Winter babies want the dog days. In heat treatment, we capricorns of the North depend on nifty ways to keep warm, and I suppose so does everyone else. [Three dog night]…it might be an Eskimo phrase. [syllepsis] or how about astrological verses the one year thing of the animals visiting the hindue[Buddha] or is it more important before to mark conception? thanks and keep up the great lessons of enlightenment and wisdom…You are the word, coined by Parcelsus…SYLPH
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.
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!!!!
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
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?
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.
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
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: the ” F word “.
thank you so much for this week lesson!
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.
… 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”.)
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
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?
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?
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).
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 . could you do a vid on the origin of that?
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
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
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!!!
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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….
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!!!
Didn’t you see at the end of the video her hair blowing in the breeze or a fan running blowing her hair. She kinda looked ill at the end because it was hot inside her apartment. Take care
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!!!
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.
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.
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?
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!
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!!!!
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
Hey Suprstock, come on now that’s no way to ask a lady a question like that now is it That is something that should be very personal to Marina. Please be nice with the questions, ok? Thanks for understanding.
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
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
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.
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?
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”
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.
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!
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
Mike
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?
Oh that second puppy in the investigation cut away is one butt ugly vicious bow wow.
I can handle clowns but that dog’s gonna give me night mares.
I may need to borrow Kobe for a night.
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?
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.
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.
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
I am amused by the fact that muse is in the word museum.
Oh, and I looked at the OED today at my library, and it is so useful! I looked up floccinaucinihilipilification for fun. I would like to own it except it is probably so expensive (there are around 12 huge volumes that make it up).
I would have never guessed. I don’t know much about astronomy.
The other day I was watching one of my favorite movies, Lord of War. In the movie a dictator said “… but after this, your supreme court of kangaroos the US will shut up…” I have heared this term, kangaroo court, before but don’t know what it means or where it comes from. Care in interprete.
Hey Alx, I understand what you are saying, but my comment was not to condemn another race or culture for what they consume. I was just making a statement that eating a dog was gross to me. I know different cultures eat what they can as food just to stay alive.
My astrologicical sign is Gemini representing twins. I prefer to think
of it as being split in two — SHUDDUP! You want her to think we’re crazy?!?
As I was saying, twins, look alikes, doppelgangers, two-into-one
-That’s it! You blew it! You might as well stop vying for Marina’s
attentions and go for her sister.
That’s too bad about your long days, Marina. Wish I could help as a fellow philologist.
No, really, I mean that.
Thank you,
SGOG
P.S. Maybe you could talk about phonetic/etymologic relations in words like “thank” “think” “thing” “tide” Tide. Hm… If you need help on that one, let me Know. I could talk about that one for at least an eternity.
( Damn technical difficulty caused me to rewrite this.) Hey Marina, I noticed that you stopped using the rating option. With 100 million views, did you thought it seemed pointless?
( Kobe: “Huh?!” )
Anyway, I’m am an Aires which represents the ram, and is also associated with the planet Mars, and the god of war. But I don’t believe in that astrological stuff.
Marina
Tu vestido roja es muy bonita.
I never give the saying any real thought.
But I think most people today just think of it like
dog tired, dog gone hot, gone to the dogs. dogging it.
Dog days ie laying around in the shade and sleep.
Thanks to Marina’s investigations i’m even learning the origin of many words of one of my mother tongues:ITALIAN,therefore now i know the origin of the Italian expression ”giorni di canicola” which refers to the hottest period of the year…canicola also mean a very high temperature in general….
ANYWAY my zodiacal sign has got a very nice and fascinating animal as symbol: the centaur!
Hi Superdanilchik. Long time not to hear from you. I hope you don’t stay away this long again. I am glad you are learning Italian now. I just can’t get the grasp on the Russian language right now. I am taking a class at night and been busy with that. Hope to hear from you soon. Your friend Mike
PRIVEEEET MIKE,dorogoj drug! i’ve been missing you,i stay away this long because this is my last year being a student therefore i wanted to enjoy a particular kind of vacation….far away from everything,so i did’t have any possibilty of internet connection,but i cannot forget good friends like you,of course!!!
Sooo,now i’m going to leave again for a while,i’ll be there for a couple of weeks,that means that i’ll be sitting in Marina’s classroom regularly from the 15th of September onwards..,
I’m sooooo glad you’ve started to study Russian,i really wish i were there to help you!!!…anyway i’m always ready to help you in any case,just ask!
