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Nincompoop

Nincompoop.. such a funny sounding word.

Also.. I TOLD you I was a nincompoop in the video… the term Nicodemite is from the 16th century and refers to a person resembling Nicodemus.. who obviously lived many years before.

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  1. matalexwolf on October 14th, 2008 10:07 am

    A Spoony……

  2. hutchiee on September 17th, 2008 6:21 am

    Whoa, extreme kitchen echo :???:

  3. stokesjrj1 on September 8th, 2008 3:56 am

    379 Before this comment this post is 380, huh reminds me of my oil field drilling days , a 379 was a hugh caterpillar engine used to run drilling rigs we worked on,oh well off topic, word topic, Nostradamus, word requests : parthenon, ruins,………….. also word phrase “Cat a Pillar of Strength” and the word phrase ” “I am become death, destroyer of worlds,” and the phrase “artifical sweetner as it relates too cat a Pillar of strength” and the phrase “future of mandkind as it relates to parthenon, ruins” and the phrase ” The pill as it relates to future of mandkind ” the phrase genocide as it relates to universialsuicidal” the phrase “universialsuicide relates to “No home for the Holy” and the word phrase “None shall be spared, not even the metal gods of the universe” and the word phrase “all of exsitence gone in a flash, none shall outrun not even the light” and how all this relates too “B. C. as definition of pursuit as the defination of happiness as the definition of money that is the root all evil.” and the phrase “none shall be spared, no man, woman, child of nature, man or machine, rock or stone, water or fluid, living or died, now or future, past or present” and the phrase ” thats why the female has the child whether she wants too or not” and the phrase ” THUS SPEAKTH THE FATHER FARTHEST AWAY OF ALL”

    PS. John thank you for you time.

  4. sniperskaya on August 30th, 2008 10:22 am

    Marina, interesting. Where did the phrase “poop deck” come from I wonder?
    Other words for nincompoop?
    How about : boob, ass, fool, moron, idiot, imbecile, ninnyhammer, dotard, retard, dullard. Is that enough, dear teacher?

  5. jeenyus on August 28th, 2008 8:24 pm

    Hello my dear teacher. I am brand new to the site, and look forward to many great lessons in the future! smart IS sexy after all.

    melikadothechacha replied on August 28th, 2008 8:37 pm:

    Pssst! Wanna buy a hall pass?
    Just kidding :mrgreen:
    Check out the Shout Outs on
    the pulldown menu for some neat
    pictures and stuff. You might
    get a Gravatar that isn’t computer
    generated, to. Another gimme;
    The musical notes icon in the
    email alert sign up box is a
    media player with Marina’s
    lesson music, Check it out :grin:

  6. duke veritas on August 26th, 2008 8:36 pm

    Marina et al.:

    I wonder (In that picture w/ her friends), if Marina was you doing the Batman dance?!?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kR5eiFNNy0&feature =related

    aLx replied on August 27th, 2008 9:31 am:

    that’d be the ketchup song. nothing to do w/ batman.

    aLx replied on August 27th, 2008 9:34 am:

    can see the dance better in this version.

    duke veritas replied on August 27th, 2008 1:00 pm:

    Seeing the ketchup dance makes me want to get some french fries!!
    :wink:

    On the other hand, though, I didn’t see any evidence of Marina doing that in the picture. You see, where she has the pink top and either a black skirt or slacks her forefinger and middle finger were positioned in a “V” near her eyes. It looked almost as if she were sweeping hair out of her eye with the “V”, or the peace sign, just as Batman does in his dance from the first post.

    However, the ketchup dance is different…VERY catchy and fun, but different :smile: They first do some scissors-like motion with both hands in front of their body, followed by shaking their fists at the shoulders (as if they were shaking bottles of ketchup), followed lastly by putting one hand on the forehead and the other behind the shoulders as their knees knock together. I have no doubt that Marina would choose to do the much more stylish ketchup dance, yet there’s no movement with the “V” fingers around the eyes characteristic of the cheesy Batman dance :lol:

    aLx replied on August 27th, 2008 1:25 pm:

    how about this?

    duke veritas replied on August 27th, 2008 8:50 pm:

    PERFECT!!! :grin: It’s in way way better taste than the Batman AND it shows the “flying V” maneuver :razz:

  7. lividemerald on August 26th, 2008 3:18 pm

    The true etymology is very simple. Nincom comes from “no income,” with the first and last letters dropped. Poop means you don’t get paid sh!t. So a nincompoop is someone who earns little or no money. :wink:

    lividemerald replied on August 26th, 2008 3:20 pm:

    Any simpleton can tell you that the first letter of the word “no” is o.

