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Dog Days

The dog days of summer may be over… but they don’t feel like it for me!!

And what dog likes a hot day?  Not Kobe, that’s for sure!

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  1. blelios on November 8th, 2008 9:18 am

    That’s a pretty interesting explanation Marina. I’d love to catch you by the pool on one of those days. You or hotforprofits either would be fine with me.

  2. cufan71 on August 28th, 2008 6:53 am

    I posted a video response: Fordson AC. I thought next time your AC breaks down you use this set up! However with gas prices so high it might not be such a good idea!!! :-) Stay COOOL!!!!

  3. Chemikal on August 27th, 2008 8:20 pm

    so did you get that AC fixed? :D

  4. isigndou2 on August 27th, 2008 10:57 am

    Privet Marina; I love your web site and I would love to see you sister on this site with you. Anyway, I would like to know the origin of the word “Neophyte”. Your wonderful explanation of word helps me in my profession as an Interpreter. Thank you. Eric xoxo

  5. superhov on August 27th, 2008 10:53 am

    HI MARINA!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I HAVE a word request for you. I would like to know the word root of caucasian. Does it come from the caucases mountains in the countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan?

  6. gregory g mcbride on August 27th, 2008 10:46 am

    Marina,

    I would have to go with sagatarious being born on the tenth of December. :roll:

    Greg

  7. rory on August 27th, 2008 9:50 am

    Hi Marina. I would like to request the word Courtesan.

  8. socksandviolins on August 27th, 2008 9:37 am

    Marina, where did the word “Hurricane” come from? I’ve seen that word in the news every day this summer.

    mijj replied on August 27th, 2008 10:47 am:

    {imagines some old guy with a cane in a terrible hurry}

    2utoday replied on August 27th, 2008 12:02 pm:

    :lol: Now that is what I call an imagination gone wild. Either that or you have far too much spare time on your hands. By the way,what are we talking about? :?:

    socksandviolins replied on August 27th, 2008 2:18 pm:

    Holy cow…you stopped huffing paint fumes long enough to use your keyboard. I’m impressed!! Does your probation officer know you’re using a computer? Hmmmmmmm??? I’ll bet he doesn’t. Anyhow, it’s good to see you back on the street. I was sure you’d never be able to beat those child molestation charges again. After three times, you must be one lucky chicken hawk.

    2utoday replied on August 27th, 2008 6:06 pm:

    :idea: I’ve been in suspended animation for 400 years. What’s your excuse? :lol:

  9. Hitman on August 27th, 2008 9:30 am

    You should change the last image, now you have 261 videos… :roll:

    2utoday replied on August 27th, 2008 12:05 pm:

    :shock: My last count was more like 971. No,wait a minute!! That was the year I was born. Oh,never mind!!!

  10. roel on August 27th, 2008 8:00 am

    Hi. I find that the animal PEACOCK has a very sexy sounding name. Any idea where it came from?
    Love what you’re doing with English. I’m also an English teacher and always try to make my classes very fun.
    Regards
    Roel

  11. trixie on August 27th, 2008 7:58 am

    Hey, it’s Trixie. This is my first request, and my word is onomatopoeia. Btw, my youtube username is TrixieRules. :smile:

  12. jamcurl on August 27th, 2008 7:22 am

    Hi. My word is “yesterday”. It sounds funny when you saw it a few times.

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

    mijj replied on August 27th, 2008 9:16 am:

    oh yeh! .. it has a contradictary quality about it, doesn’t it ..

    … it sounds like “yes, today!” .. but it isn’t to day at all! .. it’s yesterday!.

    Whey they first invented that there must have been a lot of confusion.

  13. snoopy1 on August 27th, 2008 7:20 am

    hey.
    i want to request a word that slot of people use it. even though it’s not a nice words, but also has a lot of diffrent meaning: :arrow: the ” F word “.
    thank you so much for this week lesson!

    snoopy1 replied on August 27th, 2008 7:23 am:

    * alot of people. not slot!

    tayljim replied on August 27th, 2008 8:20 am:

    melikadothechacha replied on August 27th, 2008 9:15 am:

  14. snoopy1 on August 27th, 2008 7:01 am

    hey my love Marina.

    i wanted to request a term: :arrow: ” cold feet ”
    i’ll be so’ so happy if you choose to teach us this term :!: :smile:
    waiting to see you again my love.. :cool:

  15. lofkc on August 27th, 2008 6:43 am

    Virgo the virgin but wondering how that can be when i have two daughters mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm just kidding. Hopefully you get through all those questions sent to other email site and i will receive my answer I know i am one in many asking questions. Curiosity killed the cat you know.

    mijj replied on August 27th, 2008 9:49 am:

    … just thought i’d have a little peruse on the significance of “Virgo” …

    In the Tarot deck, each of the astrological stars signs and planets is represented as a card in the Major Arcana. (i.e. 12 + 10 = 22 of the 78 cards.)

