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Promiscuous.. what is the origin?
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Promiscuous…I like the original definition of the word!! I think it’s great to be exposed to new things and to try out different experiences. It’s fun to meet new people and make new jokes.
As for the current definintion, I’m not so keen on it. It’s great to date, maybe to date a couple girls at a time if it’s nothing serious. But I don’t just fall into bed with any girl and once we have sex with a girl, then I want to see where things go with her. I like sex a LOT, but I want a
relationship with a side order of great sex,
not great sex from the “daily special” menu
After all exposing yourself to new things is good, but there’s something special about continuous relationships and something decidedly UNattractive about exposure to gonorrhea, herpes, and HPV (HPV can cause cancer in women AS WELL AS crazy warts
)
No doubt – it is not good, especially when one is not a party in that!
HOMEWORK.
I don’t think that being promiscuous is good. Being a “slut” has never been good. You never know what diseases you can get from being a hooker.
bit of a dangerous and impersonal thing. pretentious love. more of a bad habit than respect. All glands no brains.
I believe in the marriage and love; to love someone you may loves you first, take care of you; if Promiscuity is part of your habitts it will be rare you may have a mature reltionship with anybody.
Hi Marina,
Re: promiscuous
It’s the indiscriminate characteristic of promiscuity that makes it unappealling; now if it meant simply frequent change of sex partners, but allowed for discrimination, I’d approve.
Your student,
PhiloPhan
I never have to worry about Mrs Potato Head she’s of pure Russet stock from a fine Maine family.
In networking when you want to trace all network traffic on a segment, you have to put the network interface you are using into ‘promiscuous mode’. It always makes me think that the network port is the slutty one
I think it is context based. If it is during a marriage, it is bad. If a marriage is not involved, then i don’t care.
Hello Marina,
Now that the elction is order and the new administration is about to take office, we’re looking at some new appointments to the Supreme Court of the US. What is the origin of the word “Oyez” repeated 3 times when the SCOTUS is called to order.
Thanks. You rock!!!
Okay, being serious here. It’s the word we hear everywhere and used for just about every situation. Where does the word “F.u.c.k” come from? I’m dead serious on this one. I just heard that it had something to do with the King’s daughter or something
Congratulations, you are caller 165 and you just won the booby prize.
Check out this link for all of the requests and answers
Seriously, if you have time, go through those links and you’ll see that this has been an on going request for a long time. You’ll see lots of comments with links to YT vids that are entertaining.
If you go back far enough, you’ll come across Marina’s comment where she says that she wants to do a video on it and is figuring out a way to do it since YT vids have been getting flagged and YT sponsors are reluctant to advertise with certain video content.
Marina, if you still want to do the video, maybe you can post it on another video site like LiveVideo.com or many other sites.
HOMEWORK: I think being promiscuous is a lucky, as well as a disappointing thing (…just so long as you use protection). I’m tired of having to stick to porn for my sexual needs.
Let’s get promiscuous:
Giggity giggity giggity goo!!!
shucks mam, i got a new YT friend, HFW accepted my invite
that makes 14 dudes, 2 gals & one alien (Yoda)
… and, if you’d have any vids up, we might even subscribe to you.
Dear Marina,
Thank you for your interesting video. Doesn’t “pro” in the word have a separate root meaning (I know it’s not short for prostitute
)?
Promiscuity is not a good thing. It damages the ability to love another fully.
Louie
Since the word “slut” was broached
… Origin please?
Probably some dyslexic being in lust
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{Just anagramically kidding.
take “slut” flip it half over “tuls” now feminize the word by adding an a at end “Tulsa” There you go the origin of slut in America must be Tulsa, OK.
This also happens to be the name of a movie and the city where I bumped a light pole on a truck stop parking lot, for free.
Today I needed to release my lease, then renew my lease on my computer’s ip address. It got me to thinking about “release”. Shouldn’t release mean to-lease-again? not to give up the lease?
