I wonder after that, about [batter] for my onion rings?…The batter playing the base ball game, thinks cracker jack is all jack!!!
MOM’s APPLE PIE
The fish batter was fried to a crisp; and tasted like honey hips of mother’s delight*!*Got a make up something…great random in between …the honey and cream…..pudding GOOD
Thanks for researching my word request teacher! You’re the best!
Now I have another one…
I’m curious about the origin of the word Dollar.
Was America the first to adopt this name for their currency when they became independent from England, or was it in use before that? What does it mean?
Also, why do many people say ‘buck’ instead of dollar? As in, ‘it only cost me 50 bucks’.
Also, for England, they use pounds. But in movies sometimes I hear them say ‘quid’. It cost me 50 quid. Where does that come from? Is it related to the old form of currencies used there? (ie, crowns or schillings)
I have only ever known this expression as “The proof of the pudding is in the eating” A little like “Talk of the Devil” is actually “Talk of the Devil and he will beat a path to your door”
The other day I was at wallyworld, aka wal*mart, and I saw these kids looking at video games. I heard one say to the other “That one is gay, don’t get it.”
So this brings me to the request
How did the word gay go from happy to meaning homosexual to meaning something is stupid????
Scroll up to the top of the page and select the “Interviews” link for her off-site appearances. You’ll find all the remaining interviews and radio shows there (the ones that weren’t inadvertently lost when she changed over to a new server, that is).
OK.. everybody.. now I changed the comment thing and it did some different stuff that is out of my control.. it makes my comment color take up the whole thread whereas before it would just make my comments pink.. not the whole thread.. and it makes CaptainJack all blue.
Let me know if you like it or if I should revert to the old way. This way might break things anyway… so we’ll see if it will last anyway.
Get back to work Captjack.
We need a new plant delivered to Marinas.
Get Kobe to the groomer for his summer puppy cut.
And Marina needs a back rub and a pedicure.
aLx, Marina upgraded my account level and on my comments on my post was pink like Marina’s. So she working on a setting that will keep her comments pink and mine blue. She is still playing with it.
RRR, Yes sir! Im on it! New plants? Hum. Take Kobe to get a shave and a hair cut (two bits). I think I could take him to a dog show show so he could check out the bitches. Back rub & pedicure? Gee next I’ll have to paint the house and mow the lawn. What are you getting me into?
I once went the the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
I met this printer who was driving a tank around (reservist).
I said, “Hey, let’s do a test”.
He asked, “Duh OK, what test you wanna do?”
I said, “Lets see what happens if we shoot this bowl of puddle with the cannon.”
So we did and it splattered all over the place. We cooked it properly thru the tank gun.
I asked, “Humm what did that just prove?”
He said, “I dunno, but let’s eat it anyway, I hungry.”
I said, “No thanks, I’m trying to cut down, I’ll have a sandwich instead, it has less calories.”
Then the tank driver got out and walked over to some nice smelling flowers.
It’s HotForWords and she want’s to do it!!
So I started to walk over and I got darted by a bird and buzzed by the bees.
The first tank guy stood up from his pudding and started to laugh.
I asked, “Hey listen you clown, what are you laughting at?”
He said, “That little thing in you detruncus, there uncle”
Oh, and you should add to the beginning of my story, Once upon a time or No shit this really happened to me.
Hello dictionari, I’ve seen your video which was really instructive and send it to my Bernard friend.
Also put a comment on it, but not sure that worked.
I encourage you to continue as i suscribed and expect other vids on your channel.
By the way, my name is Olivier, i’m french too, so you can consider it like a request for your next investigations.
Good work !
“Beauty is only skin deep” and “Don’t judge a book by its cover” both seem to bear some similarity to the subject phrase because they both hint at the deeper meaning conveyed by the original version of it. You can’t know whether a book is entertaining or informative until you have read it, same as testing the pudding by eating it. Also, jumping to the conclusion that a good-looking person is a nice person to be around can set the stage for severe disappointment as well. It’s what’s in the heart that counts when the chips are down. Same goes for nice-looking cars or houses. Until you actually use them, it’s hard to know what you do or don’t like about them. Great lesson, Marina. This one made me think about it for a bit.
LOL PD, Thanks! I even booked marked it.
You know its been over a year since I seen my first HFW lesson. I remember because it was like two weeks before my last B-Day I was viewing hundreds of YTV. My last B-Day was at work on the cruise ship Island SpiritIsland Spirit, and all I did was stand watch in a very dark room. Very boring night to say the least. I was a bit bummed. Today all you guys made up for that. __/)__
You spoke about pudding, which brought up a term in my mind which I’ve heard, “pie hole”. Now this is usually used to tell someone to be quiet or to stop talking. But how did this become the term “pie hole”?
THX
Actually, I do still hear the full phrase sometimes. “The proof of the pudding is in the eating” tends to be used for emphasis, to suggest that the speaker is definitely right or that the listener definitely should put it (whatever is being talke about) to the test. Whereas the “proof is in the pudding” is a more offhand statement that something is probably true, or that it would probably be a good idea to test it, but possibly one can’t be bothered.
I’m still voting on Quack, as in fake Doc, I recently joined up here after finding you on YouTube Miriana, and saw the one about Duct Tape, lots of Ducks, and Ducks Quacks…
Good day my dear teacher,
Looking great as usual. Yellow is always good on you.
anyway. I have a word request, or more of a phrase request. I was just out taking a smoke break with one of my co workers and he was done ans said to me. “Well, back to the grind.” it made me think. Where did that come from. what is he grinding? we work for a electronic component distributor, we talk on the phone all day.
Hello Marina,
You almost danced- had me fooled.
I was ready to stand up and join you if you did start dancing.
Homework-
I looked these up (I’m not going to take up too much space by explaining the them in full length):
Tip of the tongue; Bitter sweet; Black sheep; Blessing in disguise;
Break the ice; Speak for yourself; Point of no return; Out of the woods; No quarter given; Misery loves company; Lock, stock and barrel; In the bag; Hand to mouth; Four corners of the earth; With all due respect; Do or die; Cut and run
what about the phrase “monkey business”? and the word company? company of Marines (i am a USMC career vet, thankyou), ford motor company, would you like some company? etc…
BARDOLPH: Here comes Ancient Pistol and his wife: good
corporal, be patient here. How now, mine host Pistol!
PISTOL: Base tike, call’st thou me host? Now, by this hand,
I swear, I scorn the term; Nor shall my Nell keep lodgers.
Hostess: No, by my troth, not long; for we cannot lodge and
board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen that live
honestly by the prick of their needles, but it will
be thought we keep a bawdy house straight.
[NYM and PISTOL draw]
O well a day, Lady, if he be not drawn now! we
shall see wilful adultery and murder committed.
BARDOLPH: Good lieutenant! good corporal! offer nothing here.
NYM: Pish!
PISTOL: Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou prick-ear’d cur of Iceland!
Hostess: Good Corporal Nym, show thy valour, and put up your sword.
NYM: Will you shog off? I would have you solus.
PISTOL: ‘Solus,’ egregious dog? O viper vile!
The ’solus’ in thy most mervailous face;
The ’solus’ in thy teeth, and in thy throat,
And in thy hateful lungs, yea, in thy maw, perdy,
And, which is worse, within thy nasty mouth!
I do retort the ’solus’ in thy bowels;
For I can take, and Pistol’s cock is up,
And flashing fire will follow.
