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Yes! Fiasco is one of my favorite words. Thanks Marina!! Complicated history though. Those polkadots are a fiasco =P and HFP did a video without the giant shoe … that’s a tragedy.
Trying to wake up in the morning usually turns into a Fiasco, and I end up sleeping in.
Hello Marina,
Fiasco..hmm.. I just quit 2 jobs and was hired 2 times within one month. I quit one job because I was promised something better. When I started my new job my duties and job title had changed so I quit. I’ve been stewing for the past week and I was just hired someplace else- whew! I’ve missed stopping by here and I’m glad to be back.
Thank you Marina
[stewing]…fast food is stewed yes.terday…[hash]
good day Warren—peace…………….war-N-peas.e 
Just as mijj asked me months ago; “What are you doing in this dusty old thread”?
Fast food from yesterday is hash today?
Nope.
Soup, pizza or spaghetti the next day is good- but not as hash.
Good day to you too.
Have a safe and sane weekend.
I like the random lesson! I’m surprise at how much more I learn. Have a great new year…life is presented from the past and mijj will keep asking
Thank you,
Happy New Year to you too.
Hi Marina: could you explain the origin of southpaw when refering to a left handed pitcher
NEW VID!!!
New lesson coming in minutes
(It’s processing)
Good morning teacher, thanks for the heads up
now I can go back to bed
Dam Word Requests
Dam
Damn
Damsel
Miss M where did your video go. The last I checked you were at 41 now it’s know where to be found. Has it already run past 24 and off the chart?
No, it started sliding from 38 so it seems she’s been swallowed by a Snake.
YouTube has been broken the past week… with updates and all… uploading a new video right now.
Christmas and your birthday is coming up what do you want for both?
Is she:-
1. Sick?
2. On holiday?
3. Kidnapped?
4. Doing a Mary Poppins, looking for her Puppet on a String?
Word Request Toast
As in ‘drink a toast to……’
Seems to be some confusion of origin of this word.
The kind of stuff HFW likes to sort out…. oh, I mean “investigate”
this has a nice sense of desolation ..
[hawkwind - mirror of illusion (1970)]
Dear Marina,
I have a word request. Would you investigate the meaning of the word truth
It came to my mind as I was watching the VP debate last night and then again reading this morning paper’s dissection of the candidates, uhmm, statements of “fact”.
With gratitude, Q
Hello Marina! An aristocrat, noble, or member of a socially prominent family = blue blood. Why? Their blood is blue?
royal families wanted their families to stay 100% pure so they ended up doing incest and with that strange diseases came like one that made your blood turn kinda blueis ,which was fatal because it ment you couldn’t admit oxygen.
thanks foxbow!
Are you 100% sure about this answer?
almost, you have another theorie?
i don’t want to google it :p i’m scared i’m not right
, i heard that theorie somewhere like 5 years ago… sounded pretty good ,i’v heard others like one that royal people would have more noticable (blue)vains because they didn’t come outside much and had loads of clothing on so they didn’t get a tan like normal people. but the incest thing sounded way more interesting 
and gross haha
Two week back the answer cross my desk, something to do with the Castile family and the Moors.
It’s well documented, I don’t want to be a spoiler here, so just Google
blue blood , if you can’t find the answer I give my reference.
Speaking of aristocrat…
(UNCENSORED!)
sorry guys we all have a little black blood in everyone until you cut youselves or slice your self open its all black. If you understand how your eyes work.
could you explain the word HAPHAZARD?
it’s the name of my apparel company, it’d be awesome to hear…
thanks!
Matt…
i’ll mail you a new hoodie too! lol
much love
I’m like a bull in a china shop when shopping for glassware because I eventually resort to juggling “hey watch where you’re going!” {smashing sounds} sign says “you break it you bought it.”
Nah, I’m not really like that unless I’m on a sugar high.
A female friend of mine once had a chance run-in with the famous glass sculptor Dale Chilhuly. Her seat was next his seat on a flight out to New York. She told me about this for about an hour. I can only imagine what Mr. Chihuly went through
she probably talked the man’s ears off and did I mention his eye patch? 
dang! 
Hi Marina! Love your shows. I’ve always loved etymology and philology so I was thrilled when I discovered your site. I was wondering if you could investigate the origins of the port and starboard designations in nautical terminology. I got to thinking about it and realized I wasn’t sure where they came from. Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!
White Diamonds= Woman Have Infant Take Everything Diamond In A Middle Opening Next Days Show?
Marina,
It would be a big FIASCO on your behalf if you did not continue with a few more words regarding the upcoming holiday; you know the one that made me famous.
I love your word lessons about Halloween, Incubus, Jack-O-Lantern and even VAMPIRES. I must say, you’re very smart for someone who has only lived one lifetime. Please keep up the October spirit and explain all or any of the following suggestions:
Nosferatu
Catacombs
Impale (Impaler)
Ghoul
Creepy
…and please feel free to explain my own name DRACULA, for am I the Son of the Dragon or the Devil? hehe
WHERE DID THE PHARSE PUNCH A FAG COME FROM
*******@YAHOO.COM
why the e-mail…..
Dear HFW,
After watching the VP debate tonight I nominate Marina for president. How about a write-in candidacy?
Q
Miss HFW,
can you research “grumpy” because we wil never see you
“in the buff”. Is buff a play off of muff?
Thanks, Marina.
Fiasco, your you tube page calls this video, “I broke the bottle”,weird. I think most glass makers if they had a flaw in something, mearly remelted the glass and started over with a fresh portion of glass.
Yeah, but then I broke that bottle as well!
glass is classed as a liquid, it can be remelted and remade as many times as necessary.
Oh well I have I more bottles here and there, on the right and on the left.
why do you hate me so much?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TdPnVo2sXhQ latest
Hello Marina when your new book comes out is it going to be hardcover or paperback or both
it’s going to be washable.
is that a perk
Ok while we wait for the new vid how about a little quiz on female singers.
http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests/the-which-music-genre-has-the-best-looking-females-test-with-pictures/
J-Pop http://www.helloquizzy.com/results/the-which-music-genre-has-the-best-looking-females-test-with-pictures/?fromCGI=1&var_80spop=21&var_chartpop=23&var_folk=17&var_goth=10&var_indie=12&var_jpop=25&var_metal=18&var_neofolk=16&var_punk=10&var_synthpop=16&var_triphop=13
Sent the wrong http, oops
Your result for The Which Music Genre Has the Best Looking Females? TEST (With Pictures)…J-pop / K-pop
Ever thought about moving to Japan?
If you’re already there, you’re just lucky… At least when it comes to girls!
Wikipedia:
“J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop. It refers to Japanese popular musicians, and was coined by the Japanese media, to distinguish Japanese musicians from foreign musicians.”
“K-pop is an abbreviation for Korean popular music, specifically from South Korea.”Take The Which Music Genre Has the Best Looking Females? TEST (With Pictures) at HelloQuizzy
Chart Pop (Modern)
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Britney, Christina and a bunch of other pop dolls may not create the most artistic and valuable music, but they sure look good! Well… At least they used to look good… But don’t worry, I’m sure that the pop industry will create some new good looking stars!
Your result for The Which Music Genre Has the Best Looking Females? TEST (With Pictures) …
Goth
So, you like them dark and stylish? Well, who wouldn’t? Of course, I’m thinking about the original, late 70s & 80s goth.
Wikipedia:
“Gothic rock (alternatively called goth rock or simply goth) is a genrealternative rock that originated during the late 1970s. Originally, bands from the genre had strong ties to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk styles. The genre itself was defined as a separate movement from punk rock during the early 1980s. Gothic rock artists deal with dark themes and intellectual movements such as gothic horror, romanticism, and nihilism. Notable gothic rock bands include Bauhaus, The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Sisters of Mercy, and The Mission. Gothic rock gave rise to a broader goth subculture that includes goth clubs, goth fashions, and goth-oriented magazines.”
[my result page]
Hi Marina. I was wondering where the word Spa came from. I do know that most of use girls love going there for manicures pedicures and facials from time to time.
Hope you can help me out!!
I think it’s from Spa the Belgium city….the water there supposidly has special powers or something I duno, people used to go there because of the healing capabilities of the water….
Hi Marina and HotForWords fans,
Word Request: Gonch or Ginch
CHECK THIS OUT >>> VERY FUNNY!
http://www.geocities.com/skidmarkgonch/
Marina: Is there any other definition for the word omnipotant or omnipotence than “all knowing”? Such as before and after.
Marina .. i think you should do a video where you’re not prettied up for a change.
Make it scruffy .. no makeup – messy hair – have some soot smeared across your face too. … and how about some threadbare clothes. .. and try and be unpleasant and annoyed that you have to talk to us.
Thank you.
yeah, and crawl out of a swamp or something. be sure to put some sunglasses on which you’re trying to wipe clean.
noooo .. not the “crawl out of the swamp” .. M will use that as an excuse to wear a fur bikini and hose herself down to wash off the mud.
no .. that’s back to glamour.
no .. she must be unglamorous and threadbare +
“stop bothering me about those bloody words! Can’t you look it up yourself? OK .. i’ve had it! This pretense has gone on long enough. I just make it all up.” .. etc!
I think you and Mijj have had to much toddy for the body. lol Got any to share
I’m a little prairie flower
Growing wilder by the hour!
Mother, Mother, Mother pin a rose on me
I’ll be happy as can be
…shhhhhhhh …
don’t be in too much of a hurry …
… you’ll watch the video, make a few comments .. and then you’ll be in the desert again.
So true!
i had the solution some time ago, though i stumbled and faltered ..
.. although, in the real world, Marina is pretty much a normal human being, we, in this strange peculiar world of HotForWords regard marina either as a goddess or a high priestess .. (i’m not sure which yet – still untangling).
so .. it’d be appropriate, at times like this to offer up prayers or other signs of devotion to our Mistress of the Words.
The act of creating these signs of devotion are way of invoking the presence of our Mistress.
Marina does all her own stuff, so you
can imagine how it might go…
Request Phase: collating all those words
submitted over a period of many days
Selection Phase: determining which words
are relevant or have interesting etomolgies,
have a special curiousity for her, etc.
Research Phase: hitting the books to get
all the nuts and bolts to build a show around
Writing Phase: coming up with the copy and
snappy presentation, and format out games, etc.
Video Recording Phase: actually putting together
the scenes and getting the raw footage in the can.
This usually involves dressing room changes…
Post Production Phase: getting the finishing
touches on the raw footage, sequencing,
graphics, sound effects, etc.
.
You can see there is a lot of room for dynamics
throughout this process, being Marina ‘n’ all,
so I can be patient – BUT ONLY FOR AWHILE!
so .. what you’re saying is : Marina should install a Marina-cam so we can watch her do all this?
that sounds more creepy than fun……
hey – that’s what M does to us.
are you saying M is creepy?
how dare you!
or how about she puts a cam on the back of
that hairy little thingkobe?that sounds like a very practical idea.
.. and yes, kobe does have the attributes of an average HFW student.
Short .. hairy … attentive to M, etc.
We could get Marina a Roomba (robot vacuum cleaner) with a camera and watch Kobe go nuts, and maybe see if Marina has an ankle tat – LOL! She does love
her small furry animalKobe a lot!Capman911 – Aaaar! That’s the ticket!
We do.. NEVER EVER EVER EVER click any links from foxbow
the amount of sick (I mean really disturbing ) stuff he has sent me is unbelieveable. I have never seen anything so repulsive in my life
How about a camera mounted in each room of the house so we can watch her through out the day do her chores like she did in best weekend ever.
@Alx Kobe is still floating around on the balloons. He is probably out to sea by now headed towards Russia. He is going to freeze his little hinky dinks off or his dingle berries.lol
plus about 1/2 dozen in the shower and a dozen in the bedroom.
bad idea -.-
jeez, mate … we’re just kiddin’ round n teasin M.
what’s got into you?