  8. lividemerald on August 26th, 2008 3:15 pm

    Your Faux Frenchman here would like to point out that nicodème is pronounced nee-koh-dehm. The final “e” in nicodème is silent. I wonder if dotcompoop is a word? It would describe any web site put on the web by a nincompoop.

  9. craigs_70345 on August 26th, 2008 2:57 pm

    I requested some information on this many weeks ago and have not heard any reply. The word is “Charlie horse”. A very painful condition so way such a funny sounding word. I hope you don’t suffer from them while researching its origin.

    Craigs_70345

  10. leonard on August 26th, 2008 2:50 pm

    tricky, oh I gotta go

  11. animalntaz on August 26th, 2008 1:01 pm

    Maroon, doofus (I forget how its spelled), and….. is stool pigeon one? I don’t know why that popped in my head, but I forget what it means. I’m blanked out at the moment. :???:

  12. pig-in-a-poke on August 26th, 2008 10:24 am

    Pig-in-a-Poke ~ nincompoop This is a good definition for me. My surname is German, as is poep. Thank you Dear Teacher.

    pig-in-a-poke replied on August 26th, 2008 10:38 am:

    Correction: as poep is a derogatory Dutch term for a German. Hmm, I wonder why the Dutch would say anything bad towards Germans. I heard the way you can tell a German is because you can’t tell him anything.

  13. thumpinglikethis on August 26th, 2008 9:34 am

    hi, could you please find out about the word… “Homie”? :smile:

  14. lovetolearn on August 26th, 2008 7:57 am

    Hi, What is the origin of the word odometer.
    Thank you

  15. sandersfan012 on August 26th, 2008 7:01 am

    :wink: hey i was wondering if u could invetigate the word deusche pls :?:

    melikadothechacha replied on August 26th, 2008 7:56 am:

  16. tayljim on August 26th, 2008 6:04 am

    Additional homework: heard this one last night at
    work Mooncalf

    muggins replied on August 26th, 2008 10:35 am:

    W.C Fields uses the term in “The Bank Dick”. He’s reasoning with his future son-in-law, trying to get him to steal from the bank. From memory the dialog went thusly, “You don’t want to be a mooncalf, do you? A fuddyduddy?”. “No.”. “Of course, not.”. Which brings up yet another word for your HotForWords sexpot, Marina, to investigate: Dick, as in detective.

  17. jamidf on August 26th, 2008 5:54 am

    Somebory could tell me be best translation to Spanish of the word nincompoop? Perhaps it is something like tonto, idiota….(I don’t know)

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 7:36 am:

    Is that why Lone Ranger’s partner was called “Tonto”?
    - some kind of “amusing” slur foisted upon his poor assistant for not being the requisite race deserving of respect?

    that bastard!! - {spits on Lone Ranger and kicks him in the nuts}

  18. wetsuit5 on August 26th, 2008 5:32 am

    I get the end now. :shock:
    Marina was practicing posing for a passport photo. :wink: :wink:
    (Would you believe updating her KGB credentials?) :lol: :lol:

    (P.S. for Marina’s countdown, we used to use the term “10 and a wake-up” until…)

  19. abc-basics on August 26th, 2008 5:29 am

    I have always wondered why the term “I’m in stitches” means that somebody has made you laugh and I was wondering maybe you could investigate where it came from?

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 7:28 am:

    yes .. that’s right .. laugh at someone recovering from serious surgery.

    You should be ashamed!