I wish for you all the best,mio caro amico. -Daniel-
i
Tuffet 1 Tuffet 2 This is to remind Marina that she’ll have to kiss a lot of frogs before she meets her Prince. (Ribbet, Ribbet! )
(see answer to Yumpet above.)
I live in Denmark, and Denmark is divided into three big parts (plus a few small ones). The three parts are Jylland, Fyn and Sjælland. In english Jutland, Funen and Zealand.
As you can see, one of the parts is named Zealand in english. I wonder why and how it got that name, and has it anything to do with New Zealand? It would be obvious if New Zealand was named after Zealand, but I don’t think that’s right, is it?
Furthermore, which was named first? New Zealand or Zealand?
Does Sjæ mean sea in Danish? I think Zea may also mean sea in one language or another. If so, it’s ironic to pair it up with “land.” Interesting request, ganschwann. Let’s “sea” what Marina does on this one!
The weird thing is, “sjæ” isn’t a word in danish. “Sjæl” is a word in danish, meaning soul, but I don’t think that that’s gonna help us in this case.
Another strange thing is that the word for sea in danish is “hav” (pronounced like the word “how” in english). And obviously that’s not similar to sjæ, sea or zea at all.
A interesting fact though, is that the danish word for lake is “sø”. Could this help us maybe?
And by the way I’ve heard that Sjælland sometimes is reffered to as “Sealand” in english, and not only Zealand.
This constellation is also known as:
Egyptian Denderah: Pi Mentekeon – “the pouring out” (of wrath)
Hebrew: Arieh – “the lion (hunting down his prey)” (Symbolic of the tribe of Judah and the Hebrew Messiah)
Syriac: Aryo – “the rending lion”
Arabic: Al Asad – “a lion coming vehemently” or “a lion leaping forth as a flame”
Brightest star: Regulus (from Latin meaning “little king” or “treading under foot”), also called Cor Leonis (”heart of the lion”). In Arabic the star is Rijil Al Asad – “paw (or foot) of the lion”. Note: Leo is depicted in various zodiacs as leaping upon or treading upon Hydra, the serpent.
Other Stars in the constellation:
Denebola – “the judge” or “Lord who cometh”
Al Giebha (Arabic) – “the exultation”
Zosma – “shining forth”
Sarcam (Hebrew) – “the joining” This star is also in the head of Virgo, completing and beginning the zodiac.
Minchir Al Asad (Arabic) – “the punishing” or “tearing of the lion”
Deneb Aleced (Arabic) – “the judge cometh who seizes”
Al Dafera (Arabic) – “the enemy put down”
Leo is the completion of several ancient zodiacs as well as the completion of the imagery of the sphinx… which begins as the head of a woman (Virgo) and ends with the tail of a lion… and represents (in Greek mythology) all of the wisdom/knowledge under the heavens.
She told us one time in one of her videos some of the reference material that she uses, but I don’t remember which one. Look back at the best weekend ever video and I think she has some of it on the sofa with her. You may be able to pick out the titles. Sorry that’s all I can help you. Maybe someone else can add something more.
I have about 30 different books I use.. as some of them get the origins WRONG! And I have to consult multiple sources just to try to arrive at a consensus of correct origins.
If you want good online sources, there’s the OED online http://www.oed.com
(requires a monthly membership of about $25).. and for some good quick references… http://www.etymonline.com/ is a good starting point… http://www.wordorigins.org is also well written… but I always find myself going back to the OED as my ultimate source, though it is difficult to decipher for people at first.. but combined with the other sources its the ultimate.
Thank you so much for the tip . I am going to be competing with a speech on etymology this year! I’m heading out to the library in a couple of hours. 100percentjacob must investigate (and not leech off of HTW)
You have a gift with words.
My first blush was more painful than difficult. OED
Still trying to figure out what all I was looking at on their sample.
Reference and numbers aren’t self explanatory.
Thank you for those two useful links. I got no results for the phrase “six ways from Sunday.” No, this is not a word request. From other sources, I know it’s an Americanism that means to try every possible solution for a problem, as in “see them six ways from Sunday.” My only request from you was “sweetheart” which I’ve already looked up. Seesixcm6
Marina uses sources from the mind. Plus, she makes her own discoveries. Linguistics is a science like History. New discoveries are made every day thanks to hard work and long researches.
