The word is shrouded in obscurity but more than likely came from two words: Upir Lichyj…from slavic languages I believe.
donfelipegonzales on
August 22nd, 2008 3:49 pm
Ave Domina,
Incredible! Terrifying! Gorgeously horrible! I am sure that after this lesson the poor mortals watching your website will be mesmerized and will suscribe. And evil will win.
servus ad vitam eternam
Don Felipe Gonzales
I wanted to thank Marina so very much again for including my name on YouTube as one of the persons who requested the word “Vampire”–From the bottom of my soul Marina*muahs* and to Kobe too (please don’t bite me cutie hehe) love Mikey AKA WarlordFeyd…
memetic100 on
July 21st, 2008 2:51 am
Hmmm. Where to put this?
I hope you do more Halloween videos this year. If you do, my word request is warlock. I’ve never quite believed the ‘male witch’ line that I’ve heard as a definition.
vistor on
July 21st, 2008 2:32 am
In my opinion the word vampire originaly came from romania becouse the first man ever called with that word is Vlad Tzepesh (count Dracula)
PS: I really like your prounociation of the word at bulgarian (Marina rulzzz)
runawayscott on
July 20th, 2008 12:58 pm
You can have my blood any day Marina
davecodave on
July 19th, 2008 11:47 am
My Grandpa looks like a Vampire but he is also very old…..I wonder if maybe he’s a “Grandpire”?
davecodave replied on July 19th, 2008 11:53 am:
HEY !!! I think I just made up a “SNIGLET”.
sparkyinseattle on
July 15th, 2008 2:33 pm
What about us werewolves?
aegius on
July 13th, 2008 1:35 pm
Hmm… If Marina died her hair black, put on make-up to darken her skin, had a black cape, black pants and other formal attire, she might just make a good immitation of Elizabeth Bathory in persona. In personality she radically differs of course.
Marina - I’m not comparing you to Elizabeth Bathory; please don’t misunderstand me on that.
martin1337 on
July 13th, 2008 1:01 pm
Marina… You mentioned Danmark and Sweden again, but forgot to mention Norway amongs them. All those 3 countries have almost the same language. This is the second time now Marina! You will have detention!!
jalumora on
July 13th, 2008 11:12 am
nice video marina; but why don´t you try in the dialects in the latinamerican cultures, as in europe in mesoamesican cultures existed living beings which lived on the the blood of other inferior species like animal and which also considered humans as inferior, they were called NAHUALES in mexico and they were half human half animal and also they were guardians of the imperial tresure, in fact, some say that this beings still exist and they are guarding the imperial treasure from moctezuma II at the top of the popocatepetl volcano in mexico, the legend says that if anyone gets closer to the treasure is never seen again. i hope this could help you dear
sniperskaya replied on July 13th, 2008 1:36 pm:
Is that like the chupa cabra?
DZimmy on
July 13th, 2008 10:49 am
And what about Czech? It’s “upír” or “vampýr”…
DZimmy replied on July 13th, 2008 10:52 am:
By the way - “upír” is pronounced same as the Polish one and “vampýr” is the same as the Russian one.
bobsully on
July 13th, 2008 10:39 am
I did find this:
The word vampire also spelled, “vampir,” or “vampyre,” has obscure origins, but scholars generally agree that it can be traced to the Slavic languages. But the debate over this will continue, since there are many numerous theories. The word may have come from the Lithuanian wempti, which literally means “to drink”, or from the root pi, which has a similar meaning with the prefix va or av. Other scholars would scoff at this, however, and claim that the word had Turkish roots, such as the word, uber or “witch,” or the Serbo-Croatian pirati “to blow”. After all, the word vampircan be found in the Serbo-Croatian language and is upyr in Russian, upior in Polish, and upir in Byelorussian.
Some scholars insist that upir is older than vampir, an eastern Slavic name that spread westward into the Balkans. Scholars who hold this viewpoint claim that the word was then adopted by the southern Slavs and widely spread.
No one knows when the word vampire or vampyre was first used in the English language, but it appeared in two 1732 publications
OK about “Vampire” and the dark side. Please consider equal time for the other side which leads to my word request for “Nurture”.
“Nurture” from French “nourriture” and Latin “nutritia” and “nutrire” (nurse, nourish, suckle) has much for which your comments may be enlightening to understand a working mother’s need for time off.
Many of us (guys) could benefit from your perspective. How is that situation handled in other modern societies, e.g. Russia?
James on
July 13th, 2008 6:47 am
That necklace makes it look like you have had your head sewn on to your torso haha, love that vampire voice. very sexy
parthenophilast on
July 13th, 2008 1:21 am
Word Request: jimmy, the noun and the transitive verb. Whose jimmy and what’s his story?
Aren’t zombies also supposed to be dead bodies that have come to life? I know that vampires suck blood and that zombies eat brains. But… vampires are called the “undead”, but zombies are called the “living dead”. What’s the difference?
aegius replied on July 13th, 2008 1:41 pm:
A vampire sucks your blood and drains you dry. It may also turn you into another vampire. The reason why vampires were thought to roam the Earth was that the dead wasn’t given the proper burial procedure to lay the persons to rest. There were also concerns of disease spreading from vampires.
In the case of zombies, a person was drugged, then thought dead, but really was still alive. The person went into a coma and came back, but was mindless and mute with less intellectual capacity than a mentally retarded person. So the person was essentially alive, but acted like he was “undead”. It comes from voodoo lore from Africa that migrated to the Caribbean. The notion of zombies eating human flesh to sustain themselves was completely made up by Hollywood movies.
Marina, My word request is the word “Hobo”. I’ve been wondering where that came from
muzongooo on
July 12th, 2008 4:52 pm
Hey Marina. I was thinking about the word “lollipop” could you investigate where does it come from? sounds interesting. Also, how come people use the words sucker in an offensive way sometimes? I don’t see how this words is related!
