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There are less than 12 hours left of voting for the Best Weekend Ever contest. The contest ends tonight 11:59 p.m. ET on September 13.
Marina’s video is leading with 3878 votes.
Just a thank you. My nephew just crucifies the language as a matter of habit. Not long ago he used the word “feckless”. I was speechless (unusual for me). He told me to visit your site. I’m an adjunct prof’ at a local college and this is awesome. In class I try to tickle the English language as often as possible…it makes for more effective communication with the world. Thanks again….
Marina ! Your video is courageous because it shows that we need a clever captain for a ship. Obama is using SOS ! He is the good captain ! The end of the video is fantastic because it shows that for some people war is like a video game. I am speaking here about this stupid Lady from Alaska ! God bless America ! God bless the peaceful voters of America ! Let them be the winners !
oh .. i hadn’t seen her video .. i’d heard she had that clip in there – now it makes sense. Some kids actually think war is fun .. i thought she was appealing to them:)
I’d like to know where the word ‘dandy’ comes from.
I’ve seen and heard it all over the place;
Fine and dandy, i’ts almost in dandelions and I think I’ve heard it as another word for gay men (The more feminine one ).
Also, recently in English ive heard about ‘Dandyism’.
Not sure what that means either but it’s what made me decide to ask
What does Challant mean?
I know, but my friends don’t believe me that it’s not a sexual term.
Help me show them they are using this word way out of context.
Bonus if you tell them to listen to me more often cuz I’m a smart one!
GREAT IDEA FOR A WEBSITE BTW!!!!
i am requesting a word, cyber, i know what it means but have not took the time to look up the origin and such things, i was hoping that you would do a video on the word cyber. since it is about technology i was wondering when the word was created/invented, and also, of course, where it comes from
Marina I believe you have a little competition as far as word origins. She even mentions you in her video. I thought it rather funny the way she portrayed your style of teaching.
unfortunately, she seems to fall for the cliche that conveying intelligent information is best done as a dull and lifeless recitation of data.
- and i dont think she has that style because she’s becoming familiar with the medium .. i think it’s because she actually believes that true.
Hey, Marina. How is it going? I am new here, i just checked your list and I would like to know the origin of the word “fuck”. I mean not to be rude or anything, it’s just a word at the end of the day, right? Right? .
Thanks! Oh, and kisseeeeeeeeeeeeeees
We all love you !
Hi Myhai11111. Welcome to the site. Marina has had such a over whelming request for the etymology of the F word that she was going to do a special video just on that word. She didn’t say when she would make the video, but maybe it will be very soon. Until she makes the video here is one that James one of our members here has done on his own. So maybe this will hold you over until Marina’s video comes out. Thanks for understanding.
Hi Capman, as long as Marina is researching the F word, she would very likely enjoy / be inspired by this video by the Teach Osho (now deceased), who gave a very amusing talk about the word some years ago. Check it out and wish her luck from ZEN…
Hi frewju, Marina has answered that question a few times in her past comments.
Since Marina is an etymologist / philologist, she has a passion for words. To be ‘hot’ for something means that one is passionate about that thing. So, HotForWords means being Passionate For Words.
If you look at the Lessons list in the upper left hand corner of the page, you’ll also see videos about the word “Hot” and “Hot (Synonyms)”
hello… this is my first time on this site… but i have a word that i would like to the origin for
the word is “word”, i mean really, who decided that the things we r saying r words…
Hey Mrsean22795, welcome to the site. Marina has had a lot of request for that word “word” so give here some time as she goes back through all of the posts and picks out the most requested words. She then does an etymology of the word and it’s meanings. Here is something that might help in the future. Type in Word Request in bold letters and then the word that you want her to look up. That is so it will make it easier for her to see the request. IE WORD REQUEST Word. Thanks for joining the site and have fun.
Mike
Just thought the lower the score the more fun one had in a lifetime.
Don’t look to deep into this, It’s just guy stuff.
And don’t save yourself for heaven.
It makes a better conversation over a beer.
I’m sooo sooo sure I don’t.
But you are a very creative thinker.
You are the one who advertised your test score, just making a comment on that.
The kids are up and want me to go to you tube and play the Cha Cha Slide the girls need their morning exercise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPOzEvAroYs
It spells out ROFLCOPTER. Which is pretty cool. By the way, when looking up the web acronym I found a site that has seven definitions on what it is and how it was invented. Very interesting indeed.
Hey Wayne. If you’ll look down through the comments you’ll a game ROFLOCOPTER. I have it listed in one of my earlier comments and so does Koalabear. Try it, it will remind you of the old style games, but still fun to play.
Mike
if you click on the pic, you get taken to a page where you can sign up for “gravitar”. Once you’ve done that you can pull a pic from your desktop. You can collect a number of them.
Can you please do the meaning of the phrases “Fat Chance” and “Slim Chance”. i ask you to do this becue the two phrases mean the same thing, but the wierd thing about that, is that The words fat and slim are opposites.
maybe M should create a member’s profile page which lists all members and (if we wish) each member links to a page of info, photo and email contact, etc.
the idea is ..
there is a members page for HotForWords members …
(not all of YouTube membership )
this page (for example)
…would list all members of HotForWords
…and each member listed would have a link (if they so desire)
…to a page of personal information .. including pic, email, misc info, etc.
it’s useful and is commonly done .. but requires effort. If M doesnt have tech assistance then it’s probably not worth considering in any case.
dude, i know what you were talking about.
let’s say this site has like 50,000 members. you want a page with 50,000 names listed?
like i said, you can link your nickname to your youtube site or whatever, so … uh … yeah.
(i guess this is academic in any case, but… what the hell …)
maybe some or even most are .. it’s not certainty.
the problem splits into 3 parts:
1. Is it a good idea to have a consistent way to get info about a member
2. the provision of a user info page
3. the accessability of a member’s name
1. – is it a good idea? .. well . the benefit’s got to be considered in balance with the effort and resources needed to provide the info.
2. the provision of a user info page
is there any reason why anyone here should be a member of youtube? Maybe (assuming it’s considered important to have a consistant index of members) an easy solution would be to require HFW members to be YouTube members.
On the other hand, a HFW user info page would be tailored to this site. (but that requires effort)
3. the accessibilty of a member’s name:
we should consider the use cases – the different circumstances where someone might want info on a member.
Obviously, if the person you’re interested in has just posted on the current thread, then you could click his/her name and you’d be straight there (assuming this links to the same place as the index links).
Other cases might be where somone’s been gone for a while and the simplest solution is to go to the index and find the name there.
Anotehr case may be that you cant quite remember the name and you need to search through similar names.
Of course, this all requires effort, so it’s not likely to happen .. it’s just a thought about making a coherent reference for HFW members info.
mijj
Just click on the name of the member you want to talk to and if they have linked to her site you will go right to their page or web site. Try it click on greg and feel free to leave me a message
Another day and a half of voting left for the Best Weekend Ever contest.
The contest ends 11:59 p.m. ET on September 13, 2008.
Marina has a significant lead with 3790 votes.
I am going to buy Marina an alarm clock that plays a song when this contest is over with. I had one that played a Celtic tune when it would go off. I loved that tune then the clock went bad and I can’t find another that plays that tune. Oh well another day.
Marina your right on with the adds according to what the video is about. Google is so predictable. Put up a video From Taiwan and they adds are for Chinese art. I can’t remember if the boobs video if Google put up bra adds?
yeh .. and he died with a horribly disfigured face with his jawbone utterly riddled with cancer because, even though he knew the danger early on, he couldn’t stop smoking cigars .
so .. sometimes a cigar is more than a cigar, mr freud.
- fine analyst he turned out to be.
Could you please do a video on the origin of “pentimento”? This word came up in an e-mail exchange today with a friend, who asked, “What does it mean?” Thank you very much.
Marina: loading of the frontpage is really slow (for me atleast), I tried to e-mail you with a solution, but the e-mail bounced, so I used the contactform instead.
Marina gets many email and it may take some time for her to get to you. If you send me a message on the contact form I might be able to help you with with your problem.
Ok with all this talk about ROFLCOPTERS. I have to show you guys a video of Justin Chi. This little boy at the age of 4 started to fly R/C Helicopters. Anyone here who flies R/C helis knows this is the most difficult aircraft to fly of all R/C. Justin now 6 years old, started flying simulators when he was 18 months old. His first solo fixed winged flight at 2 3/4 years old. His first helicopter solo flight was 4 years old, flying a large gas powered heli that costs around $2,000. Justin has a fleet of helis costing around $12,000. Remember if you crash R/C there is no reset button. Repairs are costly.
Now this video is Justin is flying a very high preforming heli that is fully aerobatic and capable of flying inverted. Justin does some difficult maneuvers that you only see the experts do. One of those stunts is called the “Chaos”. Its where the heli stays in one place as the tail rotates wildly around that spot. It looks like the heli is out of control. Very difficult maneuver to do because it requires good timing on moving the sticks on the radio transmitter. My jaw dropped to the floor when I saw this. Justin does some common and advanced maneuvers with the precision of world champions. 6 Year Old Justin Chi – IguanaCup 2008 Heli Demo 2 – Sep 2008
CJ, have tried to fly RCH with G-sibs but is a tad difficult. Few repairs after only a few attempts. Did watch Redbull airshow in town a month or so back, completly blown away by a couple of helicopters 360 looping flying upside down. Most impressive, very wrong! Thanks for the link
Yea I need more simulator time before I put my bird though stunts like that. I know how to do them but I like to get a bit more proficient before I have to spend time on repairs. If you haven’t already you can see my video of me doing my 5th flight on my heli.
I have never seen the Redbull heli yet in person. I seen some video documentary about the guy that flies it and how he wants to kick it up a notch.
CJ- G-sibs (God Children ) – an early lesson from HFWs, ‘Gossip’ – God Parent, that would be me, so use G-sib(lins) since lesson. Benny Boy is 3yrs, Wilsa lad is 4yrs, Joe Joe now 7yrs. Against parental wishes I include them in most home work assignments, they love HFWs; Unlike friends and family, they agree with my heart felt sincerity as they see the fun, not the obsession They ask after Marina too, which raises eyebrows from parents; They all love Marina loads, even one of their teachers stopped me to find out what HFWs was all about – so have to keep them focussed on lessons virtual or otherwise – I love them dearly CJ; Automatically slip into their ‘here and now’ oceanic phase, child like state when visiting them. Everything else goes on hold for the few hours each week I see them (such is the inner child in me ) – first its football to release the the endless energies, refreshments and snacks, followed by guitar lessons(rock star ambitions), universe books, DVDs, pod casts. We conclude uni-lesson with drama, flying light speed to various planets, stars and so on (always bumping into Darth Vader ) – drinks, then 20 mins of one word in Thai (Their choice of langauge, must be that Thai shirt I sometimes wear ) End with book of their choice. Joe Joe has an extra 20 mins with reading and spelling….one day I hope to have my own children, just so hard finding that all important, Miss almost perfect partner, for this, Mr. not quite but good enough, me – The RCH lessons on hold as Huey is in for repairs…my fault .