When I clicked on it all I got was a swirling thingy. Still watching till you get it right. You’ll have the longest one person thread I have seen. Keep trying.
Hello Marina! i just have wrote a lovely mail for you, but i can`t find the way to send it to you. Here in the site the maxim caracters of the messages is 1000., and i wrote to you a little more. Please help me with that.
Thanks
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Being in first place does not guarantee her winning the contest. It does guarantee that she will enter the finals. We don’t want her to be pushed into fourth position in the last hour of voting.
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Winter babies want the dog days. In heat treatment, we capricorns of the North depend on nifty ways to keep warm, and I suppose so does everyone else. [Three dog night]…it might be an Eskimo phrase. [syllepsis] or how about astrological verses the one year thing of the animals visiting the hindue[Buddha] or is it more important before to mark conception?
thanks and keep up the great lessons of enlightenment and wisdom…You are the word, coined by Parcelsus…SYLPH
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.
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!!!!
so did you get that AC fixed?
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
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?
Marina,
I would have to go with sagatarious being born on the tenth of December.
Greg
Hi Marina. I would like to request the word Courtesan.
Marina, where did the word “Hurricane” come from? I’ve seen that word in the news every day this summer.
{imagines some old guy with a cane in a terrible hurry}
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.
You should change the last image, now you have 261 videos…
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
Hey, it’s Trixie. This is my first request, and my word is onomatopoeia. Btw, my youtube username is TrixieRules.
Hi. My word is “yesterday”. It sounds funny when you saw it a few times.
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=ONXp-vpE9eU
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.
hey.
the ” F word “.
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:
thank you so much for this week lesson!
* alot of people. not slot!
check this out
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=26UA578yQ5g
Classmate Jame’s video
hey my love Marina.
i wanted to request a term:
” cold feet ”
i’ll be so’ so happy if you choose to teach us this term
waiting to see you again my love..
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.
… 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”.)
ps .. Tetragrammaton = YHVH = jehovah
word request-naif
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
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?
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?
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).
My astrological symbol is a crab.
All is not lost – you’re in here because Marina loves seafood.
now i feel like a party-pooper =S and holy cow theres another interesting idiom…
hello hotforwords, or dear teacher, or marina, or whatever you prefer to be called,
. could you do a vid on the origin of that?
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
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/
The Floccinaucinihilipilification video link is here:
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/
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
Hey Marina, I’ve been wondering, what made you give Kobe his name? Named after the beef? Or best basketball player on earth?
Hello my dear Teacher!
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.
Word request:
“bonfire”
Are you saying that Kobe is a hot dog?
What world are you from? Dogs are warm blooded,and that would make Kobe a hot dog! Another mystery solved!! Yeaaa!!
I think he’d go good in some gaejang-guk!
That sounds gross Prospero. Dog stew I have heard of rumors where cats are used as food
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.
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
Isn’t that kinda the whole point of a word request? To make sexy Marina scramble? Did I overlook some ‘rules’ somewhere?
Scorpio here
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.
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
2utoday does it again! Yeaaa!!!
Didn’t you see at the end of the video her hair blowing in the breeze or a fan running blowing her hair.
She kinda looked ill at the end because it was hot inside her apartment. Take care 
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.
I should start my own videos and have Marina as a guest!! Wow!!!!
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.
I would call it “From Me 2utoday”. Now isn’t that a great idea?
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!
2am?
Evidence a plenty that that A/C is dead.
We’ll have to sing you a lullaby.
“Via…. Las Vegas”…..
lullaby.
O SEXY WOMAN i love that picture of ur feet near the water!
Mine is Cancer.
Why is totty referred to as “crumpet”?
Why is Crumpet referred to as Totty?
Does anyone know what Yumpet is?
Nope,sure don’t. I still haven’t figured
out what a tuffet is, either; as in:
Little Miss Muffet, sat on her “tuffet”
Yumpet = Young Crumpet = Jailbait.
I was just thinkin about the other side of the world and I got to wondering what the origins of war and peace are.
Corporate imperialism on the one hand, and utter destitution of the ravaged nation on the other.
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
Moose and squirrel and myself just help push it to 653 votes.
Leo here
My Dearest Marina, Your beeyoubies do not move when you move so they must be unreal…(fake)…yes no or maybe???