Thank you, I love your show, I watch each episode through Miro. Keep up the good work!
James on
July 12th, 2008 4:50 pm
Hi marina. As I had tiramisu for breakfast, Can i please request the word tiramisu?
where does “knapsack” come from. why isn’t it “nap sack”…why the k?
hoempfel on
July 12th, 2008 3:26 pm
Hi, could you investigate the term “Double dutch”?
rafalillo on
July 12th, 2008 3:24 pm
Marina!! My request word is… “xoxo”
shatteredsoul_2008 on
July 12th, 2008 3:08 pm
ok she is the hottest teacher of all time . damn her students in Russia were lucky. hope she lives long and stay hot for ever cause she is a Rare natural hot love to see her in person love you marina shatteredsoul (in a student way of course lol )
I have a question about UTube and the fact that some of the people are partners like Marina. Does that mean she owns stock in that company or owns part of the company? Just curious. Any body can answer.
James replied on July 12th, 2008 2:58 pm:
I think it means she gets paid everytime she makes a video. all the cool (but not as good looking) people on utube do
yeah, you get this cool banner and stuff and get payed for the ammount of views you get? duno for sure how that payment thing works, in return you need to uploud videos regularly and get a certain amount of views on those vids.
capman911, if you create a bunch of videos and create a following on YouTube you can apply to become a partner (www.youtube.com/partner) and if you get accepted, then you can monetize your videos which means an ad may appear along the bottom of the screen after about 15 seconds in for a few seconds. You will also see an ad on the right hand side of the video. Based on how many times that ad is seen, we get a split of the money that YouTube makes from that ad.
Now, I don’t make any money from the video views from this site, as YouTube hasn’t transferred those ads to websites where the ads are embedded as they have no control over the content of those websites and they don’t want to potentially piss off advertisers if they are advertising on a website with “objectionable” content.
roadrunrnch replied on July 12th, 2008 6:05 pm:
So,
It would NOT hurt You if we were to CHECK OUT the adds?
IF WE were to read YOUR adds YOU will make money???
Is that what I AM saying ?
@ RRR, I don’t think it will amount to much if you or I look at them. You need thousands of views to really make it pay. Purchasing her future products will make the most of your efforts RRR.
@ Marina,What does it pay now Marina per view, or is it all over the board? You have any idea what other Partner YT are making from their videos? Im not asking you to disclose what your making from YT, just what you heard or think that they are making.
I understand what a yellow dog Democrat and a yellow dog contract (or clause) is, but what is a ‘yellow dog fund’ and where did it come from.
I have seen ‘yellow dog fund’ used in two historical references to events about a hundred years ago: (1) a German industry-government fund used to subsidize product dumping against Dow Chemical, and (2) a fund at a law firm used for lobbying and political payoffs.
lennyboy on
July 12th, 2008 2:38 pm
hey
where can I find pictures of you?
melikadothechacha replied on July 12th, 2008 3:00 pm:
Howdy! The pulldown menu at the
top of this page has a tab for
Shout Out’s. Look there to
find Marina’s pictures!
melikadothechacha replied on July 12th, 2008 5:19 pm:
lennyboy replied on July 12th, 2008 8:50 pm:
I’m sorry but I can’t find it…
amirbrandon on
July 12th, 2008 2:35 pm
Hi HotForWords, I love your YouTube videos! They are educational and fun at the same time. Anyways, I wanted to request a word, and I hope you haven’t done it yet. The word I request is “chocolate”.
I can’t wait to see your investigation!
yohohoto on
July 12th, 2008 2:33 pm
We all know , what “n00b” means. But where does it comes from. What is the origin ? Thank you.
С самого раннего детства я мечтал уехать в США, начинал учить английский язык, и т.п. только вот все вокруг только и твердили “тебе никогда туда не уехать и даже если уедешь - ничего не добъёшся”. как же я был глуп, что слушал их.
ты самое лучшее доказательство “моей” правоты. Огромное тебе спасибо за то, что ты есть, и за то, что вновь вселила в меня надежду.
wihac on
July 12th, 2008 2:25 pm
How about waxing and waning - as the moon is waxing or the moon is waning. Why don’t we just say larger and smaller?
cwcurnutt, Some of us are trying to get her to do the word Flirt. I looked it up and found that there might be some interesting history behind it. Maybe our dearest teacher can enlighten us.
melikadothechacha replied on July 12th, 2008 2:39 pm:
I’m down for flirt, tease
all those things she
does that please
roadrunrnch replied on July 12th, 2008 5:16 pm:
And lets not leave out ” Vamp.”;
[A Seductive Hot Woman who uses her sensuality to exploit men.]
I have a word suggestion. this one may be a bit unusual, because I have not been able to find an answer and it’s a name. the word is: Dresden. I have a female friend with this name; and the only thing I could find was the city in Germany. I’m not sure if you would be able to find the definition/origin of a name, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.
thanx;)
fezzington bear on
July 12th, 2008 1:19 pm
Word suggestion: Handsome.
Is it anything to do with hands? or taking one’s hand in marriage?
if you’re a vampire why does your video seem to have natural light? eh!?
melikadothechacha replied on July 12th, 2008 1:40 pm:
I wondered that, too!
Gamma correction - 88%
from moonlight (1/10th footcandle)
to daylight/indirect (500,000 Fc’s)
Resolution would take a knock.
Maybe her wampire power
keeps her in focus - LOL
Bob replied on July 12th, 2008 1:51 pm:
It wasn’t natural light; it was coming from the lasers in Kobe’s eyes.