Hi Marina, I am from Mexico and I really like your videos. I know everybody tells you You’re beautyfull and stuff… I agree, I just wanted to add myself to that list of fans who love you
The word I want you to investigate is “wee wee time” as far as I’m concerned It’s often used when parents are training their children to go to the bathroom by their own…
what i don’t know is where the expression comes from…
thank you my trusty hotforwords.
ok … after sneering at Bob for his sycophancy, in typical hypocritical manner, i’ve prepared a sycophantic gift for Marina!
http://www.mijj.me.uk/Mclock/Mclock.html
i’ve no way of knowing if M will see this link .. so .. i’m going to twitter her with the link later.
so .. any comments will be appreciated cos maybe i can tweak something first.
this prob seems somewhat counter to the mood of my criticisms of M, but really, it’s the flip side of the coin.
note: can someone check this with firefox?
a box cheese is on the way
…surprise no one has linked this up yet Twitter Whore – Lisa Nova
lol .. yeh .. sums it up, dunnit.
I just hope Marina doesn’t become one:!:
Great job mijj!!! My finger got tired. Can you do a toggle?
thanks pk! ..
..
i didn’t even think of doing a toggle .. good idea.
+ at one point i had a bananaman dancing in a circle round M .. but i thought that was too much cheesiness for one animated clock.
i shall collect ideas and do a polished version 2 – if M acknowledges this effort. .. i’m not sure she will.
By the way, the sound is fine and no, it wasn’t amateurish. I like it. Great stuff. I also do Flash work, but don’t have the time at the moment.
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Bob replied on November 17th, 2008 6:16 am:
She probably has something else (or Someone else) taking up her time.
Not so long ago you were complaining about no Greenwall in the videos, and that was because she was too busy to start learning how to use it.
For a one woman operation she is remarkably productive and industrious. Give her some slack to have a life outside of entertaining us.
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excuse me, Bob – did you just do the “you’re an unfeeling bastard to our precious, overworked Marina” routine?
first of all .. that greenscreen stuff .. i wondered why she did it if she wasn’t going to use it – i acknowledged that M couldn’t put the time and effort in to do the stuff. .. i also (belatedly) realise that she did those so *we* could have a shot.
plus .. yes .. she’s busy .. and no, i disagree, she’s not a saint who must be given more leeway than normal human beings.
Taking a couple of mins / day to make sure her presence is felt is *not* a huge task that would bring M’s life to its knees. .. you make it seem like an hours long chore of huge dedication and finely tuned expertise to post a couple of comments.
Just a random couple of pointless comments is all that’s needed .. just thumbprints on the page – to show presence.
M doesn’t feel inclined to make herself clear to us .. originally, i thought this was because M has a cold, callous character and regards people in this site as little more than occupants of a goldfish bowl .. but maybe .. M finds being amongst us difficult.
so, we have to take her for what she is. Implying that whatever she does is ok because she’s an overworked saint wont cut it. — if she fucks up, she should be called on it, not have excuses made for her.
She’s a flawed human being!
for me, M as a flawed human being makes her more loveable than M as an overworked saint.
Wow! I really crammed a lot of hidden meaning in the nine spaces between the ten lines of my post, didn’t I?
Honestly, I don’t know how anyone can read so much between the lines that wasn’t intended.
1. I didn’t say Marina is a saint.
2. I didn’t say she should be given more leeway than anyone else.
3. How can she be overworked when she’s self employed?
4. I didn’t make any excuses for her because I don’t think she has “fucked up” with anything.
However, I’m sure she must feel awkward being “among” a crowd of drooling sycophants, 90%+ of whom are entertaining impure thoughts about her and fantasizing that they have some kind of special relationship with her. The pressure to satisfy those illusions must be immense and, if she blesses one or two with a comment, there are going to be scores who will start to complain that they never receive any recognition.
Also, as James said below, some of the comments on here recently have been quite inane and must be taking some enjoyment away from her success.
All I am suggesting is that a bit more understanding and appreciation be shown to someone who is not a superhuman saint, plus, of course, it was a good opportunity to paint you as an “unfeeling bastard” and elbow my way up the pecking order at your expense.
Peace, as they say.
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However, I’m sure she must feel awkward being “among” a crowd of drooling sycophants, 90%+ of whom are entertaining impure thoughts about her and fantasizing that they have some kind of special relationship with her. The pressure to satisfy those illusions must be immense and, if she blesses one or two with a comment, there are going to be scores who will start to complain that they never receive any recognition.
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Bob, you’re still making excuses.
comments dont need to be in reply, M could initiate a comment.
e.g. ..