  20. wetsuit5 on August 26th, 2008 4:59 am

    620 ChChing!! :!: :!: :cool: :cool:
    #2 476 :eek: Eaten dust :?:
    And we still have a few days to go. :razz: :razz:
    Bust the thermometer. :idea:

    :lol: :lol: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:

    redhorse replied on August 26th, 2008 6:02 am:

    did you see http://redhorsevector.net/

    Marina replied on August 26th, 2008 7:04 am:

    Why are you posting this all over the place stoeksjrj1?

    redhorse replied on August 26th, 2008 7:24 am:

    stokesjrj1 on August 17th, 2008 10:18 pm

    Koba=Kobayashi Maru= no win situation?………….little mermaid= a Hans Christen Anderson story, hmmm ant=wingless wasps hmmm…….. have two of these http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Ant+&se archmode=none

    water under the step and the lump under my jaw

    melikadothechacha replied on August 26th, 2008 7:35 am:

    ANOTHER assumed identity??
    I guess you just can’t be yourself :mrgreen:

    geronimo replied on August 26th, 2008 8:11 am:

    Here is stokes/redhorse/Sybil just before getting on this site every day.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TcLfJQiGK0&feature =related

  21. itgirl85 on August 26th, 2008 4:12 am

    really a good lesson again :grin:
    i like to request a word:
    schadenfreude
    as it is a german word, i was very a suprised to read it in an english book
    thanks for reading, bye bye

  22. chibilover on August 26th, 2008 3:24 am

    i have a request how about the word:Scion(it sounds cool)

  23. joo2goo on August 26th, 2008 3:05 am

    can u give us the orgin of miscellaneous & thanks

    fan from egypt

  24. joo2goo on August 26th, 2008 3:00 am

    miscellaneous

  25. wolfvampirezombieboy on August 26th, 2008 2:43 am

    Hey hotforword can you tell me about Zobies. :twisted: :evil:

  26. lostinhere on August 26th, 2008 2:23 am

    How about:

    springloaded in the dumb position
    not the sharpest pencil in the box
    a few cards short of a deck
    The lights are on, but nobody’s home

  27. beareess on August 26th, 2008 1:37 am

    Hey Hot For Words. I was wondering if you can investigate the origin of the word “stoked”. People use when they are excited for something.

    Thanks!

    duke veritas replied on August 26th, 2008 9:00 pm:

    Well, to stoke a fire is to make it burn bigger and hotter by either poking it, stirring the embers around, or putting on more fuel…like more coal, wood, or chemical like gas. When the fire is “stoked” it flares up & gets big.

    Fire is often equated with the “heat” of your body being excited…people’s temperature starts to rise, their heart beats fast, they breathe faster, etc.

    So, when a person is excited about something, it’s like their body was “stoked” by putting on more fuel or getting stirred up by something spectacular–like getting 100 million views or trying to win a contest :razz: I bet Marina is stoked right about now :wink:

    Similarly, you may have heard “I’m on fire” or “I’m all fired up” in English, which both mean to be excited.

  28. bondservant4jesuschrist on August 26th, 2008 1:28 am

    Since you did nicompoop, how about “dumb.”

  29. bondservant4jesuschrist on August 26th, 2008 1:23 am

    :mrgreen:

    I got a few words and phrases. The one I want to know the most is:

    derriere

    the others are:

    pass the buck
    the buck stops here

    and last one is:

    avatar.

  30. mrlodjur on August 26th, 2008 12:38 am

    Another word that is funny is Bafoon

  31. spelcheck on August 26th, 2008 12:35 am

    Blonk

    spelcheck replied on August 26th, 2008 12:35 am:

    3rd

  32. hassann on August 25th, 2008 11:49 pm

    word request the thing we are all saying - WORD :mrgreen:

  33. misscupcake on August 25th, 2008 11:09 pm

    omg! its actually made up of real words! i thought it was just made up by kids one day or something hehe.
    reminds me of thingamabob or thingymajig.

    my dad made some up, he says ’sploga’ (pronounced splow-gah) and gemundem (pronounced ger-moohn-duhm)

    both words mean, yucky stuff. like vomit or sleep in the eyes or something like that.