What you don’t think us vampires haven’t managed to upgrade ourselves? Modern day technology baby… it’s called nano-technology…. a special living layer over our skin… oh wait a minute… I’m not supposed to be telling you this! Sorry… forget what i just said!
I am now scheduled to become a nano-bot and I bet you can’t guess where I’ve applied for a job.
fezzington bear replied on July 12th, 2008 3:12 pm:
A living layer you say…hmmm, bite your skin. It will become vampiric, a vampire coving a vampire, then you just cover that in more nanotech and before you know it you will be like a vampire version of a snake, able to shed layer upon layer of evil. why do this?…well if anyone should want to put a steak through your heart, which would be a shame, it will get the skin before you, and you’ll be saved. hurrah. the more practical solution would be to wear body armour but i think your internet hit rate might drop a tad if you did.
also, although it isn’t your usual thing, do you think you’d ever do a segment on collective nouns and their origins? there are some really interesting ones such as “a murder of crows” and i have no idea where they originate, but would like to know.
okay4now replied on July 12th, 2008 3:26 pm:
Well, maybe she is a vampire…that would explain why they don’t serve garlic bread in the school cafeteria…
A@ron replied on July 26th, 2008 12:28 am:
Shes a *,..,* !
sonnythewhitedwarf on
July 12th, 2008 1:11 pm
Why are female vampires always so beautiful?
Bob replied on July 12th, 2008 1:14 pm:
Presumably, drinking blood is a form of H.R.T.
lostforwords replied on July 12th, 2008 1:17 pm:
I had to look that up! Don’t you think that would apply only to middel aged wampiresses. And since they can’t age, there aren’t any of those!
melikadothechacha replied on July 12th, 2008 1:46 pm:
Are these “Interview with the Vampire”
Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst)
rules or “Once Bitten” rules?
(Jim Carey, Lauren Hutton)
Bob replied on July 12th, 2008 1:48 pm:
Middle aged and above - you’d never know that Marina was over 400 years old, would you?
A woman never reveals her true age it’s said they always say their younger than they actually are. I would say Marina’s around 336 years old just by estimation.
nighteye on
July 12th, 2008 12:55 pm
So, does “vamp” also come from “vampire”?
Bob replied on July 12th, 2008 1:12 pm:
Yes, according to the O.E.D., vamp is an abbreviation for vampire.
Hey Marina and the rest of HFW gang. Do you notice how we carry over words from past lesson to our current comments? Is it me or is this slightly fascinating?
Bob replied on July 12th, 2008 12:54 pm:
Teacher is giving us the knowledge, and like good students, we are integrating the new words into our vocabularies.
Just goes to show how effective a teacher Marina is.
Yes I can’t tell you enough how Marina has effected my language skills. Im now thinking of writing some poetry. I jotted down some observations last night and was thinking how to make a poem about it.
melikadothechacha replied on July 12th, 2008 2:36 pm:
Just a blurb while I eat happy clams,
with my evil fork and tomatoes with
my clammy hands. Hope I don’t get
salmonella-ella. For beverages, I
have Molotov’s, Martini’s and Coke.
Don’t drink the Kool Aid. I have to
gird my loins and head for the loo.
The Dutch lesbian in the penthouse
told me that a horny hooker on heroine
dressed to the nines lost her pink
panties playing soccer. The irony
is that the paparazzi were all just
metrosexuals on dope. They got
so many barbarians that day, the
cops had to use duck tape. Uh oh
it’s raining cats and dogs. Grab
my gamp (umbrella-ella ) and
call a taximeter cabriolet on my
Bluetooth before i have a snafu.
Funny that you should ask about this, foxbow15, because the Oxford English Dictionary defines “douche” as a jet.
That is, a jet of, for example, water applied to the body, usually for medicinal purposes. So a douchebag would presumably be a bag for collection of the … ummm … substances washed away by the jet, similar then to a colostomy bag.
I was going to say douchebage=phil defranco: agreed! What an a**! Une douche: the French for a shower. Se doucher, to shower. Se faire doucher, to get soaked by someone/something.
Well if I had to choose between Phil and Athena. I would watch Phil. Athena is the Douche bag of the year. I was annoyed with Phil because he blurts out so very fast you don’t have time to digest his words. Other than that I guess he is ok.
I remember that vid i would love marina to say todays word is douchebag and give the 3 funny origins
Bob on
July 12th, 2008 12:30 pm
I’d like to draw your attention to the claim that BRRRam Stoker (curiously familiar name - a portmanteau of RRRoadrunrnch and stokesjrj1) was inspired to write his novel “Dracula” by a visit to one of my local landmarks, Slains Castle at Cruden Bay near Aberdeen, Scotland.
roadrunrnch replied on July 12th, 2008 2:54 pm:
Bob,
Senility is setting in a ” portmanteau of RRRoadrunrnch and stokesjrj1 ”
This is obviously a Oxymoron.
Although The words need not be synonymous to be a portmanteau. Like [ misinterpreted and ridicules ] misinterpridicules
Bob you’re being misinterpridicules
Hmm he wants to fuck me 20 times hard maybe he’s gay.
superdanilchik on
July 12th, 2008 12:17 pm
Милая Мариночка,this is definetely one of your finest works so far.. It seems that maybe the most plausible origin of the word vampir has to be traced back to the Kazan Tatar word УБЫР(ubyr)=witch.then from Tatar we had our word упыр which gave to the Magyar language the word vampir…. Anyway thinking about Blue Jam café i immediately found something very interesing to discuss: the word CAPUCCINO,it would be so cute Marina,if you could invent a nice game out of it
James on
July 12th, 2008 11:50 am
Hi Marina, I have looked around for this origin and it does seem that nobody knows where it originated, however I did find this article which may prove slightly helpful
“vampire” is from the Slavic “vampir” or “vampyr” and first appeared in
the 1600s in the area of what is now Bulgaria and Yugoslavia on the
Balkan peninsula. However, attempts to trace back the origin of the
Slavic “vampir” are still under dispute. The theory currently favored is
that “vampir” came from “upir”, which first appeared in print in a 1047
CE East Slavic (Old Russian) manuscript in which a Novrogordian prince
is referred to as “Upir Lichy” (Wicked Vampire). Tracing the source of
“upir” and its Slavic cognates (i.e., upior, obyrbi, upirbi, obiri) is
even more controversial, fraught with many theories but little documented
evidence.