NYM: I am not Barbason; you cannot conjure me. I have an
humour to knock you indifferently well. If you grow
foul with me, Pistol, I will scour you with my
rapier, as I may, in fair terms: if you would walk
off, I would prick your guts a little, in good
terms, as I may: and that’s the humour of it.”
I was wondering if you could identify the origin of the phrase “pretty penny” as in “This new laptop sure cost a pretty penny, but it was worth it in the end.”
Marina Orlova was raised in an Eagle Nest !
ORLOVA means EAGLE in Slavic ! By the way OREL “eagle” in Slavic = ORNIS “bird” in Greek = ARN “eagle” in Germanic (like in ARNOLD). It’s an indoeuropean root *ORN/ORL “bird”.
um this may be an inappropriate word but i need to know why it means what it means. blow job. why does blow job mean sucking on penis? it has nothing to do with blowing?
Hi Marina,
StarDragon here requesting a word (actually 3 words to be precise)
I was in my college math class today learning about trigonometry, I am wondering where the following Mathematical words came from and their meaning:
Tangent (Tan)
Cosine (Cos)
Sine (Sin)
oh Marina Marina, I could watch your Youtube specials until I pass out.
You’re so good at deciphering words and phrases in the english language. One word that I can’t understand is “GORGEOUS”. I do not see how the word gorge connects with gorgeous.
Please discuss it in your next show. Thanks a million.
adrenaLeo
P.S. You’re hot for words, but I’m hot for you ;D
I am not sure but for me GORGEOUS is from the French GORGE “throat” or “woman’s bosom”.
In modern French BRA is “soutien-gorge” = “throat holder”. It’s a kind of taboo word. It was certainly considered as more convenient to use the word THROAT for BREAST. The distance is not very big.
Marina, You are looking spiffy as ever!!
Captain Jack, congratulations. I know you spend a lot of time on here, so this is a fitting reward.
Does anyone know how to change my gravatar? I didn’t pick ANYTHING pink. I’m a 6′3″ male, who is VERY heterosexual and has 0 objects in my house that are pink. My gravatar is a cute pink freakish little creature that would be PERFECT for a little girl, but doesn’t really fit me. It’s like when a gorilla wears a tutu…or should I say, when “a handsome, intelligent young stud” of a man like myself wears a tutu–it doesn’t fit.
Homework:
–We will find out when we get there
–I’ll believe it when I see it
–The only way to do it is to do it
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How about the phrase I propose a toast… You know TOASTING at a dinner. Its so strange to say I propose a toast when it has nothing to do with toast. Where does it come from?
Miss M. I would like to request the phrase Old wives tales. Like things your mother used to make up to tell you so you would behave or not do certain things. Do they still us them today and how did they get started?
Green screen is used to put background in videos. Basically you act out infront of a green screen background and later, a background is put in place of the green screen. Movies like Lord or the RIngs and Matrix was shot this way.
I’ll have to check them out. Today my nerves got fried when I tried to teach my son to drive. He said he only hit a very small tree. Uh-huh…and the screaming person sitting next to him…was…me. I had to go take a long bath and then a nap.
Third time lucky??? Why third time in WWII it was unlucky because in the trenches if you light three cig’s with the same match it gives the enemy time to target you.
Ah, but Wikipedia says that the belief existed for some time before WW I (which I’m sure you meant), and was merely spread after that war (in the 1920s) by a Swedish match company owner. (They–Swedish Match–own Swisher Sweets and other machine-made and hand-rolled cigar brands now.)
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often.
3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.
(This is very important. Pay attention! It never fails.)
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. It ain’t the jeans that make your butt look fat.
26. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”
27. There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”
28. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
29. You should not confuse your career with your life.
30. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
31. Never lick a steak knife.
32. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
33. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
34. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
35. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
36. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
37. Your friends love you anyway.
38. Thought for the day: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
You might not be but someone could be his right hand man. The person who speaks with all his authority granted to him by God Himself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPInEwhGwHA
i think christians believe he was the messiah, not a mechanic. you guys are really confused, they didn’t even have cars back then. you all need to go back to church and study your faith more.
Guys,
I didn’t go anywhere,
I just stopped kicking butt and taking names.
I am a reader and a watcher Now.
The Captain is very capable and will handle
everything just fine without My help
……………TROUBLE MAKING.
I’m sorry to have to contradict you, but the phrase “The proof is in the pudding” does make logical sense and equates very well to the original phrase “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”
The present-day abbreviated phrasing merely implies “the eating”, for how else would the proof be tested? After all, pudding is for eating unless you’re hanging out at the latest avant gard beauty spa, where the staff may opt to smear it all over your luscious body. Thus, this version is really an emphatic declaration meaning that the pudding (representing whatever subject is being evaluated) is, in fact, good or genuine.
with all due respect … i think the butterfly was originally flutterby … but no matter … i saw “snafu” … and wondered why “fubar” was not listed … also … & NOT to be funny … I was wondering if you might tackle “s.h.i.t” and “f.u.c.k.” my friend and i dissagree on the latter … if i’m right about both of these modern “words” if one can call them that … the lesson might be how perfectly innocent and simple terms were turned, over time, into what we modernly consider bad language … if I’m wrong … then I’m wrong … woundn’t be the 1st time … by the way … you are QUITE lovely if you don’t mind my saying … certainly you must be barraged hourly by would be suitors … thanx for all your uploads … Tra’
I was referring to PD as PageDoll. Click on my name and visit my city stations. Mine was station 7 before I retired with 33 years of service Tra1031. Nice meeting you.
I don’t think this quite responds to the homework, but I once heard the comment “as the wife dies, so does the husband…from laughter” described as a proverb. I’ve never understood it. It would seem to me that if one’s spouse died, then the surviving partner should be sad, not laughing.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.
Don’t judge a person until you walk a mile in their shoes.
Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. That’s what you are doing by not talking to us. Please don’t judge all by what a few has done to you. If I keep this up long enough and make jokes and you laugh then maybe you’ll give in to at lease one of us friendlys All I am doing is trying to be your friend that’s all nothing else.
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often.
3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.
(This is very important. Pay attention! It never fails.)
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. It ain’t the jeans that make your butt look fat.
26. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”
27. There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”
28. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
29. You should not confuse your career with your life.
30. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
31. Never lick a steak knife.
32. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
33. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
34. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
35. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
36. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
37. Your friends love you anyway.
38. Thought for the day: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
3. “Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced”
4. “Mean people suck! Nice people swallow”
5. “One swallow doth not a blowjob make.”
6. “Don’t wait for the boat to come in; swim out to meet it!”
7. “Good things come to those who wait….. except for what has already been taken by those who’ve acted.”
8. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.
9. There is no overkill. There is only open fire and I need to reload.
–From the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates.
10. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead.
Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow.
Do not walk beside me either…
Just F*%& off and leave me alone!
11. The journey of a thousand miles starts with
a flat tyre & a broken fan-belt.
12. The darkest hour comes just before dawn so this is
the time to steal your neighbour’s milk & newspaper.
13. Sex is like air…
It’s only important if you’re not getting any.
14. Don’t aspire to become irreplaceable;
If you can’t be replaced you can’t be promoted.
15. Remember, No-one is listening until you fart.
16. Never forget that like everyone else you are unique.
17. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
18. If you think that nobody cares if you are dead or alive
try missing a couple of mortgage payments.
19. Before you judge someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
Then when you judge them, you’re a mile away & you have their shoes.
20. If, at first, you don’t succeed…
Avoid Skydiving.
21. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day;
teach him how to fish and he’ll sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
22. Have you ever lent someone £20 and never seen that person again?
It was money well spent.
