Could Care Less
Just an easy lesson guys… I had to do this one as I heard this expression one too many times recently!
I could care less is incorrect.
Just an easy lesson guys… I had to do this one as I heard this expression one too many times recently!
I could care less is incorrect.
for the dutch: bij ons:
enige en enigste. Enigste is fout je kunt niet eniger zijn dan enig.
‘Everyone’ knows that ‘could care less’ is the sarcastic ‘ironical’ form of I couldn’t care less…(learned during my mispent youth while perfecting ‘NOT’ jokes).
Ummm…what’s that…’Everyone’ doesn’t know that…why not?…ohhhhh…
Someone was yapping on about something I had no interest for, the next day’s chores. So I said, I couldn’t care less.
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Marina your words request:umbrage
Hey sbuddy26, That chic on that link you put up can’t hold a candle
to my great sexy intelligent teacher! Marinas got it all, the complete
package! You better watch out, you might end up getting expelled!
Dear Teacher, While watching and somewhat listening to that lesson,towards the end I heard some kind of a sound before you were going to work out. It bought back a past lesson on the word feisty,if you know what I mean? Was that blamed on the little dog? Anyway,I couldn’t care less about that lesson, but i could care less about your sexy teacher outfit today! I couldn’t keep my eyes off you, I had to replay it twice just to hear what the lesson was about! Keep it up!
your #1 student,
chickenh0use
I “couldn’t care less” for this lesson.
Word request: Have you ever heard the expression “My eye!”, meaning – “That’s untrue or unbelievable.” Where did this come from? Is it used in other languages or just English? (Do German’s ever say “Mine auge!” in the same context, for example.?) Is it in any way related to the expression – “My foot!”? Are their other body parts that have these kind of meanings?
Love the show
P.S. What was the deal with the lawn mower attack, awhile back? Glad you survived O.K.
Marina – FYI (low priority)
On the YT “I could care less” video, when you click to see all comments, I noticed that one of your responses was flagged as spam, which should be impossible as the owner (HFW) of the channel has no spam or thumb ratings.
It was your reply to “briandaldridge” that is flagged as spam.
I will notify YouTube right now and let them know of a possible bug.
Yes I have used it, but don’t remeber why, I guess I really couldn’t care less about it.
…no wait, I couldn’t care less as am quite a careing person…..or is that the other way round????
…gave this one some thought as a little confused by it however concluded that I could care less as quite a careing person
Really you are very sweet and so I love you very much!
Mahmut Alan
SAMSUN-TURKEY
new vid is up
Thank you Capman and Marina for giving me the Marinaville Pop.
Thanks Capman for also adding the counter on footer!
Now we can watch Marinaville GROW
Hi Marina, I’ve been watching your show for a couple of weeks now, and i think it’s awesome! My name is David and I’m from Germany so don’t mind if there are any faults in my text – just keep them
Now my request: In thelast couple of weeks we’ve been out with some friends, drinking and having fun in the city… btw. I live in cologne! I really enjoyed your shows where you mentioned “my” city like in Eau de Cologne!
So, whatever! Sipping beer and Wodka we became pretty drunk and started ordering Cocktails and almost immediately started argueing about the roots or origins of that word! In english language, cock is already a… word with two meanings! But in german, “Cock” and “Tail” both mean “Schwanz” (commonly Used for penis, but also means a horse’s tail) which – translated to english again usually means “Cock” so it would be a “CockCock” which is very… well.. you know!? Confusing
So please, HotForWords, investigate! I need to know this for sure, so that next time i can teach my friends, when we are sitting in cologne again
See you very soon, byebye my teacher!
Be good!
To many people these day’s feel they. Must bring others down to their level. Just to feel good about themselves .? I could not possibly care any less than i do about them
What’s the definition for 2nd base in a different term?
Thanks for doing a video on this. That always bothered me. I stopped using it in high school because I was used to saying it incorrectly and it didn’t feel natural to say it correctly. I can’t remember what I was using it for probably because I didn’t have any concern for it. You poor thing. How could they force you to listen to Howard Stern? What monsters. Maybe you could do a video on the word “monster” or maybe “mafia” and “mobster”? It looks like the workout is doing wonders.
By the way,
I have been using “couldn’t care less” all day.
Dear HotForWords,
I request that you do an entire lesson in Russian with English subtitles.
Where does the word Salvation come from?
ThoughtOnFire
Hey thoughtonfire have you seen her AK 47 videos yet. One is in English and the other is in Russian. Both are identical.
Hey Marina! I want to know where Columbus Day came from since tomorrow is Columbus Day
P.S. can i be your teacher pet
?
where does the phrase “take with a grain of salt” come from? :
How can I contact captain jack when he hasnt even posted?
Click on the T.A. link at the top, then scroll down and you’ll the the Captn’s picture and contact info.
Also, you can reply to Captn’s previous posts on any of the previous video pages.
http://www.hotforwords.com/ta/
Hi Marina!
Could you do an origin for me? The lovely божья коровка has two names in english. The british ladybird and the american ladybug. Why the difference? Is there an etymological reason?
Hello Marina
I was looking your last lesson and how pretty you are. And i have seen you doesn’t have do the word ”Pretty” 
Can u do this to me prettiest teacher in the world ?
I love you Marina !
And since you’re addressing the correction of phrases, dare we revisit this phrase request of mine…? (from your burrito video)…
Well, Marina, you finally have backed me up on something I’ve been telling people for years, that the burrito is not even Mexican, and that the name implies that the burrito is made from donkey meat (well you didn’t say that, but the name would start you thinking… HHmmm!). And I’ve never met a Mexican who would agree that the word ‘enchilada’ really means anything either. It’s just another American neologism for the purpose commercialization.