The Red Bull air show was in London. Fast zippy planes wizzing back and forth but before they began, some helicopters showed off. Utterly awesome and blown away, didnt seem natural seeing a huey fly upside down, caused nervousness so more beer was required to aid a settle – Didn’t see much of the planes thinking about it as caught up with old friend hadnt seen in ages, so had alot to catch up on…over a few ales, tut, oh the excuses
CJ, you mentioned you get ESP with your sister? Know what your are thinking – I just believe so it regulary happens, ever since a kid. Gut instincs of someone before the phone rings, dreams the night before you bump into them next day plus other more obvious ‘events’ that came true. It all leads to how closely connected we ALL are. That string thing the scientists are looking for hhhmmmmm, well, the Chinese call it Chi, an endless force, when practiced, works! Westerners are a little bit ignorant to think otherwise, or not to believe. In any case, it works often enough for me. I am guessing for you CJ, being all at sea much, you are most open to these ESP moments. I understand there are some who just are unable to relate, more sensatives souls can and do. I find it fun, a little madness helps too On occassions, for weeks at a time I get nothing. When all at once it can be three or four hours wizzing through me of thoughts and feelings, just got to right them down, make apologies to leave any meeting, find a place to right. Reflect next day or two. Recently, my cousen Louise in New Zealand gave birth, I called mum before to tell her that I had a feeling we should get news today. No suprises when mum confirmed she had a call from NZ with a newbie into the family. I guessed the name Joseph ( clouded by my G-sib Joseph, maybe?)- instead Joel was given, followed by, er hum, Mathew – great to hear more from you about this CJ, what your experiences may be Keep up the excellent TA work you do, enjoy very much your input. No less, hear from you again and soooOOOooooon
What an insightful comments you posted. Nice to learn a bit about the people here.
One time I picked up my phone to call my sis and she was already on the line as I was dialing her number. She said why did you do that. I told her that I was calling her. I didn’t even hear the phone ring. I guess the phone company is a bit slow on making the phone ring. It really freaked us out when all this happened. We are getting use to it now. Now its more like “Didn’t you get my ESP message?” She would say yes, but I sent it to Mind Mail.
I know about Chi. I studied Karate for about 3 years and learned about it from one of my other instructors. One can spend many years perfecting it.
Westerners are overwhelmed with advertising campaigns that has clouded their thinking. I know this well because Im partly to blame on developing it. Now if you made commercials of using my set of lessons on DVDs on how to use Chi then people would be open to it more. Or do a prime time TV show that encourages people to buy the DVD lessons.
CJ, no bull, I mowed the lawn at 6pm GMT, for the first time in the new house I have moved into. Mowed the first time in years only to just download latest lesson (3am, just finishing work) with, dun don darn, a lawn mower in the frame — hhmmmm, now the spontanious idea just before deciding to mow, thinking about HFWs with cup of green tea on the go, no inner voices but a sudden desire to get the lawn trimmed…on my life, no joke, what do you reckon?
OMG i ran across a sentence from Bill Bonner’s article ‘Das Phony Kapital’ [http://www.dailyreckoning.com/rpt/mauldin.html]
packed with good words that may interest HFW!
“A good flim flam needs a good mountebank and a good mark.”
I have a word request for you. the word is “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”
Yes this is a real word, and at one time was the longest word in the English language. I think your show is great, and INTELLIGENCE IS EXTREMELY SEXY!!!!
Hi leewillijr, lots of people have asked for that word. I’m not sure if Marina will dive into that one or not. However, she did make reference to that word in her Floccinaucinihilipilification video. The reference to the lung disease word starts at 2:10
Hello there teacher!
I realy like your videos, it´s a realy nice idea that you have. I mean i don´t think i have ever realy understood what a teacher is saying up until now. Probably becouse you have a different teaching style than most of my teatchers!?
But hey, i am sure that you get to hear things like that all the time. What i realy wantet to know was if you know where the word fuss comes from?
I read it in one of my courses in webdesign and i was thinking what the hell this word could come from.
I think that i would explode of happiness if you told me what it comes from.
Many thanks for the fun and educational times i have watching your videos. Keep it up girl!
I enjoyed your video on bad grammar. I doubt if you dressed like that when you taught high school, and I can’t help but wonder if some of your former students have seen your videos and have contacted you. I’m sure they miss their teacher! How does one address one’s teacher in Russia? And, how do your prefer to addressed online . . . Hotforwords, Teacher, or Marina?
erm, ROFLCOPTER?? – No suprises here Emokid my opposites are ’smartarses’, not that I care about that right now, too busy looking at the floor feeling how bad it is to walk on it, hope i’m not hurting the carpet in any way!!!…will take test again after work out, usually feel more of a smartarse with super arrogent tendancies, no cant do it, unable to lie, i’m always emokid er i mean, – think i just hurt the keyboard typing too hard, SOS…will have to write a poem or something, something patheticly sad…..f***ing emokid, im not moody, no wait yes i am, i dont sulk, wait, yes i do, brutal? what’s brutal? guess I can be thinking about it. Jees, I feel terrible now, hate myself and everything, going to close curtains (not pull too hard ) then lock the doors, haven’t cried in ages, no really i haven’t but I think I will now…. – You are 43% Rational, 43% Extroverted, 43% Brutal, and 14% Arrogant.
Eye forgot what isit I was saying I am going too marry you. your just what i’ve been dying to meat. Yeah fellows i hear she’s 7 years older then her “true age” of 31 trying to pass her self off as a 27 year odd virgin. If you know what i mean i hear he sisters really the good one and a lot more fun. probabayly can be had for a pistole shot dime or at least a quarter millk. ow what the hay roll, wouldn’t have any other way, hey dad can a borrogh some money I am just a whittle sort of shange? ‘Ill pay you back when my tax reprobate comess in the hey wait a minuite what am i saying i must be hott or insane
hi Marina….i love ur show..i always wanted to know wat exactly does A.D mean and its origin!! its soo popular but few people really know anything about this phrase which divides our world’s time!1 can u help me please?
Hey Odensepoliti. Was that you laughing in the video at Justin? I can see why you were laughing the way your lady friend came across with that line about Justin “Just in from Memphis Tennessee”. I got a big kick out of you loosing it. Cool site also.
Mike
okay so i wanna know the orgins of the word “Shit” ive gotten mixed answers from history teachers some say it was an analogy and some say it was just a word from older civilazations
Many eons ago a cave man was chowing down on a dead,rancid critter he found while walking through a temperate woods.After a few pounds of the suspect meat he had to take an emergency dump. As the excrement exited at high speed it made a “shhhi” sound,followed be a chunk that made a “t” sound when it hit the dry leaf litter of the forest floor. Now to survive back then a body had to note every sound and commit it to memory,so,the caveman,after he recovered from the rancid meat,walked around saying “ssshhhi”-”T” for many days.Whenever a tribe member happened to take a dump nearby he said “shhi-t”,soon the entire tribe was saying it,natural progression of speech chananged the verb to a noun and there you have it-shit.
Relay the above to your history teachers and see if they think it is plausible,if not,maybe they *dunno shit*.
Marinas little dog Kobe probably thinks the word for shit is “shi-p”,cause it makes a different sound when it hits the carpet!
If someone creeps you out or something gives you the chills sometimes you might say that it gave you the “Hebe Gebe’s”.
Where did Hebe Gebe’s come from?
Marina, I admire your choice of yacht in the last video, except
1. it sank
2. it had no helideck, so the Roflcopter couldn’t rescue you.
No wait … I think I heard the copilot say, “Winch the wench.”
OK, the wenchman is going down … just put your arms round his neck and your legs through the strop, close you eyes and think of Mother Russia.
Your result for The Sublime Philosophical Crap Test by Saint_Gasoline …
R-A-R
You scored 33% Non-Reductionism, 56% Epistemological Absolutism, and 22% Moral Objectivism!
You are an R-A-R: a metaphysical Reductionist, an epistemological Absolutist, and a moral Relativist.
Thanks Marina for the answer. My guess is wrong at first.
The homework Morse code stands for ‘ROFLCOPTER.’ But what’s that? A kind of helicopter? Another mystery after one mystery is solved, ha.
When I try to decode, I am curious about that is there any regularity of those dots and dashes of the alphebat? It seems no at first sight.
more frequently used letters seem to be associated with shorter signals, like e = . and t = _ , but I don’t know the algorithm they used when defining the code, Just that’s what it APPEARS to be the only rule that I can easily surmise.
Nifty fact: The code for “V” is “…_”, read aloud is “dih-dih-dih-dah”. V = Roman numeral 5. During WWII as England popularized Churchill’s “V for Victory, to boost morale during the blitzes, the BBC would frequently play Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (the rhythm of the theme is the same). It seemed to have the intended effect on morale, despite the fact that Beethoven was German-born.
MARINA – Had an idea. You say that you look for word requests in the Comments section. “That is where I will look for new word requests. You only need to make a word request once as I will search through ALL comments, no matter how far they go back in time!” I was wondering if you might consider adding an emoticon (you know, those , , , etc.) that signals a word request and is not to be used for any other purpose. Maybe you do page searches on “word” or “Marina” or some other flag word. If a new emoticon is out of the question, perhaps we could select an existing one, e.g., the . On the other hand, maybe you have some ingenious method that works better than my suggestion
What I do is this… I scan through the requests.. and when I come upon one that is interesting… I then do a search and find everyone else who has requested that word. I thought about making a form to request the words.. but then we lose the community aspect of people responding to a request and seconding that request.
So I think it’s pretty good right now.. but yes you are correct.. it makes it harder for me to FIND those requests when I don’t separate them from regular conversation.
Word Request: model
How can such a small word mean or refer to so many things? Do a Google search and of course the prettiest meaning of the word is listed first. We need to tell Google to use pictures of HotForWords instead. I guess we all think of gorgeous models first.
Then, there is the word modality and mode. Are they related to the word model?
P.S.
Hopefully my bolded “word request” can assist in the visual scanning.
Maybe there is a widget where where a user can click a button that automatically inserts the bolded flag “Word Request” to facilitate visual searching as well as using the search box.
I like Pedantickarl idea of using the “Word Request”, the only problem I see with that is how many new people would think to do that even though it was in the instructions?
I wonder what effect my request for “collective nouns” had on her ability to seperate it from the regular conversation…heheh
and I wonder if she may be hinting at an upcoming lesson…
Though I must say that on the surface, I like the idea of seperating the requests, but have reservations about not having them in the thread, as it seems most ppl are posting here, and as the video spurs the natural conversation, word requests here have better context…
If we only put word requests in one place, Our Dear Teacher would only have a dry list of words to pick from, whereas here, she gets a bit of context and others are more likely to reply with their opinions, perhaps educing them to come up with requests of their own.