23. If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
24. Some days we are the flies, some days we are the windscreen.
25. Don’t worry; it only seems kinky the first time.
26. Doing it with a feather is fun;
doing it with the whole chicken is kinky.
27. Good judgement comes from bad experience;
a lot of that comes from bad judgement.
28. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in two
and put it back in your pocket.
29. A closed mouth gathers no feet.
30. There are two theories on how to win an argument with a woman;
neither one works.
31. Generally speaking, you aren’t learning much if your lips are moving.
32. Never miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.
33. Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
34. When we were born, we were naked, wet, hungry, and we got smacked on the bum;
from there on in, life just gets worse.
35. A wasted day is one when we have not laughed.
36. The most wasted day of all is one when we have not made someone else laugh.
Is there a bright light on you? Your eyes are lit up and it looks cool.
The first time I heard of “The proof is in the pudding” is in an Eminem song. I don’t remember what song, and I think he just randomly said it without much meaning.
Hey PD, next time that happens again, could you copy and paste the error message and email it to me? I think I had the same error and I want track it to make sure it the same one.
Oops. I pressed the wrong button. What I meant to say. If I comment on my own post I author then its pink. This is your post so only you will be colored pink. Im fine with it if you are.
Thanks Bob. Its the same error Im getting. Thanks that’s want I wanted to know. That eliminates my computer from the equation. And confirms that we are getting the same errors.
hi marina, great website, keep up the good work. http://www.urbandictionary.com is a good place for crude/slang terms. anyways, i would like to know the meaning of the phrase “it’s not over until the fat lady sings” does it have something to do with opera’s? i don’t know….
When the chickens come to roost.
It will all come out in the wash.
Just kill them all and let God sort it out.
History repeats it’s mistakes
We’ll see.when the check comes..
Dear Marina, I rated your video five stars (again). For your homework, I can only think of some Army “pep talks.” For example: “The outcome depends on the end results.” Or, “The mission is over when we accomplish our mission.” (They didn’t “pep us up” but we did our jobs, anyway.)
I notice your English speech has some American accents. You speak very well, except you sometimes pronounce “is” as “ees”. or say “leeved”, as when you described when Montague “lived”, or when you say “means”, which I hear as “mee-ans” (it’s actually one syllable, to sound like “meens”). Your speech pattern also has a cadence which includes many short, little phrases pauses, instead of the steady flow of words we normally hear from California girls. You also change pitch frequently, going to a very high musical note with some words and to a low note with other words. (You probably sing very well.) California girls speak with less changes of pitch, unless they get excited. With more time and pracice, I think you will soon sound just like a real “California Girl.”
Your dear student, Seesix CM6
Now, according to Shakespeare, maybe the proof is in the pudding:-
“Trifles light as air, are to the jealous, confirmations strong as proofs of Holy writ.”
– “Othello” (3.3.325-7), Iago
Homework:
Seeing is believing.
All that glisters is not gold.
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it.
Never judge a book by its cover.
“Let’s run it up the flagpole and see who salutes” is close.
“Taking it for a test ride” is better.
Pudding used to be difficult to get exactly right cooking over an open flame; not nearly as easy as putting a recipe in an oven calibrated to the nearest 5 degrees ( and I won’t even talk about no-cook pudding mixes – yech ).
Ah, Marina I see the problem! It is chocolate pudding that contains the proof and… well I don’t know what kind of pudding that was, but it sure wasn’t chocolate (yeech)!!
I did love the grooving you were doing to the intro tunes… hmmm, how did groove come to mean… moving to music (or it’s variations “get my groove on” “you are groovy, man”)
*** Hot For Words really should investigate! **
PS- your intelligence is so incredibly-stunning-gorgeous-hot-sexy even ‘full covered’ in a t-shirt that I’m mezmerized. You have such a rich personality and the accent doesn’t hurt either (wink)
Was she referring to just one of you? Well I guess it make the video more personal to you all.
I see Marina inserted a flipped photo again. I first notice the printer being on the opposite side of the frame. Marina’s hair is parted on the left of her side and was much longer. Oh how I loved her long hair.
Cool to see Kobe. He looked much smaller back then.
Good ~Tom Gets Owned~ video Stokesjrj. Im a bit of a trekker. I met a few of the original series actors and had many long conversations with them. Nichelle Nichols was wonderful lady to talk to. She was such a sweet heart. Michael Forest was a great source of encouragement. Herb Jefferson Jr. and talked for hours. Oh yea he wasn’t in Star Trek. He was in Battlestar Galactica as Lt. Boomer. He did work on the next Star Trek movie coming out in 2008.
I have yet to see the new Battlestar Galactica series. I fear the writers are morons and the show would be crap like most remakes.
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Jeri Ryan is hot. Well I guess any slender woman in skin tight uniform looks hot. Jeri did a good job playing the borg character. Kate Mulgrew did a fantastic job in her role. I would feel very comfortable handing over the keys to her on any ship. She would not only be able to manage the ship but would even improve how it would be better managed.
Hey CaptainJack,
TA? sounds like a lot of work. Here’s a thought- “If you steal from one author, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many, it’s research.” Warren Wilson Mizner
I’ve had a small taste what Marina does daily. Im amazed what she gets accomplished. There is much work that goes into a 3 minute lesson. Each lesson is new. Unlike my classes it’s all repeated information.
HmW – Chefs’ expression: Eyes lie but the tongue never does.
I remember old people saying “The proof of…is in the eating”. The entire phrase. Language twists and turns on its self, but, still, older people didn’t seem to shorten everything as furiously as we do today—I miss that, & that’s NFBS.
Looks a little bright.
I don’t know if this is where to do it, but I just want to know what’s the origin of the phrase “Jealousy rears its ugly head” or something of the sort. If it’s simple, just say it. It just made me curious.
As for me appears that this pudding seems very disgusting, think I have no chance to find the proof here.
Maybe i’m gonna look for it in the sandwich of yesterday,though.
that “twig” is just the orchid’s flower stalk…the plant itself is just the few leaves you seet near the rim of the pot…
sorta like a dandelion…the leaves are all at ground level, but the flower rises up high so that the seeds can catch the wind; orchid seed are minute, dustlike particles that are wind-dispersed…they don’t need a parachute like dandelions…
I know, I like to just pick at her twig. I think that’s why she replaces it from time to time is because we make fun at it. We mean nothing by it just funning Marina.
Marin’a video’s have gone from having a real close intimate conversation with your cute girlfriend who just happened to be smart to the latest harsh video being back in grade school. Fortunately we know her true personality.
I wonder after that, about [batter] for my onion rings?…The batter playing the base ball game, thinks cracker jack is all jack!!!
The world would be a different place if we were to say “the dissertation is in the tapioca.”
Video counter 10 through 13 seconds, what happened there Marina?
Looks like your in chocolate pudding because of your bed!
If you haven’t noticed, I’m catching up on my videos
please don’t give me detention.
Thanks for researching my word request teacher! You’re the best!
Now I have another one…
I’m curious about the origin of the word Dollar.
Was America the first to adopt this name for their currency when they became independent from England, or was it in use before that? What does it mean?
Also, why do many people say ‘buck’ instead of dollar? As in, ‘it only cost me 50 bucks’.
Also, for England, they use pounds. But in movies sometimes I hear them say ‘quid’. It cost me 50 quid. Where does that come from? Is it related to the old form of currencies used there? (ie, crowns or schillings)
I’m still trying to catch onto the rythm that your snapping your fingers to.