    In Alaister Crowley’s Tarot deck:
    The star sign “Virgo” is represented as “IX. Hermit”.

    Quoting: Alaister Crowley’s “Book of Thoth”:
    This card is attributed to the letter “Yod” … The letter “Yod” is the first letter of the name “Tetragrammaton”, and this symbolises the Father, who is Wisdom; he is the highest form of Mercury, and the Logos, the Creator of Worlds.

    The highest symbolism of the card is, therefore, “Fertility” in its most exalted sense.

    (there’s also a bit where the card is associated with the light of Mercury which “pervades all parts of the Universe equally” … and the Hermit is “not only creative, but the fluidic essence of Light, which is the life of the Universe”)
    (… and a bit where the Hermit is associated with “the Guide of the Soul through the Lower Regions”.)

    mijj replied on August 27th, 2008 10:00 am:

    ps .. Tetragrammaton = YHVH = jehovah

  16. harry9 on August 27th, 2008 5:22 am

    word request-naif

  17. wetsuit5 on August 27th, 2008 5:17 am

    Uh oh,
    Game is on.
    HotForWords @ 748 in #1
    But a newcomer is challenging @ 571 & #2 (Was insignificant yesterday)
    #3 (Yesterday’s #2) is @ 488 getting dribbles

  18. pedantickarl on August 27th, 2008 3:04 am

    Hello Marina. Just an FYI.
    Do you sometimes encode your audio in mono and other times in stereo just to see if I’m paying attention? :smile:

    The last seven videos were in stereo. This Dog Days video was in mono. The previous video that was mono was the Cash video

    Normally, most people would not notice the difference whether you encode in stereo or mono as there is only one channel, your voice.

    In my video player, I delay the left audio channel by 20 msec so that it sounds like you are sitting right here in the room with me, assuming your audio is encoded in stereo. I also have a VU meter to tell me when the audio is stereo or mono. In this video, the audio is in mono, so I miss the nice stereo acoustics. Am I not a pain? :smile:
    Otherwise, your audio and video is great.

    Better words that I might use instead of mono and stereo is; encoding the Center channel only (mono) or encoding the Left & Right channels (stereo).

  19. lostinhere on August 27th, 2008 2:05 am

    My astrological symbol is a crab.

    Bob replied on August 27th, 2008 3:17 am:

    All is not lost - you’re in here because Marina loves seafood. :smile:

  20. iamme097 on August 26th, 2008 11:38 pm

    now i feel like a party-pooper =S and holy cow theres another interesting idiom…

  21. iamme097 on August 26th, 2008 11:34 pm

    hello hotforwords, or dear teacher, or marina, or whatever you prefer to be called,
    in your video about antidisestablishmentarianism, you said that there are only two words longer in the english language. I am pretty sure this is not true, as i have found two words with more than 28 letters (both phobias), the cooler of the two being “Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliaphobia”, meaning, quite ironically, the fear of long words :mrgreen: . could you do a vid on the origin of that?

    pedantickarl replied on August 27th, 2008 1:39 am:

    Hi iamme097.
    The other longest word is Floccinaucinihilipilification with 29 letters.

    Regarding “Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliaphobia”, Marina covered the word in two ways. She answered a commentator back on April 16th, 2008 on the Barbarian video page.

    She said: (my edit)
    “…it’s just an extension of the word sesquipedalian
    meaning the fear of really long words.”