So, I would say to Marina, “You do that voo-doo that you do so well!”
see, this is where a forum comes in handy. one subforum or thread could be “word requests go here”, so you’d have to read only on thread. but, oooh nooooo, it’s too old fashioned. pffff. told ya, they’ll never die, they do serve a purpose.
Hi lividemerald, I have been trying to use the technique shown in my reply to Marina’s comment above. (then again, it might be below)
Hopefully the bolded key word will help Marina with the visual scanning.
Of course not everyone will do this, so Marina can’t depend on it for using the search box, unless there was a button to automatically insert the keyword.
I like and use your idea Karl, but I put the word I want to be used in bold letters. So I may change what I am doing to what you are saying. Marina could put up a box at the top saying for word requests put Word Request . in bold letters followed by the requested word. Maybe if enough of us started doing it that way the rest would catch on. One other idea. You know like in a word processor you have a B for bold a U for underline maybe a emoticon to click on to turn just that word bold. Then unclick the emoticon to resume in regular print. Just some more ideas.
Capman911, my original idea was to continue with requesting words within the conversation threads, but to flag word requests with a special emoticon. Your idea of an emoticon to click on for bold or underline would be along those lines. PedanticKarl also proposed the use of bold. However, I think sometimes people want to use use bold and underline for other purposes. I am still of the opinion that a special emoticon of some kind that has no other logical purpose would work best. Maybe an emoticon that is not yellow (right now, only Mr. Green stands out from the crowd). On the other hand, an emoticon, however visible to the eye, may not be searchable. My thought is that as the library of words/phrases/games grows, it will become more and more difficult for Marina to scan all the posts for word requests. Maybe someone more technically skilled and more creative than myself will come up with an idea to facilitate Marina’s arduous task of word request tracking.
How about a red emoticon that says word request when your mouse hovers over it like the rest of the emoticons. That way a red would stick out very easily. and be spotted.
dkl78594 wrote under the SOS Game that:
Before the year 1912, ships at sea used the Morse code distress signals “CQD”, which means, “Call To Quarters – Danger!”
Since you said at the end of your video that CQD, like SOS, doesn’t stand for anything, I guess CQD is also what folks here are calling a “backronym.”
It’s all beginning to finally sink in….
You are 29% Rational, 43% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 57% Arrogant.
summary: your personality is defective because you are arrogant, introverted, introspective, gentle, and thoroughly irrational…posessing most of the traits needed to be a starving–and useless–artist. So get out there, write a few short stories that are allegories for the indestructible spirit of socks, and starve!
To put it less negatively:
1. You are more INTUITIVE than rational.
2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more ARROGANT than humble.
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Capitalist Pig.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Haughty Intellectual, the Televangelist, and the Emo Kid.
Your result for The Personality Defect Test …
Robot
You are 71% Rational, 14% Extroverted, 43% Brutal, and 29% Arrogant.
You are the Robot! You are characterized by your rationality. In fact, this is really ALL you are characterized by. Like a cold, heartless machine, you are so logical and unemotional that you scarcely seem human. For instance, you are very humble and don’t bother thinking of your own interests, you are very gentle and lack emotion, and you are also very introverted and introspective. [...] You are one of those annoying, super-logical people that never gets upset or flustered. Unless, of course, you short circuit. Or if someone throws a pie at you. Pies sure are delicious.
To put it less negatively:
1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive.
2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Class Clown.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Hand-Raiser, the Emo Kid, and the Haughty Intellectual.
Hand-Raiser
You are 86% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 43% Arrogant.
You are the Hand-Raiser, that annoying kid in class who always had an answer for everything. No doubt, as a child you probably sat in the front of the class, anxiously waving your hand back and forth in the air while your teacher desperately tried to avoid calling on you because you were the ONLY fucking kid that answered her questions. Clearly, the key traits of your personality are your rationality and your extroversion. You are like a little talkative calculator, in other words. You also tend to be rather gentle and less arrogant than most people. Your presence is a bane to everyone’s existence, because you are too nice for your own good and you absolutely will not shut up. So what is your defect, then? Well, you’re boring, and when you’re not boring, you are just plain annoying with your ultra-logical responses and constant need to talk to others. So keep waving that hand in the air, son. I’m still not calling on you. You are too logical, you talk too much, and your humility and gentleness only makes me hate you more, because they make me feel like I almost SHOULDN’T hate you. But I do. Big time. And by the way, the more you wave your hand in class–your extended hand becoming nothing more than a blur as you insanely wave it, thinking we can’t see it–the more smug satisfaction the teacher takes in watching the look of excrutiating pain cross your face as you agonize over not being called on, and the longer we’ll wait to call on you, just because we absolutely love torturing you so.
To put it less negatively:
1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive.
2. You are more EXTROVERTED than introverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Brute.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Braggart, the Haughty Intellectual, and the Robot.
Compared to other takers
* 71/100 You scored 86% on Rationality, higher than 71% of your peers.
* 48/100 You scored 57% on Extroversion, higher than 48% of your peers.
* 23/100 You scored 14% on Brutality, higher than 23% of your peers.
* 24/100 You scored 43% on Arrogance, higher than 24% of your peers.
Hand-Raiser?? WTF!!?? I don’t ever remember raising my hand more than twice in class. I thought I would just let someone else raise their hand wasting their energy while I try to burn down the school by putting staples in the electrical outlet.
You are 100% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 43% Brutal, and 43% Arrogant.
ou are the Hand-Raiser, that annoying kid in class who always had an answer for everything. No doubt, as a child you probably sat in the front of the class, anxiously waving your hand back and forth in the air while your teacher desperately tried to avoid calling on you because you were the ONLY fucking kid that answered her questions. Clearly, the key traits of your personality are your rationality and your extroversion. You are like a little talkative calculator, in other words. You also tend to be rather gentle and less arrogant than most people. Your presence is a bane to everyone’s existence, because you are too nice for your own good and you absolutely will not shut up. So what is your defect, then? Well, you’re boring, and when you’re not boring, you are just plain annoying with your ultra-logical responses and constant need to talk to others. So keep waving that hand in the air, son. I’m still not calling on you. You are too logical, you talk too much, and your humility and gentleness only makes me hate you more, because they make me feel like I almost SHOULDN’T hate you. But I do. Big time. And by the way, the more you wave your hand in class–your extended hand becoming nothing more than a blur as you insanely wave it, thinking we can’t see it–the more smug satisfaction the teacher takes in watching the look of excrutiating pain cross your face as you agonize over not being called on, and the longer we’ll wait to call on you, just because we absolutely love torturing you so.
hand raiser? nah, I just waited till everyone else said something to see if they knew, and if no one had it right I’d just yell the right answer
You are 29% rational, 71% extroverted, 43% Brutal, 29% Arogant.
You are the Hippie!
Characterized by a strong sense of extroversion, irrationality, gentleness, humility, and a faint scent of marijuana, you no doubt frolic through fields preaching peace and free love! Immediately following that, you then frolic to the hospital with herpes! You are probably either very spiritual or needlessly paranoid about “the man”, like most hippies, as a result of your focus on intuition and feelings over cold, brutal logic. You probably enjoy poetry, especially beatnik ultra-liberal crap about how horrible fascism is, even though your suburbanized, sheltered idea of “fascism” is having to pay two dollars per gallon at the gas pump. You are also very, very social. And like any hippie who would have no qualms about hitch hiking across the country just to meet some interesting people, you also love to interact with others, even complete strangers. Though I highly doubt they love to interact with you! Because we know most any hippie is peace-loving and humble, it stands to reason that you, as well, are terribly gentle and humble, almost to the point of revulsion. Your carefree attitude of peace and harmony is probably very, very sickening to realists or cynics or anyone who isn’t a hippie, to tell the truth. In short, your personality is defective because you are overly emotional, extroverted, gentle, and humble–thus making you an annoying hippie. Now go do your drugs and have sex with filthy bearded men in tye dye shirts.
To put it less negatively:
1. You are more INTUITIVE than rational.
2. You are more EXTROVERTED than introverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Sociopath.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Hand-Raiser, the Televangelist, and the Robot.
I scored 100% on all counts, also I got cut for my lies, but it’s all good since now I’m immortal. I ate one of the orphan kids, and my monitor received much tongue in sign of appreciation for this test!
Thanks, mijj! :*
Hi Marina, Love Your Cannel. Bogus is one of my favorite words. Many people think it is slang, because a lot of surfers use it but it is a real word that means fake. It is a funny word and I’d like to know where it originated.
толковейшая Matina, You loaded your video late, today. Nearly 7:00 PM Pacific time. Here’s yor homework:
._. = R
___ = O
.._. = F
._.. = L
_._. = C
___ = O
.__. = P
_ = T
. = E
._. = R
So you’re saying, “Roll on Floor Laughing copter.”
BTW, helicopter rides are not fun. I never thought about laughing during a helicopter ride.
Your dear student, seesixcm6
Helicopter rides are the most fun you can have with your clothes on, especially low level, down among the trees, under bridges, hovering over beaches blowing sand in the bully’s eyes, and the girl’s bikinis to kingdom come.
I was wondering how the phrase “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” came about. It means you can’t have everything or the best of both worlds. I don’t see a connection. Why would I get a cake if I can’t eat it? Please investigate. Thanks you very much. Keep up the good job!
That was a cool video Miss M. With the cartoon game at the end. I can’t wait till you get your green screen or was it a blue screen. Now I can’t remember. Oh well.
A word that I have heard used several times, but that I have never fully understood the meaning or origin of is “catawampus”. Usually, it’s used as a description of position, as in “that desk is sitting catawumpus”. Anyway, I had hoped that you would apply your considerable intellect into deducing the origin and correct meaning of this funny sounding word.
I was thinking this word during your intro because of that recognizable voice over that you have. So what is the origin of ‘voice’ ? Let us know please!
I was also wondering how did you get that guy to do it for your videos, hes famous in my book =)
It has occurred to me that because the English language is finite, you will eventually run out of interesting words to teach us about. That would be a shame and a great sorrow for your students. Thus, I decided to make some suggestions:
First, I read your answer to the SOS question: SOS stands for nothing in particular, and the other acronyms are more correctly called “backronyms” as they were invented later, in order to help remember the code or, more likely, invented by bored sailors who lived long before you were born (such a sad story), etc. However, the more interesting question is this: why is it … —… and not .-.-.- or —…— or -..-..-.. or something like that. More generally, is there something special about the codes invented by Mr. Morse or did he assign them randomly? For a possible home work: where was the first transmission of Morse code over water transmitted/received from/at? Hint: I am literally above that location as I am writing this. Also, how did receivers of SOS signals know where the signal was coming from in the days before radio, GPS, and radar?
Second, it is possible you have already addressed this issue in your lessons, but as I am a lazy student, I have not checked in detail (I did check a little). At the risk of making my teacher angry, I will as my question anyway: Where do the names for groups of animals come from? For example, why is it a “school” of fish, a “pride” of lions, a “flock” of geese, a “gaggle” of ducks, and so forth? Were these names selected with the same care as Mr. Morse’s codes? Do they originate in Latin and Greek? Are they the result of well-educated, but idle rich folks amusing themselves in pre-radio days?