I should stick to wooden spoons on pan lids.
You have brilliantly disguised brilliance Marina. Is there some such more common phrase which might mean the same?
I haven´t seen a video for 1 day now, the result is………
………rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, give me more than just a video
Nice video
I have only ever known this expression as “The proof of the pudding is in the eating” A little like “Talk of the Devil” is actually “Talk of the Devil and he will beat a path to your door”
x for teacher x
Hi Marina,
What is the origin of the word “debutante”?
Is there an easier word for kdjjdurndkdkssmel;z;,lslkkdmmcjnndnjdjklcm?
Cheers!
New video is up.
or was it a stitch in time….
Wow, just in the nick of time!
There hasnt been a new teacher’s pet in the last few vids…
She’s working on it.
Hey Captain Jack, congrats on being teacher’s assistant! You deserve it. I enjoy your comments.
I want to be teachers assist so I can have that blue border
Maybe there should be a new term, First Mate To Capt. Jack.
The other day I was at wallyworld, aka wal*mart, and I saw these kids looking at video games. I heard one say to the other “That one is gay, don’t get it.”
So this brings me to the request
How did the word gay go from happy to meaning homosexual to meaning something is stupid????
i think she did that one on the maxim radio show
Thats great, but I don’t have accsess to maxim radio
oh..
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/07/11/maxim-radio-10th-show
Thanx
Hi smokey36bear,
Scroll up to the top of the page and select the “Interviews” link for her off-site appearances. You’ll find all the remaining interviews and radio shows there (the ones that weren’t inadvertently lost when she changed over to a new server, that is).
Enjoy!
Thank you for the help
Why do they call a Hero Sandwich a “Hero”?
Mr. Purrington
Cause it saves me from hunger!!!!
OK.. everybody.. now I changed the comment thing and it did some different stuff that is out of my control.. it makes my comment color take up the whole thread whereas before it would just make my comments pink.. not the whole thread.. and it makes CaptainJack all blue.
Let me know if you like it or if I should revert to the old way. This way might break things anyway… so we’ll see if it will last anyway.
Thanks!
huh? i don’t see any changes …
aLx.. notice how your comment is surrounded by my comment color.. it didn’t do that before.
umm, okay, now i do … that isn’t too bad. baby blue on baby pink … maybe you got a subconscious desire to have children, huh.
the color indicates the type of movies you like, pink chick flicks , blue action adventure.
Im FEELING BLUE!!
i don’t know, man. blue on baby blue … that looks weird. why are you blue anyway?
Get back to work Captjack.
We need a new plant delivered to Marinas.
Get Kobe to the groomer for his summer puppy cut.
And Marina needs a back rub and a pedicure.
I like it. It suits you, being a man of the sea and all.
aLx, Marina upgraded my account level and on my comments on my post was pink like Marina’s. So she working on a setting that will keep her comments pink and mine blue. She is still playing with it.
RRR, Yes sir! Im on it! New plants? Hum. Take Kobe to get a shave and a hair cut (two bits). I think I could take him to a dog show show so he could check out the bitches. Back rub & pedicure? Gee next I’ll have to paint the house and mow the lawn. What are you getting me into?
Tnks PD.
hey, can i have my postings a bright gray on black?
D
I think it is just lovely
Works for me I like it
I like it – psychedelic – maybe my wife put LSD in my tea.
The hostess with the doses! Party at Bob’s house everybody! Woo-hooo!
I LIKE it when El Capitano is illuminated in blue. It shows his status, AND is masculine. Nice.
Here is something use full you could be doing instead of…………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epe7dteo5Gg
i’m down for that!
Let’s delve a little deeper…
why are we here?
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v567477299d8YNX?autoWatch=true
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=tzlnrW0lgsY
i think it’s fine…makes it easier to find threads where you have commented…
at the very least, it is not a distraction…
that is…you are a distraction…a very lovely distraction…
but the color does not detract from the posts…
annudder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drHjKhXi5Po
Can you do Apocryphal
Thanks
I saw your video about the para-prefix and decided to search for an unusual word with that prefix…and I discovered a gore/metal band called:
paracoccidiomicosisproctitisarcomucosis
but I have not discovered yet what that word means…could you please help me??
greetings from Mexico!
I saw your video about the para-prefix and decided to search for an unusual word with that prefix…and I discovered a gore/metal band called:
paracoccidiomicosisproctitisarcomucosis
but I have not discovered yet what that word means…could you help me??
greetings from Mexico!
Hello Marina,
This word makes me appreciate you even more (and is a discreet word, as well) …Callipygous
Thank you for what you do!!!
The best list of idioms I’ve came across yet:
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/
CaptainJack,
Now that you are TA, you should be able to be FIRST on all the new videos.
What’s the origin of the word “score”.
My word is gorgeous as in “Marina, you are gorgeous.”
I once went the the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
I met this printer who was driving a tank around (reservist).
I said, “Hey, let’s do a test”.
He asked, “Duh OK, what test you wanna do?”
I said, “Lets see what happens if we shoot this bowl of puddle with the cannon.”
So we did and it splattered all over the place. We cooked it properly thru the tank gun.
I asked, “Humm what did that just prove?”
He said, “I dunno, but let’s eat it anyway, I hungry.”
I said, “No thanks, I’m trying to cut down, I’ll have a sandwich instead, it has less calories.”
Then the tank driver got out and walked over to some nice smelling flowers.
It’s HotForWords and she want’s to do it!!
So I started to walk over and I got darted by a bird and buzzed by the bees.
The first tank guy stood up from his pudding and started to laugh.
I asked, “Hey listen you clown, what are you laughting at?”
He said, “That little thing in you detruncus, there uncle”
Oh, and you should add to the beginning of my story, Once upon a time or No shit this really happened to me.
Did I sum the week up correctly?
How about the phrase “everything is hunky-dorry?” Spelling may not be right, but that’s one I’d like to know.
Incredible ! HOTFORNAMES is almost as interesting as HOTFORWORDS !
it’s there => http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR29g9Eioaw
Hello dictionari, I’ve seen your video which was really instructive and send it to my Bernard friend.
Also put a comment on it, but not sure that worked.
I encourage you to continue as i suscribed and expect other vids on your channel.
By the way, my name is Olivier, i’m french too, so you can consider it like a request for your next investigations.
Good work !
yeah, cool vid. especially liked the historical background information you provided us with. subscribed as well.
“Beauty is only skin deep” and “Don’t judge a book by its cover” both seem to bear some similarity to the subject phrase because they both hint at the deeper meaning conveyed by the original version of it. You can’t know whether a book is entertaining or informative until you have read it, same as testing the pudding by eating it. Also, jumping to the conclusion that a good-looking person is a nice person to be around can set the stage for severe disappointment as well. It’s what’s in the heart that counts when the chips are down. Same goes for nice-looking cars or houses. Until you actually use them, it’s hard to know what you do or don’t like about them. Great lesson, Marina. This one made me think about it for a bit.
Where did “On the QT” come from?
Dictionary.com says “on the q.t., stealthily; secretly: to meet someone on the q.t. “
Can you try to find out why panties are sometimes called knickers, thanx. P.S. you are hot!!!
Where did across the board come from?
What is the origin of the word Reconnoiter?
Where does the word “punk” come from?
Bravo!!!! Proof that people basically make no sense.
“try before you buy”
Look before you leap.
But;
He who hesitates is lost.
He who hesitates is LAST.