For example, Franz Miklosich, a late 19th century linguist, suggested
that “upir” is derived from “uber”, a Turkish word for “witch”. Andre
Vaillant suggests just the opposite–that the Northern Turkish word
“uber” is derived from the Slavic “upir”. More recently, Jan Perkowski,
who has done a great deal of research on the vampires of the Slavs,
also favors a Slavic origin to the word.
But even amongst those who lean towards a Slavic origin, there is
considerable disagreement. Kazimierz Moszynski suggests that “u-pir” is
from a Serbo-Croatian word “pirati” (to blow). Aleksandr Afanas’ev points
to the Slavic “pij” (to drink), which may have entered the Slavic
language from the Greek, via Old Church Slavonic. A. Bruckner proposes
Russian “netopyr” (bat).
lostforwords replied on July 12th, 2008 11:56 am:
Well done James! You swot! Still use that term over there?
James replied on July 12th, 2008 12:19 pm:
no, does it mean super waxy opium teabags?
melikadothechacha replied on July 12th, 2008 1:24 pm:
single white other transvestite?
fezzington bear replied on July 12th, 2008 3:24 pm:
it is used here, in England, though sadly geek and to a lesser extent nerd are used more.
Bob replied on July 12th, 2008 12:19 pm:
Excellent work, James.
I think that Auntie Marina has found her new Teacher’s Assistant.
James replied on July 12th, 2008 1:02 pm:
Thanks, I already have my own page (and yes i did apply for teachers assist.) i dont want people getting jealous, people will hate me and say things behind my back
As you go through life, James, you will find that a certain percentage of people will hate you, whether you deserve it or not - you can’t please all of the people, all of the time.
Such people choose to do that rather than make the effort to excel on their own merits, so you had better develop the mental toughness to ignore them and plough your own furrow. Never let negative people stand in the way of your progress, or prevent you from shooting for your goals.
Just live your life blamelessly and with integrity, and you will attract more than enough good folks to support you and counter the gainsayers.
Listen to your conscience, treat others as you would have them treat you (including those who are unkind to you), and you will build your character so that you won’t worry about the envy of others.
Illegitimi non carborundum = don’t let the bastards grind you down.
Bob replied on July 12th, 2008 1:44 pm:
slotforwords is one of those you can ignore.
James replied on July 12th, 2008 2:56 pm:
Ha thank you, I try my best, but I don’t want to sound big-headed. It must seem a bit rude, me a 16 year old kid who has not got his GCSE results (yet). Giving word origins to a 27 year old philologist. I don’t want to sound cocky.
melikadothechacha replied on July 12th, 2008 3:25 pm:
James - age is no big deal
if you got the smarts.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
So, does swot have some
negative connotation I’m
not getting? lostforwords’
link seemed to be more a
compliment, as I read it.
roadrunrnch replied on July 12th, 2008 4:07 pm:
James old Man, You never know more then when you are young. ie. Young Guys know everything. You only understand how little you know when you learn something. …?? I know?? You will see,
Beware of demagogy , False prophets , People with all the answers.
Mocking a Bully is good, Even if He has all the support of the crowd.
If you believe you have a point to make, Make it. Point Man always take fire. Snipers with innuendos and or straight head on personal attack. Standing up will always makes you a target.
Like Bob said,
1 in 10 just hate you and the rest just hate being in your wake.
lennyboy on
July 12th, 2008 11:49 am
hey marina!
I can’t find “my” video on youtube :/
haven’t you posted the video for the word cup yet?
I would love to know the origin of that
One more question. If I ask you really nice, could you send some pics of you
maybe those model pictures that you can see in the beginning of every video.
best regard, lennart from sweden
melikadothechacha replied on July 12th, 2008 1:31 pm:
Howdy! The pulldown menu at the
top of this page has a tab for
Shout Out’s. Look there to
find Marina’s pictures!
leonard on
July 12th, 2008 11:48 am
cool
wetsuit5 on
July 12th, 2008 11:38 am
HotForWords,
Can you do the word “Bluestocking” please?
lostforwords on
July 12th, 2008 11:15 am
I’ve meant to say this….Marina, not only do you have the sexist voice, but that esses sibilance is utterly devastating.
I remember this one gal. I think her name was Dairin. She worked for Horizon Hobbies (They sell Radio Controlled model airplanes, Cars, etc) as a sales associate. She had the sexiest voice I have ever heard over the phone. Her voice could make any man drop to his knees as if he heard the voice of Venus (The Roman goddess of love and beauty). The store owner (Bill) was buying stuff we didn’t need in the hobby store. I asked him why did he buy such and such. He said Dairin called. Well that was enough for me. No man could resist the force of the goddess Dairin. No man… Well she made it up to Senior Sales Management in like about 6 months it seemed like. I met her at a trade show years later and the voice didn’t match the looks we had built in our imagination. But we didn’t care. Later we met up with her husband. We told him his wife had a very sexy voice. He said, oh she has you under her spell too? Yea about $10,000 dollar of merchandise we don’t need. We all chucked…
Bob replied on July 12th, 2008 12:38 pm:
I’ve known several pilots who have fallen insanely under the spell of female Air Traffic Controllers who had sexy voices.