Hey, Marina… Remember when you made the video about common mistakes people make and how it sends chills up and down that alluring narrow back of yours…? (e.g. your when they should say you’re). Well, I think you made one of those common mistakes at the end of this video But, maybe it’s just my opinion, SO maybe you could research it for me. You said, “Which do you like better”?, and I know everyone says that. But, I’ve always thought it should be “like more” (the way they say in other languages, like Spanish [e.g. Cual te gusta más?, which do you like more?]). The reasoning is that liking something is a quantitative ability, not a qualitative ability. “Which do you play better, the trumpet or the guitar”? vs. “Which sound do you like more, the trumpet or the guitar”? So, am I just nit-picking ( hey, there’s one for you to investigate, hotty for words ) or am I correct in insisting upon this correction. I’ve given up correcting everyone around me long ago… Now that the king is dead and the land across the Atlantic has become industrialized, no one cares about making sure they speak the king’s English anymore and anyway. mmmmmmMMMMMWAH! (Hey, you don’t do that anymore )
When that urge to shit hits, its elimination not assimilation, thought you people would like to know.
It’s me again, mere minutes later… IT WORKED!! How sweet (and prompt) it is! Now I can work on making you look like a rock star (remember you said that?)!! Peace. Kudos on the abs. It’s easy for you sinc you’re an ectomorph (hint: word request, but please do “check” first). mmmmMMMMMMMWAAAH!!! (all this mmMMWAH stuff sucks… I wanna kiss you for real
The word PSYCHEDELIC……
WHERE DID IT COME FROM!!!!!!!!!!???????
Hello Marina! Remember me? I’m a chessplayer!! Are you impressed? I want to know about the word Check. I already know that Checkmate comes from the Persian Shah meaning King and mat, meaning kill or killed. Actually the German word for Checkmate, shach mat is even closer than English (but Italian is the funnest way to say it: scaccomatto BUT, Check…? When you attack your opponent’s King why is that saying “King” or CHECK has come to be the way things are done. Or could it be that check really means check as in, “Check yourself and what you should do, Mr. or Mrs. Opponent” “I’m attacking you”! And, by the way, did you know that in the World Chess Federation’s (Federation Internationale d’Echec or FIDE) rule book it is NOT mandatory to say, “Check”! Many people like to reprimand their opponent’s for not saying, “check”, but knowing when you’re attacked is your responsibility. The onus is not on the attacker to let the victim know when the direct attack on the King is present. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll get the chance to mate YOU, Marina!!! BTW, I finally understand co-comment. This comment is a re-posting from a couple of days ago. When I finished it, I couldn’t find it after I had hit “submit comment” left the screen and then immediately tried to find it again. I was like, “Where the hell did my comment go”
? The thing was I had just watched a previous vid and I was searching for it on that page. Now, after all this time since you first introduced co-comment, I understand. So, now I’ll see (i.e. check) if this comment transfers to co-comment. Any readers will have to get co-comment to find out… mmmmMMMMMWAH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6PPmyzIBNI
Hola Marina….my word request is for the word and expression “Gesundheit”…thanks so much…keep shining wish you the best…
Ivan Campuzano
http://www.howtogetyourshineon.com
100% german…
foxbow asked:
What is your first language then? Karl…mmmh …German?
Oui monsieur…
foxbow asked: “OK cool, are you from germany then?”
Yes, I was born in Bielefeld, Deutschland which
is about 113 Km (70 miles) ESE of Enschede, NL.
I was ten when my parent came to the US and I’ve lost my accent since.
What’s interesting is that my friend’s daughter was born in the US and married a German and she lives in Oldenburg (ESE of Groningen) and she absolutely loves it there.
Hello Ivan, Very nice site, videos and pictures.
I think I may have found a spelling error. Correct me if I’m wrong.
On your home page, second paragraph, in yellow, it says:
“The problem lies in that most people
can’t get passed what they don’t want…”
Did you mean “past” ?
I find the grammatical construction of that sentence somewhat awkward to read. English is my second language, so I do that sort of thing all of the time and have to double check and revise my sentences. Now that I have WhiteSmoke, it helps me with my grammatical construction.
What is your first language then? Karl…mmmh …German?
You surprised me Karl. I thought English would have been your first language.
OK cool, are you from germany then?
My quantum mind has been a bit fuzzy and when the clarity comes back I wonder about the relativity of some of my relatives… like where did they come from and why? Can I “get” related to some better quantums?
marina, i have a request the word “retard” or “retarded”can you investigate?
One is a verb, while the other is a noun.
I couldn’t care less for one that couldn’t less care for how careless they care about others… that’s there problem.
Unless of course, I care for less fortunate others who are carelessly unaware of their lack carelessness. The, I could care more.
I should be more careful about my writing before I click the “Submit Comment” button… don’t cha think?
Unless of course, I care for the less fortunate others who are carelessly unaware of their lack of carelessness. Then, I would care more.
Sometimes I’m careless with the “Submit Comment” button too.
Check out my
dearcomment down below!I’ve made so many careless misteaks I can’t even count them.
I tride to cownt yer mizteaks bot I gawt lawst after too.
About the submit comment button, I’d like to say that my cat “stepped on the mouse!” However, if you know cats, they couldn’t care less!
Oh I know a little about cats. I have about 20 of them!
That’s very true they only care about themselves!
word request “Discipline” It’s interesting how the origin has changed meaning over time … and a shame .. please show us what is meant ..( and should be)
Thanks Wanttono
Right I created a test account and I got a reply email. I replied to myself on this account and got nothing
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE??
Thanks
test 1
you suck
I get them when I send them to myself, but they are slower than a regular comment sent by someone else. Oh well. Hit shappens
Oh…I don’t get them at all..I used to be like YES! An email!! i’m special! that gave me 1 second of joy and then i found out it was just my own reply
Hi James!
Thanks.. I am getting replies now!
Do you get them when you make a reply to yourself…? i don’t ,I used to get them tough, till like 2 weeks ago.