Since I were so stupid to go mountainbiking with this temperature today
I wondered ,where does the phrase “sweating like a pig” come from?
In Dutch we say “zweten als een otter”= “sweating like an otter” ,
but neither one of those animals actualy sweat……..:S
Where the word Rock (rock ‘n’nroll) came from ?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAPTAINJACK!!!
Here, I got you a little something.
Hope you love it!!! 
LOL PD, Thanks! I even booked marked it.
You know its been over a year since I seen my first HFW lesson. I remember because it was like two weeks before my last B-Day I was viewing hundreds of YTV. My last B-Day was at work on the cruise ship Island SpiritIsland Spirit, and all I did was stand watch in a very dark room. Very boring night to say the least. I was a bit bummed. Today all you guys made up for that. __/)__
I liked his b-day present too. It’s in my favorites.
Here you go Jack Have fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClG_0DwjKL8
Thats an old movie. tnks.
Here is a nice one for your Birthday…enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_5ZO9WcZfU
Tnks BoArgMir.
I wonder if pudding was a first attempt as fast food??? hmmm.
What is the root of the phrase rock-n-roll and why is music called rock?
You spoke about pudding, which brought up a term in my mind which I’ve heard, “pie hole”. Now this is usually used to tell someone to be quiet or to stop talking. But how did this become the term “pie hole”?
THX
hello everyone. The test of my technique is in the bed….
Ohaiogozaimasu, felicity.
That’s a thought-provoking response, to be sure.
Can you find the origin of the term ‘boondocks’? It means ’someplace remote’
Actually, I do still hear the full phrase sometimes. “The proof of the pudding is in the eating” tends to be used for emphasis, to suggest that the speaker is definitely right or that the listener definitely should put it (whatever is being talke about) to the test. Whereas the “proof is in the pudding” is a more offhand statement that something is probably true, or that it would probably be a good idea to test it, but possibly one can’t be bothered.
Nick
Hello
My Word request is the slang term “86ed”
Thanks
I’m still voting on Quack, as in fake Doc, I recently joined up here after finding you on YouTube Miriana, and saw the one about Duct Tape, lots of Ducks, and Ducks Quacks…
Best Wishes, Ath =)
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=NOwxf7GMfE8&feature=related
Good day my dear teacher,
Looking great as usual. Yellow is always good on you.
anyway. I have a word request, or more of a phrase request. I was just out taking a smoke break with one of my co workers and he was done ans said to me. “Well, back to the grind.” it made me think. Where did that come from. what is he grinding? we work for a electronic component distributor, we talk on the phone all day.
Request Req Reque
Hello,
My word request is
“CV”. I know the meaning I don’t know where it came and why? If it stands for something could you find oral pronouncing? 
Cheerio!
curriculum vitae? latin.
In what context?
Constant Velocity Joints are common on front wheel drive cars.
Hello Marina,
You almost danced- had me fooled.
I was ready to stand up and join you if you did start dancing.
Homework-
I looked these up (I’m not going to take up too much space by explaining the them in full length):
Tip of the tongue; Bitter sweet; Black sheep; Blessing in disguise;
Break the ice; Speak for yourself; Point of no return; Out of the woods; No quarter given; Misery loves company; Lock, stock and barrel; In the bag; Hand to mouth; Four corners of the earth; With all due respect; Do or die; Cut and run
cliches are like proverbs-
They’re a short sentence based on long experience.
What old song?
Must be even older than me!
Since “Having a bun in the oven” and “Being in the pudding club” are euphemisms for being pregnant,
“The proof of the pudding is nine months later.”
Amatuer etymologist here;
Euphemism= you+ feminine+ ism
Have to guess the meaning or I should know, right?
See, this is why I’m twice divorced.
p.s.
I was talking about my ex-wives, not your comment.
a word i would like to know about is “zodiac” could u help me?
who is john jacob jinglehimerschmit
His name is my name too.
what about the phrase “monkey business”?
and the word company? company of Marines (i am a USMC career vet, thankyou), ford motor company, would you like some company? etc…
How did the word cock go from meaing chicken to meaning male genetalia? You should do one about that
The origin of that goes way back as the following excerpt from Shakespeare -King Henry V – Act II, scene I, shows, with much Double Entendre :-
“[Enter PISTOL and Hostess]
BARDOLPH: Here comes Ancient Pistol and his wife: good
corporal, be patient here. How now, mine host Pistol!
PISTOL: Base tike, call’st thou me host? Now, by this hand,
I swear, I scorn the term; Nor shall my Nell keep lodgers.
Hostess: No, by my troth, not long; for we cannot lodge and
board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen that live
honestly by the prick of their needles, but it will
be thought we keep a bawdy house straight.
[NYM and PISTOL draw]
O well a day, Lady, if he be not drawn now! we
shall see wilful adultery and murder committed.
BARDOLPH: Good lieutenant! good corporal! offer nothing here.
NYM: Pish!
PISTOL: Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou prick-ear’d cur of Iceland!
Hostess: Good Corporal Nym, show thy valour, and put up your sword.
NYM: Will you shog off? I would have you solus.
PISTOL: ‘Solus,’ egregious dog? O viper vile!
The ’solus’ in thy most mervailous face;
The ’solus’ in thy teeth, and in thy throat,
And in thy hateful lungs, yea, in thy maw, perdy,
And, which is worse, within thy nasty mouth!
I do retort the ’solus’ in thy bowels;
For I can take, and Pistol’s cock is up,
And flashing fire will follow.
NYM: I am not Barbason; you cannot conjure me. I have an
humour to knock you indifferently well. If you grow
foul with me, Pistol, I will scour you with my
rapier, as I may, in fair terms: if you would walk
off, I would prick your guts a little, in good
terms, as I may: and that’s the humour of it.”
Ah,
run away Shakespere!!!! 
In French we use to say : “On reconnait l’artisan à son travail” that means “One recognizes the worker in his work”.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvT-DGcWw this one should go with everything,the realm
What about the phrase Im in a pickle…?
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=juWKClwh3Ss nice song for captain Jack, and how are you going to get your meat if you don’t eat your pudding?
Oh thats funny!!! I love it! I just had to bookmark that one. Tnks
Happy birthday and everything else
Hi Marina,
I was wondering if you could identify the origin of the phrase “pretty penny” as in “This new laptop sure cost a pretty penny, but it was worth it in the end.”
Thanks so much, LOVE what you do!
MARINA!
HOW ABOUT:
CHEERS! …
You look a person that likes to go out and have a drink or two so why not research the word most of the people use when drinking?
Marina! I really want to know where the heck the word “shampoo” came from.
Thanks!
Do you have any formal, higher education, Marina? You seem somewhat intelligent … Maybe Ukraine University?
Marina Orlova was raised in an Eagle Nest !
ORLOVA means EAGLE in Slavic ! By the way OREL “eagle” in Slavic = ORNIS “bird” in Greek = ARN “eagle” in Germanic (like in ARNOLD). It’s an indoeuropean root *ORN/ORL “bird”.
Russian Eagle
So now we know that she doesn’t really have a twin sister – she just has two heads!
So if her first name means sea scape. She must be a sea eagle.
As a G4TV profile of Orlova indicates, she received two degrees in philology from the State University of Nizhny Novgorod in 2002, and taught English and world literature to high school students in Moscow, before moving to the United States to pursue further education.
Hello Bob,
Remember that old song-
Bob and Marina, sitting in Wikipedia, saying SNAP!
I was trying to make a joke about Uncle Bob in wiki.
I guess I’ll keep my day job.