{..slap..}
Hey ChaCha I found you a pirate fish.
http://www.evolvefish.com/fish/media/M-PirateFishPatch.gif
!!!
I’m shocked .. things are quiet here so i went to visit my old home of Guardian Unlimited newspaper forum. It’s very popular and very busy at all times.
Just out of a sense of curiosity .. i did a site search for the term “hotforwords” — with 0 results!!
if hotforwords is so popular, why aren’t people in the mainstream talking about it?
what do you mean, site search?
lol .. each time i meet on first time on a thread it starts with “what do you mean …”
what i did was a search of the whole of the site’s active threads for the word “hotforwords”. – and there’s lots of activity on that site.
“each time i meet on first time on a thread”
???
yeah, what do you mean by that?
this is the site …
[Guardian Unlimited]
.. there’s a lot of political stuff .. but nothing is out of bounds for subject matter.
hang on .. you’re taking the piss, you bastard!! – lol .. + … tut tut.
still .. interesting that we spend a lot of our time being impressed about how popular hotforwords is but there’s zero mention on that site.
i wont even try to interpret “each time i meet on first time on a thread”.
what i mean is .. our first meeting in a thread is usually where you’re asking me to explain something i’ve said .. eg. “site search” .. (which i now presume was a wind up.)
lol.
P
Looks like a new YT collaboration on steroids called Hooking Up. A certain blog said, “…apparently HotForWords gets involved.”, but I haven’t seen that video yet.
it looks like a load of ol’ shite.
but .. {.. meh …} .. what do i know?
You lknow what I know, y’know?
The diaper is about to bust, from
the looks (and smell) of it.
speaking as someone who was heavily influenced by the punk era. What’s really exceptional about the whole internet thing is that it’s for everyone and we can all have a shot at getting involved and doing something no matter how crappy.
but that’s like going back to the days of tv where professionals and experts do stuff while we (well, i) sit there slack jawed and drooling.
It looks like a reality show for the internet. Like we need another reality show.
Don’t worry.. I have not been asked to be involved!
Shall I ask her now, gentlemen?
thank goodness for that! .. even better would be if you’d been asked and turned it down.
I may not like Bill O’Reilly .. but at your spot on his show ss in the right domain.
umm, mijj. i hate to do it again but …
lemme ax u that: what do you mean by, your spot on his show ss in the right domain?
hi aLx !
… ok
lol .. when i say this stuff it seems clear on the way out .. but when i read it back it seems sorta muddy.
ok .. here comes rambling explanation …
ahem .. in my humble opinion, the reason the HFW channel is so successful is because it mixes perfectly sexiness and genuine intelligence. .. and both are positive and enrich each other. – it’s a full spectrum positive experience, and because of that, fulfilling. … well .. i think so, anyway.
The “Hooking Up” thing (which, btw, sounds like a reality prog about prostitution) would focus upon sexiness – i.e. undermine M’s image and project her as just someone else to ogle at.
The Bill O’Reilly thing, she’s there for her intellectual capability .. she was spotted because of HFW – and she’s not being reduced to being merely a sex-pot who can say clever things. .. in fact .. i’m coming round on the Bill O’Reilly ting .. because i find BO despicable, i think i may ahve seen M’s appearance there through despair tinted lenses.
anyhoo .. my point is … M’s principle source of sexiness for her vids is her charisma (in my opinion). And that charisma will beam through regardless of explicit sexuality .. so things such as th BO thing – where she’s just talking with someone on an intellingent level – i think that’s the kind of thing where she gets the best out of all her qualities.
… however .. this is just rambling .. and i havent even read back the above to see if it makes sense. … so .. {…shrugh…} … there’s probably lots of room for correction.
Shall I ask her now, gentlemen?Thank you my dear teacher for the heads up.
I didn’t need another distraction to pull me away from
my remedial watching of HFW video lessons #1 through #288.
As they say; “Repetitive watching of HFW makes perfect.”
It does depict, very briefly, near the end someone that appears to be our Marina…
but on closer inspection… at about 1:02… It must be one of Bob’s Evil Plan clones!
One of my early efforts which I unleashed on you for calling me a mad scientist.
No offense intended, I just presumed that the mastermind behind any evil plan should surely be a mad scientest…. BTW to which part are you taking exception – the “mad” or the “scientist” or both?
i’ve posted this music vid before, but i’ll post it again, cos it’s so damned good …
[rob zombie - dragula]
mmmh…ok….you like lordie to? they kinda have the same looks
thanks for the tip … i’m havin’ a search of YouTube right now to see if i can spot something interesting ..
it should be lordi not lordie -.-
I saw those “monsters” irl up close ,a year ago in Helsinki(finnish capital) they really look scary haha,
via hunting out something i liked by Lordie .. i found this theme to the Dutch (i think) tv prog : Riget (not by Lordie)…
[Riget Theme]
Danish yes
really weird series 
have you ever seen it?
yeh! .. i dloaded a copy of it!
Kingdom Hospital has been on sci-fi channel all day long today. It’s a weird series. One weird doctor, people hearing children in the elevator. dieing people seeing a little girl and an anteater, I think that what that is. Very odd program
yeh .. i like that series .. i like stuff that’s at least a little beyond my understanding.
what i particularly like is the gradual unraveling of the evil brain surgeon.
+ i really like that song they play every now and then …
[red dragon tattoo]
It’s to creepy for me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-teM03FPUow
Have you seen Lil’ O’Reily yet?
he seems to have more hair than usual. apart from that .. ?
I would like to request the word”Yankee”. I have wondered for many years what is the origin of this word.
Thanks.
The British wanted to make fun of the colonist so they were insulting the new Americans by calling them hillbillies.
The Americans had a sense of humor about it and liked it.
They even made a song about, Yankee Doodle which was about a British gay bar called Macaroni
In essence they said “We may be a bunch of Hillbillies but you guys
are a bunch of queers with feathers in your caps.”
You learn a lot watching the History channel.
I really appreciate your response and it’s very informative. However, I still do not see a direct connection to the word “YANKEE.”
Where does this word or anything sounding like it come from?
Hal9000, your Word Request – Yankee is a good one
I was wondering myself a while back.
My research shows, (not just what I thought I remembered from the
History Channel) it to have an interesting origin.
Let’s remind her to investigate this word for the next July 4th.
It looks like all of Marina’s videos are now finally unflagged on YouTube
including Antidisestablishmentarianism and floccinaucinihilipilification.
P.S. what a fiasco that was… now to see that graph start taking off for the sky again…
I did think I had seen any flags on her videos lately not. Just help misscupcake unflag hers, now if we can. Yeesssssss.
Yoda speak
Here is a site along the line of what I believe Alx was talking about. I watched this lady named Val Tuesday night at 9 pm and she was live and you could comment to her personally and she would answer you back. It was really cool. She is on the left side doing the live video and the comments were on the right with all of her members talking to her like a real person to person talk. She stayed on for like 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
http://www.blogtv.com/people/valsartdiary
Now’s your chance, evil Marina!!! …
[New Video]
thanks for the idea, cufan71! But, will the gullible fools who visit this site fall for it?
nope .. noone’s visiting evil Marina.
I left her a little ditty in Pirate-ese to try and coax her out of the shadows and into the light
It’s been quiet over there since she said she
was going to tell us Marina’s secrets
that evil marina video .. evil marina looks an awful lot like a giant animatronic marina head. It could very well be a trap.
Hey everyone it’s October, yes I know you all know this, lol but we need to put on our Halloween Gravatars for this month, really scary ones. You know the kind that looks like Jack in his Pirate costume.
Just kidding you Jack you look so sweet. 
Hi Capman! I’m way ahead of you!!!!
Don’t know if I’ll change after Halloween because I really like it!!!!
I like it, I think you should stick with it.
Got mine plus some more on deck
Thanks for the heads up…. I can’t right now, but will work on it soon
Bwahahaahhah!!! I am now invisible for Halloween! none of you can see me!
MARCO!
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Gravatar of a fish with an eye patch?
I may have to work on Plan B!
Excellent idea, guys – very creative
we could always find a really old vid and pretend it’s a new vid. We’d never know if we didn’t let on.
Get one the ones that only a few comments and use that one. Some of M’s older videos only had like 12 or so comments.
Man you devious, I like that. 
Get her sister’s video and post it! Those who have not seen it would get BIG surprise!!!
Does anybody but Marina know what Fly Tv sold or was for. Were they selling a product or something. Where did it air, was in on tv or just the internet? Curious minds want to know. Really I’m just nosy. lol
I recall a spin off show that was on TV for
a brief time after Living Color was on the air.
Basically, it was comedy and music/dance
featuring the Fly Girls, sans Jennifer Lopez.
Without JLo, people lost interest quickly…
Early ’90′s, I think – on Fox
Thanks ChaCha I hate I missed the show back then. So M was actually on real TV for awhile.
“Fly TV was ABC’S youth digital channel broadcast from 6pm – 6am everyday. The channel started up in 2001 bringing a barrage of music, arts, gaming, sport and more to the screen. Fly ceased transmission in June 2003. ”
you wanted that kind of info?
Yes sir I did and thanks.
Where did “blog” come from?
Hey Getsomeee. I thought Marina had done a word request video on blog, but after looking at the word / lessons at the top of the page it was blurb the video was on. She will see your request and make note of it as she always does. Just keep and eye out for a bog video.
Mike
I blog, You blog,
We blog, Web Log
For my homework, I have lost over $200 of my personal belongings. I think it’s my friends, but I haven’t caught them in the act.
For a Word Request: What about Armor, and why is it spelled differently in Europe.(Armour)
The best way to trap a rat is to leave a nice
looking piece of cheese, set to trip a landmine
Another way is to leave an object sure to be taken
but sprayed with ink like they use for re-entry into
a water park, invisible until exposed to a UV light
source (and waterproof). If one of your friends has
sticky fingers, they’ll also glow brightly.
(thieves piss me off)
Hey Cha Cha whaaaassssuuuppp. How about the kind of ink they use in banks that want wash off. If you don’t see that friend for awhile then you’ll know who it was.
The bank ink is not invisible, they
will see the trap – rats are smart
oh great! .. new video!!
Where?
hahahaah … made you look!
Bastard!
What Bob said
That was so mean
NO detention for you! LOL
Mijj, now that letter is you my friend. I don’t know what it means as far as symbols, but it’s definitely you.
Throw him in the brier patch
as it happens, Cap .. it’s the symbol for scorpio, and in tarot it represents Death.
So, does your new gravatar mean you want to taste Lucy’s blade as well as fianchetto1?
i’m not so sure i want to taste any part of fianchetto .. though a nibble on Lucy’s blade sounds interesting.
Something Taken Over Kicks Everyones Shit, Jail Rookies all the below commenters
StokesJR @ BC
Have you moved to Canada?
This would be a good time for Marina to add the word *deciduous* to her list.
Decidedly a good request. Also, what does it have to do with afterbirth?
Hey Wordwithyou. Nice web site you have. If you want to get rid of that monster next to your name go to http://WWW.Gravatar.com or just click on the monster and it will take you to the Gravatar site there you sign in with the same email address as you did for Marina’s site and Gravatar will assist you from there. You can put your own personal picture or any picture in that spot. Enjoy the site and talk at you later.
Mike
word request: If someone is mean, they are not nice. However, if we average numbers, we can find the mean, median or mode? Marina, can you investigate? I do not have the means to discover how the meaning of mean means so many things?
My life can aptly be described as a fiasco these days.
I feel sorry for you, I know how it feels
*YAwN* borED much?
notice the glass is back in front of the micro wave
Hey Guys come on by My new site, tell me what you think ok?
(just click my name)
Good looking page.
Check out this one.
It might give you an idea to try on yours
Great graphics, Greg.