Word Request: “Debt” America is in it. Where does the word come from? How come the B is silent? Is the B really silent? Is the word debt related to the word Debit? How do I get out of debt? Thanks Hot For Words!
THANK YOU for clearing that up! I’ve been wondering about the logic behind this for years since i never thought “I could care less” made any sense. I just never bothered to use it but now I can rub the correct phrase in my friends’ faces =P
Wouldn’t the phrase “could care less” be appropriate if followed by an unspoken “but”, meaning one cares very little, but there are concievably things which one could care less about. Just a thought.
I was wondering about the phrase “40 Winks”. Does that have something to do with REM sleep or what? I confuse
Thanks
I would like to note the level of maturity in these threads as opposed to the YouTube comments. I applaud you all for not stooping to the childish hormone filled catchphrases more prevalent on other sites! It is good to know that there are others focusing on the Lesson Plans at hand.
Thank you all for proving that there are adults among us!
Thanks Reveckzeff for the great comment.
Everyone hear like yourself knows what goes on at Marina’s YouTube site. 
We get off based sometimes cut up and have fun after the lesson is over, but not the vulgar innuendos that are pointed towards Marina. We very much respect her here and care a lot for here it’s like a big family on this site. Plus Captain Jack and myself which are the two Teacher’s Assistants try to help out and watch over the site as much as were allowed to along with Marina. She steps in when it gets real nasty sometimes. 
There are some very intelligent, witty, and nice people here. So have fun and enjoy Marinaville. 
TA Mike
Hi Capman!
I like it here in Marinaville too! 
What is the population here in Marinaville?
If we’re in Marina-ville, perhaps, then, a woman truly IS to blame…
Truly a great song. Fitting for this site.
Logophiling again in Marinaville
Searchin’ out Etymological References
Everyone claims she’s Magnanimous
But I know….Its all in good fun!
lol
I agree with you reveckzeff!
I don’t even do my homework on YouTube anymore. I just rate her videos! Thank you for your great comment! 
I’ll see if I can find out. It would be great to know. Maybe get Marina to put up a members number so we can keep count.
Hey Cufan71 this is from Marina.
There are currently 36,018 members on the HotForWords website.. and I keep adding about 100 a day. Crazy huh? I added the number to the footer of the website.. so hopefully it doesn’t slow the site down.
My inspiration hasn’t visited my channel yet
.. (well .. hasn’t admited to it)… i guess she’s going to wait til it’s non crappy.
toss a friend invite in her general direction….
nah … she’ll be forever snowed under by stuff like that. I’ll suppose at sometime or another she’ll notice i put up the links to my vids and might have a look.
How goes the music poll, Fianchetto?
Don’t give up Mijj… she is snowed under an avalanche of messages, but she does get to them. It took a week for her to get to my friend invite.
oh .. i guess the best thing to do is leave it to her discretion – she’ll prob see my posts about my vids here and look at them (possibly) and comment or not. No point badgering the poor woman any more than neccessary.
Music poll coming along nicely… I compiled a list of all our suggestions from the other night, added a few more, requested that Marina add a (secret) one or two for added fun (to be revealed after voting is over), submitted them and now we wait to see the finished product, probably not too far in the near future
My point was trifid: to have fun with the poll, to include all (particularly those who had a part in its creation), and to engage Marina in the fun.
Oh, also to get rid of the ‘Day of the Week’ one (I work a rotating shift, therefore exist in a sleep-deprived time warp, therefore have no favourite day, or night for that matter, of the week).
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Excellent… I hope we will see it soon.
ok hot for words i need some help im in an advanced spanish class right now and my spanish teachers talks about cognates wich she explains as word that sound the same as others in a ifferant language i dont quite under stand everything about it and is there any cognates in other languages and if so whats the origin behind all of that please help and me and my friends birthdays are comin up really soon our names are andrew gerbasi and david demott could u please tell us happy birthday in your next video we are big fans and maybe blow a kiss or something
this reminds me of another lesson, IRREGARDLESS
2 videos in a row on the floor.
Actually she’s been on the floor for the last 5 videos.
view from inside alx’s head.
what the view does to alx’s head.
lol
whatcha loling about, huh?
oh … you know .. just generally lolin’ ..
you making fun of my head or something?
what’s that gravitar? .. it looks like a polar teddy bear in a gas mask.
what do you mean, “polar teddy bear in a gas mask” its a bonobo with headphones on. you trying to start a fight?
i would never make fun of anyone’s head, alex .. i have one of my own, you know .. so i know how it feels.
+ … yeh .. polar teddy bear in a gas mask. .. you may put that chimp suit on.. but it ent going to disguise the essential polar teddy bear.
well, it was supposed to be a lilttle monkey zombie. i’ll have to find something else morbid yet easily recognizable. chimp suit for now.
Wow… disturbing… cuddly and warm, but disturbing
Dang, buzz… that’s one angry monkey gravatar
thnx again marina.
phrase request: can’t have your cake and eat it too
or eat your cake and have it too errr whatever. bolshoe spasibo!
Marina : It’s funny that you did this phrase because I was just having this discusion with one of your other commenters (i forget who) about a week ago when he said ” I could care less”. I always correct people on that one. They usually give me a blank stare as if they have know idea what i’m talking about. Or they act like I’m ’splitting hairs’. Thanks for addressing this one. (you got my back)
I took my own advice.
Hi Marina! i wondered about this phrase in the same way as you did. It is rather annoying. Glad you did it.
I would think “Couldn’t care less” is indifferent as you said. Perhaps an abandonment of any constructive action towards something. Perhaps one would be caring less if he wasn’t just ‘leaving something or someone alone’ and was engaging in destructive action towards that something or someone! perhaps that is caring less….
