If you click on the Words/Lessons link in the upper-left corner, there are a few videos listed under “100 Million Video Views” and “Best Weekend Ever” that have some nice leg shots.
There is another video I can’t seem to find here, which I think is her best leg shots. It’s on her YouTube site, listed under “Girl Fight!”
I didn’t know vetting had it’s origins in veterinarian. Excuse me for asking such a silly question, but was HotForWords wearing glasses in this video? I really couldn’t tell…
Hi Marina:) im not entirely new to your work, but i have to admit I signed up for your site only a short time ago.
I have a request…i would like to ask you for help with the phrase
“Leap of faith”
…i seem to be unable to find any useful info on the ethymology of this phrase. So please help me and solve this mystery for me. Thank you!
Word Request, I am resubmitting my Halloween theme words: derrick
fairy/fate
belfry
fanatic
gargoyle
normal
zombie
Oh how I love Halloween, hope you do a real special lesson
like an Elviva mistress of the dark parody, you must admit your styles are similar.
That is of course if you seen her shows.
The rumor is she has been kidnapped by gypsy para-pirates held in a posh penthouse fed only philology. This pig tale wench is dressed in pink with polka dot panties. The purple pinhead pupil carries a porcupine piggyback while dropping his phoney saber to sneak a peak at the lovely vampiress pusillanimous.
Now there this is a good game to play and it incorporates all the lessons learn.
Hot for Words. My Latin is terrible.
Please help me with the origin and true meaning of ‘Res ipsa loquitur’.
Thanks Love your lessons.
Devoted fan uh I mean student.
in order to create a superthread I want to play word association. Secondly google is so full of porn.. Why is it if I type something like car, porn comes up.. or suck… or cucumber lol
IT turns its self on but.. I dont care. It is a bit annoying though when you want to find a photo of.. lets say a laser pen,, and all you get is something else in cheek
James has his beer goggle on and can only see pr0n in everything. I hear James stuck this stick with bristles on it and placed it in his mouth. I think there was some kind of jelly on the bristles. Then I heard he rapidly worked the stick in and out of his pie hole rapidly until a foamy ooze came out and then spit it all into this miniature toilet bowl. The whole job was done in less than 2 minutes. I don’t know how he can see pr0n in something like brushing your teeth in the morning.
Hey mijj, I’ve got aLx figured out. You have to say stupid things like I do all the time which will make him laugh his arse off. For example, in this case I might say; so mijj, aLx didn’t say anything to you cause he thinks you are a master baiter.
Good find there aLx. Im not the only one the flubs up. You should see me in class when I flub up in front of a live audience. I just keep on trucking as nothing ever happen. Sometimes my students will help me a long. Kind of funny at thimes.
Hi Marina : )>
I love your site and what you are doing for the english language
I like to write rants Can you tell me about the word Rant?
Thank you in advance
xoxoxo
Ernie
Hi ernie…I can answer that question for you. A Rant is what I went on when you posted the following ad online when I was visiting my family in the states last summer:
*****
I am an experianced Dom seeking Painslut 4 real play no limits but will respect yours [if265 1]
My Ideal Person:
Seeking true paincunts for real and or cyber torture
even in cyber i play 4 real and expect the same 4 u
above all honesty is key
******
That is what a Rant is. Its origin I do not know. I’ll let M answer that for you. BTW, you’re not interested in words…that’s my thing, not yours, or so you’ve told me. You’re only on this site because you’re a perv that thinks M is gonna look twice at you. Don’t hold your breath drunk boy. Go smoke a joint, pop a beer and continue surfing the net for a somebody that fits the description in your ad.
Dear Teacher, a former T Pet was listening to Bill O’Reilly call folks “Rapscallions” the other day, as everyone know what this means I do not know which “Pirate” first called someone a rapscallion.
Arrrrrrrrrrrrg.
Chief
I just visited the words list and saw nothing pertaining to motors or engines.With all the talk of alternative energy,hybrids,and considering that gasoline engines helped create the need for adding electric motors to the mix,how about doing a lesson about it? Please? Maybe just choose any related subject and run with it,it would be like a current events curriculum.
Hmmm,I know nuthin about website designing but am curious,how hard would it be to add another discussion area for current events? You could choose(or create a vote)a subject and let it run for a while,then on to the next.
I think alt energy is *very* important to the entire world and warrants discussion in school for sure. There are some good minds here,You could use them to help educate Your class on this paramount issue.
Don’t feel bad, I was going to write the same thing until I saw that you did it. i have already used it three times in the last several months because people keep asking for that word. It’s a great joke and I will keep using it.
I think Miss M already did Ahoy. Did you look at the word list of pass lessons?
Shiver (of wood) to break into fragments; (of a sail) to shake; to cause a sail to shake by luffing up into the wind. ‘Shiver me Timbers’, expressing surprise or incredulity, is more often read than heard. Shiver was first attested in the sense of breaking in 1200 AD in the Trinity College Homilies, Second Series, 1873; in the sense of shake, in or before 1250 in the old English Miscellany 1872.
Ahoy Mates!!!
AAAARG!!! It’s talk like a pirate day!!
Shiver me timbers Marina here’s a word request Carribean Batten down the hatches!!!
I love the Carribean!!!
I would like to request the word “Horizon”.
I was once told that the Egyptian God Horus who was a sky God, the name also meant distant, had something to do with it. I have never read anything about that, can you investigate for me?
Also “Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall…” do you think he’s an egg??
Good one. Im missed that lesson. This question comes up from time to time in my classes. Damn this site really helps me out with my job. If this keeps happening I’ll have to start paying Marina for the lessons.
You sure know how to embarrass a guy. I was think what would the odds be for something like this puppet video would exist. A beautiful lady named Marina and a boat captain. Yea what are the odds? Oh and I don’t think for one minute you accidentally discovered the clip.
I notice the show was broadcast a year before I was born, so I tried to find an airing date. I found a plot summary at the IMDb data base that gives you an idea of what the show is about.
“Stingray” (1964)
Gerry Anderson’s third SF supermarionation saga told the adventures of the WASPs (the World Aquanaut Security Patrol) as they explored the oceans and kept the world safe from a variety of perils. The WASP’s main weapon was Stingray, a super-sub under the command of Troy Tempest. Troy’s copilot was Phones, and they were often joined on missions by Marina, a princess of the undersea kingdom of Pacifica. Marina could breathe under water, but was unable to speak. In charge of the WASPs was gruff Commander Shore, whose daughter Atlanta was both a member of his staff and Marina’s rival for Troy’s affection. Credit to Marg Baskin for this summary.
well .. i accidentally discovered the clip in the sense of remembering there being a song about Marina at the end of the puppet show and sought it out. But didn’t have a clue there was a Captain in the site who was eternally doomed to be captivated by her allure.
Yea Marina has me chained in her dungeon and forces me to get her coffee all day long. Being a TA isn’t what’s it all cracked up to be but I’m not complaining.
Yea, and and Kobe gets to eat from a bowl and my food is put on the floor. And and she make me wear this baby blue ballet costume. Oh and now I have to get Mike coffee now. Its just horrible. I just want to go home…..
HFW User “tennesseedundee” gave us a heads up on the upcoming “Talk Like a Pirate Day” back on the “SOS Game” video page. That day has arrived today Sept 19 – International Talk Like A Pirate Day. http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/09/10/sos-game/#comment-59761
My accent is considered a pirate one (I don’t have it) but the stereotypical one is a pirate.. Mind you. we do have a pirate history, isaac gulliver lived just down the road from where I do and there was a lot of smuggling happening
Your wish is my command! Funny you mention that. I had just finished my post and making an email to Miss M that I had it ready to go. I hope you all like my post.
Marina, I have a good request… “Late” as in the late George Washington. Why is late also used to refer to someone that is dead? I think this would be a good word to investigate.
“The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C’, the idea must be feasible.” – A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.
Just goes to show you even the so called ‘Experts’ can be wrong.
“Never set your ways into stone, because the next person will set their ways on wings.” – Captain Jack
“Never set your ways into stone,
because the next person will set
their ways on wings.” – Captain Jack
Wow, that is a neat quote Captn. Can I steal that once in awhile?
See if you can have Marina put that into the quote list so it will
come up in the quote box in the lower right.
By the way, I can contribute to the quote list. Do you know what format is preferred? Is it one quote per line (i.e. line break after each quote) or are there other rules. Should I send the list to you or to Marina?
Ya sure. Just tell them where you seen it before. I have seen one of my quotes make it back to me. It surprises the hell out of me. Yea I should ask her about that. She is looking for new quote lists. I think Capman might be working on that project. Send it to me and I can forward it to who ever.