One young fellow even summoned up the courage to ask for a date with one of them over the radio, which caused a lot of mirth among those of us who knew that she was a 225 pound mother of six children.
The word is shrouded in obscurity but more than likely came from two words: Upir Lichyj…from slavic languages I believe.
Ave Domina,
Incredible! Terrifying! Gorgeously horrible! I am sure that after this lesson the poor mortals watching your website will be mesmerized and will suscribe. And evil will win.
servus ad vitam eternam
Don Felipe Gonzales
Bram Stoker’s sequel was called “The Vampire Strikes Back.” It was inspired by a story written by George Lucius.
I wanted to thank Marina so very much again for including my name on YouTube as one of the persons who requested the word “Vampire”–From the bottom of my soul Marina*muahs* and to Kobe too (please don’t bite me cutie hehe) love Mikey AKA WarlordFeyd…
Hmmm. Where to put this?
I hope you do more Halloween videos this year. If you do, my word request is warlock. I’ve never quite believed the ‘male witch’ line that I’ve heard as a definition.
In my opinion the word vampire originaly came from romania becouse the first man ever called with that word is Vlad Tzepesh (count Dracula)
PS: I really like your prounociation of the word at bulgarian (Marina rulzzz)
You can have my blood any day Marina
My Grandpa looks like a Vampire but he is also very old…..I wonder if maybe he’s a “Grandpire”?
HEY !!! I think I just made up a “SNIGLET”.
What about us werewolves?
Hmm… If Marina died her hair black, put on make-up to darken her skin, had a black cape, black pants and other formal attire, she might just make a good immitation of Elizabeth Bathory in persona. In personality she radically differs of course.
Marina - I’m not comparing you to Elizabeth Bathory; please don’t misunderstand me on that.
Marina… You mentioned Danmark and Sweden again, but forgot to mention Norway amongs them. All those 3 countries have almost the same language. This is the second time now Marina! You will have detention!!
nice video marina; but why don´t you try in the dialects in the latinamerican cultures, as in europe in mesoamesican cultures existed living beings which lived on the the blood of other inferior species like animal and which also considered humans as inferior, they were called NAHUALES in mexico and they were half human half animal and also they were guardians of the imperial tresure, in fact, some say that this beings still exist and they are guarding the imperial treasure from moctezuma II at the top of the popocatepetl volcano in mexico, the legend says that if anyone gets closer to the treasure is never seen again. i hope this could help you dear
Is that like the chupa cabra?
And what about Czech? It’s “upír” or “vampýr”…
By the way - “upír” is pronounced same as the Polish one and “vampýr” is the same as the Russian one.
I did find this:
The word vampire also spelled, “vampir,” or “vampyre,” has obscure origins, but scholars generally agree that it can be traced to the Slavic languages. But the debate over this will continue, since there are many numerous theories. The word may have come from the Lithuanian wempti, which literally means “to drink”, or from the root pi, which has a similar meaning with the prefix va or av. Other scholars would scoff at this, however, and claim that the word had Turkish roots, such as the word, uber or “witch,” or the Serbo-Croatian pirati “to blow”. After all, the word vampircan be found in the Serbo-Croatian language and is upyr in Russian, upior in Polish, and upir in Byelorussian.
Some scholars insist that upir is older than vampir, an eastern Slavic name that spread westward into the Balkans. Scholars who hold this viewpoint claim that the word was then adopted by the southern Slavs and widely spread.
No one knows when the word vampire or vampyre was first used in the English language, but it appeared in two 1732 publications
Bobette Bryan © 2004
http://www.underworldtales.com/about.htm
OK about “Vampire” and the dark side. Please consider equal time for the other side which leads to my word request for “Nurture”.
“Nurture” from French “nourriture” and Latin “nutritia” and “nutrire” (nurse, nourish, suckle) has much for which your comments may be enlightening to understand a working mother’s need for time off.
Many of us (guys) could benefit from your perspective. How is that situation handled in other modern societies, e.g. Russia?
That necklace makes it look like you have had your head sewn on to your torso haha, love that vampire voice. very sexy
Word Request: jimmy, the noun and the transitive verb. Whose jimmy and what’s his story?
Aren’t zombies also supposed to be dead bodies that have come to life? I know that vampires suck blood and that zombies eat brains. But… vampires are called the “undead”, but zombies are called the “living dead”. What’s the difference?
A vampire sucks your blood and drains you dry. It may also turn you into another vampire. The reason why vampires were thought to roam the Earth was that the dead wasn’t given the proper burial procedure to lay the persons to rest. There were also concerns of disease spreading from vampires.
In the case of zombies, a person was drugged, then thought dead, but really was still alive. The person went into a coma and came back, but was mindless and mute with less intellectual capacity than a mentally retarded person. So the person was essentially alive, but acted like he was “undead”. It comes from voodoo lore from Africa that migrated to the Caribbean. The notion of zombies eating human flesh to sustain themselves was completely made up by Hollywood movies.
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I’m a day late and a dollar short but: What about “Wamphyri” and “Vamphyri”? Or are those two just Brian Lumley inventions for the Necroscope series?
Hi Marina,
May I have a word with you please? …
Cockamammy or is that cockamammie? … No one really knows?
It sounds like it may have an arousing etyology.
MWAAAA xoxox Gwillikers!
Hey Marina: I would like to formally request the word—reckon. As in , ” I reckon, I’ll just head on over to Russia, and see them ladies for myself.”
Hey Marina… can i request another word??
Sorry about requesting another on the same time but..
I`m listening some “funk” music
and i love funk.
why that name???
Thanks again!
Ahaa Sorry for so many request ,but can you also find out where the word “Knockout” came from?