… “busy today .. no time to check what’s going on”
… “i’m not sure i like the way the comments in this thread are heading”
etc.
i.e. .. keep us informed if she’s too busy. Keep us informed about the mood of the site. Takes no effort at all.
if she doesn’t feel inclined to do that, then it’s no suprise that the place wanders occasionally wanders into strange territory.
- that’s my main criticism of M.
ps.
i’m not sure why you think elbowing me out of the way is your way up the pecking order. .. i’m pretty sure i’m way down there amongs the pond scum.
But isn’t that what she’s doing with twitter?
You just seem to be quibbling about where she’s putting her comments.
really? .. has she said she’s not had time to look through the site comments?
.. putting comments in the site gives a sense of actually being here and having looked at the comments.
.. the twitter things are comments by M at home sent into the aether.
ps. you’d do a better job of defending her if you didn’t insist on the jibes. If you examine your comments they’re basically a string of blind thoughtless defenses of any behaviour M cares to take. … and that implies there’s no substance to your defence. if you showed some awareness then there’d be some substance.
This is for you, Marina to thank you for everything you do for your fans.
ha! … sycophant!
(.. sneers at Bob’s sycophancy while preparing own display – i’m such a hypocrite! ..)
Marina hasn’t been replying much lately
not at all for the last couple of days .. a couple of spot things the day before that .. and nothing for a couple of days before that.
i’m guessing that, now M posts things on twitter, she feels she doesn’t need to make her presence felt in the site.
But .. that means we can’t be sure she looks through the stuff here, too.
I don’t think that is quite true. Maybe all our recent comments have been shit
the pattern’s hard to ignore .. how often in the past has M had runs of not appearing at all in the site? .. and suddenly, recently, no sight at all for days at a time.
definitely a change in habit.
big mistake too, in my opinion.
She probably has something else (or Someone else) taking up her time.
Not so long ago you were complaining about no Greenwall in the videos, and that was because she was too busy to start learning how to use it.
For a one woman operation she is remarkably productive and industrious. Give her some slack to have a life outside of entertaining us.
What is this all about?
The girl relaxes, goes to Hawaii for a much
needed vacation, puts out a calendar, is
wrirting a book (Hullo!) AND is expected
to be here all the time?
The trip to Hawaii should be your first clue!
Marina needs some space – don’t be so
smothering… she’ll be back
Speaking of MIA,’s anybody seen aLx and
Buzzword, lately? Could be they are bored
when it gets too “high school”…
Raise the bar, before somebody trips over it
Raise it high and hang the malcontents from it.
Limbo time
Hey! You see the new TA post yet?
You might be disappointed that you no longer qualify to become teachers pet. 
Truly sorry about that but I think you’ll live. 
Word Request
Curry-One my favorite spices!
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mijj replied on November 16th, 2008 1:20 pm:
express yourself with your hands, M .. not with your mouth!! .. people wont understand you if you don’t express yourself with your hands!!
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oops! ..
.. i did it again … M did express herself with her hands.
Express herself with her hands? Like she should
Just joking
flip you off?
Good morning, everybody. Hope we all have a great day! Love you, Teach!
Marina Twittered about 10 hours ago;
“why is it so hot out?”
Marina, this is so funny. At 8 PM last night, I was standing out in front of a large brick building, and I said exactly the same thing. I could feel the heat radiating from that building, which I thought was somewhat unusual since I hadn’t felt anything like that except in the hottest of summers.
The high winds weather condition that we have been having are called the Santa Ana winds and everyone seems to be saying that dry windy days are now a year round event instead of the normal fall to winter conditions, meaning more fires and hot days ahead. Ten day forecast is in the mid 80s.
Would you not say that the promiscuous weather and geography is having a slutty affect on our culture? We forget that So. Calif. is a desert and it is reclaiming what rightfully belongs to it.
Check out this wiki.
Scroll down till you hit the heading Etymology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds
Consider this a word request by your trusty student.
And, then again, maybe not.
The first time this wind condition was explained to me it was called Santana winds,/i> then later on I started to hear Santa Ana.
Now I know the proper name is Santana winds
Maybe we should listen to this Santana – Song of the Wind that would help us remember.