Well I am feeling a bit philosophical with all this. Perhaps I should change my name to….. “thoughtforwords”
You are making good observations on here and am happy you are having fun at the same time.
Go marina
word request : ripped (ie: really muscular)
I don’t dance. I recently heard on the radio, for nearly every language in the world except American English, the word ‘music’ and the word ‘dance’ mean, and are in fact, the same thing, because…what else would you do when you hear music?
idk. Can you research this and verify this as a valid excuse for me being so lame. lol, tyvm. Your energy and witt remind me of Paulina Rubio. You are so cool, I’d bet you could probably get Paulina to help you on this one too. 
given M’s love of cute doggies .. she may like this vid ..
[Poodle Exercise with Humans]
lol… weird poodle lady
okay, that goes on my fucked up playlist.
yeh .. it’s wonderful isn’t it ..
+
hey! .. i hope you’re visting my little channel … (i can’t help pimping for it)
latest vid =
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB9pXpu44C0&fmt=18
i visit it, i’m counting on it for entertainment.
Word Requests
Gorilla
Guerilla
Griller
Here’s some gorillas…
Hey Marina, I’m to shy to post a video request to a word so I’m asking you to read this message please.
It’s a word commonly used by all of us, I’m actually using the object right now. it’s the computer. Where do “computer” name comes from?! Please reply, thanks and have a nice day
I don’ say “I couldn’t care less!” very much.
I like to say: “My Give A Damn’s Busted!” from a Jo Dee Messina song!
I use this so much that I can’t remember the last time I used it.
Another variation is, “What we have here is a case of mistaken identity. You’re confusing me with someone who gives a _____ . (fill the blank)
The most famous: Frankly my dear dear, I don’t give a damn!
dear“Here’s a Quarter… call someone who cares.”
I guess today it would be closer to $0.35
I’ve also heard, “I’m (We’re) all out of Give a ______”
A more aggressive and dismissive version is, “Why don’t you go outside and play Hide and go ____ yourself.”
I like your first one. That is good!
Homework :-
I can’t remember the last time I used the phrase “I couldn’t care less” but I have certainly implied it, usually when asked my opinion about some television soap-opera.
I have never said “I could care less”; my failing has more often been that I care too much, and thereby come into conflict with those who don’t care enough.
I remember a C.O. in the Navy who had a cute substitute expression for “couldn’t care less”. He would say, “This is a matter of complete embuggerance to me”.
Yes, I have.
Got to admire your work ethic Marina, I wish we all had it
.
Is there any particular way you work out? (i.e. a combination of diet/hours a day/certain workout?)
For that matter, where did we get i.e.? Thanks.
id est
M’s whole reasoning rests upon the assumption that it’s not possible to care a negative amount … maybe that assumption should be examined.
lets say .. a zero amount of caring is indifference .. then couldn’t a negative amount of caring be something like dislike .. erm .. for instance .. discare?
in which case it is always possible to care less.
if you’re saying you couldn’t care less then you’re saying you discare something to the infinite degree (which takes infinte effort on your part) .. which is not the same as being indifferent (which takes no effort on your part)
Interesting. You’re straying into the Buddhist philosophy of non-duality now. Hard for most people to get their heads around.
Did you hear about the Zen Buddhist who went to a hotdog vendor and asked, “Can you make me one with everything?”
i don’t think it’s weird ..
like someone a -ve amount = dislike
love someone a -ve amount = hate
care for something a -ve amount = ? discare ? depends on teh interpretation of “care” .. in the case of “couldn’t care less” .. it’s in the sense of being interested. .. and what’s the -ve of being interested ..
.. erm … ?
oh .. i think the -ve of being interested is denial!..
so -ve caring is denial .. in the sense of caring less .. = denying more.
Since we are waxing philosophically… It could be argued that love is not the opposite of hate… the opposite of love = selfishness, to be self-centered, and the opposite of hate = like or desire.
took me a while to find this article again, so you’d better fucking read it.
Surely the -ve of denial is acceptance or admission, as in :-
Therapist. “I believe you are reluctant to accept your responsibility and you’re in denial.”
Patient. “I’m NOT in denial.”
Therapist. “See?”
well .. i was thinking .. if a mother is caring for her child she makes sure it’s fed and clothed etc …
if a mother had zero care for her child she wouldn#t be interested .. it wouldnt matter if it was fed or clothed
if she had negative care she would deny the child food and clothing.
i dont mean in denial of .. but to actively deny those things that signify care.
i dont mean : deny = refuse to accept …
i mean : deny = refuse to let have
Have you guys been hittin’ Pagedoll’s pixie dust again?
btw, what is “-ve”?
This conversation’s strange… makes me feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone
Shine a Light
ok, guys .. whether you like it or not ..
new video up 
[the first video]
[the second video]
[the third video]
[the new fourth video]
i see i’m going to have to annoy people on this site thoughout the day by repeating the plug for my dull new vid.
you – annoy?…
the very idea!
well, i couldn’t care less!
I’m becoming pent up for a flight of fancy on the fifth video.
oh! .. yeh .. i vaguely remember that lot.
+ i’m going to find it hard to resist a pentagram theme to the next vid.
i actually finished the fifth vid ahead of time!! .. even allowing for an hour wasted looking for an exotic misunderstanding about reading files into a batch when all the while i was using a wrong filename.
.. this give me extra time for 6, … i need it – i’m wasting time cos i let my studying up on Python slip.
I find these videos stimulating
i’m finding it more of a buzz doing these things than i thought it’d be … it’s good for clearing cobwebs, too ..
… i thoroughly recommend starting a frivolous YouTube channel just for the hell of it.
In what do you find them stimulating……
what way
….it’s a black dot bouncing off of four walls while the inside square changes color. The metaphor being, the black dot represents a calender going through the four seasonal changes as indicated by the color displayed.