Ello Marina, Can you do a video about the word “Teddy Bear”. Was it invented by a teddy? thankyou.
Marina, My word request is the word “Hobo”. I’ve been wondering where that came from
Hey Marina. I was thinking about the word “lollipop” could you investigate where does it come from? sounds interesting. Also, how come people use the words sucker in an offensive way sometimes? I don’t see how this words is related!
Thank you, I love your show, I watch each episode through Miro. Keep up the good work!
Hi marina. As I had tiramisu for breakfast, Can i please request the word tiramisu?
James
xx
Yo quiero una vampira como Marina
can you do a vidio on why poop is called poop?
where does “knapsack” come from. why isn’t it “nap sack”…why the k?
Hi, could you investigate the term “Double dutch”?
Marina!! My request word is… “xoxo”
ok she is the hottest teacher of all time . damn her students in Russia were lucky. hope she lives long and stay hot for ever cause she is a Rare natural hot love to see her in person love you marina shatteredsoul (in a student way of course lol
)
I have a question about UTube and the fact that some of the people are partners like Marina. Does that mean she owns stock in that company or owns part of the company? Just curious. Any body can answer.
I think it means she gets paid everytime she makes a video. all the cool (but not as good looking) people on utube do
Thanks James.
yeah, you get this cool banner and stuff and get payed for the ammount of views you get? duno for sure how that payment thing works, in return you need to uploud videos regularly and get a certain amount of views on those vids.
Thanks Foxbow15.
I was looking into that myself. I think everyones questions will be answered here.
Thanks Jack
capman911, if you create a bunch of videos and create a following on YouTube you can apply to become a partner (www.youtube.com/partner) and if you get accepted, then you can monetize your videos which means an ad may appear along the bottom of the screen after about 15 seconds in for a few seconds. You will also see an ad on the right hand side of the video. Based on how many times that ad is seen, we get a split of the money that YouTube makes from that ad.
Now, I don’t make any money from the video views from this site, as YouTube hasn’t transferred those ads to websites where the ads are embedded as they have no control over the content of those websites and they don’t want to potentially piss off advertisers if they are advertising on a website with “objectionable” content.
So,
?
It would NOT hurt You if we were to CHECK OUT the adds?
IF WE were to read YOUR adds YOU will make money???
Is that what I AM saying
@ RRR, I don’t think it will amount to much if you or I look at them. You need thousands of views to really make it pay.
Purchasing her future products will make the most of your efforts RRR.
@ Marina,What does it pay now Marina per view, or is it all over the board? You have any idea what other Partner YT are making from their videos? Im not asking you to disclose what your making from YT, just what you heard or think that they are making.
Моя любовь, Moya lyubov(film)
Oh I would think if 200,000 would make a difference?? If all would view??
Name Objectionable?
Thanks Marina
Word request: ‘yellow dog fund’
I understand what a yellow dog Democrat and a yellow dog contract (or clause) is, but what is a ‘yellow dog fund’ and where did it come from.
I have seen ‘yellow dog fund’ used in two historical references to events about a hundred years ago: (1) a German industry-government fund used to subsidize product dumping against Dow Chemical, and (2) a fund at a law firm used for lobbying and political payoffs.
hey
where can I find pictures of you?
Howdy! The pulldown menu at the
top of this page has a tab for
Shout Out’s. Look there to
find Marina’s pictures!
Is he wanting pictures of you Cha Cha
I’m sorry but I can’t find it…
Hi HotForWords, I love your YouTube videos! They are educational and fun at the same time.
Anyways, I wanted to request a word, and I hope you haven’t done it yet. The word I request is “chocolate”. 
I can’t wait to see your investigation!
We all know , what “n00b” means. But where does it comes from. What is the origin ? Thank you.
n00b=noob=newbie someone who’s new to something and doesn’t know how everything works yet..
С самого раннего детства я мечтал уехать в США, начинал учить английский язык, и т.п. только вот все вокруг только и твердили “тебе никогда туда не уехать и даже если уедешь - ничего не добъёшся”. как же я был глуп, что слушал их.
ты самое лучшее доказательство “моей” правоты. Огромное тебе спасибо за то, что ты есть, и за то, что вновь вселила в меня надежду.
How about waxing and waning - as the moon is waxing or the moon is waning. Why don’t we just say larger and smaller?
And how about ebbing and flowing?
Wax on Wax off
Hey you guys are slow. New video is up!!!
Since you are SUCH a flirt, I suggest you do the word FLIRT…
Marina, a flirt? You must be watching another channel…
Please don’t go LFWs. Everone will chill out. Marina just laid down the law on quarrling with each other. Come on back.
Mike
Yes, go on, flirt with us some more.
cwcurnutt, Some of us are trying to get her to do the word Flirt. I looked it up and found that there might be some interesting history behind it. Maybe our dearest teacher can enlighten us.
I’m down for flirt, tease
all those things she
does that please
And lets not leave out ” Vamp.”;
[A Seductive Hot Woman who uses her sensuality to exploit men.]
So how do we go about this? Flirt with each other? Nooo… I know lets flirt with her comments.
What’s the origin of the word “Picnic”? Love your videos!!
I have a word suggestion. this one may be a bit unusual, because I have not been able to find an answer and it’s a name. the word is: Dresden. I have a female friend with this name; and the only thing I could find was the city in Germany. I’m not sure if you would be able to find the definition/origin of a name, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.
thanx;)
Word suggestion: Handsome.
Is it anything to do with hands? or taking one’s hand in marriage?
if you’re a vampire why does your video seem to have natural light? eh!?
I wondered that, too!
Gamma correction - 88%
from moonlight (1/10th footcandle)
to daylight/indirect (500,000 Fc’s)
Resolution would take a knock.