    LOL. :oops:

    aLx replied on August 25th, 2008 11:13 pm:

    umm. vomit in the eyes? what?

    misscupcake replied on August 25th, 2008 11:46 pm:

    lol nein aLx :)
    sie wissen das :mrgreen:

    aber bitte bitte, wie sagt man ‘lol’ auf deutsch :cry: bitte sagen sie zu mir

    ich mochte das zu ihr sagen
    entschuldigung, mein deutsch geht… nicht… :) :oops:

    prospero811 replied on August 27th, 2008 8:22 am:

    That would seem to fit with the set of things entitled “yucky stuff.”

    aLx replied on August 25th, 2008 11:52 pm:

    umm, okay, i’ll copy and paste from yt. :P “lol” is “lol”. visit any german chat room or forum … it’s always “lol”. some use ” *lach* “, though. but that’s different, it’s not an acronym.
    umm. yeah.

    “rofl, er hat ‘lol’ gesagt.” lol. uh huh.

    misscupcake replied on August 26th, 2008 12:06 am:

    ahhh, entschuldigung. ich habe mein youtube video comments nicht gesehen

    oder gesehen nicht.
    i try i try! :mrgreen:

    ich habe lol gesagt. :)
    yay!

    for you:
    clickety bitte

    aLx replied on August 26th, 2008 5:28 pm:

    misscupcake replied on August 27th, 2008 12:45 am:

    :mrgreen: sie sind serh nett :grin: danke for das bild.

    aLx replied on August 27th, 2008 9:45 am:

    you’re welcome.

    aLx replied on August 26th, 2008 12:09 am:

    i like cake. :)

  34. smokey36bear on August 25th, 2008 10:49 pm

    A few more:
    Not the sharpest tool in the shed
    Not the brightest bulb on the tree
    Not the sharpest/brightest crayon in the box
    Not the sharpest Knife in the drawer

    Bob replied on August 26th, 2008 12:55 am:

    How about “Sharp as a Tennis Ball”?

    redhorse replied on August 26th, 2008 5:56 am:

  35. mijj on August 25th, 2008 10:15 pm

    nincompoop = daft as a pot cuckoo

  36. harry9 on August 25th, 2008 10:10 pm

    word request-Dylanologist

  37. 42frogs on August 25th, 2008 10:04 pm

    :!: :!: Like wow look at this site :!: :!:
    This is sooooo neat :grin: :grin:
    This is my first trip here, I only catch her on YT.
    Did we ever find out what “Koba” means :?: :?:
    Wow look at all the smiles :mrgreen: :neutral: :twisted: :shock: :smile:   :???: :cool: :evil: :grin: :oops: :razz: :roll:  :wink: :cry: :eek: :lol: :mad: :sad: :!: :!:

    42frogs replied on August 25th, 2008 10:06 pm:

    Ooops Homework:
    Slow witted
    dunce
    meat head
    fat head
    fool

    BillyB replied on August 25th, 2008 10:40 pm:

    How long did you hang out @ youtube before you popped in to the ’site. Don’t get too excited about the smiley things… unless you’re a girl or something. Remember smiling faces tell lies & that’s the Undisputed Truth.
    I’ve seen no word on Koba…except :?:

    42frogs replied on August 25th, 2008 10:58 pm:

    Just messing with aLx

    melikadothechacha replied on August 25th, 2008 10:52 pm:

    Don’t just gawk, get to work :!:
    Check out the pulldown menus.
    There’s some cool stuff in the
    Shout Outs. Take a look.
    Nice Gravatar! :mrgreen:

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 8:19 am:

    not any of that rhymed, melike

    that was a terrible poem. :neutral:

  38. nicxxiii on August 25th, 2008 9:42 pm

    You should do the word: whatever. :grin:

  39. smokey36bear on August 25th, 2008 9:33 pm

    now she is #1 with 529 and 2nd place is at 473

    smokey36bear replied on August 25th, 2008 9:38 pm:

    Who are you going to take with you :grin: :?:

    aLx replied on August 25th, 2008 9:47 pm:

    didn’t read the rules, huh?

    “Representatives of the Sponsor will make the final selection among the three (3) Finalists to select the one (1) Grand Prize winner, based on style, originality, skill, and humor.”

    so, as i understand it, it doesn’t matter if she comes in first, second, or third.