I have more suggestions, but I will save them for another time.
Any time Lucky. Just trying to help a little. I know Marina would give the better answer, plus if she answers you you’ll get recognized by on her video. So good luck with your request.
Hi marina, I was watching this while I was in bed with a cold, and I was wondering what the origin of the word “Blanket” was. If you could tell me, that’d be great.
I’m pretty sure it’s a trade mark name for a brand of cigarette rolling papers. Mostly use by pot heads to roll the weed, the ganja, you know marijuana. Not sure what came first the papers or the zig and zag. But one thing for certain a young mother in the late 60’s named her boy twins Zig and Zag.
Are Pre ban vids. allowed? if not stop this vid @ 17sec. and be afraid, very afraid.
Oh & the wierd stuff in the sos vid is a kind geeked up version of the Apocalypse Now helicopter raid.
Carp… it worked for me yesterday lick the Dawnbreakz or just watch the vid.
How long you going to go? Or you could find it more interesting not seeing the vid & just asking everone to describe everything for you.
i ent clicked those links yet … I’ll do that after this post in case i fall off my chair or something …
… i’ve found how to remove the images of Marina from these web pages (firefox) ..so that reminder has gone too! whew
The vid version of Marina is heart palpitating. .. I have a while to go before i’m rehabilitated.
But the vid version of Marina is becoming more of a phantom and doesn’t seem quite real. (I saw the Taiwan vid, and caught glimpses there) To me, now, the real Marina is the one who posts occasionally in these threads.
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Dawnbreakz & Daybreakz are brilliant (‘cept for the normal singing bit). Thanks. I had trouble getting the track started cos i thought the sound was breaking up took me a while to figure it’s supposed to be like that.
yup yup. math isn’t my strength but kurt is my favorite mathematician. got several translations of the tao. you should have my youtube response by now.
i have to say, my style for checking out this kind of stuff is non-existent.
There are times when i’m totally in the right frame of mind and it pours in by the bucket load .. but most of the rest of the time if i attempt to follow any threads, it’s something of a dry drudge.
I have to sort of freak myself out a bit to get the most from it.
basically .. if someone sneaks up behind me and shouts BOO! .. i’ll rush off and analyze what i’m feeling referencing Alaister Crowley, Alchemy, (and now Gnosticism), etc. – whatever seems right.
i’ve read it .. can’t say any of it stuck .. vaguely remember leaping consciousnesses and the eye in the pyramid actually being a particular part of a lady’s anatomy. .. erm .. maybe … unless i made that bit up.
drought day 6! .. i missed a huge amount of M-vids!!
that cartoon thing is weird .. i think i misinterpreted it the first time i was aware it was there (without the music).
.J.E.S.U.S. and his
The birth of jesus and his GANG…santa baby and her….You must be logged in to add comments. New to Shakira.com? Become a member,
merry christmas my curly…..
:p
did you just say “merry christmas” to your short’n'curlys?
Yes! My friend, you are [RIGHT]!…
Being is gOOd
Lemme guess, hot for words?
I liked this one a lot. didn’t know it didn’t mean anything. thanks for doing this.
I don’t know morse code, could in have been Marina Orloff though? perhaps the right number of lettters.
What is a ROFLCOPTER?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=roflcopter
There are less than 12 hours left of voting for the Best Weekend Ever contest. The contest ends tonight 11:59 p.m. ET on September 13.
Marina’s video is leading with 3878 votes.
Just a thank you. My nephew just crucifies the language as a matter of habit. Not long ago he used the word “feckless”. I was speechless (unusual for me). He told me to visit your site. I’m an adjunct prof’ at a local college and this is awesome. In class I try to tickle the English language as often as possible…it makes for more effective communication with the world. Thanks again….
Why do liberals hate Rush Limbaugh?
(those with sensitive ears and/or right-wing zealots should NOT click the following link)
[Bill Hicks Perfectly Describes Rush Limbaugh]
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Ooooooh the competition is for 2nd place.
Like a NASCAR race.
Marina is several laps ahead.
Must have a super engine under that hood.
Faster Marina, Faster.
The clowns are chasing you.
Get going, they have a knife. Look out.
gosh guys I would say that women need to wear rubber or latex gloves when handling paper objects.
meant woman
Word Request ZOMBIE, ROBOT
I have another Word request I wanted to ask :
My teacher told me : “Stop listening to your STENTORIAN music”.
at least it sounded like that… what does it mean ? and where does it come from ??
STENTORIAN ???
Btw, I found a clip from spook louder 2(3 stooges) on you tube.com What could that sos say and what does that mean
It’s ROFLOCOPTER.
Hands down the other one on Youtube is booooooooorrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggg!!!
oh .. i hadn’t seen her video .. i’d heard she had that clip in there – now it makes sense. Some kids actually think war is fun .. i thought she was appealing to them:)
{ castigates self for thinking the worst }
I’d like to know where the word ‘dandy’ comes from.
and I think I’ve heard it as another word for gay men (The more feminine one 
).
I’ve seen and heard it all over the place;
Fine and dandy, i’ts almost in dandelions
Also, recently in English ive heard about ‘Dandyism’.
Not sure what that means either but it’s what made me decide to ask
So dandy is my word request
I know, but my friends don’t believe me that it’s not a sexual term.
Help me show them they are using this word way out of context.
Bonus if you tell them to listen to me more often cuz I’m a smart one!
GREAT IDEA FOR A WEBSITE BTW!!!!
i am requesting a word, cyber, i know what it means but have not took the time to look up the origin and such things, i was hoping that you would do a video on the word cyber. since it is about technology i was wondering when the word was created/invented, and also, of course, where it comes from
Marina I believe you have a little competition as far as word origins. She even mentions you in her video. I thought it rather funny the way she portrayed your style of teaching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rQc5JVTZE4
I don’t think she’ll take your family away from you. She doesn’t have the fun and friendliness that you give to us.
I had a look ..
unfortunately, she seems to fall for the cliche that conveying intelligent information is best done as a dull and lifeless recitation of data.
- and i dont think she has that style because she’s becoming familiar with the medium .. i think it’s because she actually believes that true.
Hey, Marina. How is it going? I am new here, i just checked your list and I would like to know the origin of the word “fuck”. I mean not to be rude or anything, it’s just a word at the end of the day, right? Right?
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Thanks! Oh, and kisseeeeeeeeeeeeeees
We all love you !
Hi Myhai11111. Welcome to the site. Marina has had such a over whelming request for the etymology of the F word that she was going to do a special video just on that word. She didn’t say when she would make the video, but maybe it will be very soon. Until she makes the video here is one that James one of our members here has done on his own. So maybe this will hold you over until Marina’s video comes out. Thanks for understanding.
F**k
Just click on the blue F**K link.
Hi Capman, as long as Marina is researching the F word, she would very likely enjoy / be inspired by this video by the Teach Osho (now deceased), who gave a very amusing talk about the word some years ago. Check it out and wish her luck from ZEN…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D7rWLzloOI
Cheers,
Z
I like that scene from the South Park movie…
Cartman: “What’s the big f*cking deal? It doesn’t hurt anybody. F*ck, f*ck, f*ckity, f*ck, f*ck!
Mr. Garrison: “Eric, how would you like to go to the principal’s office?
Cartman: “How would you like to suck on my balls?”
Mr. Garrison: “W-WHAT DID YOU SAY?!”
Cartman: “Oh, I’m sorry Mr. Garrison. What I meant to say was, (pull out megaphone) ‘HOW WOULD YOU.. LIKE TO SUCK.. ON BALLS..’ Mr. Garrison?”
Mr. Garrison:
Kyle: “Holy sh*t, dude.”
where does “hotforwords” come from or mean?
Hi frewju, Marina has answered that question a few times in her past comments.
Since Marina is an etymologist / philologist, she has a passion for words. To be ‘hot’ for something means that one is passionate about that thing. So, HotForWords means being Passionate For Words.
If you look at the Lessons list in the upper left hand corner of the page, you’ll also see videos about the word “Hot” and “Hot (Synonyms)”
hello… this is my first time on this site… but i have a word that i would like to the origin for
the word is “word”, i mean really, who decided that the things we r saying r words…
Hey Mrsean22795, welcome to the site. Marina has had a lot of request for that word “word” so give here some time as she goes back through all of the posts and picks out the most requested words. She then does an etymology of the word and it’s meanings. Here is something that might help in the future. Type in Word Request in bold letters and then the word that you want her to look up. That is so it will make it easier for her to see the request. IE WORD REQUEST Word. Thanks for joining the site and have fun.
Mike
I was wondering what the origin behind the word “skinny” is?
Wouldn’t someone who is “skinny” be someone who has a lot of skin (i.e. a larger person), not the opposite?
More relaxing music. By The Animals.
House Of the Rising Son
nice one, cap.
This will help to lower your score on the SPT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGVnH39UzI8
Back in the day people got SDT’s from this dance.
not sure why you think there’s anything wrong with my SPT score, chevolay. Care to clarify?
it’s cute that you enjoy nosing at my sexuality, though
Just thought the lower the score the more fun one had in a lifetime.
Don’t look to deep into this, It’s just guy stuff.
And don’t save yourself for heaven.
It makes a better conversation over a beer.
you sure this isn’t because you want to ask me out on a date?
You seem awfully interested in my sexuality.
I’m sooo sooo sure I don’t.
But you are a very creative thinker.
You are the one who advertised your test score, just making a comment on that.
The kids are up and want me to go to you tube and play the Cha Cha Slide the girls need their morning exercise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPOzEvAroYs
ok chev … just wondering – you should remember those tests are just for fun and shouldn’t be taken so seriously.
Oh yea, that Pink Floyd song Fearless stirred up some memories of good FM radio. The British gave the world some great music.
if you like Fearless, (ref the end bit) you might appreciate this:
[You'll Never Walk Alone]
It spells out ROFLCOPTER. Which is pretty cool. By the way, when looking up the web acronym I found a site that has seven definitions on what it is and how it was invented. Very interesting indeed.
Hey Wayne. If you’ll look down through the comments you’ll a game ROFLOCOPTER. I have it listed in one of my earlier comments and so does Koalabear. Try it, it will remind you of the old style games, but still fun to play.
Mike
more relaxin’ music .. no insanity this time …
[Pink Floyd - Fearless]
sexy
by the way im new so i didnt know how to do the pic so ignor it
if you click on the pic, you get taken to a page where you can sign up for “gravitar”. Once you’ve done that you can pull a pic from your desktop. You can collect a number of them.
hey im having a little problem with girl trouble do you think you can help me out
*because
Can you please do the meaning of the phrases “Fat Chance” and “Slim Chance”. i ask you to do this becue the two phrases mean the same thing, but the wierd thing about that, is that The words fat and slim are opposites.
