob is like a Canadian, he just lives in Scotland (a secret spy or somthing) Warren & I are & Ithink wetsuit sounds like a Canadian as well, What part of Canada, you in? Capt. Jack’s almost a Canadian he drinks our salt water.Oh Canada woot
I quess I’m Living here now, oops Canada “sorry”, the adopted national word
Last year I spent more time in Canada than in the US that I think I am Canadian now! Nanaimo is like my second home now. If I ever was kicked out of the USA ( and it might happen ) I know 3 people that would let me crash at there place. Billy’s is one of those people!
Sorry Billb I got the two of you mixed up as to wwhere you live. See I am even stuttering now
Welcome Back Toysjoe!
Where have you been hiding out lately?
I doubt Duh came from those languages for “yes” because I think duh is more of an imitation of a sound a dumb person would make, implying that the person is dumb for asking what they did. It has much more to do with that imitation than a sarcastic way of saying “yes.”
Do “dumb” (meaning mute? or stupid??) people really make that sound or do we just pretend that they make that sound?
Marina,
It has been brought to my attention, That I am something of a A.S.S.hole. So I will ask you. Do you understand my somewhat twisted humor, And maybe the…..1 or 2 sharply ironical taunts,
Are all in fun? Or did I come off as just a jerk.
I thought everyone was in on my witticisms. And can see sarcasm, satire. And take it presonaly. Your call Marina.
No need not reply just, block me. I will unstand.
I’ll live aether way.
Thank’s
RRR.
Not personally
I am such a Truck driver
Don’t go RRR, I think you’re cool and I love the picks you sometimes post of the beautiful babys!
RR, if you where and freaking annoying truck driver we would have you kicked out years ago. The fact that I even respond you, must mean I care enough to spend my precious time to respond to your comments or something.
We all rub each other the wrong way from time to time. I guess its important to be a tad bit sensitive to one another ( I didn’t just say that did i?) . I guess we all should shake hands and give a few hugs for we can fight each other another day. 
Are you cool with that RR?
It’s an exaggeration of a stereotype. Some deaf people may make that sound when speaking but it mostly is identified to depict an uneducated people who say this when mentally reaching for a word.
I would like to know the origin of the word “obsequious”.
Thanks a lot…
When a verbally challanged person is lost for words but is still trying to speak despite having nothing to he will utter duh while anticipating some thought congeals in his/her mind to speak.
BiLL
Hey! Marina, i would like to know the origin behind “douche bag”
Grow up.
A douche is a bag (douche bag) that washes out the vagina after giving birth. It’s a vulgar word because its function is sort of vulgar.
There you go. I did it so Marina doesn’t have to.
I don’t think she wanted to anyway.
Toysjoe, I think you fit in just fine one this site. We don’t like word abusers either.
Good Job Toysjoe!
Maybe, the word means you…
Well I’m sorry if I offended any one, I was just curies where and what does it mean.
I’m not offended, unless you call my friend one. It’s almost lost its origional meaning & I’ve noticed at times its used, almost in an endearing kind of way, but mostly as a slight on someones character.
Way to stick up for yourself. toysjoe’s a good kid.
a bag is used to do douching, rinsing out, staying clean. Are ya good?
curies? maybe curious
That’s not a problem Oozaco. I was our opportunity to help answer your question. HFW covers a lot of risky words here. Marina is very good at covering words that most other places tend to run away form. One reason we like her so much. She is not your old typical boring librarian.
Welcome to HFW Oozaco!
I would like to know the origin of the word phrase: “Make ends meet.”
Hi Marina!
I’m wondering what’s the origin behind “Spelling Bee”
Why is it called a spelling bee?
Ooh that’s a good one. I ‘d like to know that as well.
My sister won first place in a state spelling bee once. I suck at spelling. Imagine what I had to put up with most of my young life?
It’s not a word! “Duh” is a sound like uh, um, er, eh, ick, ack, aw. The giant in the Bugs Bunny cartoon was intended to sound stupid by the “duh” he used. A teacher of mine said when you say uh, youi’re just making noise with your mouth before you’ve thought of the words you want to say.
BTW, Marina, I’d love to hear you say the words, “Kill moose and squirrel.” Has someone else asked already?
I see where you are going with that one.
Rocky and Bullwinkle. it would sound cool if Marina said that just in fun 
Yeah , yeah! Say “kill mooose and squirrel.”
I added it up a little further up the comments list. Maybe we can get her to do it
Hi Marina:
Your video on “Duh” made me wonder where the word “Dork” came
from. I am working on my genealogy.
Thanks,
Eastcoast
Eastcoast,
You said, “I am working on my genealogy.” Does this mean that you are descended from a dork?
I am just joking. Did you mean “derivations”?
A dork is a donkey’s penis. Its commonly used to insult other people.
Ты мой любимый учитель! Я мог бы узнать что-либо!
Вы покинули хорошие домашние
We all know that the word “southpaw” means someone who is left handed. Why southpaw? I was told it is an old baseball term.?.?
I don’t know if your therory is right on this word but I do know that you have the sexist lips on the planet. Yeah, I know. No kidding? Duh?
Duh? Why not? Da makes as much sense as any other and it sounds MUCH better coming from you , Marina!
By the way, do you think that the Russian word “Nyet/нет” could be a contraction of the English words “Not yet”?