I was playing Metal Gear Solid 4 and though where did the word “metal” come from. So the word “metal” is my request and I would also like to know why its used to identify music such as heavy metal…thank you
Hello,
A few days ago I posted this on your whiskey vid, but this came out about a day later, so I’m not sure if you saw it. If you did, sorry, but if not here it is again: I would like to request Nintendo, please. If you would like to use my youtube name, it is smashballbrawler. Thank you, and I understand if you do not use this.
If we’re talking politics, or political etymologies to be exact I’d like to request the verb: “to swiftboat”. My reason? I dont know whatit means . I recently saw the funniest vid ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68NEc8EvV2Q ) and it has this word in it. It probably has an interesting origin to it as well.
A ’swiftboat’ is a small powerboat, usually armed with a .50 caliber machine gun mount or two, used by the US in VietNam to patrol tributaries and waters un-navigable by larger craft.
John Kerry served on one of these craft during the VietNam war.
On returning home after his tour, he became an avid anti-war activist, testifying in congress to having committed atrocities, villifying his comerades-in-arms.
He was later elected Lieutenant-Governer of Massachussets, then US Senator representing Massachussetts.
In 2004, Kerry made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency, losing to incumbent George W. Bush.
During his campaign, servicemen who had served with Kerry in VietNam launched an agressive campaign against him, to the effect of giving President Bush a significant advance in popularity, leading ultimately to President Bush being elected for a second term as President.
one of the many “Swiftboat Veterans and POWs for Truth” ads:
I’m giving you this just so you have the info, in case Our Dear Teacher chooses not to do it. I know its kind of dry, and would rather have her do it as well, but heck she could read the Chicago phone directory and make it interesting!
I would agree, though, until you mentioned it I had never heard it used in that manner. But then again it was only a couple of years ago that I ad ever heard ‘Google’ used as a verb, either – as in “I Googled the word, but came up empty”
Ciao,
Fianchetto
BTW living organisms evolve very quickly, too..I got to work, now, but after work, I’ll locate the example and post it here for you perusal
Flavobacterium that evolved the enzyme ‘Nylonase’
Nylon was invented in 1935, so these creatures adapted to eat nylon AFTER the invention of nylon, and the bacteria evolved betwen 1935 its discovery in 1975. LESS THAN 40 YEARS for a new species to evolveThis is not my original source, but is an accurate summary.
(Dodging and ducking those pots and pans.) I thought there’d be a new video by now. I’ve only been a subscriber for 2-1/2 months, and I guess I’ve been spoiled by Marina’s productivity. I miss a new video every day, but should be content with what we actually do receive. (Ouch! That pan got me! I’d better go to sleep!)
seesixcm6
i’ve been visiting for even less time than you, seesix!
i think missing the odd video every now and then is a good sign – she’s getting her priorities right.
in fact … 1 vid every 2 days and more presence in the site and checking ideas would be ok by me. – tho i have the feeling her fans might object.
I prefer quality to quantity. so M has to pace herself to keep the juices flowing. Could be tech issues too, i guess.
I definitely agree with the quality before quantity suggestion, in fact,I think 3 or four really good ones per week would certainly be less taxing on Marina, allow her time to do more thorough research, as well as pursue branching out into such things as the TV spots she did for FuelTV, and the interviews, perhaps direct product advertisements, etc…
Or, if she PRODUCED many videos per week (even for a couple of months), but only POSTED a few, she could build up a reserve of stock videos to post should she decide to go on holiday…
i thought that producing a number of vids at a time could be a more efficient use of time.
however .. the striking thing about M’s videos is her presence, charisma, that sense of personal contact (etc etc etc .. drone drone)
I have a feeling if a production line method kicks in then some of that could be lost.
however .. i think a few backup filler vids stashed away in a safe place for a rainy day could be useful … for when she just wants to spend some time off or get stuck into a side issue or whatever.
ps. i have found fault with M .. a very serious one.
Not only does she choose to live in the USA, she actually chose to live in Hollywood! .. is that the choice of any sane person? .. it’s the character flaw that proves she’s human, i guess.
.. oh yeh .. and she didn’t give me a pat on the head for my quizzes – that’s another serious character flaw.
As for Our Dear Teacher’s alleged faults, I offer:
-I have been to many places in the world, (not ALL of them, nor have I been to Russia), but share this “flaw” of proudly choosing to continue to live in the USA, where we have the freedom to live wherever we can afford the rent, mortgage, or outright purchase of property and sustain ourselves, so long as we do so legally.
-I would say that any sane person can choose to live anywhere in the world that they choose. There remain primitive tribes in South America who choose to remain there in conditions that most of the developed world would consider squalor. They may be ignorant, uneducated, or simply unwilling to assimilate themselves with the foreigners who come and rape their land for timber or other natural resources, but I submit that they are no more insane than you or I.
-as for her choice of Beverly Hils, I wonder if there is a better place for someone seeking (and earning) celebrity to be?
-as for the pat on the head for your (pretty nifty in my opinion) quizzes, I would have to say that I haven’t gotten a pat on the head for any of my posts, but then again, perhaps mine are just not worthy of a pat. Or perhaps she has a lot of irons in the fire and hasn’t gotten to it yet. Or she may be considering you for teacher’s pet for keeping us entertained between videos? You’ll have to talk to her on that one..after all it is HER hand to do with as she pleases…
Chin up, pal – and keep making a positive presence here. I don’t think that she could make a dent in giving out individual praise to everyone who adores and supports her. There are just too many of us and only one of her.
I am a husband, but I have also heard of animal husbandry and tree husbandry. Do these people have to take out the trees’ trash or wash the pigs’ laundry? This is a WORD REQUEST. M, could you investigate husband?
hi marina heres a hard one if you can please anwser this im a russian gypsy born in america also known as a русский цыганин in russian what does the word gypsy mean???
Most Roma consider the term perjorative. I usually do not hear Roma use the term about themselves (at least not since WWII, when so many bad things happened.)
It was a misnomer, kind of like how Native Americans are called Indians. Columbus was lost; thought he was in India. Europeans thought the Roma were from Egypt and called them Little Egyptians.
Never knew someone could pull off the “red/pink” thing witout a clash…the black seemd to be the secret. Pair of nice shoes, would complete the outfit, and they are fairly cheep too.
Hey I don’t know what the hecK I’m talking about… my wife always says to me “you’re not wearing that are you”? when it’s obvious that I am.
CAIRO – An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute in the Nile Delta, local media reported today.
The ass and its owner were apprehended at a police checkpoint that had been set up after the institute’s director complained that someone was stealing his crops, the state-owned Al-Ahram daily said.
The unnamed ungulate was found in possession of the institute’s corn and a local judge sentenced him to 24 hours in prison. The man who had his ass thrown in jail got off with a fine of 50 Egyptian pounds ($A11.40).
The unnamed ungulate was found in possession of the institute’s corn and a local judge sentenced him to 24 hours in prison.
Learned a new word ungulate,
well new to me & covers a wide spectrum of critters, hopefully law abiding critters. Not like this Cheeky Chimp.
Russians seem to be a little more glamorous than the dutch, could make for an interesting olympi…
So you wear glasses now? Cool!
Some people say that they make you look smart, but I say:
How does an optical disability make someone smart?!
And then they say, shut up nerd!
And then I say, GTFO loosers, and terrible fighting breaks out.
No worries, I always win in my own fantasies!
In real life I’m peaceful, but don’t mess with me… I have rabies and sh1t, OK?! grrr… waf! ^^
What do you mean now?…I have an age related optical disability & I broke my specks tonigjt & it realy sucks to try & type this without making too many mistakes. Not that long ago I loved driving at nigjht & seeing everything in high definition, now that Hi/def TV & Youtube vids are in HD… small screen phones etc etc. all is lost on me as my eyes aren’t HD anymore Hope it’s readable.
Overcoming any disability gives one strength & patience that would otherwise be underdeveloped… so if M. or anybody else that grew up with poor eyesight (or any other limiting sence) does well, I admire them.
I got progressives a year ago but lately my depth perception is going off, so breaking the glasses might just spur me on to better vision, although it’s always so $$$$ draining.
I just want to poke fun @ you capman 54Yrs old & only 8 friends… saw that on your myspace link… that’s about it on my facebook too
My wife hasn’t even “friended” me on facebook… ahhh.
have you ever tried these [aerobic glasses]. (essentially pinholes in blank plastic)
I have a pair. They’re good for backup emergency (they dont use lenses so they’re difficult to break. They kind of work .. halfway between good and nothing. I think people make exaggurated claims for these things, but they’re ok for backup .. and if you like to freak people out.
could I suggest a “nudge” to someone when one wants to respond to a 3rd level reply, with an email sent to let the party know… ifn’ it’s deemed a good idea to eliminate the forth & fifth level skinny ass threads.
I have two request for future episodes, I only had one but todays lesson got me thinking about another one.