Maybe her wampire power
keeps her in focus - LOL
It wasn’t natural light; it was coming from the lasers in Kobe’s eyes.
What you don’t think us vampires haven’t managed to upgrade ourselves? Modern day technology baby… it’s called nano-technology…. a special living layer over our skin… oh wait a minute… I’m not supposed to be telling you this! Sorry… forget what i just said!
You don’t look a day over 20, Darling. Mwah!
Now why didn’t I think of that? Marina is very witty today.
Marina you always impress me with your wit. I am so honored to bask in the glow of your intelligence. You thoughts are nourishment for the mind.
Ah! So it’s “Blade” rules!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFgZQabR3g&feature =related
Oh no she’s another terminator
I am now scheduled to become a nano-bot and I bet you can’t guess where I’ve applied for a job.
A living layer you say…hmmm, bite your skin. It will become vampiric, a vampire coving a vampire, then you just cover that in more nanotech and before you know it you will be like a vampire version of a snake, able to shed layer upon layer of evil. why do this?…well if anyone should want to put a steak through your heart, which would be a shame, it will get the skin before you, and you’ll be saved. hurrah. the more practical solution would be to wear body armour but i think your internet hit rate might drop a tad if you did.
also, although it isn’t your usual thing, do you think you’d ever do a segment on collective nouns and their origins? there are some really interesting ones such as “a murder of crows” and i have no idea where they originate, but would like to know.
Well, maybe she is a vampire…that would explain why they don’t serve garlic bread in the school cafeteria…
Shes a *,..,* !
Why are female vampires always so beautiful?
Presumably, drinking blood is a form of H.R.T.
I had to look that up! Don’t you think that would apply only to middel aged wampiresses. And since they can’t age, there aren’t any of those!
Are these “Interview with the Vampire”
Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst)
rules or “Once Bitten” rules?
(Jim Carey, Lauren Hutton)
Middle aged and above - you’d never know that Marina was over 400 years old, would you?
I don’t look a day over 300! Don’t insult me Bob!
Otherwise ill poke you with a
forkspoonA woman never reveals her true age it’s said they always say their younger than they actually are. I would say Marina’s around 336 years old just by estimation.
So, does “vamp” also come from “vampire”?
Yes, according to the O.E.D., vamp is an abbreviation for vampire.
Hey Marina and the rest of HFW gang. Do you notice how we carry over words from past lesson to our current comments? Is it me or is this slightly fascinating?
Teacher is giving us the knowledge, and like good students, we are integrating the new words into our vocabularies.
Just goes to show how effective a teacher Marina is.
Yes I can’t tell you enough how Marina has effected my language skills. Im now thinking of writing some poetry. I jotted down some observations last night and was thinking how to make a poem about it.
Just a blurb while I eat happy clams,
with my evil fork and tomatoes with
my clammy hands. Hope I don’t get
salmonella-ella. For beverages, I
have Molotov’s, Martini’s and Coke.
Don’t drink the Kool Aid. I have to
gird my loins and head for the loo.
The Dutch lesbian in the penthouse
told me that a horny hooker on heroine
dressed to the nines lost her pink
panties playing soccer. The irony
is that the paparazzi were all just
metrosexuals on dope. They got
so many barbarians that day, the
cops had to use duck tape. Uh oh
it’s raining cats and dogs. Grab
my gamp (umbrella-ella ) and
call a taximeter cabriolet on my
Bluetooth before i have a snafu.
Good one Doug. That must have taken you a few…
Once it got rollin’, it had a
momentum all it’s own
You heard the expression shit rolls downhill like a runaway snowball
hehe , where does the word Douchebag come from
?
Funny that you should ask about this, foxbow15, because the Oxford English Dictionary defines “douche” as a jet.
That is, a jet of, for example, water applied to the body, usually for medicinal purposes. So a douchebag would presumably be a bag for collection of the … ummm … substances washed away by the jet, similar then to a colostomy bag.
Yeah
, i was thinking of something similar, because the word “douche” means shower in dutch…
………But it can’t be that… right?
hehe, i just remembered dany and lisanova’s spoof abouth sxephil and Hotforwords http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAhMJHat0cI
Word of the week=douchebag
I was going to say douchebage=phil defranco: agreed! What an a**! Une douche: the French for a shower. Se doucher, to shower. Se faire doucher, to get soaked by someone/something.
What’s wrong abouth Philip?…
It’s a matter of taste I guess.
Well if I had to choose between Phil and Athena. I would watch Phil. Athena is the Douche bag of the year. I was annoyed with Phil because he blurts out so very fast you don’t have time to digest his words. Other than that I guess he is ok.
How about conceited and not funny?
I don’t think he (Phil) is funny at all nor did I expect him to be so.. Conceited? Well somewhat. Athena is the conceited one by FAR!
It’s actualy Athene, not Athena
I remember that vid i would love marina to say todays word is douchebag and give the 3 funny origins
I’d like to draw your attention to the claim that BRRRam Stoker (curiously familiar name - a portmanteau of RRRoadrunrnch and stokesjrj1) was inspired to write his novel “Dracula” by a visit to one of my local landmarks, Slains Castle at Cruden Bay near Aberdeen, Scotland.
Bob,
Senility is setting in a ” portmanteau of RRRoadrunrnch and stokesjrj1 ”
This is obviously a Oxymoron.
Although The words need not be synonymous to be a portmanteau. Like [ misinterpreted and ridicules ] misinterpridicules
Bob you’re being misinterpridicules
roadrunrnch, ever hear of the 4 6s
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No but I have seen: 4 5 ( fuck u hard 20 times ) ?
Ya what about it????
Hmm he wants to fuck me 20 times hard maybe he’s gay.