Can’t you just imagine having a high school teacher that looks like Marina. WOW.
This just seemed like the perfect song to end yet another great day here in SoCal with our loveliest teacher, Marina. Thanks for all you do Sugarpop!
um this may be an inappropriate word but i need to know why it means what it means. blow job. why does blow job mean sucking on penis? it has nothing to do with blowing?
Hi Marina,
StarDragon here requesting a word (actually 3 words to be precise)
I was in my college math class today learning about trigonometry, I am wondering where the following Mathematical words came from and their meaning:
Tangent (Tan)
Cosine (Cos)
Sine (Sin)
Thanks in advance! and best wishes
Michael
Tangent is a refined man who has been out in the sun.
Here’s another one
It takes one to know one
okay two
I know you are, but what am I
oh Marina Marina, I could watch your Youtube specials until I pass out.
You’re so good at deciphering words and phrases in the english language. One word that I can’t understand is “GORGEOUS”. I do not see how the word gorge connects with gorgeous.
Please discuss it in your next show. Thanks a million.
adrenaLeo
P.S. You’re hot for words, but I’m hot for you ;D
I am not sure but for me GORGEOUS is from the French GORGE “throat” or “woman’s bosom”.
In modern French BRA is “soutien-gorge” = “throat holder”. It’s a kind of taboo word. It was certainly considered as more convenient to use the word THROAT for BREAST. The distance is not very big.
HOPEFULLY!
I have a friend that has a bra on his car. Looks something like this.
Bra
Strange that they use substituted throat for breast. I wonder why they would do that?
Homework:
“There is no try, only do” -Yoda
The force is strog with this one is.
Marina, You are looking spiffy as ever!!
Captain Jack, congratulations. I know you spend a lot of time on here, so this is a fitting reward.
Does anyone know how to change my gravatar? I didn’t pick ANYTHING pink. I’m a 6′3″ male, who is VERY heterosexual and has 0 objects in my house that are pink. My gravatar is a cute pink freakish little creature that would be PERFECT for a little girl, but doesn’t really fit me. It’s like when a gorilla wears a tutu…or should I say, when “a handsome, intelligent young stud” of a man like myself wears a tutu–it doesn’t fit.
Homework:
–We will find out when we get there
–I’ll believe it when I see it
–The only way to do it is to do it
go to gravatar.com set an acount up(it’s free) and pick a picture you have on your hard drive.
Thanks, Smokey!
In return, I promise not to start forest fires
Aw, c’mon! You look pretty in pink!
Spiffy! Now there’s an interesting word to investigate! But whether Marina will do it is . . . iffy!
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school_dean_hot4.u says: 51.3.1
Testing, testing… is this thing on?
How about the phrase I propose a toast… You know TOASTING at a dinner. Its so strange to say I propose a toast when it has nothing to do with toast. Where does it come from?
Kinda makes you want to get a snack pack
Miss M. I would like to request the phrase Old wives tales. Like things your mother used to make up to tell you so you would behave or not do certain things. Do they still us them today and how did they get started?
Testing
Testing, testing… is this thing on?
marina how is that that green secren
Haven’t tried it yet danielpool52.
A green screen is used in what way?
I like it the pink lady and blue boy.
Green screen is used to put background in videos. Basically you act out infront of a green screen background and later, a background is put in place of the green screen. Movies like Lord or the RIngs and Matrix was shot this way.
day old banana puddin’ cooked up by southern culture on the skids.
Did you notice Buzz that they didn’t even get any comments, unless they have been deleted.
yeah, i did notice that. but they are a fun band, lots of entertaining music. you should check out camel walk
Yeah I see what you mean. I just added them to my favorites list so I can go back and watch some more.
I’ll have to check them out. Today my nerves got fried when I tried to teach my son to drive. He said he only hit a very small tree. Uh-huh…and the screaming person sitting next to him…was…me. I had to go take a long bath and then a nap.
Jcr, Your a very brave woman or just insane.
I hope your bath was under candle light and covered with rose petals. 
Hay Teach, it is close enough for goverment work.
Close is only good in horseshoe and Hand Grenades.
Does that mean the govermant throws horseshoes and hand grenandes at us.
and small atomic weapons.
don’t count yor chickens before they hatch
Third time lucky??? Why third time in WWII it was unlucky because in the trenches if you light three cig’s with the same match it gives the enemy time to target you.
a watched pot doesn’t boil
money doesn’t grow on trees
too many cooks spoil the pot
one bad apple ruins the bunch
man with no ears has no place to put his pencil
Ah, but Wikipedia says that the belief existed for some time before WW I (which I’m sure you meant), and was merely spread after that war (in the 1920s) by a Swedish match company owner. (They–Swedish Match–own Swisher Sweets and other machine-made and hand-rolled cigar brands now.)
Hey I finally thought of some for homework.
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often.
3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.
(This is very important. Pay attention! It never fails.)
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. It ain’t the jeans that make your butt look fat.
26. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”
27. There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”
28. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
29. You should not confuse your career with your life.
30. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
31. Never lick a steak knife.
32. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
33. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
34. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
35. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
36. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
37. Your friends love you anyway.
38. Thought for the day: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a
CarMechanic.You go to Church to learn about God, not because you are a God.
Just nitpicking
I know pal, so glad you are back.
You might not be but someone could be his right hand man. The person who speaks with all his authority granted to him by God Himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPInEwhGwHA
i think christians believe he was the messiah, not a mechanic. you guys are really confused, they didn’t even have cars back then. you all need to go back to church and study your faith more.
buzzword, yes , however i was actually talking more about this guy,http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Gabriel
Guys,
I didn’t go anywhere,
I just stopped kicking butt and taking names.
I am a reader and a watcher Now.
The Captain is very capable and will handle
everything just fine without My
help……………TROUBLE MAKING.
That’s is so cool bro.
You got that right!
My Kung Fu is good! 
Click … Drag … Cntr+C …
Click [Reply]
Click in box … Cntr+P
Too bad you copied and Pasted the same web page that Wetsuit5 did.
I thanked him for it under his original comment.
My Dear Marina:
I’m sorry to have to contradict you, but the phrase “The proof is in the pudding” does make logical sense and equates very well to the original phrase “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”
The present-day abbreviated phrasing merely implies “the eating”, for how else would the proof be tested? After all, pudding is for eating unless you’re hanging out at the latest avant gard beauty spa, where the staff may opt to smear it all over your luscious body. Thus, this version is really an emphatic declaration meaning that the pudding (representing whatever subject is being evaluated) is, in fact, good or genuine.
for the 1 millionth time marry me lol
Sorry beantownjim, she is already engaged to me.
She says you can wish, but its not going to happen capman911
queue up…
with all due respect … i think the butterfly was originally flutterby … but no matter … i saw “snafu” … and wondered why “fubar” was not listed … also … & NOT to be funny … I was wondering if you might tackle “s.h.i.t” and “f.u.c.k.” my friend and i dissagree on the latter … if i’m right about both of these modern “words” if one can call them that … the lesson might be how perfectly innocent and simple terms were turned, over time, into what we modernly consider bad language … if I’m wrong … then I’m wrong … woundn’t be the 1st time … by the way … you are QUITE lovely if you don’t mind my saying … certainly you must be barraged hourly by would be suitors … thanx for all your uploads … Tra’
Whats up dude? Hey, I checked out your MS page and I think you might find this funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj6QqCH7g0Q this one is my favorite 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uSlqI1AVUk . You should talk with capman911, hes a firefighter 
Hey PD, man I just love that second one myself. I have that sonf on my IPod when I walk. But that parody makes it even that much better.
thanx capman911 … but I’m FD … not PD … just sayin’
Yea I been through all of the comments about two or three times and I believe its beddy by time. Nite PD. See you tomorrow.