1). Where does the expression “Drop dead gorgeous” come from? You should be familiar with this phrase, for obvious reasons.
2). Where does the expression “skeleton in the closet” or skeleton in the cupboard” come from? It makes me think of some Arsenic and Old Lace family doing in travelling salesmen etc.
Well keep up the good work Marina.
Your obedient student and
hopefully a future teacher’s pet
Daniel aka CanadaDan1971
I swear in the thumbnail at the top it looks like M is really fussing at us over something with the hand up and her face like she is screaming something. Look at the eye expression it’s plum angry looking. I hope it’s Kobe that peed on the floor and not us.
It’s the pictures that go along with the video. Like the picture at the top where M looks like she is mad at some one. Or it could be a small little inset picture. More or less your right its internet speak. But it could be one of the hard surfaces on the end of your thumb. No just joking with you on that last sentence.
Mike
Hi Mike, I haven’t used MySpacew in years. There should be a button that lets you insert a video or embed video. You will either need one of two things. Either the YT link of the video or the embedded code of the video. Visit any YT video and notice the EMBED code to the right of the video.
Some blogs let me embed the video directly into a text box by pasting that code to the right of the YT video. Other blogs will ask for the link of the YT video. Other blog sites have a special YT button and may just ask you for the video ID that you see at the end of the YT videos.
Hey Mike, check out the HFW Home page. The Flyff ad is there underneath the current video. If you don’t see it, I have a screen shot here. http://i38.tinypic.com/2ezpvo8.jpg
Yes, I do patronize HFW advertisers to ensure continued longevity and success of this site.
If you see the image scrunched and not readable due to the Wordpress widget, RIGHT mouse click on the image and then click View Image. You can also RIGHT mouse click on the link, then click Open Link in new Tab or New Window.
Mike, I’m not sure if one can do a remote link to the featured YT video.
I haven’t researched it, and maybe Marina has an answer. I’ll research it and let you know.
The featured video is the large video one sees on a YT profile page.
That is typically the video that changes when someone uploads a new video. However, the YT user can chose other options such as not updating the featured video when uploading a new video.
@Capman911, you can grab the embed code from the YouTube video and paste it into the design pages on myspace. It’s kind of rinky-dink the way they do it. (Testing out my new auto @Capman911 thingy)
I think the idea has merit, to facilitate understanding of the thread, but think even better (or in addition) would be to (if possible) widen the post area and allow a few more depths of reply. This site is very linear, and doesn’t allow for very much branching of threads.
So, I guess my suggestion would be to allow more branching, if and only if it does not interfere with your ability to scan for word requests, or do other tasks required of the maintenence of the site.
Attention Please. We all need to visit Marina’s You Tube site and watch the video and vote for it as You tube was down last night and is putting her video behind in ratings. Thanks for help on this matter.
Mike
Hey chiselstone it’s probably just an extra bedroom or room in her apartment that she doesn’t use for anything but for making videos. She moved from a small apartment to a bigger one so she may not have the furniture to put in it right now.
Hi dezdkado, sometimes when you log into a HFW page that is not the home page, and then you navigate to another HFW page, you may lose the commenting text box.
Typically what I do is this;
1. Just refresh the page, and the text box should appear. Somtimes you may need to navigate off to another HFW page, then come back to the page of interest.
2. If that fails, clear the cookies, then if needed you may also need to clear the cache. Refresh the page and you should see the text box.
Thanks, gents, for the advice. I had tried those suggestions, but was still having issues. In fact, when trying to log in through the dashboard I received a message telling me that I was not allowed to respond to that thread… while I was able to log in and respond to other threads. At that point I had figured that I might be admin-blocked in that particular thread for writing something vulgar or impolite. I know I rub folks the wrong way by acting like an insufferable know-it-all , but I was wondering if I had truly offended or hurt someone’s feelings . That’s why I asked if this situation was accidental or punitive. All is well now, so I’ve made new comments to the thread in question. Thanks again.
Hi dezdkado, (additional thoughts – thinking out loud)
I noticed that you had used username “dez” at one time. (ref: lorem-ipsum video page – I’m presuming that it was you)
It’s possible that this may have messed up the login cookies / session Id.
Given the dual names, I think it may also depend on the browser you are using; e.g. MSIE vs Firefox.
I just saw a news item where Lindsay Lohan has refused a $700,000 offer from Playboy to bare her ummm “soul” for the magazine. Will we ever see a “bare” Marina in the centerfold? (Just trying to decide whether to renew my subscription.)
Hey Hotrocky, she might as well accept it we have seen everything else that she has from pictures from the paparazzi. Playboy has boosted a lot of stars film careers. But I am glad she has some morals about her.
Marina.. I am fed up of the 4 level thing… Can you just let me go that deep?? Thanks.. I have been so busy with college on a better note… it was great!! WOO STUDENT MONEY PROBLEMS!! OH YAY Sorry.. I am feeling down right now
Urm maybe because… This is the internet and not a stage.. BTW please do normal replies.. I dont wanna piss M off by going to deep.. So please just reply as normal.. Sorry I aint being rude… I am going through an RRR phase atm.. Maybe because foxbow isnt on msn for me to unleash my anger upon!!
Miss M did have HFW site set up for multilevel nested replies but the boxes get really small and hard to read like here. From popular request she limited it to just 2. So just don’t go crazy with it.
Oh Gawd… Drama? That was my first major in college
Afterv that, I was “Undeclared” until I zeroed in on the
Engineering stuff. I could’ve made more money as a
butcher or a dentist, but instead, I have a higher life
expectancy – LOL! Yesterday was a good day to
sell gold investments. There was an $85 / oz. bounce.
Now is a good time to sit tight and watch the Market
for corrections, lots of sell offs going on. Remember,
buy low, sell dear
… i already had a discussion with capman911 about me doing the level 4+ thing. And we agreed if there were any problems he’d tell me and i’d cease and desist with no argument.
.. plus, i suspect M is more passive about what goes on in the threads than capman911 or Captain whassisname.
Oh you got that right!!! Love that show. Im glad its coming back on. Damn networks that don’t have a clue what’s funny TV. I bet most people don’t even get the unspoken jokes. That show is WORNG on so many levels!
Why in the hell not? It reminds me of an old a href=”http://video.aol.com/video-detail/saturday-night-live-season-1-land-shark/1415496980″>SNL Land Shark skit that they did years ago.
I’ve always thought that “unsavory” was a wonderful word. Very descriptive. But, what is the origin? Will HotForWords decide to investigate? There you go!
No, I wouldn’t have believed that vetting comes from veterinarian, thank your Hotforwords. As financial guru, Jim Cramer, says, “Bulls make money, bears make money, and pigs get slaughtered.” So my ignorance might be understandable, oh no! By the way, you look very sophisticated in a Sarah Palin way with your glasses on. Knowing that the governor from Cal-ee-for-nee-a, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is an immigrant, might you have political ambitions, or is your stay in America temporary?
I learned something interesting about vetting earlier this summer.
It was revealed that one of the chosen “vetterers” had to be vetted before he could vet the potential vice-presidential candidates. Through this vetting of the vetter, it was determined that the vetter had relations with certain businesses deemed inapproriate. Thus, the vetted “vetterer” was disqualified from doing the vetting.
It is sort of like “due diligence”. Whereby, you investigate a financial/personal background of someone/something before you make a decision to commit oneself to a potential relationship.
When you see people placing side-bets at a wedding reception on how long the marriage will last, you know that the bettors know that the parties in the marriage relationship haven’t done their “due diligence” or “vetting!”
Now that I have done my homework, I am going to take my elephant to vet… its got a tooth ache!
there is indeed something that distinguishes man from other animals. it’s called “language”.
I suppose that it depends what you mean by language.
Certainly most animals have a very limited ability to communicate vocally, in the way that human animals do, but that begs the questions
“Are animals able to communicate?”
and
“How do animals communicate?”
Just because they can’t use a sophisticated vocal communication system, that humans can understand, doesn’t mean that they don’t have some other system, that is perhaps even more sophisticated than ours, that we haven’t discovered, e.g. a kind of sixth sense.
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
As this report on the Animal world’s communication kings concludes, maybe it’s not intelligence that is sexy, but complicated vocalisation.
alx replied on March 5th, 2008 11:33 am:
[...] language is what distinguishes us humans from every other li[f]e form on this planet (this does not mean we’re “the superior life form” here). because it has features that no other kind of communication has. e.g. recursivity, or the ability to express, and work with, “time” and time-related things.
sign language has these features as well, so it is a real language. unlike those bee dances or whatever they call it. that’s different.
alx replied on March 5th, 2008 12:11 pm:
[...] okay, it depends on your definition of “language”. I use “language” in the sense
I did when I finished watching this video! Thank yoou!!!
I would like to know where the phrase [the jig is up] comes from, often used in old 50’s mob movies.