Anyone heard from PageDoll lately. It seems he just doesn’t visit any more.
maybe M should create a member’s profile page which lists all members and (if we wish) each member links to a page of info, photo and email contact, etc.
would be useful for times like this.
all members? like all … i don’t know … how many are there? 116,928 subscribers on youtube. humm …
plus, there already is something like a profile thing. you can link your nickname.
the idea is ..
)
there is a members page for HotForWords members …
(not all of YouTube membership
this page (for example)
…would list all members of HotForWords
…and each member listed would have a link (if they so desire)
…to a page of personal information .. including pic, email, misc info, etc.
it’s useful and is commonly done .. but requires effort. If M doesnt have tech assistance then it’s probably not worth considering in any case.
dude, i know what you were talking about.
let’s say this site has like 50,000 members. you want a page with 50,000 names listed?
like i said, you can link your nickname to your youtube site or whatever, so … uh … yeah.
plus, most forums have something like that … but … never mind.
woah!! .. did you call me “dude”?
(i guess this is academic in any case, but… what the hell …)
maybe some or even most are .. it’s not certainty.
the problem splits into 3 parts:
1. Is it a good idea to have a consistent way to get info about a member
2. the provision of a user info page
3. the accessability of a member’s name
1. – is it a good idea? .. well . the benefit’s got to be considered in balance with the effort and resources needed to provide the info.
2. the provision of a user info page
is there any reason why anyone here should be a member of youtube? Maybe (assuming it’s considered important to have a consistant index of members) an easy solution would be to require HFW members to be YouTube members.
On the other hand, a HFW user info page would be tailored to this site. (but that requires effort)
3. the accessibilty of a member’s name:
we should consider the use cases – the different circumstances where someone might want info on a member.
Obviously, if the person you’re interested in has just posted on the current thread, then you could click his/her name and you’d be straight there (assuming this links to the same place as the index links).
Other cases might be where somone’s been gone for a while and the simplest solution is to go to the index and find the name there.
Anotehr case may be that you cant quite remember the name and you need to search through similar names.
Of course, this all requires effort, so it’s not likely to happen .. it’s just a thought about making a coherent reference for HFW members info.
oops .. the “maybe some or even most are .. it’s not certainty.” doesnt belong in there – i forgot to delete it.
lol .. aLx .. you kept prodding me so i’d go on and on and on, didn’t you!
grrrr…
lol. i’m bored, you know.
yeh .. me too …
i enjoyed the exersize tho.
wanna make out or something?
lol .. worra coincidence .. i was just wondering if i should take the “are you gay” test.
lol, some dude (french, gay) a friend of mine knows once said that i’m a little bit gayer than that friend of mine. whatever that means.
i think simple people confuse a leaning to androgyny with signs of being gay. .. whereas we know, the sign of a whole person is androgyny.
mijj
Just click on the name of the member you want to talk to and if they have linked to her site you will go right to their page or web site. Try it click on greg and feel free to leave me a message
{.. snaps at bait, but misses ..}
d’oh!!
He must have said something to his wife.
Another day and a half of voting left for the Best Weekend Ever contest.
The contest ends 11:59 p.m. ET on September 13, 2008.
Marina has a significant lead with 3790 votes.
I am going to buy Marina an alarm clock that plays a song when this contest is over with. I had one that played a Celtic tune when it would go off. I loved that tune then the clock went bad and I can’t find another that plays that tune.
Oh well another day. 
I’m sure there most be alarm-clocks that can record and replay a tune. I suggest you buy one of those (atleast if you can find the tune somewhere).
Thanks Lennie, I shop around for one.
Marina your right on with the adds according to what the video is about. Google is so predictable. Put up a video From Taiwan and they adds are for Chinese art. I can’t remember if the boobs video if Google put up bra adds?
dude. i got ads for lesbian t-shirts, russian dating, asian dating, homosexual army dating etc. go figure.
AlX do you remember the 99luft Balons song? Here’s a different version.
99 Balloons
Some cleavage involved for those who take offense
LOL! Alx,TY,I sent the boob song link to my Bros,dunno if their wives will get a peek or not.
“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar” Freud
yeh .. and he died with a horribly disfigured face with his jawbone utterly riddled with cancer because, even though he knew the danger early on, he couldn’t stop smoking cigars .
so .. sometimes a cigar is more than a cigar, mr freud.
- fine analyst he turned out to be.
It isn’t to Monica Lewinsky. It’s more that just a cigar.
Things to make you go “Hmmm”:
“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar” is Freud’s quote about HIS OWN HABITS when people applied psychoanalytic methodology to it.
Yet, cylindrical objects and conflicts in OTHER PEOPLE’S lives all revealed significant problems integrating sexually-related information and drives.
Hmmm
Marina–
Could you please do a video on the origin of “pentimento”? This word came up in an e-mail exchange today with a friend, who asked, “What does it mean?” Thank you very much.
–gazetter
I would like to request the word Solipsism. Спасибо
Oh really? I just happen know him
Marina: loading of the frontpage is really slow (for me atleast), I tried to e-mail you with a solution, but the e-mail bounced, so I used the contactform instead.
Marina gets many email and it may take some time for her to get to you. If you send me a message on the contact form I might be able to help you with with your problem.
If you are talking about: http://www.hotforwords.com/contactmarina/ I already used it (Subject: Loading of your frontpage is really slow – webdeveloper tip #1).
It seems to be working again now, but contact me privately if you want to talk about the technical side of things.
I do not have access to Marina’s email nor do I want to.
I have my own contact page here: http://www.hotforwords.com/ta/
In case you missed it, used the ta-form.
Ok with all this talk about ROFLCOPTERS. I have to show you guys a video of Justin Chi. This little boy at the age of 4 started to fly R/C Helicopters. Anyone here who flies R/C helis knows this is the most difficult aircraft to fly of all R/C. Justin now 6 years old, started flying simulators when he was 18 months old. His first solo fixed winged flight at 2 3/4 years old. His first helicopter solo flight was 4 years old, flying a large gas powered heli that costs around $2,000. Justin has a fleet of helis costing around $12,000. Remember if you crash R/C there is no reset button. Repairs are costly.
Now this video is Justin is flying a very high preforming heli that is fully aerobatic and capable of flying inverted. Justin does some difficult maneuvers that you only see the experts do. One of those stunts is called the “Chaos”. Its where the heli stays in one place as the tail rotates wildly around that spot. It looks like the heli is out of control. Very difficult maneuver to do because it requires good timing on moving the sticks on the radio transmitter. My jaw dropped to the floor when I saw this. Justin does some common and advanced maneuvers with the precision of world champions.
6 Year Old Justin Chi – IguanaCup 2008 Heli Demo 2 – Sep 2008
CJ, have tried to fly RCH with G-sibs but is a tad difficult. Few repairs after only a few attempts. Did watch Redbull airshow in town a month or so back, completly blown away by a couple of helicopters 360 looping flying upside down. Most impressive, very wrong! Thanks for the link
G-sibs??? Whats that?
Yea I need more simulator time before I put my bird though stunts like that. I know how to do them but I like to get a bit more proficient before I have to spend time on repairs. If you haven’t already you can see my video of me doing my 5th flight on my heli.
I have never seen the Redbull heli yet in person. I seen some video documentary about the guy that flies it and how he wants to kick it up a notch.
CJ- G-sibs (God Children
) – an early lesson from HFWs, ‘Gossip’ – God Parent, that would be me, so use G-sib(lins) since lesson. Benny Boy is 3yrs, Wilsa lad is 4yrs, Joe Joe now 7yrs. Against parental wishes 
I include them in most home work assignments, they love HFWs; Unlike friends and family, they agree with my heart felt sincerity as they see the fun, not the obsession 
They ask after Marina too, which raises eyebrows from parents; They all love Marina loads, even one of their teachers stopped me to find out what HFWs was all about 
– so have to keep them focussed on lessons virtual or otherwise 
– I love them dearly CJ; Automatically slip into their ‘here and now’ oceanic phase, child like state when visiting them. Everything else goes on hold for the few hours each week I see them (such is the inner child in me 
) – first its football to release the the endless energies, refreshments and snacks, followed by guitar lessons(rock star ambitions), universe books, DVDs, pod casts. We conclude uni-lesson with drama, flying light speed to various planets, stars and so on (always bumping into Darth Vader 
) – drinks, then 20 mins of one word in Thai (Their choice of langauge, must be that Thai shirt I sometimes wear 
) End with book of their choice. Joe Joe has an extra 20 mins with reading and spelling….one day I hope to have my own children, just so hard finding that all important, Miss almost perfect partner, for this, Mr. not quite but good enough, me 
– The RCH lessons on hold as Huey is in for repairs…my fault 
.
The Red Bull air show was in London. Fast zippy planes wizzing back and forth but before they began, some helicopters showed off. Utterly awesome and blown away, didnt seem natural seeing a huey fly upside down, caused nervousness so more beer was required to aid a settle
– Didn’t see much of the planes thinking about it as caught up with old friend hadnt seen in ages, so had alot to catch up on…over a few ales, tut, oh the excuses 
CJ, you mentioned you get ESP with your sister? Know what your are thinking
– I just believe so it regulary happens, ever since a kid. Gut instincs of someone before the phone rings, dreams the night before you bump into them next day plus other more obvious ‘events’ that came true. It all leads to how closely connected we ALL are. That string thing the scientists are looking for hhhmmmmm, well, the Chinese call it Chi, an endless force, when practiced, works! Westerners are a little bit ignorant to think otherwise, or not to believe. In any case, it works often enough for me. I am guessing for you CJ, being all at sea much, you are most open to these ESP moments. I understand there are some who just are unable to relate, more sensatives souls can and do. I find it fun, a little madness helps too 
On occassions, for weeks at a time I get nothing. When all at once it can be three or four hours wizzing through me of thoughts and feelings, just got to right them down, make apologies to leave any meeting, find a place to right. Reflect next day or two. Recently, my cousen Louise in New Zealand gave birth, I called mum before to tell her that I had a feeling we should get news today. No suprises when mum confirmed she had a call from NZ with a newbie into the family. I guessed the name Joseph ( clouded by my G-sib Joseph, maybe?)- instead Joel was given, followed by, er hum, Mathew 
– great to hear more from you about this CJ, what your experiences may be 
Keep up the excellent TA work you do, enjoy very much your input. No less, hear from you again and soooOOOooooon 
What an insightful comments you posted. Nice to learn a bit about the people here.
One time I picked up my phone to call my sis and she was already on the line as I was dialing her number. She said why did you do that. I told her that I was calling her. I didn’t even hear the phone ring. I guess the phone company is a bit slow on making the phone ring. It really freaked us out when all this happened. We are getting use to it now. Now its more like “Didn’t you get my ESP message?” She would say yes, but I sent it to Mind Mail.
I know about Chi. I studied Karate for about 3 years and learned about it from one of my other instructors. One can spend many years perfecting it.