Yeah! That 2nd one is priceless! Great song, and excruciatingly hilarious parody.
I was referring to PD as PageDoll.
Click on my name and visit my city stations. Mine was station 7 before I retired with 33 years of service Tra1031. Nice meeting you.
Dang, you’re up late!
Ahh sorry …
I don’t think this quite responds to the homework, but I once heard the comment “as the wife dies, so does the husband…from laughter” described as a proverb. I’ve never understood it. It would seem to me that if one’s spouse died, then the surviving partner should be sad, not laughing.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.
Don’t judge a person until you walk a mile in their shoes.
Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
errin ..whats up ladies of the furies?
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
That’s what you are doing by not talking to us. Please don’t judge all by what a few has done to you. 
If I keep this up long enough and make jokes and you laugh then maybe you’ll give in to at lease one of us friendlys 
All I am doing is trying to be your friend that’s all nothing else. 
I guess errin doesn’t feel like speaking to us at this time, maybe in a short few comments from now she will.
Where does the expression “the old college try” come from and what does it even mean?
Do you mean “The Old School Tie”?
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often.
3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.
(This is very important. Pay attention! It never fails.)
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. It ain’t the jeans that make your butt look fat.
26. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”
27. There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”
28. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
29. You should not confuse your career with your life.
30. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
31. Never lick a steak knife.
32. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
33. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
34. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
35. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
36. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
37. Your friends love you anyway.
38. Thought for the day: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
Some good ones on that list…well done my friend, well done
Thanks for all of the answers.
1. “We get old to soon, and smart to late”
2. “Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.”
3. “Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced”
4. “Mean people suck! Nice people swallow”
5. “One swallow doth not a blowjob make.”
6. “Don’t wait for the boat to come in; swim out to meet it!”
7. “Good things come to those who wait….. except for what has already been taken by those who’ve acted.”
8. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.
9. There is no overkill. There is only open fire and I need to reload.
–From the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates.
10. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead.
Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow.
Do not walk beside me either…
Just F*%& off and leave me alone!
11. The journey of a thousand miles starts with
a flat tyre & a broken fan-belt.
12. The darkest hour comes just before dawn so this is
the time to steal your neighbour’s milk & newspaper.
13. Sex is like air…
It’s only important if you’re not getting any.
14. Don’t aspire to become irreplaceable;
If you can’t be replaced you can’t be promoted.
15. Remember, No-one is listening until you fart.
16. Never forget that like everyone else you are unique.
17. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
18. If you think that nobody cares if you are dead or alive
try missing a couple of mortgage payments.
19. Before you judge someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
Then when you judge them, you’re a mile away & you have their shoes.
20. If, at first, you don’t succeed…
Avoid Skydiving.
21. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day;
teach him how to fish and he’ll sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
22. Have you ever lent someone £20 and never seen that person again?
It was money well spent.
23. If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
24. Some days we are the flies, some days we are the windscreen.
25. Don’t worry; it only seems kinky the first time.
26. Doing it with a feather is fun;
doing it with the whole chicken is kinky.
27. Good judgement comes from bad experience;
a lot of that comes from bad judgement.
28. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in two
and put it back in your pocket.
29. A closed mouth gathers no feet.
30. There are two theories on how to win an argument with a woman;
neither one works.
31. Generally speaking, you aren’t learning much if your lips are moving.
32. Never miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.
33. Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
34. When we were born, we were naked, wet, hungry, and we got smacked on the bum;
from there on in, life just gets worse.
35. A wasted day is one when we have not laughed.
36. The most wasted day of all is one when we have not made someone else laugh.
lol…love #10…
lots of truisms in there, Bob…wish i’d been reminded of #32 a couple of vids ago…
annudder
A fool and his money are soon partying.
A beer in the hand is worth two in the fridge.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean everyone isn’t out to get you.
good one marina 5*
how about hell has no fury like a woman scorned
Is there a bright light on you? Your eyes are lit up and it looks cool.
The first time I heard of “The proof is in the pudding” is in an Eminem song. I don’t remember what song, and I think he just randomly said it without much meaning.
Request: How about the phrase, “Green with envy”. Why the color green?
’cause they’re jaded?…
How about green thumb, how does that relate to gardening.
You’ve never pulled out any weeds, or you’d know.
Test…. going to try to make it so that Captain Jack is not all pink…
Only his cheeks
Another test… weird what it’s doing…
I just refreshed and got something that said “fatal error” then refreshed again and everything is back…I thought I got kicked out of class!
Hey PD, next time that happens again, could you copy and paste the error message and email it to me? I think I had the same error and I want track it to make sure it the same one.
Wow, pagedoll! You were lucky. Last time I made a fatal error I had to be resuscitated!
see … this is why you’re rather a mac girl.
P
j/k.
Make his block black then we don’t have to read his comments.
Marina its only pink if I make post not a comment.
Oops. I pressed the wrong button. What I meant to say. If I comment on my own post I author then its pink. This is your post so only you will be colored pink. Im fine with it if you are.
I still have an old pink shirt you could have not borrow.. Once you get it it’s yours.
LoL, I could wrap it up and give it away for a holiday gift.
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Dang Bobs done broke it.
Thanks Bob.
Its the same error Im getting. Thanks that’s want I wanted to know. That eliminates my computer from the equation. And confirms that we are getting the same errors.
What is the origin of penetration?
As in hacker, penetration tester or physical copulation,
which is a more sensual nomenclature.
Please?
It looks like tapioca pudding with raisins
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So much for dual commenting. geee wizz what a dummy me is
That looks like Tapioca pudding with raisins.
Am I correct on my guesstimate 
Hey Cman, did you know CJ has a pink box now?
Yea what do we put in it.
Oh you guys are going to make me spew sugar.
that s the way it look to me to
Oh, just a few of these
every once and awhile…just to keep him on his toes!
Remember how we picked on you the other day. Well it’s someone else’s time. If you get my drift.
wow she is sexy and smart how often do u see that
Friend everytime we watch a new video.
“Marina is supremely smart, sexy, funny, and, most of all, loveable.” Rule “MMMM” in The Marina Sychophant Handbook…
annudder
hi marina, great website, keep up the good work. http://www.urbandictionary.com is a good place for crude/slang terms. anyways, i would like to know the meaning of the phrase “it’s not over until the fat lady sings” does it have something to do with opera’s? i don’t know….
When the chickens come to roost.
It will all come out in the wash.
Just kill them all and let God sort it out.
History repeats it’s mistakes
We’ll see.when the check comes..
the check is in the mail…
Dear Marina, I rated your video five stars (again). For your homework, I can only think of some Army “pep talks.” For example: “The outcome depends on the end results.” Or, “The mission is over when we accomplish our mission.” (They didn’t “pep us up” but we did our jobs, anyway.)
I notice your English speech has some American accents. You speak very well, except you sometimes pronounce “is” as “ees”. or say “leeved”, as when you described when Montague “lived”, or when you say “means”, which I hear as “mee-ans” (it’s actually one syllable, to sound like “meens”). Your speech pattern also has a cadence which includes many short, little phrases pauses, instead of the steady flow of words we normally hear from California girls. You also change pitch frequently, going to a very high musical note with some words and to a low note with other words. (You probably sing very well.) California girls speak with less changes of pitch, unless they get excited. With more time and pracice, I think you will soon sound just like a real “California Girl.”