No, I did not know that. I do now thanks to my Hot For Words teacher.
Now, I wonder…. what is the orgin of the word… “Word”?
Hmmmm.
Stayawake,
Helendale, CA
your are most intelligent women in the world and the most beautiful to!
gr8 video..
love when i can see your beauty legs
If you click on the Words/Lessons link in the upper-left corner, there are a few videos listed under “100 Million Video Views” and “Best Weekend Ever” that have some nice leg shots.
There is another video I can’t seem to find here, which I think is her best leg shots. It’s on her YouTube site, listed under “Girl Fight!”
Jon X0X0X0
wha..? beaver shots? britney spears again? yeah, she rocks, doesn’t she.
I didn’t know vetting had it’s origins in veterinarian. Excuse me for asking such a silly question, but was HotForWords wearing glasses in this video? I really couldn’t tell…
vegtables are cheese
Hi Marina:) im not entirely new to your work, but i have to admit I signed up for your site only a short time ago.
I have a request…i would like to ask you for help with the phrase
“Leap of faith”
…i seem to be unable to find any useful info on the ethymology of this phrase. So please help me and solve this mystery for me. Thank you!
is it because i started watching your videos again, Marina?
You don’t want to do them if i’m going to be gazing at you.
Word Request, I am resubmitting my Halloween theme words:
derrick
fairy/fate
belfry
fanatic
gargoyle
normal
zombie
Oh how I love Halloween, hope you do a real special lesson
like an Elviva mistress of the dark parody, you must admit your styles are similar.
That is of course if you seen her shows.
Is it true that M isn’t going to post any more videos?
The rumor is she has been kidnapped by gypsy para-pirates held in a posh penthouse fed only philology. This pig tale wench is dressed in pink with polka dot panties. The purple pinhead pupil carries a porcupine piggyback while dropping his phoney saber to sneak a peak at the lovely vampiress pusillanimous.
Now there this is a good game to play and it incorporates all the lessons learn.
i think it’s one of the duties of the TAs to step in to take her place if M is taken out of the frame.
One of them is going to have to dress up as M and do a video and hope noone catches on.
Where did you hear that she wasn’t doing anymore vids?
I’m starting a rumour. (… shhhhh …. keep it quiet .. M may not be doing any more videos …)
Maybe this guy can fill in, he’s a bit androgynous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8
yes .. good theme .. men who are more attractive than Marina.
1. mijj
2. David Bowie.
3. … erm …
Don’t start rumors like that.. That really isn’t nice
well .. instead, i’m starting a rumour that i’m prettier than Marina.
Hot for Words. My Latin is terrible.
Please help me with the origin and true meaning of ‘Res ipsa loquitur’.
Thanks Love your lessons.
Devoted fan uh I mean student.
HI Marina
how about Voluptuous…Every guy I know uses it..
Could u do one on the Rubik’s Cube?
You look so hot n sexy in that dress! Im hot for teacher!!!
in order to create a superthread I want to play word association. Secondly google is so full of porn.. Why is it if I type something like car, porn comes up.. or suck… or cucumber lol
THE WORD IS CAR
the internet was made for pr0n.
turn safe search on.
wussy.
IT turns its self on but.. I dont care. It is a bit annoying though when you want to find a photo of.. lets say a laser pen,, and all you get is something else in cheek
what are you talking about? google image search results for “laser pen” (safe search off). no pr0n.
James has his beer goggle on and can only see pr0n in everything. I hear James stuck this stick with bristles on it and placed it in his mouth. I think there was some kind of jelly on the bristles. Then I heard he rapidly worked the stick in and out of his pie hole rapidly until a foamy ooze came out and then spit it all into this miniature toilet bowl. The whole job was done in less than 2 minutes. I don’t know how he can see pr0n in something like brushing your teeth in the morning.
Why is everyone typing..pr0n
Try this….bet you can’t do it.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE…. Read all the Numbers… Slowly and in Order!!
Be Careful not to MISS ANY
1
2
3
4
5
6 & nbsp;
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
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Finished?
Scroll down …………………
GOOD ! TOMORROW I’LL SEND YOU THE ABC’s
It takes so little to amuse old people.
Oops! See?
how does using cocomment make teacher look like a rockstar?
speaking of Marina as a rockstar …
perhaps Marina is ready for a band like:
[L7 - Pretend We're Dead]
(doing their bit on the brit Channel 4 “The Word” programme)
How this one Mijj me matey arrrg
Party Like Rock star
well … gotta say “no”, Cap. Cos in it she’d be an adornment. A mere decorative addition. In my L7 band she’s be the spark.
rock’n'roll.
yeh .. but Britney doesn’t display her muff so she comes a poor second to L7 as a role model for M.
what?
Tasty :puke:
humm …
d’oh!
lol
yes .. it’s a very important aspect of a lady’s career nowadays. The etiquette of muff display.
word request : Marina, could you tell us where the phrase “aLx is an asshole” comes from?
Thank you.
me thinks its from the buzzword
I’ve got to admit, i’m disappointed aLx didn’t even acknowledge the existence of the bait.
Hey mijj, I’ve got aLx figured out. You have to say stupid things like I do all the time which will make him laugh his arse off. For example, in this case I might say; so mijj, aLx didn’t say anything to you cause he thinks you are a master baiter.
ooh… you bitch
slips of the tongue.
does he mention “frost and fog”?
did you watch the vid?
yes … eventually i did. I was disappointed there was no mention of “fost and frog”.
Good find there aLx. Im not the only one the flubs up. You should see me in class when I flub up in front of a live audience. I just keep on trucking as nothing ever happen. Sometimes my students will help me a long. Kind of funny at thimes.
Hi Marina : )>
I love your site and what you are doing for the english language
I like to write rants Can you tell me about the word Rant?
Thank you in advance
xoxoxo
Ernie
Hi ernie…I can answer that question for you. A Rant is what I went on when you posted the following ad online when I was visiting my family in the states last summer:
*****
I am an experianced Dom seeking Painslut 4 real play no limits but will respect yours
[if265 1]
My Ideal Person:
Seeking true paincunts for real and or cyber torture
even in cyber i play 4 real and expect the same 4 u
above all honesty is key
******
That is what a Rant is. Its origin I do not know. I’ll let M answer that for you. BTW, you’re not interested in words…that’s my thing, not yours, or so you’ve told me. You’re only on this site because you’re a perv that thinks M is gonna look twice at you. Don’t hold your breath drunk boy. Go smoke a joint, pop a beer and continue surfing the net for a somebody that fits the description in your ad.
I was just watching a ClipCritics video on YouTube the other day, and I got a couple of nice views of your whale tail at LisaNova’s birthday party.
Wearing glasses, let see if I can find something funny on You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph_G-wGvqzM
Or this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqBy6TgYxTU
Dear Teacher, a former T Pet was listening to Bill O’Reilly call folks “Rapscallions” the other day, as everyone know what this means I do not know which “Pirate” first called someone a rapscallion.
Arrrrrrrrrrrrg.
Chief
Marina,
Since this is Pirate Day, you must give us a video as a heavily accented Russian word pirate. Arrgg!
Marina
I just visited the words list and saw nothing pertaining to motors or engines.With all the talk of alternative energy,hybrids,and considering that gasoline engines helped create the need for adding electric motors to the mix,how about doing a lesson about it? Please? Maybe just choose any related subject and run with it,it would be like a current events curriculum.
Hmmm,I know nuthin about website designing but am curious,how hard would it be to add another discussion area for current events? You could choose(or create a vote)a subject and let it run for a while,then on to the next.
I think alt energy is *very* important to the entire world and warrants discussion in school for sure. There are some good minds here,You could use them to help educate Your class on this paramount issue.
marina how about the origin of “talk to the hand”
I thought that was a lousy phrase in the movie ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’. Of course, the movie itself wasn’t great either.
marina i was washing my hair with shampoo and i was thinking whats the origin of the word shampoo?can you investigate?
yeh .. it’s weird isn’t it … before shampoo did people wash their hair in real poo?
I think the whole thing is a sham to begin with.
{… hangs head in shame …}
Don’t feel bad, I was going to write the same thing until I saw that you did it. i have already used it three times in the last several months because people keep asking for that word. It’s a great joke and I will keep using it.
Personally, I think it’s a loan word, directly from the Hindi language, but would like to see Marina do it as well
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Hello Marina!
I would like to request the term “Save Face”, interested to find where that came from.
yo marina can you find the origin of the word handsome? thanks much and i love you.
My face is the origin of the word handsome
More braggadocio from Jim, the Cabin Boy.
Give ‘im a taste of yer Long John, Cap’n Silver.
That better not be an innuendo bob..
Innuendo? Isn’t that the Italian word for sodomy?