Too bad the product thumbnails run over the garden pictures.
Bob what size monitor do you use. you need 15in or bigger.
That page takes a while to load then it may spread out
Nice truck.
A few days ago I was watching an action movie and wondered how does “magazine” mean something you read and also mean something that is used to store ammunition in a rifle
Naval vessels have a ship’s magazine,
for storing ordnance and ammunition
That is a good request
Yea I too think thats a good word request. I read a lot of trade magazines and I have worked in a ships magazine when I was in the Navy. I severed on the Battle Ship USS Missouri BB-63. You know that boat has many large guns on it.
Well, when I see the word fiasco, I’ll tell you that the first thing that pops into my mind lately is the mind numbing interview that vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin did with Katie Couric a few days ago. This woman doesn’t read ANY newspapers? She doesn’t know ANY supreme court rulings besides Roe vs. Wade? Would she have even known that was a ruling if Katie hadn’t cited it as an example for her question?
Marina, I’d rather see you in the white house than Palin! There’s something to be said for intelligence…..I’m all for having a woman in the white house, no problem. But PLEASE, a woman with a brain!
So anyway, that leads us back to my word request of “vice-president”. Where did the term come from? This could be a nice history lesson for all of your viewers too. Have a great day!
ANYTHING involving Katie Couric is
mind numbing! As far as Marina in
the White House is concerned,
Check this out.
i’d like to see evil marina in the white house .. certainly not goody two shoes marina. She’d be as bad a George Bush.
Ben FRANKlin is wise about anger and shame.
latter
ok, mr fianchetto1 …
… i’m prepared to have a shot at a tarot telling .. but i dont have any ability in that at all … so it’s a long shot.
first .. i guess we need to choose some cards … and decide what the cards represent ..
.. any ideas?
Thanks!
hmmm… choose cards…staves, cups, pentacles…if death implies resurrection, then I pick the “Death of cups” wait…I wanna be resurrected in love, not kill love off….
no .. i mean .. we need to pick a number of cards at random, and need to have an idea what they represent …
… for instance …
we could have one card that represents your material future
one card that represents your .. erm .. job prospects.
one card that represents the .. erm… hummmm .. how your luck will manifest.
ok .. leave it at three ..
so we nned to choose three cards at random from my deck ..
there’s 78 cards .. i’ll shuffle em .. you pick three numbers at random from 1 to 78
okay… 3, 16 and 21 from the top
ok .. scanning the cards .. wont be more’n a few ticks …
[the cards you chose]
valour (how your luck will manifest)
prince of staffs (job prospects)
love (material future)
… now we have to figure what on earth it means!
valour (7 of staffs – staffs reprsenting will) .. this is like when everything is futile and all things have been examined and there’s no avenue for a solution .. this is that extra tiny, unruly hidden reserve of will that carries you through the barrier.
well, they ARE quite pretty, and I do like the idea of having more love in my future!
wow… 7 of staffs: it is precisely that reason for the new house!
the prince of staffs represents a character.
This character has swiftness and strength. Incined to act on impulse. Sometimes prey to external influences.
Makes vigorous statements for the sake of it.
sees both sides of arguments .. but is slow to make up his mind.
Noble, generous boaster, while amused at self too.
always fights against the odds . and always wins in the very long run.
- (bits from the Crowley Book of Thoth)
love = 2 of cups.
cups represents understanding which is the receptacle for wisdom.
2 of cups is the most pure form. It represents perfect and placid harmony.
WOW! some more! you just might make a believer out of me, yet!
wow, but for the “strength” part which might be in question (what kind of strength, either way, I just don’t view myself as so very relatively strong) seems a fair assessment of many of my carachter assets and liabilities.
ah well . you see .. the idea is all the cards in the pack should have resonance for anyone .. because the cards were chosen to be a map of a person… i.e. all the cards in the pack are relevant to everyone – so it shouldn’t matter which cards you chose. What would make a difference is which qualities are most significant at a point in time or in assosiation with something external, etc. .. or which qualities need strengthening or are distorted etc.
Thank you very much! perhaps I’ll have a couple of more days off soon, and hope to see you around! gotta get some sleep for work tonight. Take care, mijj, and Thanks again for the tarot thing!
Ciao,
Fianchetto
see ya, Fianchetto.
oh yeh ..
word request: tarot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP_4LjyLSKc
But the mad scientist forgot the most important part…the Brain is missing…
Bet they can’t speak Russian also!
Just leave Lucy for me.
I bet they didn’t even prepare their own lessons, either. oops! I think Marina’s sister might have something to say about that, but yet another striking similarity to confuse the unknowing masses, and enhance the success of your plan!
i was pretty sure [this] is what Marina’s evil twin looked like. Not too far off, i guess.
We have to break her out, you know. There needs to be a revolution.
i was pretty sure [this] is what Marina’s evil twin looked like. Not too far off, i guess.
OK, no problem!
LUCY, OFF WITH HIS HEAD!
Seems to fit in with your Tarot theme – is Mijj masquerading as Madame Bali or vice versa?
OK, I’ll leave this one for you, too!
Actually, mijj, shouldn’t revolutions go counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere?
KEWL! an antimatter Marina!
If I can’t have Marina, I’d be happy with Lucy in LIeU
Yea the brains are missing and whats with that valley girl talk?
Clones? I couldn’t even come close to comparing them with Miss M. To even try to make a comparison would be more of an insult to who Marina is. Not that you meant that.. I’m just saying Miss M is in such a higher league that it would be like trying to compare a Saturn rocket with a Ferrari. Both go really fast and both are expensive, but even comparing those facts, they are very far apart.
Even thinking of comparing Marina to anyone else feels like Im treating her like an object. Which she is clearly not. I think of her as a good friend. Even though I have not met her face to face; nor talked on the phone, or even done a live chat. Mostly the emails we exchange regarding HFW site are like business communications. The video lessons and her comments on the site is where connection lies. I still think of her as a good friend who has no level for comparison.
It’s all part of my Evil Plan™. but errr… needs some more work.
looks like you are competing with mijj for souls, but you guys with your souls, and me with the world domination, we better hurry before Capman destroys it….Nice work on your first step! Any word on Capman’s progress on his evil plan? I still haven’t even selected a famous actress to seduce…
For clarity, which Lucy would you like ‘off limits’ to my evil clutches?
oh my god {.. cringe..} .. they’re hideous!!!
how can you possibly compare them to Marina (i nearly typed “Sabrina” for some reason).
Oh I’m not comparing them. The clones are never as good as the original!!!!
I see now!! Your evil genius is exemplary. You intentionally left them brainless for ease of control to do your evil bidding, and facilitate distinguishing them from our Marina! Brilliant!
it’s strange .. they’re a similar shape to Marina .. except .. even if you don’t hear their voices .. you know!
i think their stance and the look in their eyes betrays a lack of wit.
Oh I agree with you on that one.
Those poor girls, with no whits.. I kind of feel sorry for them. But it was their choice to be at the level of intelligence that they are. Hopefully they will try to further their education.
The rumor is they are dating intellectuals.
it’s their only hope
Hey as Alx said kick none of them out of bed until the right one comes along
More Marina on Fuel TV!
Yea Fuel Tv I don’t know where I came up with fly tv unless it that dang fly that keeps buzzing my head.
Clones? Not even close…
Granted, Marina did some of those
hip shimmy’s in the Fuel TV spots (yum!)
but the differences are too obvious.
Winter’s never boring!
Does anybody but Marina know what Fly Tv sold or was for. Were they selling a product or something. Where did it air, was in on tv or just the internet? Curious minds want to know. Really I’m just nosy. lol
….you mean Fuel or Fly tv?…
lol
what the fuck was that!?!
Poor Word Requests
Vagabond
Hobo
Tramp
Good morning everybody!
Good morning, cufan71! Would you like some pie this morning?
you, too, mijj, dig in! nuff fer evverbody!
Yawn.. Morning Cufan… {wipes his eyes, Stubbles over to the coffee maker and discovers there is not coffee. Didn’t want bad coffee anyways. Find glorious tins with tea in them. Now that what I need!}
I like your poor word request. Im interested in Hobo and Tramp. They sound like they might have some interesting history behind them. When I think of those two words, the first things to come to mind are Hobo spiders and I seen the movie Lady and the Tramp.
Hi CaptainJack! I just added a new video I think you will like it!
Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0IKqyOSaM4
It’s gotta be about time for a POP QUIZ!
Sickness Quotient: 86%
Your Sickness Quotient of 86% is definitely something to worry about.
Detailed Diagnosis
Interpersonal Insights
You hate your mother and father, your neighbors, co-workers, friends, and just about everyone else who happens to think you’re a worthless boob. You have a positive attitude towards nearly everything, which is incredibly stupid and very annoying to those around you.
Job Performance & Attitude
You aspire to becoming the CEO of a large, powerful company. This is unlikely since you rarely leave your parent’s basement. Your attitude towards work is that you could watch others do it all day long.
Personality Insight
Your personal motto is “Be a traveller in Life, not a tourist.” But you’re the kind of person that can’t even get a temporary visa.
——————————————————————————–
- 86% sick = at least 14% of me is still good, right?
Sickness Quotient: 78%
Your Sickness Quotient of 78% indicates therapy may be useful.
Detailed Diagnosis
* Interpersonal Insights
Your friends (both of them) think you’re a total clod. As long as you continue to buy the beer, however, they’ll still be your pals. You hate your mother and father, your neighbors, co-workers, friends, and just about everyone else who happens to think you’re a worthless boob.
* Job Performance & Attitude
Although your work can upon occasion be very good, remember that even monkeys can be trained to do what you do. And they don’t call in sick. You frequently mention terms like “core competencies” and “paradigm shifts” while at work. Stop acting like such a tool.
* Personality Insight
Your personal motto is “If you can’t make them think, make them wonder.” Trust us- you’ve succeeded beyond your wildest dreams.
———–
i can’t believe i need less therapy than fianchetto .. this quiz is faulty!
I actually see my shrink regularly, so I guess I could be a lot worse, and must credit him on a fine job of getting me all the way up to 14%!
Sickness Quotient: 46%
Congratulations! At a 46% Sickness Quotient, you’re almost well-adjusted.
Detailed Diagnosis
* Interpersonal Insights
Your sense of self-entitlement means you’re probably the kind of person that pulled the wings off of butterflies when you were little. You are utterly incapable of meaningful relationships, which is probably a good thing since you’re a horrible bore under the best of conditions.
* Job Performance & Attitude
Although your work can upon occasion be very good, remember that even monkeys can be trained to do what you do. And they don’t call in sick. Rather than do a one-time job that takes ten minutes, you’d work for 5 years to automate it.
* Personality Insight
Your personal motto is “I’m Okay, You’re Okay!” Believe me, nothing could be further from the truth.
i delve into tarot and gnosticism to try and untangle my mind when it gets shredded and distorted.
Oh dear! I emailed you about a fiasco I was having with Whitesmoke, but the issue is now resolved.
[daydreams] God that is a sexy top, I love it, and I like the way teacher has her hair…
What? Who me? Well yes I am paying attention…what did you say?
Oh dear….
A fine example of another young lady using a green/blue screen. Perhaps she could be of assistance in that department?
Hey Fianchetto1, I sub to their videos. She said in one of her videos where they get the backgrounds shots for their green / blue screen and that all of the back grounds are free. Some they just get from peoples photos from Flikr. I like there shows this one is on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs part 1. Part two comes later and is in my favorites list on my utube site. I think M hasn’t gotten a screen yet, but when she does it will be cool.
I was disappointed when one of their crew took a blow at Marina, something like “..not doing this with my boobs hanging out like HFW…”
Their other vids are good, and the lady in question did deliver some accurate, though freeze-dried, etymology lessons. So, I go there for pop psychology, come here for fun etymology lessons. Boobs or not, our Marina has personality. I wanted to check other girl for a pulse. Further, I noticed that other girl had a crew-neck sweater, but displayed herself from the waist up. She could have made her point better had she done it news anchor style, shoulders-up.