Pure genius my lad, brilliant, mijj,… a man ahead of his time……says a review in Avant Guard Magazine.
lol .. great review!!
… i like bad review too tho. If you see any of those around you just read em out.
….found one bad review, hope you can handle it…
Agog kug meka duh! Nah puta gagoga, za da tu pila.
(translation , Agog no understand, not good for cave painting
keep your day job) … says review in Caveman Decorator Magazine
Chiseled in the finest limestone since 10,000 BC.
well .. first of all, i’m outraged.
second .. i think the “puta gagoga” comment was totally unfounded.
anyway .. everyone knows “Caveman Decorator Magazine” is an old rag and isn’t much use even for a door-stop!
….door-stop = ja ja ja ja
I think YT have slowed up on thier views again a little bit too
?
I believe I’ve found two new leads for the origin of “gizmo”… details coming soon.
{….holds breath ..
… }
I want to make a video for it, so I may be awhile. I’m a newbie at this.
… koff! …
..so do you have a hernia?
STERN?! Howard #$%@ing STERN?!
Howard STERN …. Calls the Lex & Terry Show for advice.
…. Calls and wins “Who’s more pathetic” under a
different guise. – and has been responded to in
S.D.M.
piffle.
Stern is an asshole. I wouldn’t listen to him when he was on “free” radio and I sure wouldn’t pay to listen to him.
yes .. he does seem to have all the qualifying attributes, doesn’t he.
Stern and O’Reilly go on my list of media characters who i would not like to pass on the street.
well, they give me gas…
which is a bit handy, these days…
I posted the thing about me not getting replies as a bug.. But i got a pop up saying i recieved a mail message from donotreply hotforwords….
So it seems its just the lessons..
hi James have you every been to Greenwich England at the prime meridian
No.
James.. are you getting the emails that alert you to new lessons, but not the replies to comments? Is it to the same email address on your end? The replies go out with the hotforwords-site domain not the hotforwords.com domain.
I am not sure.. Now you mention it I havent had one of those emails about the lessons for some time. Also I didnt get an email at all about anyone replying to any of my comments at all.. I only came across this one by scanning through.. I dont know what has happened her maybe I accidently marked one as junk and now it filters everything
I will have a look and reply back here in a minute
Hey marina i have a word request for the orgin of the word FEET!
This must be the like the second time I’ve seen you make this word request. You must also be like that Emilio Lopez character from the movie Mr. Deeds.
“I like feet, I don’t know why.”
“Pleeease… letmetouchyourfeet!”
haha i love her feet. What movie is it called? and hes he ever get to touch any womans feet in the movie?
Hello Marina that was a good video. I can remember.i read something like this it was in a song.Anyway you are a excellent teacher.The song was kiss yesterday goodbye
I differ in opinion, here. I see the phrase as a threat to the targeted
person that they don’t care very much. If pressed, then they will care
even less.
Marina, you are correct in that the party involved does care a little.
but put simply the phrase is meant as a threat to care just-that-much-less.
So, I don’t think the phrase it self has anything incorrect about it.
*Could you care less?
As an aside, I fail at HTML…bleh
Good night all and I do care more than less—about what?, Sleep and work
word request or initials B.S.—maybe have contest to guess? brown sugar or blue shoes
Marina, thanks for this tutorial. I’ll share this one with a number of friends and family who continue to use that phrase incorrectly. Of course, while I couldn’t care less, it is slightly irritating to hear so constantly!
so yes on “sunday driver”?
Hi Marina! In response to your little request about what sort of people or things I could care less about. Well, simple – I could care less about the yobbos that give me a hard time yelling verbal abuse at me from their cars just to prove how tough they are. Say – I wonder where that term “yobbo” comes from. Perhaps you can help me out here. Cheers honey!
Where does the term “jimmy rig” come from?
<a href=”http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/02/18/jury-rigged-jerry-built/”Here is your answer to that question. Hope it helps!
[Try HERE]
I’m at fault here… I say “I could care less” so much. I also say it for many various things.
I forgot to add. Another thing I say a lot is “I’m over it.”
it means you getting a deal…you pay 10 and get 12….kinda like saying i went for arbys 5 buck for five burgers and ordered a large coke and fries and only paid 546 cause the casher was stupid ….stupid cashiers a dime for a dozen
Are you kidding masco?
thsoe cashiers are rare….is what i meant
Instructor Marina,
Homework: The last time I used “I couldn’t care less” was during a conversation about some chatroom I was once a part of. I chose to cease communication in it because I noticed the high levels of drama. I couldn’t care less about drama, life is too short to get caught up in worthless “he said, she said” conversations.
Question: Is there Extra Credit for going back through past lessons to catch up to the lesson plan? Would it include catching up on Homework assignments as well?
The moon waxes and wanes. Candles burn wax. And leg hairs get waxed.
Sometimes, baseball teams get waxed. And Elmer Fudd likes to kick back
and just re-wax in his easy chair. What’s the deal with that word, wax?
Not true, Muggins… Elmer “we-waxes” in his easy chair.
or we-laxes
or wacks off
Marina, my Love, since you have done one usage lesson, perhaps you could do another on one of my pet peeves: using “. . . most everyone.”
There can be most, or there can be everyone, but the two should not be used together.
I leave you, Dear Teacher to explain why.
its jsut the same as “almost all” almost everyone is the way it should be said but just like my pet peeve….using the word “that” wrong….i thing “that” flies or some one “that” loves you…i cant say its wrong but dang it gets on my bloody nerves….hehehe…perhaps i lived in texas too long, “that”, or im just a stiffass (”that”) doesnt like “that” much…like i hope most everybody else…hehehee…thats actualy a pretty wierd word too…but you could care less right….i saw a odd word while sitting in traffic today…a biospital….i thought a biology research place for hospital…but if you cut it down bio is two thing exsiting together sepratly and spital is a place of shelter or care…the word hostpital…still a spital but ho…is that short for hospus or homo sapian…dont know…wont pass that billboard till monday…thats if im not looking at the sunday driver in front of me…hehehe yeah ill go with that word…thanks..youve been a brain storm of a help…danke
Got it! and agree 100%
I’ve said “I couldn’t care less” countless times but can’t place a single one! Of course now that I’m aroung 1/2 century old I tend to care more than before and it may have been a while since I used that phrase,hence the related memory loss.