Hey Suprstock, come on now that’s no way to ask a lady a question like that now is it
That is something that should be very personal to Marina. Please be nice with the questions, ok? Thanks for understanding. 
were you expecting something like this?
http://scherzman.blogspot.com/2008/08/titten-krperbeherrschung-ist-alles.html
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
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 ..?
GORILLI?
oh .. of course …
… a gorilli of gorillas
i bet it’s something like a kong of gorillas.
check it out.
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}
How did you get Buzz to pose for the picture on the right on that site? lol
I’ll go with a majesty of gorillas.
Try this Mijj.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/apes/gorilla/
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.
troop of gorillas, may also be true of a troop of guerillas.
Gorillas come in bands, troops can contain kangaroos or monkeys.
Apes, baboons and bison are also troops, as do ostriches.
Wikipedia had gorillas in troops too. Hmmmm…..
It’s a band of gorillas.
the louisville zoo thinks it’s a troop.
so do gorilla hub and bbc news.
I prefer a “consortium” of gorillas .. or … a “squadron” of gorillas.
Apparently, it can be either a troop or a band, or a group.
you mean this band of gorillaz?
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
VOTE MARINA!
I have to wait another 27min till I can vote again
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.
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?
Could you tell me the origin of the phrase “Mind your P’s and Q’s”?
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”
haha my teacher just brought that up yesterday! i wonder if he watches this program
I need to be kept after school.
I can’t even log my web site..
http://www.RolandBuckles.com
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
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.
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!
How about the orign of:
It’s raining cats and dogs
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
Mike
Here I went and pulled it for you
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/12/30/cats-and-dogs/
lol in the zodiac im some naked dude pouring water (Aquarius) XD
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?
I would love to know where the term “stereotype” came from. Help me out?
STEREOS means SOLID in Greek. So a STEREOTYPE is a kind of unvariable model. A SOLID PATTERN in other words.
The Daily Show’s correspondents are describing the survivial kits they’re using for the Democratic Convention.
http://www.indecision2008.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=183637
Jason Jones says he’s taking mostly condoms.
What’s the origin of the word “condom”? Is it related to the word “condominium”?
Oh that second puppy in the investigation cut away is one butt ugly vicious bow wow.
I can handle clowns but that dog’s gonna give me night mares.
I may need to borrow Kobe for a night.
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)
wow…a word lesson that I already knew!
But I must confess, my girlfriend is really into astrology. So is that cheating?
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?
Hey Marina ! When you are out of words please investigate the “waiter” word !
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?
there was a very similar popular phrase in the ’70s and ’80s in the UK .. “Bury the Thatcher”
those were the days my friend
stokesjrj1 on Your comment is awaiting moderation, who is moderating my comment and why is it being moderated.
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.
you meant like this?
and like this?
not to piss anyone off but, you server is literaly serving up the bonfire of the innoncents
ooo!
I had a post that said it was waiting moderation!!!
I was under suspicion of something!!
{feels paranoid and uneasy}
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.
Now might be a good idea to read the “Terms of Use” link found at the bottom of the page.
http://www.hotforwords.com/hotforwords-terms-of-use/
sock puppets suck
If you don’t create a new word for us, Marina, I’m sure a frindle do it.
oh, looky here…my astrological star info:
prolly ‘plains a lot to y’all now, doesn’t it?
annudder
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.
if she made a word the OED used, would that mean that the OED owed her?…
oh…or oh-oh…
annudder
was that annudder shudder?
why is everyone talking about star signs?
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.
d’oh!
… thanks .. i don’t know how i missed that. Marina is too distracting.
I always thought dog days ment this is what it feels like to be a dog in the heat!!! pant pant
Sagittarius
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”
I second that! (Muse, that is.) (’cos i’ve asked for that, too)
yes, the origin of the word “muse” would be…
amusing…
and Marina would be the bestest of Muses to muse about the origin…
mmm…seein’ her cavort ’bout the sea as a Muse…*sigh*
mijj!!! i need that bucket again!…
hope you can tell i’m bemused…
annudder
!!! .. noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…. !!!!
how about someone gives you a [nice cold shower] instead?
I’m just replying again so she might tell us xDDDDDDD
I am amused by the fact that muse is in the word museum.