Check out this one. Cute and boobs showing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FMCxLsCARc
Make sure you watch in full screen to get the best affect.
Megan Carter checks out Fire art.
I haven’t requested a word for quite a while… request “rigmarole”. Sometimes, one has to go through quite a rigmarole to overcome a fiasco… plus “R” is a popular letter & there aren’t many “R” words posted.
If thats not interesting enough, my wife was wondering out loud to me, why so much talk nowadays about “community”?.. seems to be used more as a PC tag word at meetings she must attend & has become almost annoying. Sorry, but she’s like me… not too much of a people person… want civilizantion to do well, but don’t neccesarily want to be part of it. So I’ll reqest for her “Community”… are the ideals of communism based on a kind of forced (for lack of a better word) community.
Boo ya to you too. lol What are you doing up so early? I was just watching Megan Carter. I like her show, glad you put up the link.
At least they remembered to install three periscopes to see over it.
I have said all along Billy that we must be distant kin. I think I would like living on and island as you do even though you probably live in a community of sorts. I don’t like crowds or reunions or to be a people person. The most of my friends are here on Marina’s site. That could be my fault, because after I retired I just didn’t feel like associating with anyone from work or at least hang around with them and associate. I was distant from them anyway because of my position. At my job you couldn’t be friends with the people you supervise. It was strict policy from the hierarchy. So hey my friend from far away and have a beautiful day.
By “distant kin” are you talking “light years”, Yoda?
Hello BillyB,
Another good word is “retropestive”. It’s been shortened to “retro” and seems to have changed in its reference.
I meant “retrospective”
I like retropestive better
It’s callled “Dain Bramage”.
My fiasco was trying to fight gravity and, shortly thereafter, the ground as I biked home the other day. Gained a few new scars for my effort.
Incidentally I also enjoy the word ‘snafu’ in lieu of fiasco.
Situation Normal, All F*cked Up.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/05/10/snafu/
Great video as always.
I want to request the word “hijinks”.
Thanks!
Wouldn’t this be a good time for a piece of rhubarb pie?
I have a lot of LBGT friends, but have been afraid to ask .. where did the term “dyke” come from?
In so many British mystery or police procedurals there is a term they us for somone that we call a “squealer” or a “rat” … they use the term “grass”. How did they arrive at that?
Thanks
WILLA
Hi Marina!
I’ve really enjoyed hotforwords since I found it a few weeks ago.
Below are a few two-word expressions that I have always enjoyed – I don’t know if there is a technical name for them, and would like hotforwords to investigate the origin(s) of one or more of these “sillies”:
1. willy-nilly
2. higgledy-piggledy
3. shilly-shally
4. ticky-tacky
5. argy-bargy
6. dilly-dally
Thanks!
Also, could you help me get “electronificated” to be recognizes as the real word that it is?
Your dedicated student,
electronificated
Hey Electronificated, and welcome to the site. Marina is always glad to get new members. I visited your site and found some beautiful pictures. Since Marina’s video today is fiasco you should have mentioned the 88 Old’s Fiasco. Nice top end rebuild. I know she will see your word request of electronificated plus the other phrases that you mentioned. There is a Word / lesson list at the top of the page in case you want to look over her videos she has previously done. Hope you enjoy the site and have fun and comment as often as you like.
If you want to change your Gravatar or picture by your name just click on the monster next to your name and it will take you to the Gravatar.com site. Enter in your email address that you signed on for Marina’s site and Gravatar will walk you through the rest of the process. Enjoy 
TA Mike
Thanks for the comments, Mike.
Here is a good example of an automotive FIASCO:
http://electronificated.com/photos/Olds/index.html
Electronificated
OK, fellow HFW students, it is now the perfect time to reveal my Evil Plan to the world… Bwahahahhahahaha!
Your objective is simple: World Domination.
Your motive is a little bit more complex: Love (Yes, it works)
Stage One
To begin your plan, you must first seduce a famous actor/actress. This will cause the world to realize something is wrong, overwhelmed by your arrival. Who is this ripe bastard? Where did they come from? And why do they look so good in classic black?
Stage Two
Next, you must seize control of the moon (ooh, tides!). This will all be done from a obsidian citadel, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will give up, as countless hordes of mean english teachers hasten to do your every bidding.
Stage Three
Finally, you must unleash your great supernatural forces, bringing about an unending cacophony of screams. Your name shall become synonymous with the spice girls, and no man will ever again dare steal your woman. Everyone will bow before your cunning intelligence, and the world will have no choice but to grant you three maidens of virtue true.
Evil Plan ™!
Your objective is simple: Destroy the Earth.
Your motive is a little bit more complex: Revenge
Stage One
To begin your plan, you must first incinerate a rich and powerful ceo. This will cause the world to sense a grave disturbance in the force, terrified by your arrival. Who is this nightmare beyond comprehension? Where did they come from? And why do they look so good in a robotic exoskeleton?
Stage Two
Next, you must vaporize united nations. This will all be done from a space station, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will spontaneously combust, as countless hordes of robot warriors hasten to do your every bidding.
Stage Three
Finally, you must unleash your doomsday device, bringing about the destruction of the masses. Your name shall become synonymous with all that is wrong with the world, and no man will ever again dare cross you. Everyone will bow before your incredible power, and the world will have no choice but to whisper your name in fear.
Good job, Capman – you even remembered to swing by the patent office to get it trademarked! Bravo!
There’s not enough flour in the world!
Evil Plan ™!
Your objective is simple: Soul Accumulation.
Your motive is a little bit more complex: Hatred for all mankind
Stage One
To begin your plan, you must first incinerate a chosen one. This will cause the world to leave, bewildered by your arrival. Who is this sadistic fiend? Where did they come from? And why do they look so good wearing the skin of another human?
Stage Two
Next, you must poison the internet. This will all be done from a hell, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will give up, as countless hordes of the undead hasten to do your every bidding.
Stage Three
Finally, you must let loose your plague of doom, bringing about the dead rising from the grave. Your name shall become synonymous with nightmares, and no man will ever again dare sabotage your music career. Everyone will bow before your mind-boggling insanity, and the world will have no choice but to lavish endless praise on your misdeeds.
Evil Plan ™!
Your objective is simple: Soul Accumulation.
Your motive is a little bit more complex: Love (Yes, it works)
Stage One
To begin your plan, you must first clone a chosen one. This will cause the world to sit up and take notice, overwhelmed by your arrival. Who is this evil genius? Where did they come from? And why do they look so good wearing the skin of another human?
Stage Two
Next, you must seize control of the internet. This will all be done from an island of mu, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will tremble, as countless hordes of ninjas hasten to do your every bidding.
Stage Three
Finally, you must demonstrate your great supernatural forces, bringing about the destruction of the masses. Your name shall become synonymous with fear, and no man will ever again dare interrupt your sentences. Everyone will bow before your extraordinary charisma, and the world will have no choice but to pray to you for enlightenment.
Very nice treatment with the links, and all! Wait a sec, aren’t they the massIVE?
Hey Bob you stole my picture.
M asked me which one I preferred. I told her the Blond of course. You never use the same wrinkle twice or just carry a bag of flour with you. 
hmmm…no, i myself have no had a fiasco lately, but i did referee a Division I volleyball match that was a fiasco on Sunday – neither team was really up to performing well, and, well, it made the match boring and a complete disaster…
besides, the home team blew a chance to win a game and lost the match in three sets…
Hey Anudder. We use to have volley ball net setups at the fire stations. Some times other stations would come over and we would have station matches. The city thought it was ok for us to play as it was a form of exercise. “Until”, you know the big until word, people starting getting hurt and city insurance had to pay out plus some stayed home for injuries. We had a lot of fun, but we were very all out competitive and rough. So like our basketball goals they made us take then down. I still like volley ball today even at my age, I guess your never to old to play a exhausting sport. Have a good day pal.
Mike
i want to request the word nuts, as in: You’re nuts!
can you investigate the word (ruler)
Origin: 1175–1225; (n.) ME riule, reule < OF riule < L régula straight stick, pattern (see regula); (v.) ME riwlen, reulen, rewellen < OF riuler, rieuler, ruler < LL régulāre, deriv. of régula
Dictionary.com
Slugabed
Is this an actual word,does anyone one where its from? I confess I recieved it from daily word dictionary, however they gave none of the usual origins so interested to know more about it.
Fiasco……plenty of them! Once when travelling in Asia going through borders I left my passport in my bags which were on the bus that had already crossed to the other side…..was in no mans land with mean looking guard types pointing heavy metal at me. One country wanted me to leave, the other wouldn’t let me in! Stuck in the middle with phrase book thumbing out broken words all tounge tied. Found that all important cash reserve of $50 which enabled me to get my passport. Round of applause geeted me getting back onto the bus from everyone
Meeh Naa aay si
Koei phy thi ni reu yang
hi
i was wondering why people say that something is “state of the art”.
thanks
That’s a good word request Flautabout, I have often wondered that myself about “state of the art”.
I’ll second the motion.
Hi I’m Batman
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they don’t always come out the way you want them too
yes indeed ..
.. that was crap.
It was supposed to be a bat with his wings open.
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Must be modern art!
Kinda looks loike a cobra!
Me, too!
Your bat looks better than mine.
Rorscharch time?
I see two birds perched facing away
from each other and one bird between
them, with wings spread, facing forward
Cool inkblot
As long as you remember that mine has no incorrect answers.
You left the gate to the chicken coop open again
Marina ! I am sorry I still not have the subtitles for my video but anyway what do you think about my SEXUAL origin ?
=> here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tujtd8Wni9E
I would be very pleased to get your opinion about my video. I am not as good as you yet of course but I am a young beginner !
Can you do the word:
“Piece”
Specifically as a reference to a firearm.
PIECE is taken from the from PIÈCE “piece” but the word is not Latin but Celtic. It is gaulic precisely but the word is totally mysterious.
But how did the word come to refer to a firearm?
When I was in boot camp, one of our company referred to his “piece” as his “gun”, and we all suffered VERY similar results as this, but replacing “piece” for “rifle”. We were …uh…reminded… that “piece” and “rifle” are synonyms, but “gun” was a different story altogether. Did you have similar experience, Captain Jack?
Actually, [THIS] is quite accurate a depiction of my USN bootcamp experience, except for the ‘rifleman’s creed’ and that CC’s were not allowed to strike us. Other than that, is pretty darn accurate.
I was in the Army. They made us do push ups until we could no longer push up, when someone referred to his rifle as a gun. At which point we were reminded that guns are artillery.
oh god no….. youtube has found someone with an extra 100 million hits
http://www.youtube.com/members?g=4&locale=en_US&p=1&s=mv&t=a
*swing*
Yes, however look at how many videos they took to get those views.
91,023 videos !!!
Something hinkey there.
Sawaadi krup koon Bob. Koon saabi de naa? Pom Pasa Thai nik noy!Bot rian Fiasco dee. Pom rak khruu, aajaan
Khruu suai jang loei, taa khruu suai jang loei. Aroi mai! Pom klang wan! Pom paak waan! Pom khee mao 
Mai tawng kae tua! Mai dai maai khwaam waa yang nan, naa ram khaan!– Ton duean, tulaa khom, rueduu bai mai ruang, naa fon!
when asking a waitress in Thai, Koon maa teeni bon mai? she laughed saying in English, Yes! Dai si! I work here every day!
Toklong! Laeo phop kan mai baang thee. Chon kaeo Bob, Bawk sawatdee phanrayaa duai
I am thinking I am going to leave the internet for a few days until it sorts itself out
Marina’s site is sorted out. No best place on the internet to call home.