Word request:
Ahoy
Good Egg
Bad Egg
Shiver me lumber mates
I think Miss M already did Ahoy. Did you look at the word list of pass lessons?
Shiver (of wood) to break into fragments; (of a sail) to shake; to cause a sail to shake by luffing up into the wind. ‘Shiver me Timbers’, expressing surprise or incredulity, is more often read than heard. Shiver was first attested in the sense of breaking in 1200 AD in the Trinity College Homilies, Second Series, 1873; in the sense of shake, in or before 1250 in the old English Miscellany 1872.
It is only mentioned in the Hello Hello lesson
Oh Ok. Hope she does a lesson on it then.
Ahoy Mates!!!
AAAARG!!! It’s talk like a pirate day!!
Shiver me timbers Marina here’s a word request
Carribean Batten down the hatches!!!
I love the Carribean!!!
I plan to sail there someday. I bet it’s really nice there, hu?
Hi CaptainJack! Nice to meet you!
It’s so beautiful there! Yes, you must go there!!!!
Yea I think I will. Im also thinking about visiting the Fiji Islands.
I would like to request the word “Horizon”.
I was once told that the Egyptian God Horus who was a sky God, the name also meant distant, had something to do with it. I have never read anything about that, can you investigate for me?
Also “Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall…” do you think he’s an egg??
He’s an omelet
hey .. that guy down there looks like me !!..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Thoth.svg/311px-Thoth.svg.png
hang on .. wasn’t Horus the Sun god?
in which case Horizon could make sense as from where Horus is born. (just guessing)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Horus_standing.svg/180px-Horus_standing.svg.png
I thought Ra was the sun god
http://www.crystalinks.com/ra.html
All the king’s horsemen and all the king’s men…
would bitch and moan, questioning the king, “Why waste time putting him back together again?”
Hello Marina,
If the world is eating hamburgers then why is the French eating “hambourgeois” where did this word come from?
Hmmmm…please investigate and thanks!!
What I’d like to know about the French is “Who the heck taught them how to count??”
they do OK till they get past about sixty…for example:
92 = ninety-two, literally, ninety plus two in English
but in Nice,
97 = quatre-vingt-douze, literally four times twenty plus twelve
Where’d THAT come from?
Ciao,
Fianchetto
sorry…the new math..the “97″ should be “92″ as well…
we used to do that too in britain .. four score and twelve.
In Danish it would be “Half a Twenty short of Five Twenties and Two.”
Where i live can be referred to as:
Blighty, England, Britain, Great Britain, Albion.
How many ways can the US be referred to?
or should the correct grammar be:
to which how many the US can referred ways?
At my last count …uh…50.
Ciao,
Fianchetto
no offense, friend …I’m in a rare mood just now…
America
The United States
USA or The USA
US or The US
The United States of America
The States
The Union
Uncle Sam
The US of A
I think that bin Laden guy called us “The Great Satan” on more than one occasion…
The Republic
The land of opportunity
land of the free
and for you Brits:
Those bloody colonists!
I suspect the info in M’s “America” vid may not be the full story!! .. i’m looking to check for other info.
so .. what’s the origin of the name “America”?
{…he asked, innocently…}
d’oh! .. i bet M’s done a vid on it!
Yup, America! Land of free sex video has been done.
Good one. Im missed that lesson. This question comes up from time to time in my classes. Damn this site really helps me out with my job. If this keeps happening I’ll have to start paying Marina for the lessons.
Canada is called America Light
Is that a beer
Let me say this aboooth that, it be called America Lite
well .. i’ve been here in HFW 36 days now.
So it’s been that many days since i completely accidentally and innocently discovered this YouTube clip of [Captain Jack serenading Marina].
Seeing at it’s Talk Like a Pirate Day (arrrr), I thought i’d repeat the link.
You sure know how to embarrass a guy.
I was think what would the odds be for something like this puppet video would exist. A beautiful lady named Marina and a boat captain. Yea what are the odds? Oh and I don’t think for one minute you accidentally discovered the clip. 
I notice the show was broadcast a year before I was born, so I tried to find an airing date. I found a plot summary at the IMDb data base that gives you an idea of what the show is about.
“Stingray” (1964)
Gerry Anderson’s third SF supermarionation saga told the adventures of the WASPs (the World Aquanaut Security Patrol) as they explored the oceans and kept the world safe from a variety of perils. The WASP’s main weapon was Stingray, a super-sub under the command of Troy Tempest. Troy’s copilot was Phones, and they were often joined on missions by Marina, a princess of the undersea kingdom of Pacifica. Marina could breathe under water, but was unable to speak. In charge of the WASPs was gruff Commander Shore, whose daughter Atlanta was both a member of his staff and Marina’s rival for Troy’s affection. Credit to Marg Baskin for this summary.
well .. i accidentally discovered the clip in the sense of remembering there being a song about Marina at the end of the puppet show and sought it out. But didn’t have a clue there was a Captain in the site who was eternally doomed to be captivated by her allure.
I am eternally doomed ain’t I? I knew this could happen if I stuck around long enough.
yeh .. and not merely doomed for a short while. But doomed for all eternity!
Yea Marina has me chained in her dungeon and forces me to get her coffee all day long. Being a TA isn’t what’s it all cracked up to be but I’m not complaining.
that bitch!!
chaining you up then forcing you to get coffee! … presumably laughing all the while at your struggles.
Yea, and and Kobe gets to eat from a bowl and my food is put on the floor. And and she make me wear this baby blue ballet costume. Oh and now I have to get Mike coffee now. Its just horrible. I just want to go home…..
Why hasn’t CaptainJack reminded us that it’s …
[Talk Like a Pirate Day]
{…arrr…}
Shiver me timbers!
HFW User “tennesseedundee” gave us a heads up on the upcoming “Talk Like a Pirate Day” back on the “SOS Game” video page. That day has arrived today Sept 19 – International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/09/10/sos-game/#comment-59761
By the powers, mate .. you be right!
So why the blitherin’ barnacles ain’t every stinkin’ landlubber in this thread talkin’ like a pirate!?
A-rovin’, a-rovin
In Liverpool I long to be
A bonnie lass upon my knee
A-lo-aye-ayy!
Liverpool I long to be
A bonnie lass upon my kne
]
Liverpool… Hmm.., A bonnie lass sounds scottish to me
Makes me think of one I know, but would like to see Our Dear Teacher do…
WORD REQUEST: Walking Spanish
As in “Aye, me hearties, ye shoulda heard that scurvy dog beg, walking Spanish the whole span o’ the plank!”
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Arrr…Aye, James…picked ‘er up in Wick, but that one hadn’t enough syllables to work in the song…
maybe that should be …
A-rovin’, a-rovin
In Liverpool I long to be
A boner in a lass upon my knee
A-lo-aye-ayy!
My accent is considered a pirate one (I don’t have it) but the stereotypical one is a pirate.. Mind you. we do have a pirate history, isaac gulliver lived just down the road from where I do and there was a lot of smuggling happening
[Pirate's Shanty]
Your wish is my command! Funny you mention that. I had just finished my post and making an email to Miss M that I had it ready to go. I hope you all like my post.
Marina, I have a good request… “Late” as in the late George Washington. Why is late also used to refer to someone that is dead? I think this would be a good word to investigate.
Also, why does “late” refer to a woman being pregnant?
Just goes to show you even the so called ‘Experts’ can be wrong.
“Never set your ways into stone, because the next person will set their ways on wings.” – Captain Jack
I am confused with this @ thing… How does it work? Marina said something about it but I still am not quite sure..
It means ‘at’. I only use it for IMs on my cellphone and email addies.
“Never set your ways into stone,
because the next person will set
their ways on wings.” – Captain Jack
Wow, that is a neat quote Captn. Can I steal that once in awhile?
See if you can have Marina put that into the quote list so it will
come up in the quote box in the lower right.
By the way, I can contribute to the quote list. Do you know what format is preferred? Is it one quote per line (i.e. line break after each quote) or are there other rules. Should I send the list to you or to Marina?
Ya sure. Just tell them where you seen it before. I have seen one of my quotes make it back to me. It surprises the hell out of me.
Yea I should ask her about that. She is looking for new quote lists. I think Capman might be working on that project. Send it to me and I can forward it to who ever. 
Hey there Marina,
I was playing Metal Gear Solid 4 and though where did the word “metal” come from. So the word “metal” is my request and I would also like to know why its used to identify music such as heavy metal…thank you
By the way – I love all of your lessons
….and i did not know that vetting came from veterinarians
bye!
word request : lucifer & satan (matching pair, please)
ps. beware of any couples you meet called “Lucy and Stan”.
Echoes
lucifer …satan
hey! .. i was just listenin’ to Echoes a little bit earlier!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_Death Here mijj take your pick, could be all of them, one of them , none of them or a combination of them.