Oh, and I looked at the OED today at my library, and it is so useful! I looked up floccinaucinihilipilification for fun. I would like to own it except it is probably so expensive (there are around 12 huge volumes that make it up).
ok .. so we’ve got
muse
music
museum
amuse
…
oh .. and muscrat … and mush
these must all be related in some peculiar etymology way.
Don’t forget Muscles.
I would have never guessed. I don’t know much about astronomy.
The other day I was watching one of my favorite movies, Lord of War. In the movie a dictator said “… but after this, your supreme court of kangaroos the US will shut up…” I have heared this term, kangaroo court, before but don’t know what it means or where it comes from. Care in interprete.
bark,bark, said the goat
Marina, [here's] a practical way for you to cool down when producin’ your vids in those hot, steamy, dog days.
consume a lot of water.
that’s a very versatile solution, mr aLx.
and if she’s peckish, she could switch to chocolate cake or rice pudding.
Nice melons.
Hey Alx, I understand what you are saying, but my comment was not to condemn another race or culture for what they consume. I was just making a statement that eating a dog was gross to me. I know different cultures eat what they can as food just to stay alive.
oh .. my pic-link seems to hang – !! – copy pic to my website
ok .. try again … [here's] solution option #1 (again) for Marnia’s problem.
how about bacon?
frying it may be a problem.
anyway .. maybe she’s a [vegetarian].
you’re right. better go with strawberries?
one ice cream cone on each of Marina’s knockers might be a good solution to over heating
.. can’t seem to find an appropriate pic for testing the idea, tho.
ps.
it’d be stylish, too!
Chocolate cone bra Tasty
http://worldofwonder.net/images4/AIMG_8230.jpg
this looks pretty good.
yes .. that looks like a practical workable solution …. though it’d be uncomfortable to do the entire vid in that posture.
maybe she ought to do the vid from inside a [cold shower]
umm. is that a girl or a guy?
attractive tho, eh?
question is: is it the recommended procedure to find x attractive, then determine if she’s a girl, or t’other way round?
… umm … well … eye of the beholder and all …
jesus, there’s so much crap out there …
i was afeared to click on that link!! …
.. but .. whew
.. ??? .. do they mean they stuff their bra’s with those cookies?
umm, not sure, but … maybe chewing it is supposed to enlarge your breasts?
oh .. you mean big brawny boob muscles that could bend iron bars.
boob muscles?
LOL
{laffs like stupid schoolboy}
you did some good searchin’ on that one.
a bra for computer geeks?
d’oh
the solution was there all along … the [bra cold-pack] [just makin sure]
ooo! .. she’d need a sultry asian maiden to assist. Good idea.
some would probably prefer she’d do a vid like that.
eek!
that seems an awful lot like that scene out of [Ringu]!!
I’m skeered!!
It’s a shame that we can’t find places to comment without going all over the place to find a reply button lol
Dog gone it Marina, in this dog eat dog world I read this just in the nick of time.
My astrologicical sign is Gemini representing twins. I prefer to think
of it as being split in two — SHUDDUP! You want her to think we’re crazy?!?
As I was saying, twins, look alikes, doppelgangers, two-into-one
-That’s it! You blew it! You might as well stop vying for Marina’s
attentions and go for her sister.
Gemini, folks.
Sun Sign: Aquarius
That’s too bad about your long days, Marina. Wish I could help as a fellow philologist.
No, really, I mean that.
Thank you,
SGOG
P.S. Maybe you could talk about phonetic/etymologic relations in words like “thank” “think” “thing” “tide” Tide. Hm… If you need help on that one, let me Know. I could talk about that one for at least an eternity.
Request for you Marina where does the word “whatsoever” come from ? does it have anything to do with the 3 words “what” “so” & “ever”?
had a long hard day trying to think of a word?
you need refreshment from your [USB drink cooler]
(
Damn technical difficulty caused me to rewrite this.)
Hey Marina, I noticed that you stopped using the rating option. With 100 million views, did you thought it seemed pointless?
( Kobe: “Huh?!” )
Anyway, I’m am an Aires which represents the ram, and is also associated with the planet Mars, and the god of war. But I don’t believe in that astrological stuff.
kobe is her little white dog,
Marina
Tu vestido roja es muy bonita.
I never give the saying any real thought.
But I think most people today just think of it like
dog tired, dog gone hot, gone to the dogs. dogging it.
Dog days ie laying around in the shade and sleep.