    42frogs replied on August 25th, 2008 10:26 pm:

    looks like you could use some joy in your life
    :razz: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:   :razz:

    aLx replied on August 25th, 2008 10:31 pm:

    wtf. go away.

    42frogs replied on August 25th, 2008 10:32 pm:

    point prooven

    42frogs replied on August 25th, 2008 10:35 pm:

    Damn O key “proven” :razz:

    aLx replied on August 25th, 2008 10:35 pm:

    no.

    protac6 replied on August 25th, 2008 10:38 pm:

    haha 42frogs :lol:

    buzzword replied on August 26th, 2008 8:21 am:

    its kind of aggravating. you didn’t say anything in your post other than the facts, nothing negative. everybody wants to post or read nothing but sweetness, like its candy for marina.

    i guess to post and satisfy the children in the class room you should post like this, “Oh yippie skippie yum yums!!!!!! http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smil ies/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smil ies/icon_biggrin.gif good news, good news!!!!!! even if our wonderful http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smil ies/icon_biggrin.gif sweet http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smil ies/icon_biggrin.gif adorable marina, comes in 3rd or 2nd she still has a chance at winning!!!!!! judges select the winner from the top three!!!!! http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smil ies/icon_biggrin.gif wooo hooo!!!!!! i bet she’ll just charm the judges like she charms all our hearts http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smil ies/icon_biggrin.gif here at hfw, hee hee!!!!! but that doesn’t mean we should all stop voting, oh no!!!!!! we all have to vote with as much love and devotion as we have for our precious delightful marina!!!!!! http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smil ies/icon_biggrin.gif gosh oh golly this is just super duper news!!!!!! http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smil ies/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smil ies/icon_biggrin.gif hugs, kisses and toe tickles, aLx”

    now see, if you would have said it that way you wouldn’t get so much shit for clarifying the rules. excuse me i have to vomit now, typing that made me sick.

    duke veritas replied on August 26th, 2008 8:48 pm:

    Buzz & aLx,

    I agree w/ Buzz. I don’t care if you ask me to jump off a building, if it has “yum yums” and “toe tickles” I’m sooooo there. :wink: :roll:

    Bombs away!! :razz:

    protac6 replied on August 25th, 2008 10:40 pm:

    Just like the USA Basketball team, Marina is running away with the gold.

    Marina moved up 24 votes and #2 stayed the same.

    YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE CREW OF HOTFORWORDS.COM! :twisted:

    redhorse replied on August 26th, 2008 5:59 am:

  40. danielpool52 on August 25th, 2008 9:26 pm

    the vote 521 you got it toyota you are #1 :lol: have a good time marina happy for you :lol:

  41. goatllamasheepovitch on August 25th, 2008 9:15 pm

    I just wanted to see you say “cheeeeeese”.

  42. smokey36bear on August 25th, 2008 9:14 pm

    She is now at 515!!!!!!

  43. danielpool52 on August 25th, 2008 9:12 pm

    marina look in to this one someone says you are a fruitcake :?:

  44. goatllamasheepovitch on August 25th, 2008 9:06 pm

    Here’s a pear to go with my first request:

    BOSC

  45. goatllamasheepovitch on August 25th, 2008 9:02 pm

    Ich bin freudig etre avec vos societe du bon mots.

    I-ay avehay onay OED-ay…
    thus, my first words are below.

    Por favor y Gracias

  46. tourguidetothestars on August 25th, 2008 8:45 pm

    So, Marina, I was watching the Olympic diving and was struck by the fact that I had no idea of the etymology of the word “somersault.” Yes, I could investigate but it would be far more fun to hear you explain it.

    Thanks in advance!

    Tourguide

  47. danielpool52 on August 25th, 2008 8:45 pm

    hi marina good video it was interesting i cant understand why anyone would say that Nicodemus naive he was a very highly educated man that picture of you nincompoop one on the side you look like uma therm-an in pulp fiction

  48. goatllamasheepovitch on August 25th, 2008 8:05 pm

    Cheese Flights / Flight of Fancy ?