Милая Мариночка,this is definetely one of your finest works so far.. It seems that maybe the most plausible origin of the word vampir has to be traced back to the Kazan Tatar word УБЫР(ubyr)=witch.then from Tatar we had our word упыр which gave to the Magyar language the word vampir….
Anyway thinking about Blue Jam café i immediately found something very interesing to discuss: the word CAPUCCINO,it would be so cute Marina,if you could invent a nice game out of it 
Hi Marina, I have looked around for this origin and it does seem that nobody knows where it originated, however I did find this article which may prove slightly helpful
“vampire” is from the Slavic “vampir” or “vampyr” and first appeared in
the 1600s in the area of what is now Bulgaria and Yugoslavia on the
Balkan peninsula. However, attempts to trace back the origin of the
Slavic “vampir” are still under dispute. The theory currently favored is
that “vampir” came from “upir”, which first appeared in print in a 1047
CE East Slavic (Old Russian) manuscript in which a Novrogordian prince
is referred to as “Upir Lichy” (Wicked Vampire). Tracing the source of
“upir” and its Slavic cognates (i.e., upior, obyrbi, upirbi, obiri) is
even more controversial, fraught with many theories but little documented
evidence.
For example, Franz Miklosich, a late 19th century linguist, suggested
that “upir” is derived from “uber”, a Turkish word for “witch”. Andre
Vaillant suggests just the opposite–that the Northern Turkish word
“uber” is derived from the Slavic “upir”. More recently, Jan Perkowski,
who has done a great deal of research on the vampires of the Slavs,
also favors a Slavic origin to the word.
But even amongst those who lean towards a Slavic origin, there is
considerable disagreement. Kazimierz Moszynski suggests that “u-pir” is
from a Serbo-Croatian word “pirati” (to blow). Aleksandr Afanas’ev points
to the Slavic “pij” (to drink), which may have entered the Slavic
language from the Greek, via Old Church Slavonic. A. Bruckner proposes
Russian “netopyr” (bat).
Well done James! You swot! Still use that term over there?
no, does it mean super waxy opium teabags?
single white other transvestite?
it is used here, in England, though sadly geek and to a lesser extent nerd are used more.
Excellent work, James.
I think that Auntie Marina has found her new Teacher’s Assistant.
Thanks, I already have my own page (and yes i did apply for teachers assist.) i dont want people getting jealous, people will hate me and say things behind my back
Swot
As you go through life, James, you will find that a certain percentage of people will hate you, whether you deserve it or not - you can’t please all of the people, all of the time.
Such people choose to do that rather than make the effort to excel on their own merits, so you had better develop the mental toughness to ignore them and plough your own furrow. Never let negative people stand in the way of your progress, or prevent you from shooting for your goals.
Just live your life blamelessly and with integrity, and you will attract more than enough good folks to support you and counter the gainsayers.
Listen to your conscience, treat others as you would have them treat you (including those who are unkind to you), and you will build your character so that you won’t worry about the envy of others.
Illegitimi non carborundum = don’t let the bastards grind you down.
slotforwords is one of those you can ignore.
Ha thank you, I try my best, but I don’t want to sound big-headed. It must seem a bit rude, me a 16 year old kid who has not got his GCSE results (yet). Giving word origins to a 27 year old philologist. I don’t want to sound cocky.
James - age is no big deal
if you got the smarts.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
So, does swot have some
negative connotation I’m
not getting? lostforwords’
link seemed to be more a
compliment, as I read it.
James old Man, You never know more then when you are young. ie. Young Guys know everything. You only understand how little you know when you learn something. …?? I know?? You will see,
Beware of demagogy , False prophets , People with all the answers.
Mocking a Bully is good, Even if He has all the support of the crowd.
If you believe you have a point to make, Make it. Point Man always take fire. Snipers with innuendos and or straight head on personal attack. Standing up will always makes you a target.
Like Bob said,
1 in 10 just hate you and the rest just hate being in your wake.
hey marina!
I can’t find “my” video on youtube :/
haven’t you posted the video for the word cup yet?
I would love to know the origin of that
One more question. If I ask you really nice, could you send some pics of you
maybe those model pictures that you can see in the beginning of every video.
best regard, lennart from sweden
Howdy! The pulldown menu at the
top of this page has a tab for
Shout Out’s. Look there to
find Marina’s pictures!
cool
HotForWords,
Can you do the word “Bluestocking” please?
I’ve meant to say this….Marina, not only do you have the sexist voice, but that esses sibilance is utterly devastating.
Vampire video is now un-flagged…
a little tlak with yt?
sexist, never ! SEXIEST
how about twins fraternal?
I remember this one gal. I think her name was Dairin. She worked for Horizon Hobbies (They sell Radio Controlled model airplanes, Cars, etc) as a sales associate. She had the sexiest voice I have ever heard over the phone. Her voice could make any man drop to his knees as if he heard the voice of Venus (The Roman goddess of love and beauty). The store owner (Bill) was buying stuff we didn’t need in the hobby store. I asked him why did he buy such and such. He said Dairin called. Well that was enough for me. No man could resist the force of the goddess Dairin. No man…
Well she made it up to Senior Sales Management in like about 6 months it seemed like. I met her at a trade show years later and the voice didn’t match the looks we had built in our imagination. But we didn’t care. Later we met up with her husband. We told him his wife had a very sexy voice. He said, oh she has you under her spell too? Yea about $10,000 dollar of merchandise we don’t need. We all chucked… 
I’ve known several pilots who have fallen insanely under the spell of female Air Traffic Controllers who had sexy voices.
One young fellow even summoned up the courage to ask for a date with one of them over the radio, which caused a lot of mirth among those of us who knew that she was a 225 pound mother of six children.