Westerners are overwhelmed with advertising campaigns that has clouded their thinking. I know this well because Im partly to blame on developing it.
Now if you made commercials of using my set of lessons on DVDs on how to use Chi then people would be open to it more. Or do a prime time TV show that encourages people to buy the DVD lessons.
Thanks for your comments.
CJ
CJ, no bull, I mowed the lawn at 6pm GMT, for the first time in the new house I have moved into. Mowed the first time in years only to just download latest lesson (3am, just finishing work) with, dun don darn, a lawn mower in the frame
— hhmmmm, now the spontanious idea just before deciding to mow, thinking about HFWs with cup of green tea on the go, no inner voices but a sudden desire to get the lawn trimmed…on my life, no joke, what do you reckon? 
.. a nice restful song which tantalises the edges of sanity.
[Bonzo Dog Band - Slush]
Whats with the pagan symbol?
oh – it represents the ex-planet Pluto .. in tarot that’s the symbol for the Fool.
I thought Pluto was near youranus.
could not resist that one
Uranus
OMG i ran across a sentence from Bill Bonner’s article ‘Das Phony Kapital’ [http://www.dailyreckoning.com/rpt/mauldin.html]
packed with good words that may interest HFW!
“A good flim flam needs a good mountebank and a good mark.”
Flim flam
Mountebank
Mark
Take your pick or use them all…
I have a word request for you. the word is “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”
Yes this is a real word, and at one time was the longest word in the English language. I think your show is great, and INTELLIGENCE IS EXTREMELY SEXY!!!!
alternatively, sex is really intelligency.
It burns calories too
Hi leewillijr, lots of people have asked for that word. I’m not sure if Marina will dive into that one or not. However, she did make reference to that word in her Floccinaucinihilipilification video. The reference to the lung disease word starts at 2:10
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/
Hello there teacher!
I realy like your videos, it´s a realy nice idea that you have. I mean i don´t think i have ever realy understood what a teacher is saying up until now. Probably becouse you have a different teaching style than most of my teatchers!?
But hey, i am sure that you get to hear things like that all the time. What i realy wantet to know was if you know where the word fuss comes from?
I read it in one of my courses in webdesign and i was thinking what the hell this word could come from.
I think that i would explode of happiness if you told me what it comes from.
Many thanks for the fun and educational times i have watching your videos. Keep it up girl!
PEACE!!!!
Hotforwords,
I enjoyed your video on bad grammar. I doubt if you dressed like that when you taught high school, and I can’t help but wonder if some of your former students have seen your videos and have contacted you. I’m sure they miss their teacher! How does one address one’s teacher in Russia? And, how do your prefer to addressed online . . . Hotforwords, Teacher, or Marina?
Appreciative Student
erm, ROFLCOPTER?? – No suprises here
Emokid 
my opposites are ’smartarses’, not that I care about that right now, too busy looking at the floor feeling how bad it is to walk on it, hope i’m not hurting the carpet in any way!!!…will take test again after work out, usually feel more of a smartarse with super arrogent tendancies, no cant do it, unable to lie, i’m always emokid 
er i mean, 
– think i just hurt the keyboard typing too hard, SOS…will have to write a poem or something, something patheticly sad…..f***ing emokid, im not moody, no wait yes i am, i dont sulk, wait, yes i do, brutal? what’s brutal? guess I can be thinking about it. Jees, I feel terrible now, hate myself and everything, going to close curtains (not pull too hard 
) then lock the doors, haven’t cried in ages, no really i haven’t but I think I will now…. 
– You are 43% Rational, 43% Extroverted, 43% Brutal, and 14% Arrogant.
1. You are more INTUITIVE than rational.
2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
.-. = Right lflcompter
fl. comptroler? lf lfl
— = On
..-. = Frankford
._.. = Left
-.-. = Corner
— = Of
– = My
.–. = Place
- = Take
. = Em
.-. = Racing
tommorow?
ok take a little while.
Iam tired im going to nap now.
Hi, Marina whats up.
I hear the words ” whats up” everyday
what is the orgin this.
Eye forgot what isit I was saying
I am going too marry you. your just what i’ve been dying to meat. Yeah fellows i hear she’s 7 years older then her “true age” of 31 trying to pass her self off as a 27 year odd virgin. If you know what i mean 
i hear he sisters really the good one and a lot more fun. probabayly can be had for a pistole shot dime or at least a quarter millk. ow what the hay roll, wouldn’t have any other way, hey dad can a borrogh some money I am just a whittle sort of shange? ‘Ill pay you back when my tax reprobate comess in the hey wait a minuite what am i saying i must be hott or insane 
hi Marina….i love ur show..i always wanted to know wat exactly does A.D mean and its origin!! its soo popular but few people really know anything about this phrase which divides our world’s time!1 can u help me please?
the end spells out ROFLCOPTER
xD
btw marina, could you make a video about the word rucksack ? it’s a really weird word if you think about it ….
I have a good one
if you go to prison your a prisoner and if you go too jail your a ????? 
Really wanna know the answer 
Hey Odensepoliti. Was that you laughing in the video at Justin? I can see why you were laughing the way your lady friend came across with that line about Justin “Just in from Memphis Tennessee”. I got a big kick out of you loosing it. Cool site also.
Mike
yeah your right
do i know your youtube account 
Just click on my name in this box.
… — …
I’m interested in a word ‘analyst’… where does it come from and why does it seem to include words that relate to human anatomy?
Marina,
Your dear student would like to know the origin of the phrase “In like Flint”
Marina. the big words post is password protected… When I put in my password nothing happens
It’s probably for her password so she can gain access to it.
I learn something new every day
I had no idea that S.O.S means nothing. There’s not much point of people calling out S.O.S now
Hopefully ‘Mayday’ should still suffice.
oops,forget the part about the very popular,I was going to write another word :p
Hi there Marina,
,
I would like to know the origin of the very popular in recent times word “cossack”.Best wishes and thanks in advance
Evgeny
gawd! .. isn’t that Best Weekend Ever thing done yet?
… it seems to go on .. and on .. and on … and …
@ 3775
#2 @ 1693
#3 @ 1441
Was trying to decypher the code at time 1:10.
Way to fast for me to even hear.
Anybody got a clue as to what that says?
ROFLCOPTER
That brought back memories.
okay so i wanna know the orgins of the word “Shit” ive gotten mixed answers from history teachers some say it was an analogy and some say it was just a word from older civilazations
Don’t believe anything Marina says, this is the authoritative source :
from : (Zap Comix #12 : publisher : Last Gasp) http://www.lastgasp.com/d/4935/
[Introduction]
[1. Sex]
[2. Bodily Functions]
[3. Blasphemy]
[4. Slander]
[Conclusion]
Many eons ago a cave man was chowing down on a dead,rancid critter he found while walking through a temperate woods.After a few pounds of the suspect meat he had to take an emergency dump. As the excrement exited at high speed it made a “shhhi” sound,followed be a chunk that made a “t” sound when it hit the dry leaf litter of the forest floor. Now to survive back then a body had to note every sound and commit it to memory,so,the caveman,after he recovered from the rancid meat,walked around saying “ssshhhi”-”T” for many days.Whenever a tribe member happened to take a dump nearby he said “shhi-t”,soon the entire tribe was saying it,natural progression of speech chananged the verb to a noun and there you have it-shit.
Relay the above to your history teachers and see if they think it is plausible,if not,maybe they *dunno shit*.
Marinas little dog Kobe probably thinks the word for shit is “shi-p”,cause it makes a different sound when it hits the carpet!
tryant
Word request for Halloween special lesson:
derrick
Zombie
1337 –> requesting a word. tnx
If someone creeps you out or something gives you the chills sometimes you might say that it gave you the “Hebe Gebe’s”.
Where did Hebe Gebe’s come from?
It means ROFLCOPTER!
I’ve never requested a word before (I think) so here it goes:
Can you find the origin of the word Philanthropist? Thanks!
BRILLIANCE as always—I love paisley, when you wear it,
roflcopter…….
but who’s Alexander popov? I can remember vagualy that in 1887 he received the first SOS aboard a russian ship called afrika.
WOW
That video came up quickly!! I went to bed not that long after it was up!!
Homework.. Roflcakes
Marina, I admire your choice of yacht in the last video, except
1. it sank
2. it had no helideck, so the Roflcopter couldn’t rescue you.
No wait … I think I heard the copilot say, “Winch the wench.”
OK, the wenchman is going down … just put your arms round his neck and your legs through the strop, close you eyes and think of Mother Russia.
IM #100 COMMENTER!!
Like anyone gives a carp! I don’t even know why I even type this.
I think Im loosing it. My brain is turning into mush.
I caught a 33 pounder yesterday
That thing look pregnant.
Never gave anybody carp!!!
I did give away some tuna once!!! 
ROFLCOPTER.
Here’s one for teacher
_ _ ._ ._. .. _. ._ .. … …. _ _ _ _ !!!!!
One thing you have to admit about Marina’s videos – amongst many, is that I am now caught up on the latest meme.
Word Request meme
Of course, it doesn’t stop there, does it?
Word Request neologism
OK, I better stop now, I’m hearing voices saying “One thing leads to another”
Marina,
I would like you to give the meaning of Superfluous please.
Great video and challenging my old morse code skills.
Amazing what we forget.
ROFLCOPTER refers to the game Warcraft and
specifically to the ASCII version of that game.
Here is the Flash game of ROFLCOPTER
Here is a ROFLCOPTER video on YT
Here is a creative ROFLCOPTER real life version
Here is a list of the definitions for ROFLCOPTER
Hey Marina,
I would like to know the origins of the word “Firearm”. Does it have any relations to the human hand as in Fire-arm?
Hi Marina,
I would like to know the origin of ‘ladies and gentlemen’ both as an expression as well that of the 2 words separately.
Sincerely,
Marty
the sublime philosophical crap test.
Your result for The Sublime Philosophical Crap Test by Saint_Gasoline …
R-A-R
You scored 33% Non-Reductionism, 56% Epistemological Absolutism, and 22% Moral Objectivism!
You are an R-A-R: a metaphysical Reductionist, an epistemological Absolutist, and a moral Relativist.
Translation of a French Morse code message: “I am the Walrus!”
Thanks Marina for the answer. My guess is wrong at first.
The homework Morse code stands for ‘ROFLCOPTER.’ But what’s that? A kind of helicopter? Another mystery after one mystery is solved, ha.
When I try to decode, I am curious about that is there any regularity of those dots and dashes of the alphebat? It seems no at first sight.
more frequently used letters seem to be associated with shorter signals, like e = . and t = _ , but I don’t know the algorithm they used when defining the code, Just that’s what it APPEARS to be the only rule that I can easily surmise.