So,,ummm..your last bunch of vids have been done on the floor cause Yer working-out too?!?!? Killing 2 birds with 1 stone huh?!?!
tryant
Killing a whole bunch of videos in one outfit and recording session, I would say.
Variety being the spice of life, change being as good as a holiday (and any other clichés you might think of), I prefer to see our lovely teacher in different situations and costumes. It would help to keep her genre fresh and inspiring.
What ever happened to the green wall? (Hint)
I’d prefer that too I spose but am glad for what She does for Us all the same.
tryant
i’ve lived here in the U.S. for about 11 years now, i’m from Mexico but i love english but there’s a lot of words that people use that are not in the dictionary, one of the words that i’ve heard is SCAPEGOAT, I have used it but where did it camefrom.
buenas noches lilrobmx2023,
SCAPEGOAT is in several dictionaries like this one.
I think it is an excellent word request and I second the request.
A very timely topic… since we’ve just passed Yom Kippur.
Your timeline sounds right. As a high school student in the 60’s I constantly heard people say, always with a sarcastic tone, “I could care less.” It struck me as stupid back then and it still does. The person who uses this phrase does not seem to listen to their own words. However, the explanation below that it is ironic seems to jibe with the sarcasm. I do not think the speakers of this phrase thought it out though. HIgh school students often repeat one another much like parrots.
Hi jmcargal, I agree and like what you said. Very nicely phrased.
heard that alot back in the day did ya?….that puts you 25 yrs older than me…and depending on what part of the coutry you were at 40 years ago ….by the way, only out of intrest…what is your favorite word…well hell..i have a hard time picking…ok top three words you like…mine are binomialnomeclature, thats just an awsome word….use that when i have to tell someone where they stand when i dont have teh oppertunity to cuss them out, i like the word enttauscht…thats just a damn good word to say…theres one more….gotta dig it out of my brian fils section 119 row n…seat 4…damn no thats just my hockey ticket ….well damn…guess i left it behind in the car somewhere…man its a good won two damn….wel just lost the hockey game tonight so im a but off and ive been drinking since noon…my nine month old is asleep in the bath tub and my wife is sleeping with all 47 cats…sequesture….thats it…not spelt right but yes…thats such a fun word to say….just had to put myself in the shoes of people around here that may see that word on a letter or something…hehehe…..squid fro pro dr….squid fro pro
your an idiot dude just shut up…besides we just want them to submit suday driver not all the bs your just ranted….imbocile…i like that one too…its part of the binomialnomicalture its a phylum imocile,,,,i got better things to do…i could care less of why ive been here so long…or i could care lesser and just type in morse the cat code….meowmeow memeow ,,,,,owowow mememe owowow….hehehehe it workes,…the inventer of morse code and moris the cat meet in heaven and heres what they down loaded to my computer…morse the cat code…i should copyright that write gnough….
Hi. Where was your high school, if I may ask?
The fact that people were using it in a “sarcastic tone” as you say suggests that those who used the phrase were at least somewhat aware that they were using verbal irony.
Prescott, Arizona
I think the sarcastic tone was more of an affectation. But let me be clear — I myself was certainly no fountain of dazzling conversation.
By the way, Pseudonym, as you probably guessed yours was the comment I referred to.
actually i have a contrary argument on this one…i agree that if someone says they couldnt care less is like saying i dont care at all..true. however, if someone says they could care less it usualy acompanied by gestures that would say…i dont care i am showing you i dont care whould you like me to show you how much i dont care cause i could…ok i got a better example….say for instance i request a word…i request the term “sunday driver” my dad always shouted at speeding drivers and refered to them as “sunday drivers” or if a slow driver came across him he would shout “get out of the way damn sunday driver” or on any given day of the week he shout and call them a lousey sunday driver. now is this a word you would investigate or could you care less…if you couldnt care less you would have clicked next or delete before getting this far….if you could care less…well you got this far but the request is at the bottom of your pickings..too boring..or so…something you would have deleted had you not cared less..hehehee…see my point….last example cause theres another way that supports the fisrt idea but could be considered rambleing….by they way they way im typing i could care less how the words end up being spelt…ok about your boobs…i couldnt care less if your boobs are real or not….but if you sent me an email saying you wanted to enhance them….images of surgury and stuff like that would go through my head…eek…i could care less for that…
He says it here, Billy Armstrong,
“And I could really care less!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2rlX0rF2oE
This is the first time this has ever happened, but I think that Marina is wrong on this one, or at least her interpretation isn’t the only possible one explained by the facts, or at the very least that this isn’t the whole story.
I believe that the phrase “I could care less” is correct, and was originally intended to be ironic.
There’s plenty of precedent in New York Yiddish phrases. Some you may have heard include:
- “Tell me about it”, meaning “you could not possibly tell me any more about it”.
- “I should be so lucky”, meaning “I could never be that lucky”.
- “I should live so long”, meaning “I will never live long enough to see that”.
- “Go figure”, meaning “you will never figure that out”.
“I could care less” is probably not a Yiddish phrase, but the fact that it’s confined to the United States is very suggestive.
In summary, I don’t think that it’s incorrect to use the phrase “I could care less” so long as you use the correct inflection. It’s probably best to avoid it in writing, where the irony is hard to get across, but I would consider it defensible in informal speech if you say it the right way.