    Here is the full context of the comment thread on the Barbarian page:
    Question - Answer

    The sesquipedalian video link is here:
    http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/11/30/sesqui-wha/

    pedantickarl replied on August 27th, 2008 1:44 am:

    The Floccinaucinihilipilification video link is here:
    http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucin ihilipilification-huh/

    iamme097 replied on August 27th, 2008 11:53 am:

    ok, so you are saying that floccin…(not gonna type it out) and hippotomon…(same as b4) are the two longer words? well then what about “Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia” (the fear of the number 666), which has 29 letters? i tihnk you misunderstood what i was saying. i meant that i had found two other words -besides- the one she had covered, meaning there are at least three words bigger than antidis…but thanks for trying =P

  22. protac6 on August 26th, 2008 11:25 pm

    Hey Marina, I’ve been wondering, what made you give Kobe his name? Named after the beef? Or best basketball player on earth? :?: :?:

  23. 2utoday on August 26th, 2008 10:56 pm

    :roll: Word request “kowamba”. Could it mean messy poop from strange animals that were discovered long ago far,far, away on one of Jupiter’s moons?

  24. tazman on August 26th, 2008 10:55 pm

    Hello my dear Teacher! :mrgreen:
    I would like to know why someone would say
    ‘Go Fly A Kite’ when they are upset with somebody?
    I know you can find tne answer. :grin:

    2utoday replied on August 27th, 2008 6:14 pm:

    :mrgreen: Remember what happened to Benjamin Franklin when he flew a kite with a key on it? He got zapped with electricity. I think when someone says,”go fly a kite”,they want you to get zapped with electricity or some other bad stuff. Yikes!! Another mystery solved!!!

  25. dl2agonninja on August 26th, 2008 10:41 pm

    Word request:
    “bonfire”

  26. lividemerald on August 26th, 2008 10:36 pm

    Are you saying that Kobe is a hot dog?

    2utoday replied on August 26th, 2008 10:43 pm:

    What world are you from? Dogs are warm blooded,and that would make Kobe a hot dog! Another mystery solved!! Yeaaa!!

    prospero811 replied on August 27th, 2008 10:13 am:

    I think he’d go good in some gaejang-guk!

    Capman911 replied on August 27th, 2008 10:27 am:

    That sounds gross Prospero. Dog stew I have heard of rumors where cats are used as food :shock:

    aLx replied on August 27th, 2008 10:47 am:

    hey, mike.
    i don’t see how it is gross. we eat cows and pigs and chicken … doves … all kinds of animals.
    i don’t know if i’d eat a cat, but i wouldn’t call someone that does gross or barbaric. there’s a lot of cultures and in my opinion it is pretty arrogant to condem a certain culture or group because they eat things we don’t eat.
    just trying to be objective here is all.

  27. WebGuyTV on August 26th, 2008 10:22 pm

    Congratulations on “Sexiest Geek”….. I have a

    WORD REQUEST!!

    for a similar word. Could you please do a lesson on the word:

    DWEEB.

    Thanks!! My username here is the same as on YouTube: WebGuyTV

    2utoday replied on August 27th, 2008 6:19 pm:

    :lol: A dweeb is what you are for requesting such a silly word. You should of asked how long it would take to fly to Mars and back at warp factor six. This question woud make Marina scrambling for the reference books-unless she already knew the answer. Ho,boy!!!

    WebGuyTV replied on August 27th, 2008 8:09 pm:

    Isn’t that kinda the whole point of a word request? To make sexy Marina scramble? Did I overlook some ‘rules’ somewhere?

    2utoday replied on August 28th, 2008 5:25 pm:

    :mrgreen: Rules? We don’t need no stinking rules? I think I once heard that in a Bogart movie. There are too ways to scramble. One is calm,cool,and collected. The other is a wild frenzy not knowing if you will find the right answer. How will Marina handle this? I report. You decide.

  28. tokah the great on August 26th, 2008 10:02 pm

    Scorpio here :cool:

  29. champguy on August 26th, 2008 10:02 pm

    HEY! i just joined this site because i had this one question i thought to ask you when it came to me.
    ok so i suddenly got the urge to read last of the Mohicans after i found out that it was written in 1826 because i genuinely was interested to see how people would have talked and how a book would be presented in those days.
    ok blah blah blah long story short.
    in the first chapter it describes a veil which descended low from this girls “beaver”
    does that mean what i think it means? where did the term beaver come from?
    you know… the slang version.
    thx a lot. you rock. and ur sisters cute.

  30. 2utoday on August 26th, 2008 9:52 pm

    :mrgreen: I don’t care what tactic you use,your videos are really cool!!!!