Hello,
A few days ago I posted this on your whiskey vid, but this came out about a day later, so I’m not sure if you saw it. If you did, sorry, but if not here it is again: I would like to request Nintendo, please. If you would like to use my youtube name, it is smashballbrawler. Thank you, and I understand if you do not use this.
Hi Marina!
If we’re talking politics, or political etymologies to be exact I’d like to request the verb: “to swiftboat”. My reason? I dont know whatit means
. I recently saw the funniest vid ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68NEc8EvV2Q ) and it has this word in it. It probably has an interesting origin to it as well.
Thx
A ’swiftboat’ is a small powerboat, usually armed with a .50 caliber machine gun mount or two, used by the US in VietNam to patrol tributaries and waters un-navigable by larger craft.
John Kerry served on one of these craft during the VietNam war.
On returning home after his tour, he became an avid anti-war activist, testifying in congress to having committed atrocities, villifying his comerades-in-arms.
He was later elected Lieutenant-Governer of Massachussets, then US Senator representing Massachussetts.
In 2004, Kerry made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency, losing to incumbent George W. Bush.
During his campaign, servicemen who had served with Kerry in VietNam launched an agressive campaign against him, to the effect of giving President Bush a significant advance in popularity, leading ultimately to President Bush being elected for a second term as President.
one of the many “Swiftboat Veterans and POWs for Truth” ads:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ti-V_rORIw&NR=1
I’m giving you this just so you have the info, in case Our Dear Teacher chooses not to do it. I know its kind of dry, and would rather have her do it as well, but heck she could read the Chicago phone directory and make it interesting!
Ciao,
Fianchetto
WOW, thats like a really new meaning for this word then. I’m really amazed at how fast words are born and how fast they die out.
Let me just sum it up, cause I dont want to get it wrong.
It means bringing back ppl from someone’s past and use them in negative campiagns against him/her, am I right?
I would agree, though, until you mentioned it I had never heard it used in that manner. But then again it was only a couple of years ago that I ad ever heard ‘Google’ used as a verb, either – as in “I Googled the word, but came up empty”
Ciao,
Fianchetto
BTW living organisms evolve very quickly, too..I got to work, now, but after work, I’ll locate the example and post it here for you perusal
another similar phrase is “Drink the Kool Aid”. Check out Our Dear Teacher’s video on that one
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Flavobacterium that evolved the enzyme ‘Nylonase’
Nylon was invented in 1935, so these creatures adapted to eat nylon AFTER the invention of nylon, and the bacteria evolved betwen 1935 its discovery in 1975. LESS THAN 40 YEARS for a new species to evolveThis is not my original source, but is an accurate summary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOYi9U_h5xs
And words are created and ‘evolve even more quickly:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Marina,
I never new that the word vetting ever existed.
If you say that vetting comes from the word vet witch is a doctor for your pets.
Then to check out hoses to see if they were drugged
or not would probably be vetting.
I can not dispute that fact if it came from you
Greg
damn .. it’s quiet in here!!
(throws pots and pans around the thread)
(Dodging and ducking those pots and pans.) I thought there’d be a new video by now. I’ve only been a subscriber for 2-1/2 months, and I guess I’ve been spoiled by Marina’s productivity. I miss a new video every day, but should be content with what we actually do receive.
(Ouch! That pan got me! I’d better go to sleep!)
seesixcm6
i’ve been visiting for even less time than you, seesix!
i think missing the odd video every now and then is a good sign – she’s getting her priorities right.
in fact … 1 vid every 2 days and more presence in the site and checking ideas would be ok by me. – tho i have the feeling her fans might object.
I prefer quality to quantity. so M has to pace herself to keep the juices flowing. Could be tech issues too, i guess.
I definitely agree with the quality before quantity suggestion, in fact,I think 3 or four really good ones per week would certainly be less taxing on Marina, allow her time to do more thorough research, as well as pursue branching out into such things as the TV spots she did for FuelTV, and the interviews, perhaps direct product advertisements, etc…
Or, if she PRODUCED many videos per week (even for a couple of months), but only POSTED a few, she could build up a reserve of stock videos to post should she decide to go on holiday…
Ciao,
Fianchetto
i thought that producing a number of vids at a time could be a more efficient use of time.
however .. the striking thing about M’s videos is her presence, charisma, that sense of personal contact (etc etc etc .. drone drone)
I have a feeling if a production line method kicks in then some of that could be lost.
however .. i think a few backup filler vids stashed away in a safe place for a rainy day could be useful … for when she just wants to spend some time off or get stuck into a side issue or whatever.
ps. i have found fault with M .. a very serious one.
– that’s another serious character flaw.
Not only does she choose to live in the USA, she actually chose to live in Hollywood! .. is that the choice of any sane person? .. it’s the character flaw that proves she’s human, i guess.
.. oh yeh .. and she didn’t give me a pat on the head for my quizzes
LOL Mijj!!!
As for Our Dear Teacher’s alleged faults, I offer:
-I have been to many places in the world, (not ALL of them, nor have I been to Russia), but share this “flaw” of proudly choosing to continue to live in the USA, where we have the freedom to live wherever we can afford the rent, mortgage, or outright purchase of property and sustain ourselves, so long as we do so legally.
-I would say that any sane person can choose to live anywhere in the world that they choose. There remain primitive tribes in South America who choose to remain there in conditions that most of the developed world would consider squalor. They may be ignorant, uneducated, or simply unwilling to assimilate themselves with the foreigners who come and rape their land for timber or other natural resources, but I submit that they are no more insane than you or I.
-as for her choice of Beverly Hils, I wonder if there is a better place for someone seeking (and earning) celebrity to be?
-as for the pat on the head for your (pretty nifty in my opinion) quizzes, I would have to say that I haven’t gotten a pat on the head for any of my posts, but then again, perhaps mine are just not worthy of a pat. Or perhaps she has a lot of irons in the fire and hasn’t gotten to it yet. Or she may be considering you for teacher’s pet for keeping us entertained between videos? You’ll have to talk to her on that one..after all it is HER hand to do with as she pleases…
Chin up, pal – and keep making a positive presence here. I don’t think that she could make a dent in giving out individual praise to everyone who adores and supports her. There are just too many of us and only one of her.
Ciao,
Fianchetto
I am a husband, but I have also heard of animal husbandry and tree husbandry. Do these people have to take out the trees’ trash or wash the pigs’ laundry? This is a WORD REQUEST. M, could you investigate husband?
hi marina heres a hard one if you can please anwser this im a russian gypsy born in america also known as a русский цыганин in russian what does the word gypsy mean???
Most Roma consider the term perjorative. I usually do not hear Roma use the term about themselves (at least not since WWII, when so many bad things happened.)
It was a misnomer, kind of like how Native Americans are called Indians. Columbus was lost; thought he was in India. Europeans thought the Roma were from Egypt and called them Little Egyptians.
No, I did not know vetting drew it’s origin from veterinarians checking out a horse thoroughly.
I also didn’t know Marina would make such a hot parapalegic, but in this video she shows that she can pull that look off.
Nice dress, by the way, teach! Now if we can just get you a floor pillow or bean bag to sit on…
Never knew someone could pull off the “red/pink” thing witout a clash…the black seemd to be the secret. Pair of nice shoes, would complete the outfit, and they are fairly cheep too.
Hey I don’t know what the hecK I’m talking about… my wife always says to me “you’re not wearing that are you”? when it’s obvious that I am.
uh. why exactly were you looking for stilettos in the first place?
Not just any stilettos aLx… afordable, matching ones.
here’s the bra to go with them.
Mice
Of couse, you don’t always need the red… Maybe you do. What do I know about dressing women?
Did I type Mice…Nice
I’m going to get some temp cheepy glasses on the way home LOL
check out the crazy dutch.
oh, and the man who had his ass thrown in jail:
here.
well new to me & covers a wide spectrum of critters, hopefully law abiding critters. Not like this Cheeky Chimp.
Russians seem to be a little more glamorous than the dutch, could make for an interesting olympi…
Billy
aLx
The Cheeky Chimp stole a mobile phone?
Proof that animals can use language.
thank you marina for singing you have a beautiful voice please sing more in your videos
yeh .. i liked her style too.
My word request is “Quiz”. I always thought it came from the Latin “quis”. Does it?
You are spectacular!
Horses run. Politicians run. They both need to be vetted to ensure a safe and fare race.
So you wear glasses now? Cool!
Some people say that they make you look smart, but I say:
How does an optical disability make someone smart?!
And then they say, shut up nerd!
And then I say, GTFO loosers, and terrible fighting breaks out.
No worries, I always win in my own fantasies!
In real life I’m peaceful, but don’t mess with me… I have rabies and sh1t, OK?! grrr… waf! ^^
What do you mean now?…I have an age related optical disability & I broke my specks tonigjt & it realy sucks to try & type this without making too many mistakes. Not that long ago I loved driving at nigjht & seeing everything in high definition, now that Hi/def TV & Youtube vids are in HD… small screen phones etc etc. all is lost on me as my eyes aren’t HD anymore
Hope it’s readable.