Nifty fact: The code for “V” is “…_”, read aloud is “dih-dih-dih-dah”. V = Roman numeral 5. During WWII as England popularized Churchill’s “V for Victory, to boost morale during the blitzes, the BBC would frequently play Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (the rhythm of the theme is the same). It seemed to have the intended effect on morale, despite the fact that Beethoven was German-born.
roadrunrnch is greg now
Never knew though S>O<S
I thought is spells HHHHHEEEELLLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!
LividEmerald is forever!
lividemerald is Diamonds.
Is your clock not working it all ways is 4:00
MARINA – Had an idea. You say that you look for word requests in the Comments section. “That is where I will look for new word requests. You only need to make a word request once as I will search through ALL comments, no matter how far they go back in time!” I was wondering if you might consider adding an emoticon (you know, those
, 
, 
, etc.) that signals a word request and is not to be used for any other purpose. Maybe you do page searches on “word” or “Marina” or some other flag word. If a new emoticon is out of the question, perhaps we could select an existing one, e.g., the 
. On the other hand, maybe you have some ingenious method that works better than my suggestion 
What I do is this… I scan through the requests.. and when I come upon one that is interesting… I then do a search and find everyone else who has requested that word. I thought about making a form to request the words.. but then we lose the community aspect of people responding to a request and seconding that request.
So I think it’s pretty good right now.. but yes you are correct.. it makes it harder for me to FIND those requests when I don’t separate them from regular conversation.
Word Request: model
How can such a small word mean or refer to so many things? Do a Google search and of course the prettiest meaning of the word is listed first. We need to tell Google to use pictures of HotForWords instead. I guess we all think of gorgeous models first.
Then, there is the word modality and mode. Are they related to the word model?
P.S.
Hopefully my bolded “word request” can assist in the visual scanning.
Maybe there is a widget where where a user can click a button that automatically inserts the bolded flag “Word Request” to facilitate visual searching as well as using the search box.
I like Pedantickarl idea of using the “Word Request”, the only problem I see with that is how many new people would think to do that even though it was in the instructions?
I wonder what effect my request for “collective nouns” had on her ability to seperate it from the regular conversation…heheh
and I wonder if she may be hinting at an upcoming lesson…
Though I must say that on the surface, I like the idea of seperating the requests, but have reservations about not having them in the thread, as it seems most ppl are posting here, and as the video spurs the natural conversation, word requests here have better context…
If we only put word requests in one place, Our Dear Teacher would only have a dry list of words to pick from, whereas here, she gets a bit of context and others are more likely to reply with their opinions, perhaps educing them to come up with requests of their own.
So, I would say to Marina, “You do that voo-doo that you do so well!”
And do it any way you like it, love!
Ciao,
Fianchetto
see, this is where a forum comes in handy. one subforum or thread could be “word requests go here”, so you’d have to read only on thread. but, oooh nooooo, it’s too old fashioned. pffff. told ya, they’ll never die, they do serve a purpose.
Hi lividemerald, I have been trying to use the technique shown in my reply to Marina’s comment above. (then again, it might be below)
Hopefully the bolded key word will help Marina with the visual scanning.
Of course not everyone will do this, so Marina can’t depend on it for using the search box, unless there was a button to automatically insert the keyword.
I like and use your idea Karl, but I put the word I want to be used in bold letters. So I may change what I am doing to what you are saying. Marina could put up a box at the top saying for word requests put Word Request . in bold letters followed by the requested word. Maybe if enough of us started doing it that way the rest would catch on. One other idea. You know like in a word processor you have a B for bold a U for underline maybe a emoticon to click on to turn just that word bold. Then unclick the emoticon to resume in regular print. Just some more ideas.
Capman911, my original idea was to continue with requesting words within the conversation threads, but to flag word requests with a special emoticon. Your idea of an emoticon to click on for bold or underline would be along those lines. PedanticKarl also proposed the use of bold. However, I think sometimes people want to use use bold and underline for other purposes. I am still of the opinion that a special emoticon of some kind that has no other logical purpose would work best. Maybe an emoticon that is not yellow (right now, only Mr. Green stands out from the crowd). On the other hand, an emoticon, however visible to the eye, may not be searchable. My thought is that as the library of words/phrases/games grows, it will become more and more difficult for Marina to scan all the posts for word requests. Maybe someone more technically skilled and more creative than myself will come up with an idea to facilitate Marina’s arduous task of word request tracking.
How about a red emoticon that says word request when your mouse hovers over it like the rest of the emoticons. That way a red would stick out very easily. and be spotted.
example—?,in tel li gen tsia—is it only Russian and then use as separating thinking? SCAN or Scam?
LOL @ unecessary use of the ROFL Copter
ROLFCopter
Click starrt to start game, aim with the mouse and click to fire!
Arrg you copy bear.
dkl78594 wrote under the SOS Game that:
Before the year 1912, ships at sea used the Morse code distress signals “CQD”, which means, “Call To Quarters – Danger!”
Since you said at the end of your video that CQD, like SOS, doesn’t stand for anything, I guess CQD is also what folks here are calling a “backronym.”
It’s all beginning to finally sink in….
It’s beginning to sink …?
That Roflcopter is really busy today!
Support your local Rescue Helicopter … Get Lost.
quiz #3: [The Personality Defect Test]
Your result for The Personality Defect Test …
Robot
You are 71% Rational, 14% Extroverted, 43% Brutal, and 29% Arrogant.
You are the Robot! You are characterized by your rationality. In fact, this is really ALL you are characterized by. Like a cold, heartless machine, you are so logical and unemotional that you scarcely seem human. For instance, you are very humble and don’t bother thinking of your own interests, you are very gentle and lack emotion, and you are also very introverted and introspective. [...] You are one of those annoying, super-logical people that never gets upset or flustered. Unless, of course, you short circuit. Or if someone throws a pie at you. Pies sure are delicious.
To put it less negatively:
1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive.
2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Class Clown.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Hand-Raiser, the Emo Kid, and the Haughty Intellectual.
lol .. that’s great!
Are you one of these?
[Kraftwerk - The Robots]
Your result for The Personality Defect Test …
Hand-Raiser
You are 86% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 43% Arrogant.
You are the Hand-Raiser, that annoying kid in class who always had an answer for everything. No doubt, as a child you probably sat in the front of the class, anxiously waving your hand back and forth in the air while your teacher desperately tried to avoid calling on you because you were the ONLY fucking kid that answered her questions. Clearly, the key traits of your personality are your rationality and your extroversion. You are like a little talkative calculator, in other words. You also tend to be rather gentle and less arrogant than most people. Your presence is a bane to everyone’s existence, because you are too nice for your own good and you absolutely will not shut up. So what is your defect, then? Well, you’re boring, and when you’re not boring, you are just plain annoying with your ultra-logical responses and constant need to talk to others. So keep waving that hand in the air, son. I’m still not calling on you. You are too logical, you talk too much, and your humility and gentleness only makes me hate you more, because they make me feel like I almost SHOULDN’T hate you. But I do. Big time. And by the way, the more you wave your hand in class–your extended hand becoming nothing more than a blur as you insanely wave it, thinking we can’t see it–the more smug satisfaction the teacher takes in watching the look of excrutiating pain cross your face as you agonize over not being called on, and the longer we’ll wait to call on you, just because we absolutely love torturing you so.
To put it less negatively:
1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive.
2. You are more EXTROVERTED than introverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Brute.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Braggart, the Haughty Intellectual, and the Robot.
Compared to other takers
* 71/100 You scored 86% on Rationality, higher than 71% of your peers.
* 48/100 You scored 57% on Extroversion, higher than 48% of your peers.
* 23/100 You scored 14% on Brutality, higher than 23% of your peers.
* 24/100 You scored 43% on Arrogance, higher than 24% of your peers.
Hand-Raiser?? WTF!!?? I don’t ever remember raising my hand more than twice in class. I thought I would just let someone else raise their hand wasting their energy while I try to burn down the school by putting staples in the electrical outlet.
hand raiser eh? – tho perhaps in the sense of always being prepared with the right answer.
.. i was that twat at the back of the class that thought everything had to be a laff and annoyed ppl trying to learn.
how do you do.
You are 100% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 43% Brutal, and 43% Arrogant.
ou are the Hand-Raiser, that annoying kid in class who always had an answer for everything. No doubt, as a child you probably sat in the front of the class, anxiously waving your hand back and forth in the air while your teacher desperately tried to avoid calling on you because you were the ONLY fucking kid that answered her questions. Clearly, the key traits of your personality are your rationality and your extroversion. You are like a little talkative calculator, in other words. You also tend to be rather gentle and less arrogant than most people. Your presence is a bane to everyone’s existence, because you are too nice for your own good and you absolutely will not shut up. So what is your defect, then? Well, you’re boring, and when you’re not boring, you are just plain annoying with your ultra-logical responses and constant need to talk to others. So keep waving that hand in the air, son. I’m still not calling on you. You are too logical, you talk too much, and your humility and gentleness only makes me hate you more, because they make me feel like I almost SHOULDN’T hate you. But I do. Big time. And by the way, the more you wave your hand in class–your extended hand becoming nothing more than a blur as you insanely wave it, thinking we can’t see it–the more smug satisfaction the teacher takes in watching the look of excrutiating pain cross your face as you agonize over not being called on, and the longer we’ll wait to call on you, just because we absolutely love torturing you so.
hand raiser? nah, I just waited till everyone else said something to see if they knew, and if no one had it right I’d just yell the right answer
o put it less negatively:
1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive.
2. You are more EXTROVERTED than introverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Brute.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Braggart, the Haughty Intellectual, and the Robot.
i can’t believe anyone can be 100% rational – are you actually human?
we have been discovered! prepare for self disctruction , in 3 2 1….
is it bad if you’re that rational
I don’t think I am going to retake the test. I would hate to see what I am.
yeh .. i don’t think i’d like to see that either.
You are 29% rational, 71% extroverted, 43% Brutal, 29% Arogant.
You are the Hippie!
Characterized by a strong sense of extroversion, irrationality, gentleness, humility, and a faint scent of marijuana, you no doubt frolic through fields preaching peace and free love! Immediately following that, you then frolic to the hospital with herpes! You are probably either very spiritual or needlessly paranoid about “the man”, like most hippies, as a result of your focus on intuition and feelings over cold, brutal logic. You probably enjoy poetry, especially beatnik ultra-liberal crap about how horrible fascism is, even though your suburbanized, sheltered idea of “fascism” is having to pay two dollars per gallon at the gas pump. You are also very, very social. And like any hippie who would have no qualms about hitch hiking across the country just to meet some interesting people, you also love to interact with others, even complete strangers. Though I highly doubt they love to interact with you! Because we know most any hippie is peace-loving and humble, it stands to reason that you, as well, are terribly gentle and humble, almost to the point of revulsion. Your carefree attitude of peace and harmony is probably very, very sickening to realists or cynics or anyone who isn’t a hippie, to tell the truth. In short, your personality is defective because you are overly emotional, extroverted, gentle, and humble–thus making you an annoying hippie. Now go do your drugs and have sex with filthy bearded men in tye dye shirts.