  31. cgijoe on August 26th, 2008 9:51 pm

    Well Ms. Marina, even though we are beginning the dog-days of summer I am sure there are many people - especially in the south - who can’t wait until it’s a little cooler so perhaps they can begin enjoying warm hushpuppies…. speaking of which … as much as I love the homework you give out, I am wondering if you could do some for me - how did food hushpuppy come to be called hushpuppy… inquiring minds want to know….

    Be Well

    -j

  32. 2utoday on August 26th, 2008 9:50 pm

    :mrgreen: If your air-conditioning is broke and it is very hot,why are you not sweating and why is the window closed? I say to you that this is a ruse and you air-conditioning IS working. You are using this tactic to begin this video. Is this a fortuitous mis-step I have discovered in your videos? Very interesting!! And I have solved another mystery!!
    2utoday does it again! Yeaaa!!!

    Capman911 replied on August 26th, 2008 10:09 pm:

    Didn’t you see at the end of the video her hair blowing in the breeze or a fan running blowing her hair. :grin: She kinda looked ill at the end because it was hot inside her apartment. Take care :wink:

    2utoday replied on August 26th, 2008 10:13 pm:

    :smile: I think you are looking for something that is not there. Just because someone aims a fan at her doesn’t mean she is ill and hot. It is just an old Hollywood trick. She looks cute and perky as ever!!!

    Capman911 replied on August 26th, 2008 10:16 pm:

    I think you are 100% right. I played the video again and it isn’t this video that her hair was blowing. It must of been another, but I could have sworn that it was this one. Oh well eyes playing tricks on me again. :oops:

    2utoday replied on August 26th, 2008 10:18 pm:

    :mrgreen: Another mystery solved by 2utoday! Yeaaa!!
    I should start my own videos and have Marina as a guest!! Wow!!!!

    Capman911 replied on August 26th, 2008 10:21 pm:

    It was the nincompoop video that I was thinking about. Look at the end of that one. If you did start your own videos I bet she would appear on it with you. :cool: :grin:

    2utoday replied on August 26th, 2008 10:27 pm:

    :grin: How about it “Hot For Words” Marina,would you be willing to appear as a guest to help inaugurate my video logs that I might launch on the world.
    I would call it “From Me 2utoday”. Now isn’t that a great idea?

    Marina replied on August 27th, 2008 2:21 am:

    The air conditioner is broken (was.. they came yesterday to fix it I *hope*!) and I had to close the window because the cars driving by make so much noise.. so I only have a short period of time to record before I break out into a hard core sweat!

    wetsuit5 replied on August 27th, 2008 5:04 am:

    2am? :shock:
    Evidence a plenty that that A/C is dead. :razz: :razz:
    We’ll have to sing you a lullaby. :eek:
    “Via…. Las Vegas”….. :lol: :lol:

    aLx replied on August 27th, 2008 9:13 am:

    2utoday replied on August 27th, 2008 11:50 am:

    :smile: I am glad you got your A/C working again. You hid how the heat bothers you!! Your video shows you calm and composed. That means you work well under pressure. You go girl!!!! Have a great day!!!!

  33. ilikesexytime on August 26th, 2008 9:35 pm

    O SEXY WOMAN i love that picture of ur feet near the water!

  34. andy w on August 26th, 2008 9:33 pm

    Mine is Cancer.

  35. mijj on August 26th, 2008 9:00 pm

    Why is totty referred to as “crumpet”?

    Bob replied on August 27th, 2008 2:07 am:

    Why is Crumpet referred to as Totty?
    Does anyone know what Yumpet is?

    melikadothechacha replied on August 27th, 2008 5:51 am:

    Nope,sure don’t. I still haven’t figured
    out what a tuffet is, either; as in:
    Little Miss Muffet, sat on her “tuffet”

    Bob replied on August 27th, 2008 6:53 am:

    Yumpet = Young Crumpet = Jailbait.

  36. xxrookyxx on August 26th, 2008 8:40 pm

    I was just thinkin about the other side of the world and I got to wondering what the origins of war and peace are.