Hello Pseudonym, although I agree with the general theme of your comment, Marina did not make a value judgment of right or wrong of either phrase. She merely pointed out that the original proper phrase over time became misused in such a way that what one is communicating is the opposite of what is intended.
Underneath the video, she did state that the phrase “I could care less” is incorrect, but that is within the context of the lesson, meaning that most people use the phrase incorrectly, and therefore are incorrect.
Although I might agree with your last sentence, the problem is the “if” word as you stated. How many people know how to say it the properly? Notice my comment below in that I have never used either phrase as it is too much bother to get it right.
I like your irony, Klaus.
I could care less, but it would be too much effort.
Nice and educational. Just today, I had to tell somebody what they were saying was a brain drain and that I could not care about supermodels. More parents today seem to think that their children are models.
Marina dear,
X 20000000000_
howard st–shit-ern is low of the low. Marina you need a rabies shot now.
stern is the best reason for post birth abortion
I have always use couldn’t in that prase.
I can’t remember the last time I used it though.
hi smokey be careful in Canada good video
Thank you
It was a fun trip I’m glad you liked the vid
Whooo Hoooo!!! 10 Million stars for this video !!!!
You know how to get to me don’t you Marina.
I absolutely loved the correction of Stern to get his slashes correct.
AND, loved your superb explanation of “Could care less…”
Terrific lesson !!!
Believe it or not, but I have never used the expression I couldn’t care less or the wrong version as it’s construction is awkward and makes my brain hurt.
Another good video lesson might be one on mispronounced words such as “supposably”.
Some of those are hilarious and remind me of a book, that my father bought when I was a kid, called “How to speak Strine”.
It was a humorous transliteration of English spoken with an “Ostrayan” accent; I think it contained the “Laura Norder” example given in the page you referred to, along with another well known “Ostrayan” personality, “Emma Chizit” (How much is it?).
I remember it provided many belly laughs in my family all those years ago, and I wish I knew what became of it.
Spoken word poetry by and for people who can’t hear the spoken word: [DEAF POETRY JAM]
How about Karaoke for the Deaf?
http://dontstayvirgin.movielol.org/main3.php, ffuunnnnyy
Homework: I couldn’t care less about…
…the mainstream metrosexual media fufu’s
they’re all just drama queens…
Wow,
Did you just make fun of Marina? Because that wasn’t funny, at all.
WTF? Now, explain to me how you
got THAT out of my comment?????
A: Marina is not mainstream media
B: Marina is not fufu (fucked up and fucked up, again)
C: Marina is not metrosexual
D: Marina is not a drama queen.
I was referring to those seen on ABC-BS, CBS-BS,
NBC-BS, FOX-BS, etc.
so, please explain your reply because your
insinuation is not even funny and I would
like tio know what logic you employed to reach
such a faulty conclusion.
Well I read the start of your comment as “Homework I could not care less about.” And the rest was coloured thereafter. Forgive me sir.
Peace,
TOF
Aha, I see
(there’s a colon after Homework:)
The fonts didn’t help, hence your logic makes
sense. No harm, no foul – you’re a good man
for stepping up when you believed Marina was
being insulted! You are wise in the ways of the
Force young Padawan
I just love it when two masters of the force have a scuffle and end up as all is forgiven. Yeesssssss.
Hello I just created an account and my father was wondering where the phrase pipe dream originated. If you could look it up I would really appreciate it! Thank you.
- falafel1995
It might be from the opium den, that phrase, pipe dream.
I just looked it up, and you are right.
Pipe dream? …What are you smoking? HA HA HA HA HA I’m just joking with ya.
WORD REQUEST: APPLE FOR THE TEACHER
How is it that it was considered customary to bring the teacher an apple? A friend thinks it has to do with the alphabet like “A” is for apple and I think it has to do with Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit of knowledge. Maybe is it something else entirely, can you help?
Beautiful! I second that request!
I’ve heard one theory that the forbidden fruit of knowledge doesn’t neccessarily apply to apples. The Bible doesn’t actually say what kind of fruit it was, or at least I don’t think. Some may think the fruit may have been more like “figs”, since Adam and Eve covered themselves up with nearby fig leaves.
When my high school friends all stabbed me in the back, and spread lies(I mean this literally too, I wish I were making this up) through the -whole school- in my absence, I found out during my absence from an inside source, came back, caught them all standing outside of the bus loop, and I basically cut them from my life. That would be an instance of me being in a situation where I ‘couldn’t care less’. Eh, that was some 7 years ago, though
WORD REQUEST: Irk. It’s simple, short, and it -must- be short for something else, and it’s a word growing into being archaic in a way.
My Dear Teacher,
Thank you for shining a bright light on one of my “pet peeves.” I was actually alive in the 1970s and, although I was only a small child, was irritated by newcomers to my “hood” who said “could care less” to mean “couldn’t care less.” For unknown reasons, those who said “could care less” always had an “air” of superiority as compared to those who only said “couldn’t care less.”
Those same individuals also said things like “itching” to mean “scratching” and had “ruffs” instead of “roofs.”
Ok, I better stop before someone “axes” me why I “be” “chillin” online in my “crib” on Saturday night instead of “gettin down” with the “shorties” in a club.
Good night, my teacher,
Lucky
Word!
LOL!
i was alive in the ’70s, too…
i think…
How about “irregardless”
Irregardless is here.
Hey Can you do the word “Boomerang” or the phrase “By The way”
Oh!
If you do Boomerang can you explain why Australia is referred to as the Land Down Under?
because it is SOUTH of the quator would be my guess
And YES I know there are other places south of the equator
Oh right,
Their map has Australia on the top of it though, doesn’t it? I don’t know.
Why Down under?
Thanks Fianchetto,
I made that as my desktop background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew
I remember how much my mom hated that Eddie Murphy movie. I only saw half of Boomerang, while watching my mom’s anger build up. As soon as it got to the Grace Jones’s “pussy” dinner scene, my mom grabbed the remote and yelled out, “I’M TURNING THIS MOVIE OFF!!!”