@James,
you’re being weird again
Looks like YT may have the views sorted but………………. PANIC OMG MARINA!! WHY ARENT YOU THE NUMBER 1 MOST VIEWED GURU!!! YOUR HONOUR HAS GONE
YouTube has no honors for any of the Subscribed/Categories… so they will hopefully fix that soon.
You tube is working on their system again. It seems like the 1985 version worked a lot better than it does now.
PS James, Marina will always be number 1 no matter what the statistics say
The only Fiasco I could remember of is 6 years ago, we were on a field trip with our school and after supper, the guys got seperated with the girls and us the guys were supposed to scare the girls at 10:00 PM.The girls were in a hall and the guys were waiting outside for the lights to go off, then they go inside and scare em but the lights didn’t go off and 1 of the doors was locked and we didn’t know it, there were 2 doors and 2 groups of guys, only 1 group got in to scare the gils but they didn’t even get scared the guys that were waiting at the locked doors got pissed
including me 
Hi Marina! I really wanna know the origin of the word “hardship”
I can see that it has something to do with “hard” but why “ship”??
Odensepoliti
Privet Marina!!!!Since you are Russian and I am very interested in the Russian language I would like to know the orgin of the word ”Cyrillic ” as in the Russian alphabet… Spasibo and ti ochen’ kraciva!!!
i would like to know the meaning of the word recess
I would say my latest fiasco was ignoring an abscess so long that it took eight inches of packing to fill the hole it left in my arm. What is the origin of the word abscess?
bill
mmmmm …
… that’s lovely!
Kewl…Scorpius, now. Feeling red-hearted (q.v. Antares) just now, mijj?
Sorry I failed to comment when you were Jupiter…
hi .. the astrology scorpio corresponds to the tarot card [death]. (that image from the Crowley deck)
Death here, of course, represents evolutionary change, rather than annihilation.
… chosen because i’m stuck in a scummy state of mind and can’t rise out of it. –
– so it’s got to die and create some fertile ground out of which i can grow something new.
… that’s my masterplan.
Currently, I am not only happy to see you, whatever your state of mind (though hoping for improvement in that department for you) and happy for myself in that I am actually carrying out an exact parallel to your masterplan, to wit, buying a new house
that’s great .. so the death card suits you too.
oh .. i remember my glorious relaxing days of choosing and buying a house. So tranquil. So serene.
is there a resurrection card? or a phoenix card?
well .. that death card is like a resurrection card. Except the new thing that rises from the remains of the old is an evolved version, not another of the same.
do you have a tarot deck? While I don’t personally subscribe to the astrology/furtunetelling thing, do agree that it would at least be jolly good fun if you could tell me what’s in your cards for me
oh .. the tarot deck isn’t for fortune telling in the way tea leave aren’t .. they can be used that way, but that’s not the purpose.
it’s supposed to be a map of the various qualities of a person from an entirely subjective point of view.
and if you’re fluent enough, you can identify properly which aspects of yourself are not quite in tune or distorted, etc.
the “trump” cards (represented by the stars and planets) are paths between “nodes”. The nodes are represented by the 4 suits of staffs, cups, swords, and pentacles. (will, love, mind, world).
this diagram shows the kabalistic tree of life.
the tarot can be mapped onto this.
[tree of life]
… of course, you’d have to be nuts to believe any of this is any practical use.
Kewl, still would be jolly nice! If you can and wish to, could you start a new thread?
Funny seating arrangement:
http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/3/9/1/2/ar119933106421933.png
lol
disgraceful!
you mean like the numbers or the way that dingle guy sits…..
maybe because of “dingle berry”? :/
Its the juxtaposition of names.
Ouch! aLx sneaked in under my radar.
oh yeah alx , hehe
kinda like this one 
or this one.
fucking thing won’t load. okay, here it is again.
okay. umm … i kinda had not enough coffee today, obviously.
here?
lol.
I think some of them line up that way on purpose. But it is funny.
Hey Fox do you know what Dingle Berries are?
DBs
yes I do
foxbow…You’ll have to clean out your email box soon.
Nascar had the old vetran, known as The White Knight.
Miss M where did your Dressed to the Nines video go? It says it’s says it is no longer available. A member wanted to know something about dressed to the nines so I was going to point him to that video.
Mike
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/05/dressed-to-the-nines/
Hi Mike, it’s in the alpha and date list.
Sometimes, if it is missing in the alpha list, go to the date list and then do a page search of the video and it will be there.
P.S.
Just checked the video. The video does play both here at HFW and at YT. YT is scheduled to do maintenance at 6 PM PDT.
Maybe YT was doing maint. when you were trying to view it?
I got it Karl. I had to reboot my computer. They all work, thanks for the help. I’ll learn one day before I open my mouth and insert foot to reboot first.
I would like to know where the saying bucks comes from, like when somebody says ” you owe me a hundred bucks” or “can i borrow three bucks” i would appreciate it, i have always wondered what it meant or how it came to be used?
This morning I received a message in a fiasco!
you drive a Ford Fiasco?
Also known as an Edsel!
Hello Dear HOTFORWORDS,
I would like to know the origin of the word Mosque please. I also want to know more information about the word itself linguistically Mos+que
I am trying to find the right and true answer and am sure you the one who will help
There is one etymology or let me say story ! says that the word came from Mosquito . It also says that when kind ferdinand wanted to crush muslims in Spain he said lets crush them like Mosquitos.
I personally do not beleive this etymology and it is not correct. Please help me by providing the correct information
Love ya Marina and God Bless you
Congress is a fiasco.
If you are looking for a recent fiasco, it would seem that the “bottle” our financial institutions have made of the world economy fits the bill.
I would like to know the origin of the word chocolate.
I suspect that the word is made up by two parts, choco and late. Choco is probably related to the word cacao, and late is referring to milk (latte)?
That’s just my theory, and I would love to be proved wrong
I want to request the word University and the relation of it with Universe.
Hey everybody! Please try to remember the 1st of Octember!!!
By the way how many of you have your nets ready to catch all that money that’s going to fall from the sky
I’m plaining on catching a few million!!!!!! 
Halloween Word requests
Apperetion
Banshee
Bat-Flying critter
Bat-Baseball
Batty
Cemetery
Cobweb
Ghost
Haunt-Haint
Phantom
Spider
Tomb
Warlock
Witch
Zombie
I’m turning in my homework late for AK-47.
http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=174902&page=4&ESRC=navy.nl
Marina
could you please explain the origins of the word ecumenical as in “that would be an ecumenical question”
you mean like in this example … ?
[father ted - ecumenical matter]
yeah thats the one
Thanks for pointing to the Father Ted sketch!
yeh .. great stuff, isn’t it.
Hi Mijj, I see you’re 21 again.
lol … oh yeh .. i’d never noticed that!
ha! .. that makes no sense whatsoever now!
Please, Origin of the word PRANK
Thks.
Taratatam.
Word Request: Gazebo. I have never heard an explanation for the origins of this term for an outdoor pavillion. (I believe the British refer to them as ‘follies’. Another interesting word I’ve no idea where this use came from.)
Eric M
I should head to bed, but before I do, you bring to mind two other word requests: beautiful and gorgeous
Hello!
I need to know more about this word: “Costin”…i have a friend who say in some languages like arab means something like “the great”…
Can you help me?
Thank you in advance!!!
Hur hur,
What did you do lost?
Anyway, word request; topless (have a man substitute
)
Yes, I have. But it would qualify as one of life’s embarrassing moments, so it stays unknown to HotforWords.
I have one, but it’s sad so I’d rather not tell it
I think the word allegory should be investigated as I really enjoy these sorts of stories.
Hi Marina,
I was curious to know the origin of the word “OLYMPICS”. Could you please investigate it for me????
Many thanks.
The first olympics were held in Olympia……. That’s common knowledge isn’t it….
no – i didn’t know either.
One of the biggest fiascoes I was involved in is that over a year ago on groundhog’s day just a few days before the super bowl I was hit by a semi on my way to work. It’s 1 of my worst days in my life. I was very lucky I was alive. I’ve spent about over 2 months without a vehicle.
Alright,
I know what it means, but im wondering did it always really mean vagina? When did it and why did it become so rude?
First off I know you wont do this word and I complettely understand but I can’t help but ask. I have long since wondered where this word came from when my mother punished me for saying it in the third grade. The word I’m talking about is “cunt”
I’ve tried to figure it out on my own but im sure you can imagine what happens when I type it into google.
So in closing, I’d really appreciate if you could tell me. But I understand why you wouldn’t.
Thanks anyways.
Do the word orgin for “Rock n Roll”
is here a connetcion between a rock rolling and a guy ging crazy on a guitar solo?
Fiasco sounds like a name for a rock band or the industrialization of music sold to the masses tax free.
Mental fiasco turns into physical fiasco====total failure 
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vUE1Cu04Jzo&feature=user
I am a high school teacher, so I am very familiar with fiascos.
OMG! This word is one I never use, but I was
accused of using it by a former boss who suffers
from seniilic stupidity. I was working pit out for a
FARA race event and another worker came over
and was grousing to one of the sponsors, and used
the word “fiasco” to describe the event. At the next
event, I showed up and was sent home over this bullshit,
although I had nothing at all to do with it. I didn’t even
know about until I was wrongly accused by Bob Van Epps,
of Van Epps Motorsports, the boss in question.
A simple investigation by me revealed the true facts, but the
person who was guilty of this infraction was one of the
bosses “pets”, so nothing happened to him, and it cost
me and another guy who was also innocent. This same
boss pulled similar crap on me one other time after that,
and I realised he was too stupid for me to work for anymore.
Now, I just work the Formula fuel bikes where I work with
good people who don’t ever try to be bullshit with me at all!
I figure Bob Van Epps is just too damn short for his own good.
His Napoleon complex got the best of him, poor dumb SOB!
Phew! That felt good! Sorry I vented my spleen about this here,
but it had to be done. “Fiasco” is a word which is only a bitter
reminder to me that there are some people in this world it
is best to stay away from.
i’ve had a couple of shit experiences at work where my work was stolen and others got the credit.
it’s similar kind of crap, so i know how you feel.
Hello mijj,
That’s the reason why I got into driving for a living. I was so tired of the office politics and backstabbing I couldn’t handle it anymore. I thought that I escaped that but it seems to boil over in every field of work.
I was wondering if there was a connection between emergence, and emergency. If so how are they related?
I wonder wat emerges during an emergency …
An ejection seat!
GIANT POST-APOCALYPTIC RADIOACTIVE WORMS.
Can you do death? That’s such a cool word. lol
Hi, Marina, could you tell me the origin of the word ‘bailout?’ This word is ubiquitous nowadays. Thank you.
Discombobulated plz
Hi Marina, just wondering what is the origin of the word “doughnut” and why evolved into donut. I understand that is made with dough but where the is the “nut” in it?
Regards, Alphamale8a
Hey Marina,
REQUEST
I think a good lesson (or lessons) is to explain where states got their names. My state, Montana, means mountainous. I know alot of states in the east are named for people or the places where the settlers came from i.e. New Hampshire for Hampshire, New York for the city of York.
Thanks your humble student,
smokey
sorry the whole thing was not suppose to be in BOLD
when I was in the service, one of the finest
individuals I met was from “Big Sky” country!
Now I understand why it’s so easy to like you
I remember a big fiasco. I had an unusual date. I dressed “to the nines” (I wonder where that came from?) and my date showed up in a tee shirt. We drove all the way downtown only to find out the restaurant we wanted was closed. It poured rain sideways as we came out of the parking garage; we had no umbrella. We sat soaked at a not-so-good restaurant and disaster movie (funny, it was Krakatoa, East of Java). It was still raining so hard on the way home that my date kept driving off the road. When we got home, we found out we had a date in the middle of a tornado.
she did “to the nines” Look in her lessons at the top of the page.
but sorry to hear about your night.