Best weekend ever is getting it’s ass kicked she is like 200 ahead of #2 now.
632 and climbing
what about the word austere??
As in “Don’t have austere.” This is the Texas version of “Don’t have a cow.”
Yikes!!!
I have always wanted to know…where the phrase “what ever floats your boat” came from
Aquarius the water bearer
Aquarius, the beary arse?
ANYWAY my zodiacal sign has got a very nice and fascinating animal as symbol: the centaur!
Hi Superdanilchik. Long time not to hear from you. I hope you don’t stay away this long again. I am glad you are learning Italian now. I just can’t get the grasp on the Russian language right now. I am taking a class at night and been busy with that. Hope to hear from you soon. Your friend Mike
PRIVEEEET MIKE,dorogoj drug! i’ve been missing you,i stay away this long because this is my last year being a student therefore i wanted to enjoy a particular kind of vacation….far away from everything,so i did’t have any possibilty of internet connection,but i cannot forget good friends like you,of course!!!
Sooo,now i’m going to leave again for a while,i’ll be there for a couple of weeks,that means that i’ll be sitting in Marina’s classroom regularly from the 15th of September onwards..,
I’m sooooo glad you’ve started to study Russian,i really wish i were there to help you!!!…anyway i’m always ready to help you in any case,just ask!
I wish for you all the best,mio caro amico. -Daniel-
i
mike,
sorry for being unclear. never thought that you’d condemn another culture. didn’t mean that.
Hey Danil, You got a mention in today’s video.
The video is Karaoke. 
So congrats on the mention. Best of luck to you. 
Mike
[Golden Hair]
This is a superb home-made version of Syd Barret’s “Golden Hair”.
I was looking for Syd Barret’s simple acoustic version, but couldnt find one without an overlay of extra crap.
But i found this!!!
Homework: Aries
Tuffet 1
)
Tuffet 2 This is to remind Marina that she’ll have to kiss a lot of frogs before she meets her Prince. (Ribbet, Ribbet!
(see answer to Yumpet above.)
i would like to know what a camel toe is
Here’s your camel’s toe.Enjoy
Camel Toe
A camel tow is what you need when your camel breaks down.
lmao
Hey Marina.
I live in Denmark, and Denmark is divided into three big parts (plus a few small ones). The three parts are Jylland, Fyn and Sjælland. In english Jutland, Funen and Zealand.
As you can see, one of the parts is named Zealand in english. I wonder why and how it got that name, and has it anything to do with New Zealand? It would be obvious if New Zealand was named after Zealand, but I don’t think that’s right, is it?
Furthermore, which was named first? New Zealand or Zealand?
Please help me solve this mystery =)
Does Sjæ mean sea in Danish? I think Zea may also mean sea in one language or another. If so, it’s ironic to pair it up with “land.” Interesting request, ganschwann. Let’s “sea” what Marina does on this one!
Thanks for your reply.
The weird thing is, “sjæ” isn’t a word in danish. “Sjæl” is a word in danish, meaning soul, but I don’t think that that’s gonna help us in this case.
Another strange thing is that the word for sea in danish is “hav” (pronounced like the word “how” in english). And obviously that’s not similar to sjæ, sea or zea at all.
A interesting fact though, is that the danish word for lake is “sø”. Could this help us maybe?
And by the way I’ve heard that Sjælland sometimes is reffered to as “Sealand” in english, and not only Zealand.
I would like to know the origin of the song “Ring Around the Rosie”, as I have heard it came from the Black Plague. Is this true? Please investigate.
I am a Libra, The Golden Scales.
Libra
Leo (Latin) – “lion”
This constellation is also known as:
Egyptian Denderah: Pi Mentekeon – “the pouring out” (of wrath)
Hebrew: Arieh – “the lion (hunting down his prey)” (Symbolic of the tribe of Judah and the Hebrew Messiah)
Syriac: Aryo – “the rending lion”
Arabic: Al Asad – “a lion coming vehemently” or “a lion leaping forth as a flame”
Brightest star: Regulus (from Latin meaning “little king” or “treading under foot”), also called Cor Leonis (”heart of the lion”). In Arabic the star is Rijil Al Asad – “paw (or foot) of the lion”. Note: Leo is depicted in various zodiacs as leaping upon or treading upon Hydra, the serpent.