I could care less..in fact, I don’t give a fk!
Unequivocal Marina is my word request, not in your list, however I just introduced it in my latest comment on YouTube “Could Care Less!”
I’m sorry Marina “I could care more” except unequivocally we could do more for you except that I am everyday myself busy becoming a star presenting long distance from London to LasVegas for the members of http://www.myzenzuu.org ! I’m always on the money bringing the positive quality of the content that I last year scripted for your Blog relating to new years resolutions!
I really would value the opportunity to introduce you as my guest on one of those calls, since I find it is increasingly becoming my place to provide more inspiring content and what could be more inspiring than to introduce the professor of philology to lead my members to the income that is waiting for them in Social Networks like yours and mine and I can think of no finer addition to our members than you Marina to help us build our 80% revenue share network
I’m also thankful that YouTube aren’t so short-sighted as MySpace who seem to be worried about the threat we pose to their market share since while we welcome their members and promote the use of MySpace they don’t welcome ours since when we mention myzenzuu.org they close our accounts for saying that myzenzuu.org is obscene language! LOL YouTube in my opinion Rocks as does Myzenzuu.com however you Marina Rock more than most Ma’am!
Keithanthony
I could not care less about Poker on TV,
Cricket scores, what Paris Hilton is doing, or
especially the long drawn out explanations I get everyday at work about what one co-workers children are doing.
Hi Marina…
great lesson…
You’re abs look great too! What’s your secret?
great metabolisme
I’ve used the term “I Couldn’t Care Less”.
But what I used it for I can’t remember because I couldn’t care less about it and don’t waste brain power remembering what I couldn’t care less about. To do so would be to care.
can you do the word “Anarchy”?
Arrr,
I second that.
Though that would mean a mobile vulgus would be coming with pitchforks and you would have to come to my forte.
From on the ship of the Dread Pirate Roberts,
TOF
“Good night Wesley, I’ll likely kill you in the morning”
LMAO – Princess Bride, good flick
That’s actually what was going through my head on my lunch hour bro. I kid you not.
ROUS’s? Rodents Of Unusual Size… I don’t believe they exist.
Pardon me, I do not mean to pry ….
but, you don’t by any chance happen to have six fingers on your
right hand?
ME? I am w a i t i n g for V i c i n i …..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3gfFVmw0kA
one semi-situp?…it appears you couldn’t care less for your workout routine…
i have always said, when i say it, “i couldn’t care less”…much like when i use a negative followed by the conjunction “nor,” i’ve gotten flak from those who couldn’t care less if their grammar matches what they’re saying…
i think the last time i used the phrase in the lesson, though, was in speaking to my daughter about her excuses for her misbehaviour – as in, “i couldn’t care less what your friends do”…
if you ever need a spotter, though, i’m pretty sure there are more than a few here who would care to volunteer…
just remember who mentioned it first…
Dear совершенная Marina, That was a useful service to tell us the correct term is “I couldn’t care less.” The verb, “to care” means to be concerned or interested, so this shows a lack of care or interest. For your homework, I’ve never used that statement. Here, I usually hear people say, “I don’t care.” Vulgar people will say, “I don’t give a ______.” (Usually an expletive is used.)
) I’ll keep exercising!
I hope you enjoy your workouts. You must exercise very often and very well to keep such a thin, slender waist! I too, must exercise more often. When winter comes, the cold weather keeps me indoors most of the time and I also tend to eat more in the winter. (Actually, I seem to eat more all the time, and in all seasons!
Your dear student, seesixcm6
by the way, anyone seen the game? ha! 2:1. yes.
and klitschko won, too. \o/
Dear teacher:
Homework: (stay away from this Koby this isn’t a doggie treat, sit, stay, nice boy)
As a logically trained being, I always say “I don’t care”, referring to a particular transition of a finite state machine defined by a state transition diagram, abbreviated as “STD” which is not a medical state of sordid affairs otherwise “I do care”.
Hi Marina!
I am a big fan of politics/government. I would love it if you did a political/government series for HotForWords. Today, in American, there has been allot of talking about the word Liberal as if it is a bad word. Is it a bad word? Where did Liberal come from?
=o)
I just saw that it was not on the list of words, but you did it on O’Reilly. Thanks.
I don’t say I couldn’t care less. I just say f**k you and get it over with. I keep it short and to the point.
shouldn’t you just go then and not say anything?
Probably a good idea. Don’t waste the time saying anything. Just flip them off and leave.
naw – if you do that they’ll just hit ya in the back when you turn away…
Yeah your right Annuder.
Just be polite and leave. A much better choice. 
You are the best, Marina! I know you work out a lot. What is the origin of “working out”
it doesn’t matter if you use slashes or backslashes in a url. backslashes will automatically be converted into slashes.
you use backslashes for local paths, though.
depending on if yer usin’ unix or windows.
oh, right. i’m sorry about that. i was talking about real computers. my bad.
well, mr real computers .. the pc that’s hosting this very website is prolly running unix.
and so are most servers.
ha!
i mean linux
rofl.
D
Linux is the correct answer
well.. linux is practically unix, innit.
unix test
It’s good to be the King…
was that one of M’s most fascinating vids? .. i don’t think so …
… i thought we had an agreement where, if the vid was boring M would wear a raincoat and a big floppy hat.
where was the raincoat and big floppy hat?
Jack is falling down on the job and didn’t get them out for her.
maybe she’s got trouble to get out of those tight hooters clothes, and from now on she has to do all her vids in that outfit. :O
i prefer M to wear the kind of clothes where you’re not sure if she’s wearing underwear.
course, by “you” i mean “me”
@ Mijj if she wears a thong you want be able to tale any way.