Teacher-
Another stunning lesson…
There’s an old quote, I can’t recall who said it first… “A slut is someone who sleeps with anyone; except me”…
And where is Kobe?? Either you’ve gotten him to behave (doubtful), or he’s getting ready for his own webcast…
no i think it is wrong to be promiscuous
For those, like Che Volay who wanted to know who the woman is at 0:59 in the video above, it is Nelly Furtado singing the song Marina was singing. I liked Marina’s rendition of those few short notes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCViA8zrXmQ
Here is a nother version
wiklipedia says this woman got married july 19th 2007
Furtado confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that she married Castellón on July 19, 2008 (meant 2008) *source wikipedia
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.” – Saint Augustine 354-430
It’s been interesting reading peoples’ responses below, because no-one has yet defined what they mean by promiscuity, and it seems, judging from some of the posts, that people have different ideas about what constitutes promiscuity.
Some seem to imply that having more than one partner in their life would be promiscuous, whilst others take varying degrees of more tolerant views.
For me, promiscuity means having multiple sexual relations without commitment to some or any of the partners; relations without relationships.
I, for instance, have had many partners when I was a bachelor, but rarely more than one at a time. Even when I had two girlfriends at the same time, I was committed (faithful) to them both, they knew and accepted each other and sometimes lived with me as a threesome.
Does that constitute promiscuity? I don’t think so.
Someone commented below that Islam allows a man to have 4 wives; would that be considered promiscuous? I don’t think so – as long as he was not casually having relations with other partners outside of his allotted quota.
Now, since I have been married, I am monogamous, not because I believe that monogamy has any inherent virtue, but because my wife believes that if I “messed around” it would be an indication that I didn’t love her, and since I am committed to her, I’m not going to do anything to hurt her.
So – is promiscuity a bad thing?
If it has an adverse effect on other people, be they one’s own family or friends, or those of whom one is taking advantage for one’s own gratification, I think it is definitely not good. If it also has an effect on one’s own character, causing one to be selfish and unprincipled, it is also bad.
So what does that leave us with?
well said, Bob…words such as “promiscuity” imply negative connotations, but it is the person one must deliberate…their actions may betray their hearts, but at times it is a momentary lapse…judge the whole, not the part…
Well, that leaves us with the old axiom,
“Don’t piss into the wind”, I surmise.
Now, doesn’t that feel better now?
I’m not sure that “pissing in the wind” or even “crapping on your own doorstep” have anything to do with morality. They are simply actions which are likely to bring short term disadvantages in their wake. They are akin to “do unto others as you would they would do unto you”; good advice but more to do with fear of retribution than with augmenting one’s karma.
I would like to know more about “noob” =), how it can be difined?
Actually I have a word to request “hulk”, not in reference to the comic book character but to the weight and bulk of an object.
Keep coming with those word origins Marina, I find them most entertaining and informative.
Excellent lesson Marina. When someone is promiscuous, it is actually a good thing (no controversy here) as long as the sexual connotation is dropped. I am myself promiscuous in the sense that I am friendly to anyone who treats me with respect. I do not discriminate someone based on their race, gender, wealth, culture, religion, etc.
Promiscuity? If we lived in a world where STDs do not exist and birth control was absolutely safe and effective, then yes. Use of a condom helps a lot, and should be quite safe as long as it doesn’t break, has no pores and all contact with bodily fluids of high bacterial and viral content (blood, semen, vaginal secretions, etc.) was avoided. If the idea of monogamy wasn’t forced onto almost every culture on the planet (i.e. people still lack the he/she’s mine and mine alone, possessive, scorched earth mentality), then believe it or not, all social negatives will simply cease to exist.
So what does all the above mean for me? Well, I believe it is one’s own personal choice and I respect that, and for me there is no right or wrong on this as long as one is responsible for one’s actions.
As you might have figured out from your trip to Hawaii, Marina, Hawaiian traditional culture was very sexually vigorous. Sex was celebrated, fertility was highly cherished.
Most western cultures are “officially” monogamous, though what happens behind the scenes can be a very different story. Some religions are polygamous. For instance, Islam allows a man to have 4 wives, and this had a lot to do with the history of the time, when many men were lost in wars and the male to female ratio was horrific. Just practicality.
Basically, there is no coverall conclusion in regards to promiscuity.
WORD REQUEST: “maybe” did it originate from the two words “may” and “be” or has it always been its own. What is the history behind this word?
How about “dumb as a door post” ? Betcha can’t figure that one out.