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 9:12 pm:

    Corporate imperialism on the one hand, and utter destitution of the ravaged nation on the other.

    xxrookyxx replied on August 27th, 2008 8:16 am:

    lol that makes sense, but I meant the origins of the words “war” and “peace”. I appreciate your help though and what you said does makes sense for war now but back in the days there was alot of honor invovled as well

  37. Capman911 on August 26th, 2008 8:31 pm

    Moose and squirrel and myself just help push it to 653 votes. :grin:

  38. 42frogs on August 26th, 2008 8:27 pm

    Leo here

  39. suprstock on August 26th, 2008 8:22 pm

    My Dearest Marina, Your beeyoubies do not move when you move so they must be unreal…(fake)…yes no or maybe???

    Capman911 replied on August 26th, 2008 9:01 pm:

    Hey Suprstock, come on now that’s no way to ask a lady a question like that now is it :?: :smile: That is something that should be very personal to Marina. Please be nice with the questions, ok? Thanks for understanding. :wink: :grin:

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 9:24 pm:

  40. trixieagogo on August 26th, 2008 8:21 pm

    Hi Marina - These days there seems to be a lot of TOMFOOLERY going on. It’s a word I love and I’ll bet the origin is very interesting. While I await the 411 I’ll switch to the alternative ’skylarking.’
    Your new pal,
    Trixie

  41. mijj on August 26th, 2008 8:20 pm

    what’s the correct collective term for a bunch of gorillas?

    is it a gaggle of gorillas? .. or is it a serenade of gorillas .. or what?

    and who makes these things up anyway .. and who decides who has the last word?

    …. hmmmmm ..?

    trixieagogo replied on August 26th, 2008 8:22 pm:

    GORILLI? :grin:

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 8:24 pm:

    oh .. of course …

    … a gorilli of gorillas

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 8:30 pm:

    i bet it’s something like a kong of gorillas.

    aLx replied on August 26th, 2008 8:31 pm:

    check it out.

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 8:58 pm:

    so near, yet so far .. it doesn’t mention the collective noun! :(

    however, … thanks to the magic of YouTube …

    straight from the gorilla’s mouth …
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MpbMm0433I

    {can’t be bothered with tarting up the link}

    Capman911 replied on August 26th, 2008 9:03 pm:

    How did you get Buzz to pose for the picture on the right on that site? lol

    trixieagogo replied on August 26th, 2008 9:10 pm:

    I’ll go with a majesty of gorillas.

    Capman911 replied on August 26th, 2008 9:14 pm:

    Try this Mijj.

    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/apes/gor illa/

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 9:17 pm:

    s’ok .. i got the answer from here ..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MpbMm0433I

    .. it’s a “whoop” of gorillas.
    It’s on YouTube, like Marina, so it must be true.

    buzzword replied on August 27th, 2008 4:00 am:

    troop of gorillas, may also be true of a troop of guerillas.

    prospero811 replied on August 27th, 2008 8:53 am:

    Gorillas come in bands, troops can contain kangaroos or monkeys.

    prospero811 replied on August 27th, 2008 8:56 am:

    Apes, baboons and bison are also troops, as do ostriches.

    Wikipedia had gorillas in troops too. Hmmmm…..

    prospero811 replied on August 27th, 2008 8:50 am:

    It’s a band of gorillas.

    aLx replied on August 27th, 2008 9:11 am:

    the louisville zoo thinks it’s a troop.
    so do gorilla hub and bbc news.

    mijj replied on August 27th, 2008 9:11 am:

    I prefer a “consortium” of gorillas .. or … a “squadron” of gorillas.

    prospero811 replied on August 27th, 2008 9:25 am:

    Apparently, it can be either a troop or a band, or a group.

    buzzword replied on August 27th, 2008 11:37 am:

  42. pedantickarl on August 26th, 2008 8:06 pm

    Another hour of voting left for Tuesday. Marina has 638 votes, and I see the others are attempting to make a run for first. Can’t give up now.
    bestweekendevercontest.com

    100percentjacob replied on August 26th, 2008 8:27 pm:

    VOTE MARINA!

    smokey36bear replied on August 26th, 2008 8:32 pm:

    I have to wait another 27min till I can vote again

  43. pedantickarl on August 26th, 2008 7:51 pm

    Hi Marina, on You Tube, the “All - Most Viewed - This Week” page 1 shows four of your videos. I noticed that the “Big Words” video did not have a red triangle in the left corner. Is that an error or your choice?

    I love that video. Very well done. I love all of your videos as your writing, delivery and editing is superb.