To put it less negatively:
1. You are more INTUITIVE than rational.
2. You are more EXTROVERTED than introverted.
3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.
4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.
Compatibility:
Your exact opposite is the Sociopath.
Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Hand-Raiser, the Televangelist, and the Robot.
{ .. bloody ‘ippies .. }
That was my generation. What can I say.
and what makes you think it wasn’t mine?
I’ll be 55 this month how about you?
ha!
I’m a baby compared to you … 54 this month.
You young whippersnapper
that i am, you old git.
I scored 100% on all counts, also I got cut for my lies, but it’s all good since now I’m immortal. I ate one of the orphan kids, and my monitor received much tongue in sign of appreciation for this test!
Thanks, mijj! :*
I’d really like to know where the word “Element” came from.
and SOS means Nothing? Wow.
Milla and I know where the Fifth Element comes from.
Very good movie. I like Milla and Bruce Willis
BOGUS
Hi Marina, Love Your Cannel. Bogus is one of my favorite words. Many people think it is slang, because a lot of surfers use it but it is a real word that means fake. It is a funny word and I’d like to know where it originated.
Thanks
James Broadfoot
толковейшая Matina, You loaded your video late, today. Nearly 7:00 PM Pacific time. Here’s yor homework:
._. = R
___ = O
.._. = F
._.. = L
_._. = C
___ = O
.__. = P
_ = T
. = E
._. = R
So you’re saying, “Roll on Floor Laughing copter.”
BTW, helicopter rides are not fun. I never thought about laughing during a helicopter ride.
Your dear student, seesixcm6
Helicopter rides are the most fun you can have with your clothes on, especially low level, down among the trees, under bridges, hovering over beaches blowing sand in the bully’s eyes, and the girl’s bikinis to kingdom come.
Hi Marina,
I was wondering how the phrase “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” came about. It means you can’t have everything or the best of both worlds. I don’t see a connection. Why would I get a cake if I can’t eat it? Please investigate. Thanks you very much. Keep up the good job!
Hugs
tamvandao
That was a cool video Miss M. With the cartoon game at the end. I can’t wait till you get your green screen or was it a blue screen. Now I can’t remember. Oh well.
I would like to know the origin of the word OOPS
Ooops what? You where going to state your word but then you went OOps.
Im just playing with you.
I like your word suggestion. I she does your request. 
Ooops..
The last sentence should have been: “I hope she picks your word to do a lesson on.”
Fumble fingers dQWTGwvg
That spells Marina is the Hottest teacher ever!
If I hadn’t already figured it out I would agree with you on the answer.
Heck I’ll still agree with you anyway 
Marina,
A word that I have heard used several times, but that I have never fully understood the meaning or origin of is “catawampus”. Usually, it’s used as a description of position, as in “that desk is sitting catawumpus”. Anyway, I had hoped that you would apply your considerable intellect into deducing the origin and correct meaning of this funny sounding word.
Many thanks,
Tim
New Word Alert:
VOICE
I was thinking this word during your intro because of that recognizable voice over that you have. So what is the origin of ‘voice’ ? Let us know please!
I was also wondering how did you get that guy to do it for your videos, hes famous in my book =)
.-. = R
— = O
..-. = F
._.. = L
-.-. = C
— = O
– = M
.–. = P
- = T
. = E
.-. = R
No clue what it means, but there it is
My Dear Teacher,
It has occurred to me that because the English language is finite, you will eventually run out of interesting words to teach us about. That would be a shame and a great sorrow for your students. Thus, I decided to make some suggestions:
First, I read your answer to the SOS question: SOS stands for nothing in particular, and the other acronyms are more correctly called “backronyms” as they were invented later, in order to help remember the code or, more likely, invented by bored sailors who lived long before you were born (such a sad story), etc. However, the more interesting question is this: why is it … —… and not .-.-.- or —…— or -..-..-.. or something like that. More generally, is there something special about the codes invented by Mr. Morse or did he assign them randomly? For a possible home work: where was the first transmission of Morse code over water transmitted/received from/at? Hint: I am literally above that location as I am writing this. Also, how did receivers of SOS signals know where the signal was coming from in the days before radio, GPS, and radar?
Second, it is possible you have already addressed this issue in your lessons, but as I am a lazy student, I have not checked in detail (I did check a little). At the risk of making my teacher angry, I will as my question anyway: Where do the names for groups of animals come from? For example, why is it a “school” of fish, a “pride” of lions, a “flock” of geese, a “gaggle” of ducks, and so forth? Were these names selected with the same care as Mr. Morse’s codes? Do they originate in Latin and Greek? Are they the result of well-educated, but idle rich folks amusing themselves in pre-radio days?
I have more suggestions, but I will save them for another time.
Your dear (and admiring) student,
Lucky
Hola Lucky Lucky, Are you in Greenland?
Maybe this will help you a little bit about the Morse code dots and dashes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0hSZ9R_Xk
My Dear Capman911,
Thank you, so much, for that informative video. However, I am a faithful student and will wait for our dear teacher to give her response.
Lucky
Any time Lucky. Just trying to help a little. I know Marina would give the better answer, plus if she answers you you’ll get recognized by on her video. So good luck with your request.
I agree with BillyB ROFLCOPTER after hitting the Morse code translator.
ROFLCOPTER It’s different than BillyB’s. This is the game of ROFLOCPTER.
I’m not very good with this game. I think the best I did was 55 kills and over 20,000 points. And the OMGmissle seems to go in only one direction.
ROFLCOPTER Chat disclaimer… some voice activated monitors may be offended.
I swear a person can find anything on utube. I mean anything.
Hi marina, I was watching this while I was in bed with a cold, and I was wondering what the origin of the word “Blanket” was. If you could tell me, that’d be great.
Could be another game. Beach blanket bingo.
“All your Marina are belong to us”
That wasn’t it? OK, I’ll decode later.
Gotta go eat BBQ over at my neighbor.
Can I bring the fudge
If it’s homemade fudge I want to lick the bowl.
Fudging-A
requiem is a strange word i’ve heard in music before but what’s the history behind it?
– justin
Have you seen “Requiem for a Dream?” It’s a strange movie! (But definitely worth your time to see it.)
Hello Marina, please help me out finding the correct answer for the cute word ZIG ZAG.
Carl Bazan
I’m pretty sure it’s a trade mark name for a brand of cigarette rolling papers. Mostly use by pot heads to roll the weed, the ganja, you know marijuana. Not sure what came first the papers or the zig and zag. But one thing for certain a young mother in the late 60’s named her boy twins Zig and Zag.
Is the ending video a part of a video game?
Yes I posted it on my comment further up the page.
Cool, that game is just as good as when I play the submarine game at the arcade in the casino.
any other stuff in there apart from the SOS solution?
(self imposted Marina vid ban is still holding sway)
Some cool helicopter gunship ripping up some hostiles.
oh … nice.
Are Pre ban vids. allowed? if not stop this vid @ 17sec. and be afraid, very afraid.
Oh & the wierd stuff in the sos vid is a kind geeked up version of the Apocalypse Now helicopter raid.
nope .. no preban videos neither!
.. unless i’m blindfolded and earplugged.
this… at the end??? I don’t get it… I’ll be back to save the girl.
that first one is sick (in a vile way) .. did Marina have that included in her vid?
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lol@second one. I have my trusty Swiss Army Knife for situations like that.
Dawnbreakz was the accompaniment
nothing in the player .. the link is:
http://www.reverbnation.com/eplay/queue?selectedIndex=0&cont=false
on the link it looks like the content is set to nothing.
Carp… it worked for me yesterday lick the Dawnbreakz or just watch the vid.
How long you going to go? Or you could find it more interesting not seeing the vid & just asking everone to
describe everything for you.
Don’t lick the link unless you have mouthwash handy…click is OK.
i ent clicked those links yet … I’ll do that after this post in case i fall off my chair or something …
… i’ve found how to remove the images of Marina from these web pages (firefox) ..so that reminder has gone too! whew
The vid version of Marina is heart palpitating. .. I have a while to go before i’m rehabilitated.
But the vid version of Marina is becoming more of a phantom and doesn’t seem quite real. (I saw the Taiwan vid, and caught glimpses there) To me, now, the real Marina is the one who posts occasionally in these threads.
oh yeh …
… make sure you see the “From Taiwan” vid
.. it’s a Taiwanese review of HotForWords …
.. it’s strangely hilarious.
wow! .. that clip was hilarious! LOL
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I had trouble getting the track started cos i thought the sound was breaking up 
took me a while to figure it’s supposed to be like that.
Dawnbreakz & Daybreakz are brilliant (‘cept for the normal singing bit). Thanks.
Top ten
ROFLCOPTER
good job, I mixed my S’s with my O’s, but still don’t get it, except that she ended with the video of the helicopter, which word looks a bit similar…
Ciao,
Fianchetto
I don’t get it? soi soi soi
Thanks, friend….I had never been exposed to a roflcopter b4…Thanks for the link.
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Homework:
R S F L C S P T E C R
HUH???
someone tell me !!
means nothing?
nothing.
ha! .. knew it!
did you get my youtube message, btw?
Nada
yup yup. math isn’t my strength but kurt is my favorite mathematician. got several translations of the tao. you should have my youtube response by now.
i have to say, my style for checking out this kind of stuff is non-existent.
There are times when i’m totally in the right frame of mind and it pours in by the bucket load .. but most of the rest of the time if i attempt to follow any threads, it’s something of a dry drudge.
I have to sort of freak myself out a bit to get the most from it.
basically .. if someone sneaks up behind me and shouts BOO! .. i’ll rush off and analyze what i’m feeling referencing Alaister Crowley, Alchemy, (and now Gnosticism), etc. – whatever seems right.
yeah, going mad helps every now and again
Been there done that if you remember.
you’re a madman too, Cap?
Welcome
ps. for a moment there when you said “kurt” – kurt vonnegut sprang to mind.
vonnegut is good, have you ever read the illuminatus trilogy?
i’ve read it .. can’t say any of it stuck .. vaguely remember leaping consciousnesses and the eye in the pyramid actually being a particular part of a lady’s anatomy. .. erm .. maybe … unless i made that bit up.
you’re in the same time zone as NY?
yeah, it’s not as exciting as you might think.
lol .. no .. i was just trying to get the part of the country right ..
.. for some reason i had the impression that Ohio was northish mid-west.
all those states you have over there are a big mish mash of confusion.
big mish mash of confusion, yep thats the place.
what part of the uk are you from?
I’m from just across the water from Liverpool.
A 15 minute tube ride into L’pool center from where i am.
Hey, mijj
Have you ever seen any Mooses down there in the (Sq)Wirral?
erm .. well .. i internetted for a Moose .. and there’s a restaurant ..
… but i guess i’m not getting it ..
What sa mada U
Bullwinkle’s Alma Marta
omg, first!
Congrats Mr. Panda.
Glad to see you again. 
I was going to do a panda claws joke. Scratch that.