Your dear student, Seesix CM6
California Girls
always liked this one.
Don’t be Blue, aLx. Be Happy
)
(Not ironic!
find me a reason to believe.
@ Alx, cause we love ya man
aLx, you gotta have Faith.
“capman911 replied on July 25th, 2008 1:28 pm:
@ Alx, cause we love ya man”
We, capman? Who’s we (sound familiar, aLx?)? Moot point, I know, but it’s all in jest. Yeah, okay we love ya for your consistent contrariness. DFIU!
HotForWords,
In the opening picture,,,What is that you are eating?
Looks good
Fruit on top of cream on top of ,,What?
This homework today is tough as shoe leather, hard as nails.
And I listened to your snapping the fingers, I’m having a hard time picking up your beat. Must be a jazz thing.
It’s just a trifle she picked up at the market…
Now, according to Shakespeare, maybe the proof is in the pudding:-
“Trifles light as air, are to the jealous, confirmations strong as proofs of Holy writ.”
– “Othello” (3.3.325-7), Iago
Homework:
Seeing is believing.
All that glisters is not gold.
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it.
Never judge a book by its cover.
I don’t count my chickens before they hatch, grow to maturity, and I have eaten them.
All that glitters- has a high refractive index
Hallo my dear Teacher!
I would like to Thanking U for all those great lessons.
your making a great work.
and could u help me to know when appears for the first time the term
Nigromancy, (from: Greek nigro, “black”; manteia, “divination”)
Thanks again.
P.S “Me gustaria poner una manzana en tu escritorio.”
“I would like to put an apple on your desk”
oops, almost forgot my homework
Everyone hates me because I’m paranoid.
Constant change is here to stay.
I have decided to be indecisive.
You non conformists are all the same.
Always remember you’re unique, just like everyone else.
I used to be indecisive, now I’m not so sure…
I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.–Albert Einstein
I know it sounds like I’m in denial, but I’m not.
“Let’s run it up the flagpole and see who salutes” is close.
“Taking it for a test ride” is better.
Pudding used to be difficult to get exactly right cooking over an open flame; not nearly as easy as putting a recipe in an oven calibrated to the nearest 5 degrees ( and I won’t even talk about no-cook pudding mixes –
yech ).
“Put a fork in it aned see if its done.”
i think the cliché makes perfect sense…i would paraphrase it this way: the truth of the test is in the result…
similar clichés?…hmm…maybe:
truth is stranger than fiction
the truth will set you free
the acid test is…
and what i’m pretty sure would be someone’s word request (not mine):
the naked truth…
Annudder
Tempest in a Teapot
Homework: Its not over ’til the fat lady sings.
Ah, Marina I see the problem! It is chocolate pudding that contains the proof and… well I don’t know what kind of pudding that was, but it sure wasn’t chocolate (yeech)!!
I did love the grooving you were doing to the intro tunes… hmmm, how did groove come to mean… moving to music (or it’s variations “get my groove on” “you are groovy, man”)
*** Hot For Words really should investigate! **
PS- your intelligence is so incredibly-stunning-gorgeous-hot-sexy even ‘full covered’ in a t-shirt that I’m mezmerized. You have such a rich personality and the accent doesn’t hurt either (wink)
-your humble apprentice
Was she referring to just one of you? Well I guess it make the video more personal to you all.
I see Marina inserted a flipped photo again. I first notice the printer being on the opposite side of the frame. Marina’s hair is parted on the left of her side and was much longer. Oh how I loved her long hair.
Cool to see Kobe. He looked much smaller back then.
congrats on being the Ta.
Tnks Stokesjrj…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPInEwhGwHA
Good ~Tom Gets Owned~ video Stokesjrj. Im a bit of a trekker. I met a few of the original series actors and had many long conversations with them. Nichelle Nichols was wonderful lady to talk to. She was such a sweet heart. Michael Forest was a great source of encouragement. Herb Jefferson Jr. and talked for hours. Oh yea he wasn’t in Star Trek. He was in Battlestar Galactica as Lt. Boomer. He did work on the next Star Trek movie coming out in 2008.
lt. sharon “boomer” valerii?
This is my favorite Alien, I gave up on trying to <a href these urls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9vh0_LLsdk
I have yet to see the new Battlestar Galactica series. I fear the writers are morons and the show would be crap like most remakes.
–
Jeri Ryan is hot. Well I guess any slender woman in skin tight uniform looks hot. Jeri did a good job playing the borg character. Kate Mulgrew did a fantastic job in her role. I would feel very comfortable handing over the keys to her on any ship. She would not only be able to manage the ship but would even improve how it would be better managed.
hey cap, you got nothing to fear. great show. you’ll get hooked.
aLx, boomer is hot.
Hey CaptainJack,
TA? sounds like a lot of work. Here’s a thought- “If you steal from one author, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many, it’s research.”
WarrenWilson MiznerI’ve had a small taste what Marina does daily. Im amazed what she gets accomplished. There is much work that goes into a 3 minute lesson. Each lesson is new. Unlike my classes it’s all repeated information.
I never thought of it that way. Hum…
Homework: You never know until you know.
no? what if it’s a no-no?…can you know a no-know?…
I need to get some new crayons. I chewed mine to a nub
Personally, I like the taste of peach and cantaloupe Crayolas best.
or… the proof of the blonde is in the eating?
When the Proof doesn’t make it to the pudding.
Way to Kes
go
HmW – Chefs’ expression: Eyes lie but the tongue never does.
I remember old people saying “The proof of…is in the eating”. The entire phrase. Language twists and turns on its self, but, still, older people didn’t seem to shorten everything as furiously as we do today—I miss that, & that’s NFBS.
Looks a little bright.
I don’t know if this is where to do it, but I just want to know what’s the origin of the phrase “Jealousy rears its ugly head” or something of the sort. If it’s simple, just say it. It just made me curious.
As for me appears that this pudding seems very disgusting, think I have no chance to find the proof here.
Maybe i’m gonna look for it in the sandwich of yesterday,though.
Capman is going to have to investigate
I don’t know any either. 
I guess I get an F in home work. 
Hey capman911,
Here’s my favorite Alien
oops
Alien
Here too Aeryn
I liked her too on Farscape. But her character in
7 th
that “twig” is just the orchid’s flower stalk…the plant itself is just the few leaves you seet near the rim of the pot…
sorta like a dandelion…the leaves are all at ground level, but the flower rises up high so that the seeds can catch the wind; orchid seed are minute, dustlike particles that are wind-dispersed…they don’t need a parachute like dandelions…
annudder
I know, I like to just pick at her twig. I think that’s why she replaces it from time to time is because we make fun at it. We mean nothing by it just funning Marina.
Can you investigate the phrase “Suck it up”?
I use it a lot but I don’t know where it came from.
i use it a lot, too…but i call it “sychophantistic behavior”…
annudder
Marina,
Great video, but the lighting is all wrong.
VERY Harsh
Smooth, Soft, Comfort pudding.
too bright, i agree…perhaps lower contrast, too…maybe the cam is picking up the bedspread & trying to compensate for that?…
Marin’a video’s have gone from having a real close intimate conversation with your cute girlfriend who just happened to be smart to the latest harsh video being back in grade school. Fortunately we know her true personality.
here “we” go again. :X
oh, remember, wetsuit…aLx is not a joiner…
he’s an outlier…
She might be trying to get that twig to grow with artificial lighting.