  44. fletcher on August 26th, 2008 6:58 pm

    That was a neat one! I was just arguing about whether or not we’d had the dog days this summer or not. But, how can you have a video without an appearance by Kobe? He’s no fluke! Ah-ha! “Fluke” Another word for you to investigate! How does the name for the fish also work out to be the meaning for something as happenstance or luck?

  45. tomservo23 on August 26th, 2008 6:38 pm

    Could you tell me the origin of the phrase “Mind your P’s and Q’s”?

    quagmier8 replied on August 26th, 2008 8:17 pm:

    In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts… So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them “Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.”

    It’s where we get the phrase “mind your P’s and Q’s”

    champguy replied on August 26th, 2008 10:17 pm:

    haha my teacher just brought that up yesterday! i wonder if he watches this program

  46. huggles131 on August 26th, 2008 6:33 pm

    I need to be kept after school. :grin:
    I can’t even log my web site..

    http://www.RolandBuckles.com

  47. huggles131 on August 26th, 2008 6:31 pm

    Hi Marina,
    As your student, I would like to know more about you my teacher.
    Since the school year is just starting, please treat all your students to your personal Bio.

    Roland Buckles
    http:///www.RolandBuckles.com

    pedantickarl replied on August 26th, 2008 8:12 pm:

    Hi Roland, there is a Bio link at the very top which is kept updated.
    Also, there is a wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Orlova

    My guess is that when Marina releases her book next year with lots of pictures, your thoughts about Bios will fade. :grin:

  48. ben.dandrea on August 26th, 2008 6:28 pm

    hi Marina, I was talking to a friend of mine and he said I was looking at life thru rose-colored glasses, that’s where curiosity struck me; what on earth does that come from? Why ROSE-colored glasses? Thanks a lot!

  49. bassdozer on August 26th, 2008 6:27 pm

    How about the orign of:

    It’s raining cats and dogs

    Capman911 replied on August 26th, 2008 8:40 pm:

    Hey bassdozer. She did that video sometime back. Look in the Words / Lessons section at the top of the page and you’ll find it in there. Hope that helps :smile:
    Mike

    Capman911 replied on August 26th, 2008 8:42 pm:

  50. zac_sol on August 26th, 2008 6:27 pm

    lol in the zodiac im some naked dude pouring water (Aquarius) XD

  51. sniperskaya on August 26th, 2008 6:21 pm

    I the East I am a dragon, in the West I am a horny old goat.
    A dog’s life, it’s a dog eat dog world, doggone it, throw the old dog a bone, doggy style, dog face soldier, dog tired, there are a lot of expressions relating to dogs. Who let the dogs out, Marina?

  52. vivalue on August 26th, 2008 6:11 pm

    I would love to know where the term “stereotype” came from. Help me out?

    dictionaricdotcom replied on August 27th, 2008 1:52 am:

    STEREOS means SOLID in Greek. So a STEREOTYPE is a kind of unvariable model. A SOLID PATTERN in other words.

  53. mijj on August 26th, 2008 6:04 pm

    The Daily Show’s correspondents are describing the survivial kits they’re using for the Democratic Convention.
    http://www.indecision2008.com/video/index.jhtml?vi deoId=183637

    Jason Jones says he’s taking mostly condoms.

    What’s the origin of the word “condom”? Is it related to the word “condominium”?

  54. wetsuit5 on August 26th, 2008 6:03 pm

    Oh that second puppy in the investigation cut away is one butt ugly vicious bow wow. :twisted:
    I can handle clowns but that dog’s gonna give me night mares. :evil:
    I may need to borrow Kobe for a night. :grin:

  55. 3dfx on August 26th, 2008 5:59 pm

    Hi Marina!

    I Love Trance Music! (hence why i mix)

    Now in the year of 2004 a known group
    called “The Thrillseekers” made what
    many though was the best trance track
    of the year!

    It was named: Synaesthesia

    Now i wonder if you would like
    to give some more insight on
    this Term?

    The only thing i know is that it is
    some kind of a Phenomenon..

    Id be very happy to know if you
    will look into this.

    Take Care
    - Out There…!!!

    /Joseph

    aka 3DFX (tredfxman)

  56. mattym on August 26th, 2008 5:14 pm

    wow…a word lesson that I already knew! :shock:
    But I must confess, my girlfriend is really into astrology. So is that cheating?