Overcoming any disability gives one strength & patience that would otherwise be underdeveloped… so if M. or anybody else that grew up with poor eyesight (or any other limiting sence) does well, I admire them.
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
I wear bifocals myself. I think they look good on her.
I got progressives a year ago but lately my depth perception is going off, so breaking the glasses might just spur me on to better vision, although it’s always so $$$$ draining.
I just want to poke fun @ you capman 54Yrs old & only 8 friends… saw that on your myspace link… that’s about it on my facebook too
My wife hasn’t even “friended” me on facebook… ahhh.
Your bifocals look good on her??
She even wore specs in her very first video…
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/03/02/intro-to-philology/
have you ever tried these [aerobic glasses]. (essentially pinholes in blank plastic)
I have a pair. They’re good for backup emergency (they dont use lenses so they’re difficult to break. They kind of work .. halfway between good and nothing. I think people make exaggurated claims for these things, but they’re ok for backup .. and if you like to freak people out.
The laugh @:30 belies things to come.
what the hell is this @[nick] thing?
come on, man. i mean, really.
@aLx, It helps you see who you are replying to.. I can turn it off… I just thought I’d try it out!
@Marina,
clicking the “click to cancel reply” now returns you to the top of the page instead of where the “reply” was clicked.
can you undo that too?
It’s still doing that now too.
umm, yeah, i see what it’s for. but, uh, i do know who i’m replying to, you know. ummm … yeah …
It might be because he didn’t enter anything in the comment box.
oh, great. now mijj is screwing up the thread.
When I put in a comment it returned back to the original post.
what the hell?
Let Marina play with her toys. Kobe must be asleep.
AAAAAH You turned it off.
could I suggest a “nudge” to someone when one wants to respond to a 3rd level reply, with an email sent to let the party know… ifn’ it’s deemed a good idea to eliminate the forth & fifth level skinny ass threads.
It’s being handled at
this time BillB. M knows
of it and is looking into it.
I have two request for future episodes, I only had one but todays lesson got me thinking about another one.
1). Where does the expression “Drop dead gorgeous” come from? You should be familiar with this phrase, for obvious reasons.
2). Where does the expression “skeleton in the closet” or skeleton in the cupboard” come from? It makes me think of some Arsenic and Old Lace family doing in travelling salesmen etc.
Well keep up the good work Marina.
Your obedient student and
hopefully a future teacher’s pet
Daniel aka CanadaDan1971
I swear in the thumbnail at the top it looks like M is really fussing at us over something with the hand up and her face like she is screaming something. Look at the eye expression it’s plum angry looking. I hope it’s Kobe that peed on the floor and not us.
It’s the pictures that go along with the video. Like the picture at the top where M looks like she is mad at some one. Or it could be a small little inset picture. More or less your right its internet speak. But it could be one of the hard surfaces on the end of your thumb. No just joking with you on that last sentence.
Mike
How about the word definition?
How about the origin of the word broadcast?
juicy
Marina.
I have a word for you to explain origin of to your students;
Pomp-ous ( pretentious )
Definition: an overt show of dignity or delusion of self-importance.
Very interesting and informative videos, they really bear a lot of fruit. And speaking of fruit, I would like to request a segment on “Guacamole.”
Hi Marina
I want to know the origin of “Mobile Suit”
Greetings from Peru and thanks for the help
scrolling through i thought that was mobile slut lol
No men , i said “Mobile Suit”
I had no idea that “vetting” had its origins in the examination of horses by vetrenarians. Thanks for helping make sense of the world!
Marina how can I add you videos to my MySpace site for people to see? If I do will they change when you upload a new video?
Hi Mike, I haven’t used MySpacew in years. There should be a button that lets you insert a video or embed video. You will either need one of two things. Either the YT link of the video or the embedded code of the video. Visit any YT video and notice the EMBED code to the right of the video.
Some blogs let me embed the video directly into a text box by pasting that code to the right of the YT video. Other blogs will ask for the link of the YT video. Other blog sites have a special YT button and may just ask you for the video ID that you see at the end of the YT videos.
What’s your MS link?
http://www.myspace.com/retcaptaineng7
Nice pictures.
Hey Mike, check out the HFW Home page. The Flyff ad is there underneath the current video. If you don’t see it, I have a screen shot here. http://i38.tinypic.com/2ezpvo8.jpg
Yes, I do patronize HFW advertisers to ensure continued longevity and success of this site.
If you see the image scrunched and not readable due to the Wordpress widget, RIGHT mouse click on the image and then click View Image. You can also RIGHT mouse click on the link, then click Open Link in new Tab or New Window.
I found it on her site. It popped again
Mike, I’m not sure if one can do a remote link to the featured YT video.
I haven’t researched it, and maybe Marina has an answer. I’ll research it and let you know.
The featured video is the large video one sees on a YT profile page.
That is typically the video that changes when someone uploads a new video. However, the YT user can chose other options such as not updating the featured video when uploading a new video.
@Capman911, you can grab the embed code from the YouTube video and paste it into the design pages on myspace. It’s kind of rinky-dink the way they do it. (Testing out my new auto @Capman911 thingy)
@Marina, So I am the guinea pig. So does it show up on all replys like it does on mine to you. When I clicked reply @ Marina was already there.
@Marina, !!
it seems somehow, that now, when a “reply” is clicked the text: @person’sUserName, is added automatically into the text box.
.. and clicking “click to cancel reply” now returns to the top of the page instead of where the “reply” was clicked!
the world is going crazy! (i’m skeered)
I think the idea has merit, to facilitate understanding of the thread, but think even better (or in addition) would be to (if possible) widen the post area and allow a few more depths of reply. This site is very linear, and doesn’t allow for very much branching of threads.
So, I guess my suggestion would be to allow more branching, if and only if it does not interfere with your ability to scan for word requests, or do other tasks required of the maintenence of the site.
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Attention Please. We all need to visit Marina’s You Tube site and watch the video and vote for it as You tube was down last night and is putting her video behind in ratings. Thanks for help on this matter.
Mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzzKXZqLQt8&watch_response
no! .. i refuse.
i didn’t get a pat on the head for my efforts .. she doesn’t get my vote in youtube for hers! (pout)
Poor fellow hugs for you but no kisses from me just hugs.
OK, done
Aye, aye, sir. Mission accomplished.
I have noticed that you never have any furniture in your apartment. I was wondering if you know what furniture is, and where the word came from?
Chiselstone
Hey chiselstone it’s probably just an extra bedroom or room in her apartment that she doesn’t use for anything but for making videos.
She moved from a small apartment to a bigger one so she may not have the furniture to put in it right now. 
I thought it was Kobe’s bedroom.
It’s a runway.
actually .. that’s an interesting question, cheselstone.
maybe it requires further examination.
“furniture” is an anagram of “fruit rune”.
a “rune” is a scandanavian script character of magical significance.
a “fruit” is the “The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant”
now .. those are intesting qualities in combination.
Obviously, this room is where M casts magical spells in order to seduce a potential lover into an act of reproduction.
– or — would be if there was any “furniture” there.
so really, the meaning is inverted: … ie.
this room is where M does not cast magical spells in order to seduce a potential lover into an act of reproduction.
LOL, Mijj!!!!!
You lost me!
Say again all after “actually”
I was wondering if she were starting to move out or just move in.
Marina,
Is there a reason why I am not allowed to post to the Grandfather Clock thread? Is this accidental, or punitive?
dezdkado I just made a post to the Grandfather clock video. So you may have to reboot or just try again.
Hi dezdkado, sometimes when you log into a HFW page that is not the home page, and then you navigate to another HFW page, you may lose the commenting text box.
Typically what I do is this;
1. Just refresh the page, and the text box should appear. Somtimes you may need to navigate off to another HFW page, then come back to the page of interest.
2. If that fails, clear the cookies, then if needed you may also need to clear the cache. Refresh the page and you should see the text box.
Thanks, gents, for the advice. I had tried those suggestions, but was still having issues. In fact, when trying to log in through the dashboard I received a message telling me that I was not allowed to respond to that thread… while I was able to log in and respond to other threads. At that point I had figured that I might be admin-blocked in that particular thread for writing something vulgar or impolite. I know I rub folks the wrong way by acting like an insufferable know-it-all
, but I was wondering if I had truly offended or hurt someone’s feelings 
. That’s why I asked if this situation was accidental or punitive. All is well now, so I’ve made new comments to the thread in question. Thanks again.
Hi dezdkado, (additional thoughts – thinking out loud)
I noticed that you had used username “dez” at one time. (ref: lorem-ipsum video page – I’m presuming that it was you)
It’s possible that this may have messed up the login cookies / session Id.