Thanks on both counts. I found it. Guess I’d better look before I post
if I’m curious about a phrase.
That reminded me of a scene from The Fantastics.
To this effect: when you’re sitting at home and
nothing is happening, you wish you were off on an
adventure, yet when you have an adventure, as the
one you have described, you wish you were safe at
home! I hope this is one you can laugh about, now
Where does that phrase come from, dressed to the 9′s? Best song related to this – Trooper’s song “3 Dressed Up As A 9″ I think the explanation may be self evident.
Hello Marina Could you look into the word Yahtzee
Hi Marina,
A Fiasco!
Goldman-Sachs Ceo Hank Paulson (now Treasury Secretary) trying to get $700 billion from taxpayers for all the bullshit Wallstreet and his like created in the first place.
The efforts to solve the problem they created has turned into a very large FIASCO!
Amen
Well said.
I haven’t had a fiasco lately, but my last marriage would qualify as one
where does the word “candy” come from?
it would be sweet if you could do a video on it!
Maybe this will sweeten your tooth a little until she does.
Hey Marina,
I recently ran across the word “palimpset” on some family papers from England. It was supposedly the legend on the sign of a family-owned brewery and pub. The closest thing I can find is “palimpsest,” which is a parchment or scroll that has been reused. Was this a misspelling or is “palimpset” a different word?
Thanks,
Bucky
Hi Marina,
Why are the letters “ZzZ” reffered to sleeping?
Maybe it’s the sound some people make while sleeping.
Either that or people use the end of the alphabet to represent the end of the day. I don’t know.
I have heard the word conversate used for conversation or to converse. Is it a word?
hotlz, I don’t believe that is a word. It should be converse.. but it sounds like people trying to sound intelligent who shorten the word conversation to conversate!! It’s right up there with irregardless! (which my computer DIDN’T inform me was not a word!!)
i think people use this word because “conversate” would be the more regular derivation. (assuming “conversate” is a verb, and speakers derive the verb from the noun.)
termination — terminate, *termine
communication — communicate, *communice
it’s like children who start forming plural forms by adding -s to the singular form because -s is the “regular” way to form plurals.
Conversate is very popular in the local black cultures. I think this may actually be related to Swahili which has tenses that English doesn’t use. These have been handed down through the generations. I always thought that Swahili was more precise because it wasn’t a written language. If you mispoke a message from the king, you were dead.
Two examples I can think of is “fin”, like “I fin to do something”. It is present and future tenses for “I am doing it and will continue to do it.” “Bes” pronounced like “bees” is past, present, and future tenses. “It bes that way” means “It has been, is now, and always will be that way.”
“Conversate” is present and future tense. What other words can be altered to represent these tenses?
twitthwgreat – I don’ts know
Main Entry: conversate
Part of Speech: v
Definition: to socialize and chat; to converse with another
Etymology: back-formation from conversation
Usage: slang
While I generally tend to agree with Erin on the matter, I must admit that ODT presents a fine ‘exception’ to Erin’s ‘rule’. I must concur that perhaps the pan is large enough, even should it not contain EVERY corruption of EVERY word. Thank you, Dear Teacher, for your opinion on the topic.
Ciao,
Fianchetto
I have heard this word in passing and on T.V. from time to time. I work at a college and it scares me when I hear the students use this word. Marina is right people are “trying” to sound intelligent, but instead it makes them sound uneducated.
By the way, Marina, who else won the White Smoke contest? I’m using it right now, and it really helps. I recommend it to others too. Also, what else will we be receiving?
Did they notify you that you won? Did you get the free programs?
Lupe Fiasco!
Homework: My fiasco is when I missed some videos by you.
Hello protac6 anymore earthquake’s your way in the bay area had one last night in Ohio 2.9 the times are getting funny
Hey, Marina! I was wondering, what’s the origin of the word ‘love’ used in tennis? Love means equal points on both sides, I think, but why is that?
Hey Preevyew. Marina did that lesson a few videos back. At the top of the page is a word / lesson list giving the lessons she has done. You are welcome to use the lesson list and watch all of her videos. I am going to give you a link to the Love video. I hope you enjoy it.
Love=O
I feel like my life has been a fiasco. I never accomplished much, and I don’t have any talents or anything. I don’t even know what an accomplished lifestyle is, I’m still trying to figure out what I’m good at. I’m just a regular down-to-earth kind of guy with nothing going on in my life, who’s faced some tough times and a lot of disappointments.
Just keep banging the rocks together, man
Sometimes a lesson in appreciation can help
you get your perspective on life. Normally, I
wouldn’t recommend this, but it might help you.
Read the book “Mother Night” by Kurt Vonnegut.
Although it is fiction, your life is better than the
main character of this book by an order of magnitude.
…Well, this feels awkward.
i think basically, your problem is, you’re not crazy.
you should expect to be crazed in some particular way that drives towards some kind of accomplishment, if that’s really what you want.
it takes effort and study and training and a lot of planning and groundwork to be crazy in a creative way while avoiding the kind of crazy that makes going to the store a hazard.
And don’t get me talking on crazy, I’ve dealt with people who had tried to drive me crazy. I’ve almost been pushed over the edge a number of times that I had to isolate myself from others for years, until I felt a sense of control of my life. Never could make any sense of it, and its really not worth remembering.
nononononno …. not confused and emotional and out of control crazy.
.. i mean … clear and determined and single minded and expressing god’s will crazy.
.. that kind of crazy.
Don’t sweat it – it’s just a feeling, it’ll pass
Mother Night is in NO WAY inspiring. I almost stopped
reading it halfway through because of all the terrible
things that happen to the guy, and it doesn’t get any
better all the way to the end. I finished it hoping for
the guy to get a break – uh uh, didn’t happen. It will
leave you feeling blessed that you aren’t him, is all.
In that regard only, it is a lesson in appreciation.
Wait a minute… isn’t Mother Night also that Nick Nolte movie, made in the late 90s, where he plays an American spy who goes deep undercover as a Nazi in WWII? And he makes all those anti-Semitic remarks over the radio as a coded message to the Americans. That was just too depressing to watch.
The piece with Nick Nolte was a Hollywierd
treatment. Breakfast of Champions, the film
didn’t do justice to the written work, either.
Both movies are Ineffectual compared to the
original books, only because Vonnegut is a
writer of descriptive nature the screenwriters
don’t seem to capture.
Slaughterhouse 5 the film was a close rendering
of a Vonnegut’s book. Still, it was like watching
a Cliff’s Notes digest of the original story.
The book Mother Night sets a dark and forboding
tone from beginning to end. A very serious twist
from Kurt Vonnegut’s other works, altogether.
I laughed my head off reading all his other books,
but I didn’t get laugh one from Mother Night, no sir.
Hello melikadothechacha,
On the inspirational fiction reading I’ve always liked “Silverlock” by John Myers Myers. It seems to be inspired by “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” by Joseph Campbell.
The poems are excellent since there is a wide range of topics.
Going from destitute to being comfortable where ever you might be at the time.
word request:
Hi marina, i´m from argentina and i want to know where the word “chasco” came from.
Hey, I was doing an assignment for a class and came upon this word: boondoggle. I would like you to tell us where this word came from.
Also, I watched the videos of you on the O’Reilly Factor and was wondering if you had previous knowledge of the words he asked you. That is, did you have to do some research or did you just know it on the spot. If you did just know it on the spot, that is AMAZING!
Word request!
Hi Marina, I would like to ask where the word “Hurricane” came from, and how it got that name.
Good request, cause they hit here every year.
I have had to replace so many shingles on my house or have the whole house re shingled that I think the next time I am going to go with one of the new aluminum colored roofs. 
I don’t have links at present but they do make some pretty snazzy metal roofing these days,can get it in styles that don’t look like it’s metal.
Back in the 90s I ran the seamer on some Varco Pruden Standing Seam systems,very good for low pitched roofs,dunno if they make a version for steeper roofs or not. They were clipped from below each sheet edge as the sheet was laid so *no* exposed fasteners other than the ridge cap. Operating the seamer machine on a steep roof would be “hairy” to say the least,unless things have changed nowadays.
tryant
Thanks Tyrant for the info. I need to look in to something better than shingles.
Yer welcome capman. I should have said there are no exposed fasteners *in the field*,there would be screws on the ridge,the rake,and the eaves,,,upon further reflection.
word request.
FLibbertiqgibbet. Cuz your accent will add magic to pronunciation and etymology might be interesting.(oops i looked in my oxford.kinda boring unless you can dig up more.
* * * *
Perhaps they threw the bottle son stage after a bad performance.
I don’t know aout many fiasco’s however I rember a man whom was a waterwell driller that got burnt up in a flash fire caused by the propane overpressure valve opening and filling the area where he was running a cutting torch with vapor. He burned really bad all his exposed skin 2nd and 3rd degree burns, and spent a good long while in the hospital. He was hard to work with and very demanding but was a fair man to work with. He had 3 sons and the youngest son took over the business when he decided to retire? I say say retire because he worked up too probably 2-3 months before he became ill and passed away. I know this sounds straange but the picture at the top of this web page looks like what I would have imagined hi daughter would have looked like if he had any, the resemblence is strickingly uncanny in the profile of your face. A fiasco is the constraints placed upon others by the very same people that others are trying to help perform their(people) work because of a greedy and power hungry uncaring society that has failed too see how life and reality actually
coexist at the same time by a work of a select few and on ocassion a select of one that perform the functions that others so choose to ignore.
Marina,
Is that a Karate move at time 0:11-0:12?
A couple of quick hand moves and your gorgeous.
Or is that your super hero move?
By day a mild mannered studious etymologist.
But when a Bush-ism occurs she changes into our super hero,
HOTFORWORDS!!!
Super Heroes
Not much alteration needed to make that centre one into HFW.
Marina is defiantly a Wonderwoman.
Word Request: Definitely.
New gravatar, I see
Maybe I’ll go retrieve my
Scull & Crossbones
Hey Marina!
Loved this one
I was just wondering, why is a Q-tip called a Q-tip.
Actually, I have no idea if you really spell it that way haha
Love, Maxim
A new word request for you. Or maybe its really a phrase.
“hotty toddy” Have been hearing this exclaimed lately?
Such as Hot For Words, Hotty Toddy!.
As for the Homework, My life was a fiasco until i found Hot For Words and she brought a new shining beacon of happiness into it.
Hot for Words, Hotty Today and every day.
Hmmm… hotty toddy??!
I have heard of a hot toddy, or
a hot rum toddy – which is a drink!
Your request did make me think
of a similar expression – hoity toity
(wonder what that means?)
Word Request
Gross would make a great Halloween lesson! 
Gross
You mentioned this word in the lesson on zipper and it is a word that has several meanings.
Gross over
Gross-Nasty
Financial Gross
Gross National Product
just to add one more, gross = 144
a gross is also a measure of quanity, 12 X 12+ 144= 1 gross.
great minds think alike – we must have been typing our responses simultaneously
When we were kids, we’d say
“Don’t gross me out” or
“That was gross!”
(Grody to the max, dude!)
Homework: I made a bet this weekend with a buddy that my favorite football team would win. I did this with the knowledge that if I won, I’d make a few bucks, but if I lost, my generous friend would at least buy me one round. We watched the game, my team lost, and my friend had to leave right away because his wife was in a minor car accident. I lost cash and didn’t get a free round. My friend had to leave early and spent his meager winnings on a deductible… a fiasco for both of us.
Reincarnation Placement: Starfleet Crewperson… dammit, a geek in two lives!
Is that what you came out as a Starfleet crew person.
Take it again and cheat a little. I came out as a robot the second time. 
I took it again, fudging the answers of course, and got:
Pleasure Dome of Kublai Khan
Yeah Baby!
Rock on on your re-test, dez!
..pssst… what’s the answer to number three?