  57. mijj on August 26th, 2008 5:04 pm

    At your current rate, M, when do you think you’ll run out of english words to investigate.

    … and when that happens, will you switch to another language?

  58. waiter on August 26th, 2008 4:57 pm

    Hey Marina ! When you are out of words please investigate the “waiter” word !

  59. classicdisaster01 on August 26th, 2008 4:44 pm

    I was just wondering where the expression “Bury the Hatchet” comes from. I’ve heard it in the song by Relient K called “Which to bury, us or the hatchet” and then i heard it again when i was watching TV.
    What does bury the hatchet really mean?

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 5:05 pm:

    there was a very similar popular phrase in the ’70s and ’80s in the UK .. “Bury the Thatcher”

    buzzword replied on August 26th, 2008 6:35 pm:

  60. stokesjrj1 on August 26th, 2008 4:31 pm

    stokesjrj1 on Your comment is awaiting moderation, who is moderating my comment and why is it being moderated.

    Marina replied on August 26th, 2008 6:45 pm:

    When a person changes their name and then starts posting web addresses to other people’s comments the server marks them as a spammer, and kicks them into moderated status. I had a bunch of people close out their accounts due to what they called spamming as well.. not sure if it’s related to what you were doing… but the server doesn’t like it.

    4hotwheels replied on August 26th, 2008 8:34 pm:

    you meant like this?

    school_dean_hot4.u replied on August 26th, 2008 8:44 pm:

    and like this?

    school_dean_hot4.u replied on August 26th, 2008 8:49 pm:

    not to piss anyone off but, you server is literaly serving up the bonfire of the innoncents

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 7:30 pm:

    ooo!

    I had a post that said it was waiting moderation!!!

    I was under suspicion of something!!

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 7:31 pm:

    {feels paranoid and uneasy}

    aLx replied on August 26th, 2008 7:42 pm:

    there’s an option in wp that lets you put comments on moderation which have a certain amount of links in it, like, e.g. more than three. this helps to prevent spam as spam comments often contain a lot of links. so, maybe she enabled that.

    pedantickarl replied on August 26th, 2008 7:39 pm:

    Now might be a good idea to read the “Terms of Use” link found at the bottom of the page. :smile:
    http://www.hotforwords.com/hotforwords-terms-of-us e/

    buzzword replied on August 27th, 2008 11:41 am:

    sock puppets suck

  61. lividemerald on August 26th, 2008 4:24 pm

    If you don’t create a new word for us, Marina, I’m sure a frindle do it.

  62. annuddermale on August 26th, 2008 4:19 pm

    oh, looky here…my astrological star info:

    Planets and the Scorpio zodiac sign

    Ruling Planet: Pluto
    Career Planet: Sun
    Love Planet: Venus
    Money Planet: Jupiter
    Planet of Health and Work: Mars
    Planet of Home and Family Life: Uranus

    prolly ‘plains a lot to y’all now, doesn’t it?

    annudder :cool:

  63. mijj on August 26th, 2008 4:15 pm

    Marina … you should invent a word and make a vid to back it up ..

    .. and then send your minions out into the world to use it at every opportunity.

    … and see if you can get it into the OED.

    annuddermale replied on August 26th, 2008 4:21 pm:

    if she made a word the OED used, would that mean that the OED owed her?…

    oh…or oh-oh…

    annudder :cool:

    mijj replied on August 26th, 2008 4:37 pm:

    was that annudder shudder?

  64. mijj on August 26th, 2008 4:13 pm

    why is everyone talking about star signs?

    Capman911 replied on August 26th, 2008 9:25 pm:

    That was part of the homework was to look up what your star sign is and what doe it represent. Like mine is Libra which means The Golden Scales.

    mijj replied on August 27th, 2008 1:27 am:

    d’oh!

    … thanks .. i don’t know how i missed that. Marina is too distracting.

  65. cufan71 on August 26th, 2008 4:04 pm

    I always thought dog days ment this is what it feels like to be a dog in the heat!!! pant pant :grin:

  66. stokesjrj1 on August 26th, 2008 3:52 pm

    Sagittarius

  67. sparksnova on August 26th, 2008 3:42 pm

    My sign is Pisces , all i know is that it looks like 2 fishes swimming apart.
    May you tell us the origin of the word, “Muse”