Other Stars in the constellation:
Denebola – “the judge” or “Lord who cometh”
Al Giebha (Arabic) – “the exultation”
Zosma – “shining forth”
Sarcam (Hebrew) – “the joining” This star is also in the head of Virgo, completing and beginning the zodiac.
Minchir Al Asad (Arabic) – “the punishing” or “tearing of the lion”
Deneb Aleced (Arabic) – “the judge cometh who seizes”
Al Dafera (Arabic) – “the enemy put down”
Leo is the completion of several ancient zodiacs as well as the completion of the imagery of the sphinx… which begins as the head of a woman (Virgo) and ends with the tail of a lion… and represents (in Greek mythology) all of the wisdom/knowledge under the heavens.
hi
i’m interested to know where the word “douchebag” came from,
if you could investigate, that would be amazing
love you !
Fire…. I’m feeling a bit “dog Eared”…. woof…
mine is a symbol of a virgin.
Richard Branson is a virgin. I just know it.
You poor fellow “a virgin” that just doesn’t fit does it ?
Hey Marina can you tell me more about zombies.
Hey Milla can you tell me more about zombies.
She should know. She has fought enough of them. Milla movies, watch them all day long.
noob meens starter.new guy.
Hey Marina, I wanted to know what the word “noob” means. Hope you see the message!
Thanks <3
newby
newbie
new bee
black dog
<a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmI8ms5-tB8″<dog eat dog
oops, dog eat dog
It’s weird how AC/DC was able find a singer with the same voice type and tone. He sings as great as their singer who died.
ghost dog.
woof woof aLx
pussy! makes the dogg bark.
Man, I had forgotten about these vids; Zep & AC/DC. Good ones buzz.
dogs of war
maltese doggy style.
dogfight
ha, almost forgot about skinny puppy
mr. pink.
damn, i missed that one!
bark at the moon
your going to kick yourself, rain dogs
shit, why didn’t i think of that? damn.
dude, i’m done, this dog fight is over.
mad dog
bitches ain’t shit.
i hate your dog
dog day afternoon
amores perros.
cool, ain’t seen that one.
dude, for real? must see. you’re gonna like it, i’m sure.
dog diggity ol’ skool style
i love mama.
thats fucked up.
stupid bitch.
now, thats just wrong.
the buzz — what’s up dog?
[mad dogs and englishmen]
You guys had fun this afternoon… nobody remembered Hounds of Love, or the baddest dogs, Werewolves of London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We8P_Ww27hY
Bulldog
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=_fOs2Snt62U
may you please look up the origon of the slang term “Boner”?
it may sound perverted but its intresting word…
thank you,
from, Wade
Hey fellow pupils,
Does anyone know what sources Marina uses? (besides the OED)
Hello 100percentjacob, this is not an authoritative answer, but my guess is that she uses the books shown in this video:
Look at 0:24 – 0:29
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/08/20/big-words/
Also, in the Best Weekend Ever video, she is reading a book called “Word Origins” at 1:18
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/08/21/best-weekend-ever/
Hey PK, I glad someone remembered that video. I knew it was one of 200 and something, but which one I couldn’t remember.
Thank you! So helpful
She told us one time in one of her videos some of the reference material that she uses, but I don’t remember which one. Look back at the best weekend ever video and I think she has some of it on the sofa with her. You may be able to pick out the titles. Sorry that’s all I can help you. Maybe someone else can add something more.
Cap, Hellooooo again.
She uses Wikipedia, didnt you know that?
Heads up noob
If you want to piss off Marina really quick.
Saying She is a Wikki whore is it.
I tease Her all the time even I don’t go there.
WOW !! I can’t believe you went there. ! Teacher does not rely on “Wikki. Her job is to teach us. Not copy.
Yeah I’m just teasing.
I have about 30 different books I use.. as some of them get the origins WRONG! And I have to consult multiple sources just to try to arrive at a consensus of correct origins.
If you want good online sources, there’s the OED online http://www.oed.com
(requires a monthly membership of about $25).. and for some good quick references… http://www.etymonline.com/ is a good starting point… http://www.wordorigins.org is also well written… but I always find myself going back to the OED as my ultimate source, though it is difficult to decipher for people at first.. but combined with the other sources its the ultimate.
Thank you so much for the tip
. I am going to be competing with a speech on etymology this year! I’m heading out to the library in a couple of hours. 100percentjacob must investigate (and not leech off of HTW) 
You have a gift with words.