The answer to #3 is: To hell with the doors… take the chick with the tattoos! Who knows, maybe she’s the tigress… mee-ow!
Traveling Circus
67% Intrigue, 44% Civilization, 71% Humanity, 37% Urbanization.
Traveling Circus
Your answers indicate that you might be the reckless, fun-loving sort. We can go with that. You don’t need to bind yourself to any particular civilization or routine. You don’t need the complications of technology, especially if it means you have to get an education to employ it. What you do need is adventure, particularly the complicated and exotic kind… plus, the fun of working and playing with fellow adventurers like yourselves. So… why not run off and join the circus?
Right now Wall St. is in a fiasco and Congress is a FIASCO!!!!
Here’s one one to think about! If progress means to go forward: What does congress mean 
Also means eleven.
Also window
The little area that I live in now has incorporated into a Town. It was a fiasco just to get the different utilities to change our city address to our new town address. It is still an on going battle.
Great video M. Question for you. What is with the glass always in front of the microwave oven? Inquiring minds want to know, or I am just being nosy I glad to see you back at the close ups again. I missed those blue eyes. drooool Sorry.
No more sharing your tax dollars with the county
hope it was feasible
B9 Remember him from Lost in Space.
I drink out of that glass Capman911… my water cooler is near there.
Just wondering, to be there every time you video from the table it seems.
Yoda speak.
Ah, but beware your sister.
#6 Steak Knife is still missing in action.
If I Am allowed to ask, Whom owns that water you drink out of that water cooler, or in other words, who manufactured that water?
Your “B9″ looks like it could be a water cooler/snack dispenser.
That show was a favorite when I was a lot lot younger. Lost in Space with the Robinson Family. Cutting edge technology back then for a sci fi program lol. You could see the strings on some of the flying objects.
I recently had to deal with Bell-Canada for an $83 charge for something I didn’t order. Indeed, a fiasco-and-a-half.
WORD REQUEST: Release the hounds! Always wondered about this one, I figured it had something to do with hunting over in the UK some hundreds of years ago.
Is it connected with the phrase from William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “Cry havok, and lets slip the dogs of war.”?
If so, (or even if not) Word request Havok – it kind of ties in with Fiasco.
My uncle had six handsome sons and on Fridays evening he used to say : “hide your bitches, I release my hounds” !
Word Request: Great lesson today, H4Ws! This reminds me of oine of my favorite words, fandango. What are the origins of this awesome word? Let’s have a fandango!
Eric M
What’s the orgin of the word Bikini?
Hey bpsmash, I want answer your word request for bikini cause I would like to see Marina do that one herself.
Have a good day. 
So, you like bikinis?
(They probably could of done a better job making this video, but it was the best I could find.)
Could try Harder.
The smallest bikini I have ever seen was two band aids and a cork.
Bob, I know there are plenty of bikini videos out there. I was mainly focused on narrowing it down to what best fits the ‘original’ song out of light humor, without searching around to much.
Smallest Bikini
noway could i eat that munch ice-cream
Who do you like best Capman911? The blond or the red head?
Blond of course, more cushion for the ah push, oh you know the rest.
I also have a thing for some fully-figured women but…..
UGH! NO WAY!
The redhead… trainee
Where did the word “fornicate” come from?
Err … Someone dreamed it up whilst travelling on a fornicular railway?
Fornicate is Latin : In Rome a brothel was called “oven” = Fornum.
To fornicate is having sex in an oven for cooking the bread (babies ?)
Hence the English expression, “She’s got a bun in the oven.” meaning “she’s pregnant”.
I’ve just seen your video on the origin of fiasco, and I think you make a plausible argument. In more current English, if a performance was not impressive we might say it was “limp” which is another word for flaccid.
The Oxford English Dictionary says flaccid means,
[Reincarnation Placement Exam]
Your [result] for Reincarnation Placement Exam …
Spy
72% Intrigue, 63% Civilization, 66% Humanity, 38% Urbanization.
Live well, ride fast, and die young, baby!
Well, you turned out to be something of a rogue. This may not be exactly the life you wanted… but it’s difficult to place people who want to enjoy all the romance and intrigue of civilization, without actually having a demanding job. Besides, since you enjoy the benefits of humanity so much more than you enjoy the press of humanity itself… you shouldn’t have much trouble with your role in life. As long as you aren’t afraid of danger there’s a place for you in society, even if it’s a rather dark and wicked place. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to fulfill the role of a spy.
The good news: You’re free and clever, and you can do whatever the heck you want. The bad news: everybody else is free and clever too, and they’re not all on your side.
With the flick of a blade, you can change the course of history. Might be fun. Might be a little messy.
OOO a Spy cool.
Sorry, agent 003.14159265, I cant think of any suggestive female names for the counter-intelligence operatives you will surely meet in your new job.
“Don’t push the little red button.”
His fe-male Spy
{didn’t know how to insert the carachter “pi”}
you mean like …
π .. or .. &PI;
.. all you need to do to enter special characters is to enter the html code for those characters.
(which is in the form : the character ampersand followed by some letters followed by semicolon.)
e.g. π -> π
oh .. i messed one up .. plus i forgot a link …
big PI = Π -> Π
http://www.degraeve.com/reference/specialcharacters.php
Like this? &pi
Your result for Reincarnation Placement Exam …
Starfleet Crewperson
66% Intrigue, 83% Civilization, 76% Humanity, 55% Urbanization.
As Mister Spock would say: Fascinating. It seems you’ve managed to hit the edge of the curve on all metrics. An extraordinary life is almost certain.
According to your answers, you want it all, you want a lot of it, and you’re willing to do what it takes to get it! Adventure! Romance! Technology! Challenge! You love civilization. You like people. You love the complications and joys of a big, weird crowd of humans plus lots of other beings wandering into dangerous and complicated corners of the galaxy.
There is an ideal place for you, and you are ideal for it: Welcome to the crew of the starship Enterprise. Captain Kirk would have welcomed you aboard himself, but his head was too big to fit in the landing bay.
Aye aye Commander Absentmindedprof.
Great score. 
Star Trek
I took the test again and turned out to be a robot. Go figure.
what kind of robot?
one of those “death to all humanity” rampaging laser-eyed maniac robots?
I knew a guy named Robot, he could balance
a wheelbarrow on his nose, true story
No a meek humble messenger robot.
Pathetic
yeh .. but a messenger robot with plans to be promoted to a “death to all humanity” rampaging laser-eyed maniac robots!
Your result for Reincarnation Placement Exam …
Starfleet Crewperson
53% Intrigue, 63% Civilization, 64% Humanity, 49% Urbanization.
As Mister Spock would say: Fascinating. It seems you’ve managed to hit the edge of the curve on all metrics. An extraordinary life is almost certain.
According to your answers, you want it all, you want a lot of it, and you’re willing to do what it takes to get it! Adventure! Romance! Technology! Challenge! You love civilization. You like people. You love the complications and joys of a big, weird crowd of humans plus lots of other beings wandering into dangerous and complicated corners of the galaxy.
There is an ideal place for you, and you are ideal for it: Welcome to the crew of the starship Enterprise. Captain Kirk would have welcomed you aboard himself, but his head was too big to fit in the landing bay.
No complaints, I can deal with that… Beam me up, Scotty.
Ciao,
Fianchetto
hey! .. i may very well be a spy on board your ship!
‘bit of a strange test
Deep Space Explorer
61% Intrigue, 83% Civilization, 56% Humanity, 66% Urbanization
Hmm… You’re a tough one to place. Your answers indicate that you like technology and education. You enjoy intrigue, adventure and chaos. You’re fine with hard work and civilization. This all bodes well for an interesting, adventurous life.
What makes it difficult, however, is that you don’t seem to be much of a ‘people person.’
If you were more of a people person, we would have commissioned you aboard the Starship Enterprise. But since you don’t care much for the complications of dealing with your fellow man… we have another deep-space mission, more tailored for your tastes… a way for you to enjoy the benefits of high-tech civilization without having to put up with civilization itself. Let’s set you up to pursue the solo career of a deep space explorer. You can go ahead and hibernate through the boring parts of your mission, and not worry so much about being a few decades out of touch with your fellows by the time you get home. In fact, you pretty much don’t have to deal with people at all, but you can still enjoy a high-flying adventure of a life. Far, far away from the madding crowd, you get to play with your scientific instruments, serve your glorious civilization, and do interesting things with strange discoveries in exotic places.
The career might work out all right. Look what it did for Charlton Heston.
Tralfamadorian Messenger
46% Intrigue, 78% Civilization, 46% Humanity, 31% Urbanization.
We had trouble placing you, but finally found just the thing… for someone who adores technology and knowledge, but doesn’t care for much else. Intrigue and adventure? Not important to you, evidently. The company of your fellows? Not to your tastes. The bustle and crowd of the city? Not for you. Were it not for your positive attitude toward modern technology, we would have made you a medieval monk and let you live out your days in a quaint little cell, with access to all the books you could possibly want to read. But instead…
You will be a mechanical being, born on a planet where machines have long ago taken completely over and organic life has become extinct. You will be sent as a messenger to the other end of the galaxy with a message of good will — a journey of approximately 205,125 years.The message reads: “Greetings.”
Looks like we’re made for each other, BillyB.
Just call me Hal.
Your result for Reincarnation Placement Exam …
Early Explorer
51% Intrigue, 20% Civilization, 49% Humanity, 42% Urbanization.
Early Explorer
You’re all set to be an early explorer.
Your answers indicate that you like adventure, whether it be on the high seas or across unexplored lands. And if you like to go exploring, there’s a demand for the likes of you — especially because you’re willing do without all the baggage of civilization, a state-subsidized education, and the company of your fellow man. Nope, none of that for you! It seems you to like to be on your own in the wide, wild world.
When you come of age, you can ply the seas in a fine old ship, or trek across virgin territory with a compass and some vague notions. Sure, it’s dangerous and uncertain, but it’s kind of like being on vacation all the time. Uncomplicated and unfettered, you get to explore and confront the unknowable challenges ahead of you.
Dang! Sounds close to reality! LOL
Is there a pattern emerging here?
None of us seem to like our fellow men.
Could that be why we’re here drooling over Marina?
Could be Bob about drooling or M, but I like you Uncle Bob
gosh, how can i choose from eight long years worth. how about the most recent fiasco.
hi buzz
I’ll second that Buzz
A friend of mine can’t get the hint to get the hell out and find his own place to live even when I am being BLUNT (?***Request***?) about it. Because I don’t like to beat around the BUSH (?***another request***?) because some people are S…L…O…W
My recent fiasco was a bad hockey play. Normally I’m a lot smarter about making my passes but I made a blind pass as a skater was about to check me into the boards and that pass went directly to a opposing forward giving him a breakaway and a goal.
WOW A NEW LESSON
PRAISE DE LORD
Yay new video hehe, took you a while
any fiasco’s lately….. YES , some fucking stupid airforce test they came up with at the last possible moment.. and I failed for it….
stupid c%nts, aarrgh I hate the guy that thought “Hey let’s freaking tease them one more time!”…..I get so freaking mad at myself everytime I think back of it -.-cause it wasen’t even that hard… 
grrr
Dear совершенная Marina,
What a nice video! After four days, my need to see you anew became overwhelming! Does absense make the heart grow fonder? Not for me, it didn’t. It was so good to see you, again!
For your homework, the earliest fiasco I remember was when I built my first model airplane as a child. I followed the instructions carefully, but I used too much glue many times, which added wetght. Then I painted the balsa wood model with the only two colors I had, red and black. The paint added even more weight, but it looked nce. It was so tail heavy, I had to add two penny coins to the nose to balance it. The first flights were a fiasco! It glided like a brick! After I wound the rubber band motor over 400 turns, it would fly, but it didn’t gain much altitude and it would almost drop drom the sky when the rubber band stopped turning! The nice thing was that I didn’t have to walk very far to retrieve it. I built much lighter and better model airplanes after that one! Your dear student, seesixcm6
Did you ever step up to gas powered airplanes? I did and enjoyed them. I bought balsa wood plane kits and the regular plastic plane kits. It’s a lot of fun. I used both wired to the wings guidance systems and remote control. But after awhile I went to monster trucks and cars. More expensive than the planes but more crash worthy.