Given the dual names, I think it may also depend on the browser you are using; e.g. MSIE vs Firefox.
OK this word isn’t there
Ultrapnuemonomicrosilicovolcanoconiosos
Just for fun
Hello chop2020, I think you meant:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Marina answered that in a comment in April. Here is a link to that question and Marina’s comment.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/13/pedigree/#comment-8913
I just saw a news item where Lindsay Lohan has refused a $700,000 offer from Playboy to bare her ummm “soul” for the magazine. Will we ever see a “bare” Marina in the centerfold? (Just trying to decide whether to renew my subscription.)
Hey Hotrocky, she might as well accept it we have seen everything else that she has from pictures from the paparazzi. Playboy has boosted a lot of stars film careers. But I am glad she has some morals about her.
@Capman911,
!! .. why do i get “@Capman911, “ text automatically added into the text box when i click the “reply” thing?
@mijj, Something new M is trying out.
it’s like she picked up our cage and shook it around and laffed!
i was skeered!
is that “@unsername,” thing a coCommenter user would find useful?
not even cc is useful.
what’s immoral about playboy?
Nothing Alx I like Playboy.
I was giving Lohan credit
for making a good choice.
ok .. look … everyone’s now being fascinated by the thought of M revealing all in a skin mag.
Let’s diffuse that right now by showing a pic of [one of M's naked breasts] so we can get on with our lives.
“some people may be famous for creating a pencil sharpner. i’m famous for my tits.”
Sorry, that’s not my Marina. Might be you.
-Rock
see below.
That’s not aLx’s picture. It looks more like Jordan, or whatever her real name is. Katy Price?
yeah.
and whoever said it was me? did you notice the quotation marks? it’s a fucking quote.
What’s with the vampire lawnmower?
Marina explains down the page. There was
a lawnmower going outside when she was
recording, so she incorporated it for fun!
Hi Rocky, here is the link of the comments of the lawnmower mystery.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/09/17/vetting/#comment-61775
Thanks for the clarification! I went back and viewed the video again.
Duh. My only defense is that I had the sound turned way down.
While watching the vid (it’s safe now i’m completely cold to M’s charms) i couldn’t help but enjoy the part where M suddenly takes off her spex.
It’s very “Why, Miss Orlova! You’re beauitful!” in tone.
I wonder if that was coincidental or deliberate …. ?
Marina.. I am fed up of the 4 level thing… Can you just let me go that deep?? Thanks.. I have been so busy with college on a better note… it was great!! WOO STUDENT MONEY PROBLEMS!! OH YAY
Sorry.. I am feeling down right now
what’s your course, james?
que???…………. DRAMA
and the like
no .. i mean really .. what’s your college course?
drama
then why is it you never say things like “exit, stage left” and so forth?
Urm maybe because… This is the internet and not a stage.. BTW please do normal replies.. I dont wanna piss M off by going to deep.. So please just reply as normal.. Sorry I aint being rude… I am going through an RRR phase atm.. Maybe because foxbow isnt on msn for me to unleash my anger upon!!
Miss M did have HFW site set up for multilevel nested replies but the boxes get really small and hard to read like here. From popular request she limited it to just 2. So just don’t go crazy with it.
Oh Gawd… Drama? That was my first major in college
Afterv that, I was “Undeclared” until I zeroed in on the
Engineering stuff. I could’ve made more money as a
butcher or a dentist, but instead, I have a higher life
expectancy – LOL! Yesterday was a good day to
sell gold investments. There was an $85 / oz. bounce.
Now is a good time to sit tight and watch the Market
for corrections, lots of sell offs going on. Remember,
buy low, sell dear
i guess my stockpile of shares is plummeting.
still .. you gotta laff, incha
no james .. i mean … really .. what’s your college course??!!
surely it’s some techy computer thing or something.
i’m not sure why M would be annoyed at you if i went level 4+ deep.
because i started it
well .. don’t worry about me …
… i already had a discussion with capman911 about me doing the level 4+ thing. And we agreed if there were any problems he’d tell me and i’d cease and desist with no argument.
.. plus, i suspect M is more passive about what goes on in the threads than capman911 or Captain whassisname.
Hey Mijj, could you visit the contact page and send me an email.
tnks.
ps. if “all the world’s a stage”, surely that includes the internet, doesn’t it?
“because i started it”
+ .. yeh .. now i think about it .. you’re a bad influence on me!
How did you do that 3 level replies James?
Never mind. Mijj got it all cleared up for me.
Here’s one of your favorite show.
Family Guy
Oh you got that right!!! Love that show. Im glad its coming back on. Damn networks that don’t have a clue what’s funny TV.
I bet most people don’t even get the unspoken jokes. That show is WORNG on so many levels! 
I do it differently
So are you just going to keep me in suspense?
Family Guy is a representation of a real place
Quahog is real, I went to college in their.
It’s a lot funnier when you appreciate the local satire
Marina ! What do you think franky about my last video ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv60QwvHNT8
oops ! I forgot to say it’s about the word COMMENCEMENT !
Before I finish watching this.. Why the hell is there a random lawnmower? I love random crazy things.
Why in the hell not?
It reminds me of an old a href=”http://video.aol.com/video-detail/saturday-night-live-season-1-land-shark/1415496980″>SNL Land Shark skit that they did years ago.
test
Damn, bad fingers very bad fingers.
Why in the hell not?
It reminds me of an old SNL Land Shark skit that they did years ago.
Try that again it still didn’t work.lol
What the hell! Something is goofy because I tested it.
Im just going to do raw.. Damn computers are too slow.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/saturday-night-live-season-1-land-shark/1415496980
i think the graphic was added in to disguise that there was actual lawnmower noise intruding into the vid from outside.
Personally, i think M should have added a motorised artillery vehicle rather than a lawnmower. (i’m going through my “finding fault with M” phase)
Good luck, brother…finding fault in the faultless should prove an adequate challenge for anyone
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Hi, Marina,
I’ve always thought that “unsavory” was a wonderful word. Very descriptive. But, what is the origin? Will HotForWords decide to investigate? There you go!
ButtonKing
i find “unsavory” rather distasteful.
Ut Oh.
HotForWords has competition.
Time 1:56
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW0Dkt9k2MI
My..my..my..my..my.. my.. my……teacher look good tonight!
Word Request:
lollapaloosa
poppycock
hooligan
blue blood
back to square one
No, I wouldn’t have believed that vetting comes from veterinarian, thank your Hotforwords. As financial guru, Jim Cramer, says, “Bulls make money, bears make money, and pigs get slaughtered.” So my ignorance might be understandable, oh no! By the way, you look very sophisticated in a Sarah Palin way with your glasses on. Knowing that the governor from Cal-ee-for-nee-a, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is an immigrant, might you have political ambitions, or is your stay in America temporary?
Hi Marina,
I learned something interesting about vetting earlier this summer.
It was revealed that one of the chosen “vetterers” had to be vetted before he could vet the potential vice-presidential candidates. Through this vetting of the vetter, it was determined that the vetter had relations with certain businesses deemed inapproriate. Thus, the vetted “vetterer” was disqualified from doing the vetting.
It is sort of like “due diligence”. Whereby, you investigate a financial/personal background of someone/something before you make a decision to commit oneself to a potential relationship.
When you see people placing side-bets at a wedding reception on how long the marriage will last, you know that the bettors know that the parties in the marriage relationship haven’t done their “due diligence” or “vetting!”
Now that I have done my homework, I am going to take my elephant to vet… its got a tooth ache!
Plesae pardon all my spelinlg misstakes and gramitacal airors in my post.
I need a coughfeee.
I thought it was checking horses before buying them, rather than before a race. Or maybe it’s both.
aLx wrote
I suppose that it depends what you mean by language.
Certainly most animals have a very limited ability to communicate vocally, in the way that human animals do, but that begs the questions
“Are animals able to communicate?”
and
“How do animals communicate?”
Just because they can’t use a sophisticated vocal communication system, that humans can understand, doesn’t mean that they don’t have some other system, that is perhaps even more sophisticated than ours, that we haven’t discovered, e.g. a kind of sixth sense.
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
As this report on the Animal world’s communication kings concludes, maybe it’s not intelligence that is sexy, but complicated vocalisation.
alx replied on March 5th, 2008 11:33 am:
[...] language is what distinguishes us humans from every other li[f]e form on this planet (this does not mean we’re “the superior life form” here). because it has features that no other kind of communication has. e.g. recursivity, or the ability to express, and work with, “time” and time-related things.
sign language has these features as well, so it is a real language. unlike those bee dances or whatever they call it. that’s different.
alx replied on March 5th, 2008 12:11 pm:
[...] okay, it depends on your definition of “language”. I use “language” in the sense