OED
My first blush was more painful than difficult.
Still trying to figure out what all I was looking at on their sample.
Reference and numbers aren’t self explanatory.
Thank you for those two useful links. I got no results for the phrase “six ways from Sunday.” No, this is not a word request. From other sources, I know it’s an Americanism that means to try every possible solution for a problem, as in “see them six ways from Sunday.” My only request from you was “sweetheart” which I’ve already looked up. Seesixcm6
Have you ever read the? Farmers Almanac It has a lot of odd facts that would make great videos.
I once knocked a lot of busts off their pedestals. Needless to say, the museum really lost its marbles! (And I got busted!)
That’s what I call dedication. I appreciate that very much
Thanks
Marina uses sources from the mind. Plus, she makes her own discoveries. Linguistics is a science like History. New discoveries are made every day thanks to hard work and long researches.
Good luck with your speech Jacob.
But you’ll never knock Teach off of her pedestal. 
Oh, no need to worry.
I wouldn’t stand a chance.
Marina, did you just add a nap?
How about cracking open the word “wisdom”, Marina?
Ps. .. i had a little check for a pictorial represenation of “wisdom” – and “Baphomet” was forthcoming.
On checking for a pic of Baphomet …
(<a href=”http://ar.geocities.com/odermundo/Miedo/giger_baphomet.jpg”[depicted here by H.R.Giger])
… a site pointed out the similarity between the [traditional pose of Baphomet] and the [statue of George Washington at Smithsonian Institution Building].
However, on further checking, it’s no suprise. The statue of Washington was a Masonic representation, and [the Masons worship(? revere?) Baphomet].
dang .. that should be …
(<a href=”http://ar.geocities.com/odermundo/Miedo/gige r_baphomet.jpg”[depicted here by H.R.Giger])
noooooooooooooo…..!!!!
(<a href=”http://ar.geocities.com/odermundo/Miedo/giger_baphomet.jpg”[depicted here by H.R.Giger])
oh! .. FFS!!!
(<a href=”http://ar.geocities.com/odermundo/Miedo/giger_baphomet.jpg”[depicted here by H.R.Giger])
wow! .. final shot!!!
(<a href=”http://ar.geocities.com/odermundo/Miedo/giger_baphomet.jpg”[depicted here by H.R.Giger])
jeeezus h christ! .. that the FK is happnin!!
([depicted here by H.R.Giger])
…
… forgot the first “>”
jeez … what a mess …. no more Baphomet.
Oh I have been following this thread to see how long before you got it right. I LMAO at every try Mijj.
I am glad you finally got it right. 
actually, the post is still messed up .. i noticed two other links are pointing to the wrong place.
I checked the links in notepad first to confirm then, then, when i posted .. they all went weird.
When I clicked on it all I got was a swirling thingy. Still watching till you get it right.
You’ll have the longest one person thread I have seen. Keep trying. 
that was like the longest individual deep blue i’ve ever seen. you got skill!
Here you go Mijj watch a little movie then try again. This guy gets owned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCARR5rQoGE
lol .. but the guy on the floor won, though didn’t he, Cap’n.
.. but not in the technical sense.
[hehehe]
Hello Marina! i just have wrote a lovely mail for you, but i can`t find the way to send it to you. Here in the site the maxim caracters of the messages is 1000., and i wrote to you a little more. Please help me with that.
Thanks
i’m a so called “virgin” ,biggest bull shit ever those astrological signs
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….I think the dog at 0.50 has been in the sun to long..
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Being in first place does not guarantee her winning the contest. It does guarantee that she will enter the finals. We don’t want her to be pushed into fourth position in the last hour of voting.
In the finals, the winner is picked from the top three voted-for videos.
Capricorn: The sea goat.
And if I ever actually saw a sea goat, I’d probaby faint.
I’m a sea goat. It takes a while to get used to it.
I was wondering where the word “ain’t” came from. I’m from the south and I hear it all the time. Jus curious.
Thanks! =D
Lot’s of idioms involve the word “dog.”
Why does the phrase, “my dogs are barking” mean that one’s feet hurt.
Why does the phrase, “dog’s bollocks” mean that something is “the best,” while when something is just “bollocks,” it’s bullshit?
Why is “a dog’s breakfast” something messy, and why is a “dog’s dinner” something neat and ostentatious?