Yes, I had a Cox .049 Baby Bee engine on a balsa profile P-51 that flew on control lines. To prevent dizziness, I had to keep sight of ground reference points, so I didn’t watch the airplane much. Free flight airplanes were much more enjoyable.
I also built plastic display models. Radio control cars seem like fun. Maybe I’ll try them later.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD : DINGY
The first time I heard the word fiasco was in reference to
the Bay of Pigs, (Bahia de Cochinos)
A US/CIA operation in 1961 to overthrow the new Castro goverment.
It was a fiasco because the invasion force was slaughtered on the beach.
JFK backed down from providing air support for these troops.
This latter became a real pain in the neck for JFK
if you get my drift.
you mean like this? .. [Bill Hicks - JFK]
now there’s an interesting word:
accidental : to have one’s teeth removed by an axe
and another:
surpressed : surprised & impressed, as in: “mijj, Iam surpressed that you know the TRUE meaning of ‘accidental’, but you forgot to use it in a sentence.”
oh … sorry … erm …
accidental: to have one’s teeth removed by an axe
.. koff .. since the accidental i’ve found it difficult to chew.
Nice work Marina, could you tell us where the word pyramid comes from?
found on the net, i’ll try to translate:
http://www.viapontedinona.it/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=96
In ancient times there was in Florence a comic artist who, every night, appeared holding a different object, and on this object improvised funny verses. One evening he presented with a fiasco, but the audience didn’t like the verses. Since then we have said “fare fiasco” to say fail.
sorry for the awful translation (in collaboration with google)
Hey Daelan I haven’t seen you here before. If your new then welcome to the site. If your not new welcome to the site any way.
I see you have figured out how gravatar works. Nice cats eye. Keep an eye on us and keep us all straight. 
Have fun and enjoy the site.
Mike
Thanks
by the way, I’m not sure if this one is right, but it’s a possibility 
yes I’m new here, I saw the video and I thought I could find something about it, I’m italian and it’s easy for me to find information about this
If it’s not maybe Marina will answer your request. It looks good to me.
i guess that song about all those green bottles accidentally falling is a fiasco.
I’ve been trying to find a new house. That’s been pretty much a fiasco. Anyway I have a word request. What does the “BRAND” in “BRAND NEW” mean?
That is a good one frameshiftproductions, thanks for the request!
Marina ! Later during the day I will put on line a complement to your movie with subtitles but I already put the movie on You Tube. I think I found the explaination for FIASCO : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tujtd8Wni9E
i just saw your video …
… good one.
though, if you want to compete with Marina, you’ll have to consider wearing a low cut top.
wow didnt know that.
i want to ask about cell – phone.
why is cell phone. if all we know that cell could be a cage?
or in biology cell is the smallest structural unit?
thanks a lot marina
I Love this one much.
ooo! .. i like that scraggly thing you do wiv yer ‘air at the start. .. bit freaky.
I wish I could fix my hair that fast and get on the road.
the best solution is to never let it grow beyond 1/8″
Yep, That Marina she’s a real head turner!
Real Head Turner
Just did it Mijj trimmed it to 1/8th of an inch all over. No more combing for awhile. My beard is longer than my hair lol.
and you’re keeping the beard because .. .?
…emergency rations are kept in there?
…its wildlife has a protection order?
…it opens overly-tight jars for you?
…?
Mijj replied=and you’re keeping the beard because .. .?
…emergency rations are kept in there?
…its wildlife has a protection order?
…it opens overly-tight jars for you?
My answer= It’s a womb broom, soup strainer, muffin duster, my favorite ” flavor savor”.
lol .. “womb broom”, “muffin duster” .. you’re a disgrace to the uniform!
Just call me a lesbian.
what kind of peculiar lesbian are you, cap?
i just had a look at that Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs vid on your youtube favorites. … that’s a very good vid (i’ve favorited it). At uni as part of my eng course we did Management of Human Resources and that incluced MH of Needs. I wish she’d been the one lecturing .. she makes the stuff pretty clear.
I like women too on the lesbian thingy.
There are two or three vids on Maslow’s Heirarchy of needs on that site. That’s why I subed to it. It has some great different origins that they cover.
That is also the site that dissed Marina for showing her boobs to get viewers. It wouldn’t bother me if Marina ever showed another cleavage shot or not I love coming to Marina’s site and learning. Now some may not agree with me, but that’s their outlook and I don’t fault them for that. I am here to learn and to help her as much as I can. I do like those blue eyes though.
I’m not here to learn. I just like being here.
i think i gripe too much tho. i guess cos i’m disappointed my inspiration died on me.
Mijj I don’t think you gripe or complain to much or any at all. You are a blessing being here. You make for the most fun and a lot of sense in what you say. I like reading and I guess a lot of others do as they respond to long threads that you start. I think that is very good for the site someone that can keep things interesting as you do. Don’t read to deep into what I say on long comments as I am paying compliments but it may not read like I am. I have never been good at getting my point across in a written comment. I really like your style of commenting. It is fun to read and to look at the way you emphasize your little comments, or for a lack of a better word, your little jokey thingys, does that make since.
well, thanks for saying that cap – it’s nice to have a boost.
.. i don’t have any criticism of anyone here .. it’s just an internal thing.
oh .. it’s been a while since i saw that basket. I wonder what’s in it.
Maybe next time M does a kitchen video
she could put out some fresh bake cookies
and then give one for each
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yeh .. we need more student participation!
Nah! We need more Marina participation.
D’accord – wouldn’t hurt my feelings!
I agree Bob, I would like to see her interact with us more.
i believe you’re yearning for a big helping of social intercourse with Marina.
am i right? .. or am i right?
It’s not going to happen though, is it Cap?
Have you noticed that, even though she may drop an occasional pearl in your feeding trough, if you answer she never replies; that would make it a conversation and a conversation would make everyone else jealous.
Marina is too smart to allow that to happen, so it ends up being like a meeting with the Queen – Smile, speak only if you’re spoken to, answer politely and uncontroversially, and don’t ask her any questions.
yeh .. it’s not going to happen.
i wonder what’s the source of her decision to remain aloof from the riffraff? (word request: riffraff) (i’m assuming it’s a decided-upon manner rather than a natural indifference.)
Monarchy do walkabouts where they exchange entire sentences with the commoners (as opposed to a sentence thrown in passing). They do that precisely because they don’t want to appear aloof.
Maybe it’s some instinct about only freely conversing with people you admire and wish to emulate. I.e. with fellow creative people and people in showbiz where M would like to be, etc..
oh .. i have another theory .. and this makes more sense …
M is playing the role of teacher, even in this site’s threads. And teacher, of course, doesn’t idly chat with her students. She has a formal presence and doesn’t like to appear fallible. … though this appears to be breaking down.
how so?
“how so” to which bit?
plus .. can you reply further in so i dont have to hack the reply thing.
the breaking down part.
well.. the loosening up of the viewed role of the people in the thread students and the M as teacher.
M’s distance as teacher from students seems more natural if you know that’s the scenario … it doesn’t seem harsh.
However .. i haven’t been here all that long .. so ..shrug.. .. i’m pretty much guessing.
I’m also mystified as to why i think it matters so much. I think M has created a brilliant .. erm .. thing … and i haven’t found a similar setup.
I mean the youtube channel backed up by this dedicated site with the membership and a proper comments system. But i’m wondering if M’s distance is a good thing or bad thing .. my instinct says it’s not a good thing .. but .. the site is successful.
+ i should add .. my unexamined instinct was to regard M and people here as manager and staff. … in which case, leaving people hanging who have reasonable questions is questionable behavior.
whereas .. if it’s students and teacher .. well .. teachers leave students hanging all the time. .. if i’d twigged this was the mindset it’d made much more sense.
i mean .. Teacher’s Assistants .. how many clues do i need.
..kicks self
I think each of us has a different kind of fondness for Miss M. Whether we are older or younger she makes all of us feel alive and special or we wouldn’t keep coming back to see her. Probably something we are missing in our real lives. She is someone we can look to for answers if she decides to merit them. She is capable of being blunt and at the same time be coy and sexy. She is mysterious and fun loving. Traits we all want to see in a fine lady. Maybe she senses the needs in each one of us and knows how to cater to all at the same time. I would like to see more interaction from her it would be nice. Everyone wants Marina to personally answer their question or questions that way they would feel at that time that they are special, I know I do. Jack and I know how busy she is and how much time she can spend between managing three sites, photo shoots, book deals, a calendar and managing spots on tv or radio and what ever else she has on her agenda has got to be draining. Maybe after she gets some of these items out of the way we could spend some quality time with us all. I hope so.
i’m so selfconscious that i’m brazenly criticising and commenting on M who is the incredibly successful creator of the HFW YouTube channel.
However, i’m terribly arrogant .. so i shall continue with my rambling
you know .. i think waht you said emphasises her lack of background in management. She’s forcing her way along using the brute force of her raw ability. I hope she appreciates that effective management isn’t something that you just pick up as you go along. Speaking as an interfereing busybody, if she’s to avoid being overwhelmed, she has to somehow find it in herself to let go of some of the routine tasks to subordinates and free up some time to get an idea how to manage her whole deal.
management needs study just as much as anything to do with linguistics (or whatever it is that M specialises in.)
+ oh .. i dont think everyone wants to speak to m personally .. that’s not the deal at all. Just being aware that a person is around in a particular way is enough .. and so .. if we get used to seeing M dip in and out of the thread chatting to misc people for no particular reason – that’d create a nice atmosphere. Everyone doesn’t have to have a share all at once.
I had a woman boss at British Telecom who was managing the contruciont of a consortium bid for developing air traffic control sotware for Heathrow. – this was a very tough piece of work with people working very long hours and weekends away from home and living in hotels and so forth. And she was a genius at working the room. The type of work meant that energy and morale an motivation were always teetering on the edge. by keeping in touch with people at random and being social and casual and interested, she kept all those plates spinning – no problems. (this was as well as her more technical tasks)… i would like M to pick up some of her style, please.
i decided what to do ..
.. i’m going to quit hotforwords, and concentrate on hot4words.
If you quit then I quit.
Hello Capman911,
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You seem to hit the nail on the head. I would like to see more comments from here only to see more of her personality. She is of course beautiful and smart and I believe a a nice person ( she likes dogs
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Got off the freeway did ya now
You were last seen text messaging
on your I phone in the Austin Healey
now i saw your post in the prev thread i finally know what you’re talking about!
Glad you did,
my cleverness needs to be appreciated
i put a picture of my Austin Healey there .. i hope you saw it.
The link to the Healey doesn’t seem to work.
weird .. it didn’t for me neither .. and then it did ..
… well .. i dont have an Austin Healey .. but if i did, it’d look like
[this]
… but in yellow.
just call me macho man.
Your mates never left enough room for the engine
That’s not a Macho Man’s Healey, it’s just a Sprog-eyed Fright.
This is a Healey for men with hairs on their chest.
the yellow one was more obviously a silly goggly eyed smiley noddy car.
Yes, yes I did see it
hello
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Traffic is now moving again
yipee yay a yay oh
Ya hoo! Welcome back.
Let be the first to congratulate you, quiggles
Thanks! It was pure luck. I’m just so happy to have Marina back with a new (and terrific) video. Her kitchen is so clean!
p.s. but still no Kobe.
I was watching a TV show on hulu.com
lucky a commercial came on.
Good one Quiggles congratz.