  49. protac6 on August 25th, 2008 7:42 pm

    500! Sucka!

    pedantickarl replied on August 25th, 2008 8:04 pm:

    Nice!!
    In another hour, it’s another voting day and more votes to come. :smile:

  50. skinsfsu on August 25th, 2008 7:31 pm

    Hey Marina I would like to know the meaning of polyamorous. someone told me the word but wouldn’t tell me the meaning.

  51. Capman911 on August 25th, 2008 7:30 pm

    Marina 471 next 468 :grin:

  52. protac6 on August 25th, 2008 7:23 pm

    You Are Officially On Top Marina.

    Took me about 18 accounts = 90 votes. :razz: :razz:

    Ehh what the hell. I’ll keep going.

    Everyone else should too.

    100percentjacob replied on August 25th, 2008 9:08 pm:

    Wow… Nice!

  53. bobmando on August 25th, 2008 7:19 pm

    Hi Marina, My Irish Dad, now age 83, used Nincompoop
    when we were kids… long ago… he also more commonly
    used the word “Eejit”….
    This is Irish (Gaelic) for a total Idiot, a nincompoop.

    It also has a nice ring to it….
    “You Eeeee- Jit, What were you thinking?”
    It has a bit more of a fatherly affection to it than
    some of the current USA slang. At least, I
    remember it more fondly.

    Other words in the same vein… thicko, moron, nitwit, gobshite

  54. mergatroidal on August 25th, 2008 7:15 pm

    Don Imus, … now there’s a real pant load. Though Imus himself is fond of referring to certain, former guests to his shows, political types, as pant loads.

    melikadothechacha replied on August 25th, 2008 8:19 pm:

    Your web pages are awesome, dude. :mrgreen:
    The soundtrack was like playing Doom!
    Very sci-fi, very hi-tech - impressive :cool:

    mergatroidal replied on August 26th, 2008 2:08 pm:

    testing one, two, three, … testing …, and the trick is to keep it from being spam. :twisted: And I sure wish I can, could’ve thought of things to make, have made Marina shine brighter through it all. :sad:

  55. mijj on August 25th, 2008 7:14 pm

    ok … what about …

    capable v. able = same(ish)

    what gives, Marina??!!

    dictionaricdotcom replied on August 26th, 2008 12:13 am:

    In my opinion ABLE has nothing to do with the suffix of CAPABLE.
    ABLE is 100% Germanic. There was certainly a kind of contamination after the French invasion in the year 1066 but for instance AFLI in scandinavian means ABLE (FÄHIG in German).
    If somebody can bring some water to my mill I will be thankful.

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 7:21 am:

    were you inviting somone to thow water on me? …

    .. oh! .. mill

    :oops:

  56. Capman911 on August 25th, 2008 7:11 pm

    Its airplane video 465, Marina’s video 456 votes. :grin:

    roadrunrnch replied on August 25th, 2008 7:38 pm:

    I voted again now it is at 491 She #1

  57. gamoulis on August 25th, 2008 6:55 pm

    Hey Teacher !
    I doubt if you saw my reply to your last video, so i write back again !
    I’ll request another word cause i found out regarding the word bureau i requested last time
    I want to learn what quinquagesima means and it’s origin !
    I wish you give me a lesson !

  58. wetsuit5 on August 25th, 2008 6:45 pm

    In the Best Weekend video our teacher was dancing in her sleep. :shock:

    But I can’t find a name for “Sleep Dancing”. :idea: :?:

    There’s a song for Dancin in the Streets but not Dancin in your Sleep.

    (Marina leaves #2 in the dust tomorrow) :cool: Viva Words Vegas!!

  59. kaibanator on August 25th, 2008 6:33 pm

    I just voted more than 5 times today..was more like 6 or 7 so far :D

    406 votes now :cool:

  60. mizu on August 25th, 2008 6:32 pm

    Hi Marina,
    Not sure if you saw my response to your last video, since it quickly became older than this one. Just in case, I requested the origin of the word “Cap-a-pie”.
    Thanks,
    -mizu

    Bob replied on August 26th, 2008 12:44 am:

    Could this be what you are thinking about?

    mizu replied on August 26th, 2008 5:21 am:

    Nope, there is actually a word spelled Cap-a-pie. Meaning all points on your body from head to foot.

    Bob replied on August 26th, 2008 5:42 am:

    Well well! So there is. Never heard of it before.
    Hotforwords must investigate. :smile:

  61. protac6 on August 25th, 2008 6:28 pm

    I made like 5 emails to vote. :mrgreen: You WILL win Marina. :twisted:

  62. harry9 on August 25th, 2008 6:27 pm

    silly goose

  63. wayfarer on August 25th, 2008 6:21 pm

    Hey, don’t be rude to your sister… :roll:

    It’s a bad example for your fragile students… :mrgreen:

    As a replacement for the word nincompoop we can use the words inapprehensive, obtuse, purblind, thick, imbecile…

    And a word request… What is the origin of the word origin? :?:

    Homework done, now I’m off… See ya!!! :cool:

    quagmier8 replied on August 25th, 2008 6:50 pm:

    Ignoranus

  64. williamvictor1 on August 25th, 2008 6:16 pm

    :grin: Thanks for explaining nincompoop. Now, I’m a bit embarassed by my next request, but my curiosity exceeds my shame; where does the word “f#*k” originate. We ALL know what it means, but I don’t see it on your list so, is there any discreet way of communicating it’s etymology? Explainations abound, but only You do we trust. Thanks.

    mijj replied on August 25th, 2008 6:32 pm:

    lol .. i’ll bet this is the most requested word that hasn’t yet been analysed.

    aLx replied on August 25th, 2008 6:40 pm:

    oh, yes it has.

    mijj replied on August 25th, 2008 6:36 pm:

    … here’s an appropriate poem for you to be getting on with ’til Marina tuns up with the vid …

    [Evidently Chicken Town - John Cooper Clarke]

    Warren replied on August 27th, 2008 6:10 pm:

    Go to the Maxim Radio shows that Marina has done in the past.
    Good fun and Stretch has a great sense of humor.

    2utoday replied on August 25th, 2008 6:39 pm:

    :smile: I am sure the word you have in mind is fork. It is the utensil that you eat food with. It started in the cave man days when the man would say to his woman,”fork me some of that whale blubber”. So today,we say we eat with a fork. Mystery solved!!

    Capman911 replied on August 25th, 2008 6:46 pm:

    Here’s your description and etymology. By none other than James. :smile:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVthSNUBre4

  65. mijj on August 25th, 2008 6:15 pm

    visible v. invisible ……… = opposite
    flammable v. inflammable … = same

    what gives, Marina?

    Capman911 replied on August 25th, 2008 6:24 pm:

    Hey Mijj, Here is her Flammable inflammable video if you haven’t already seen it. That might take care of part of your equation, but invisible, visible part is up to her. Just trying to of a little service for you. :smile:

    http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/10/05/inflammable- flammable/

    pedantickarl replied on August 25th, 2008 6:27 pm:

    Hi cap, we answered at just about the same time again. I watched the video first. In the video Marina does give the various meanings of “in” where in the case of invisible, the “in” means “not”.

    mijj replied on August 25th, 2008 6:40 pm:

    wow .. thanks guys .. someone actually reads my posts!!

    pedantickarl replied on August 25th, 2008 6:25 pm:

    Hi mijj, she gives the answer in this great video.
    She explains the different meanings of “in”.
    http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/10/05/inflammable- flammable/

    Capman911 replied on August 25th, 2008 6:34 pm:

    We must be on the same wave length or something. We can read each other minds from that great of a distance. :lol: I didn’t watch the video again, but I am glad it covered both items for Mijj.

    Capman911 replied on August 25th, 2008 6:37 pm:

    Karl here is a cool song my wife put me on today by Jimmy Buffet. I thought it was rather funny and close to home. :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i6OrOZwtmA

    mijj replied on August 25th, 2008 6:41 pm:

    wow .. thanks guys .. someone actually reads my posts!!.

    Capman911 replied on August 25th, 2008 6:48 pm:

    I read your comments all the time Mijj. You have some very excellent comments and explanations and make very good sense. :smile: