Joshing
I’m only joshing you… who is this Josh guy?
Author: HotForWords
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Dear HotForWords
,
Will you be my online Girlfriend?
Just Joshing You (Joshing You)
Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire
BTW That was a Double Joshing.
No you had a class of about20
Homework: Based on your extremely high intelligence, probably not.
I would also like to know the origins of the the word Fable.
Yours truly,
007(A.K.A M4ST3R777)
You would not be caught “joshing” your students. Unless your students were obstreperous and recalcitrant. as we know you students are nothing more than eager to learn.
If my memory serves me correctly than I believe you did teach English to high school students.
Thanks for today lesson …. Toodle-oo
Noraa
hell-o
more red!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S.
brknwrst9 for teachers pet!
hello^^
can u tell me what equinox means?
thanks =)
You are quite good looking. Do you know what the word “virtue” means?
Do you? Your style is one of bitter sarcasm…
A LOT like John Stokes Jr.
aka stokesjrj1
aka school_dean_hot.4.u
aka John
aka… neuroway, perhaps?
I hope that’s not a euphemism.
That’s why I added in the burger part.. I originally wrote “In & Out” together.. but realized that it didn’t sound right!!
Good thing it wasn’t a hot dog then.
Misscupcake, it’s none of my business, but I hope you aren’t letting one commercial goal define whether you are, or will become a success. Do you have friends who you care for; do you make other folks smile; do you have love in your life-these kinds of things define success. If you think I’m full of it, that’s cool; I aplolgize for the intrusion. You just seem so nice…
What a sweet surprise while waiting on the coffee and trying to wake up! Thanks so much, Darlin’! Always.
Thank you, pedantickarl.
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Hello all students,
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Marina thought about us and wished
she could give all of us hugs and a kisses.
Get a kiss from Marina here.
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Thank you for your kind thoughts teacher.
♥ Hugs and kisses ♥
thats sweet , thanks
Thanks Karl, what a nice way to wake up
Thanks PK, what a nice way to insulate against the Scottish snow and ice.
I feel like I am the only subscriber who is NOT obsessed with Marina.
Well, I don’t drink and I don’t smoke, so two out of three ain’t bad.
Take your time, just keep coming back. It may not happen in a week or so, but it will happen. Then, when you find a cure, let me know.
lol, while were on the subject i wonder if the loverly Marina would look up the Origin of the Word ‘Obsession’?
seen as the majority of us have one!!!
INNUENDO
No doubt about it, you’re a teacher.
What if Marina was joshing us about having been a teacher because she was a nun for the last twenty years cause she is really a Saint and and Angel. She is now on a mission to teach all of us the way. Who is joshing whom?
… shows an awful lot of cleavage for a nun… and her “good book” seems to be the OED instead of the KJV… not that I’m complaining
Ave Marina!… and the immaculate definition
Good one Dez.
It was no coincidence that she innocently asked that questions.
Trace Josh back to Joshua, then Jehoshua….then…. pulling leg… hmmm, it’s all connected. No joshing.
Re Marina’s religious mission:
As I said to one religious nut on YouTube who told her to cover up, Marina’s body is proof that there is a God!
I don’t believe you are joshing us. I believe you were a school teacher.
hmm, no, i don’t think you are joshing us about being a school teacher!
Also, i’d like to request “defenestrate” please.
Great videos, very informative!
Hey beautiful, I’d like to know where the word “PORN” comes from?
I’d like to know where the word “hillbilly” originates. Love watchin your videos.
Michigan
What does everybody think about the YT show?
There was too much whooping when there was nothing to whoop about and too much asking if everyone is having a good time. If they were any good, they would know if everyone was having a good time. Anyway, the music was not my cup of tea, although K. Perry’s voice was good. Did you see that everyone with a wireless hand mic also had a transmitter strapped to them and a wire up to the mouth area? Were the hand mics fake? Or were both real and they were just doing “belt and suspenders,” which is good. Too bad Marina’s micing wasn’t so good; the guy holding it didn’t do that good of a job.
YT show was pretty average.
Marina was beautiful as usual.
O.K., I’m over30. 40, really. Hell, I can’t even remember 30. Many of you would probably consider me a redneck. But my education is in the fine arts, and I,m pretty open – minded, and that may have been the biggest pile of bovine pasture pie I ever sat through. Of course the worst part was that our Dear Teach should have had a prominent role instead of the junevile, vapid morons who posed as hosts. YT has done a lot for her. Obviously. But by damn Marina’s done a lot for them, too! That’s how I feel about it. I just hope she had fun and possibly made some good contacts and good p.r. Love you, lady! Always,
Damn, I was so disgusted I littered my comment with typos.
Your Hot
If you told me that you were once a school teacher, you would not be joshing me. You’d be telling the truth.
A favorite word of mine is “Hoodwink” I am not sure why that is…I guess it is more of a pleasant way to say that someone was deceived. Marina, if you could tell us more about the word “Hoodwink”…? I believe it was a commonly used word among the gangsters in the United States during the 1920’s? Anything that you can tell us would be “The bee’s knees.”…another word ,from that time, that I would like to know more about. Either tell us about”Hoodwink” or the phrase “The bee’s knees.”
Hey guys! Got a good one for you!
Q: What do you call a sexy dude who tells bilingual puns?
A: A cunning linguist!
E.g.: Is the phrase “lewd people” redundant?
(Marina can explain it — it’s a Russian-English thing.)
You looked GREAT on Youtube Live.
I concur, Marina looked FANtaboulous!!!.
Hi Marina!!! I have a word request! I was wondering where the phrase “Pardon my French” comes from. I just wanted to let you know you’re a huge inspiration for me, as I’m really big on history and etymology (and am a big Latin/French dork
). 
it was made popular in Harper’s weekly in 1895, but a theory on the origin comes from the historical rift between the French and English in medievil times… English have always had disdain for the French as being vulgar (not really… more like risque I guess), and the term “pardon my french” became an reference to French… tendency toward innuendo, for lack of a better term.
Just thought I’d share in case Marina doesn’t post a video….. but sincerely I hope you do, Marina!
Marina, loved seeing you on YouTube Live and
the backstage interview with Maria of PopTub
Marina gave me the secret sign
No joshing.
http://twitpic.com/nfj4
As if
Hey Marina,
I wanted to know where the word “Hoe” comes from, and why is the word directed towards females?
In the time of agrarian America, the men plowed the fields and the women tended the household garden. The garden, being small (compared to the fields) was tilled using hand tools, like the hoe. Therefore it fell to the women to use hoes.
It’s true, I tell you
Yes, and as Don Imus would explain, they’re sometimes called “nappy hoes” because they change the nappies on the babies.
Heh… you’re getting “Hoe” confused with “Ho”… one is a farming implement and the other is an urban American colloquialism for “Whore”.
Worlds biggest
lol… big dirty crack ho
Oh, well… nevermind.
Homework: No joshing… and weren’t you also a nanny?
Smokey-Beer! I love that pronunciation
Good request Smokey36bear
I’m not joshing you, Merry Christmas—You Tube Live is having many people do their thing
Hey Marina,
I’ve been Wondering what dose the word ~Lecture~ Mean.
Hope to see my Word!
<3
I guess I’ll watch the rebroadcast!
holy shit , william sledd touched her boobs
I don’t know how much more of this crap I can sit through – Marina should have been a hostess.
ha , where is marina ? is she in the front seats ?
1 Minute Until YouTube Live!
You Tube Live has started the pre show if you all are interested.
5 Minutes Until YouTube Live!
schoolteacher ? which level ?
15 minutes until live !!!
30 Minutes Until YouTube Live!
CampKohler, I do love you fertile imagination!
Things get fertile when you keep shoveling in the fertilizer.
59 Minutes Until YouTube Live!
We’re ready! We’re ready! I wonder if you will be able to click on something and save it to disk?
S36B and Josh work in a jail or prison kitchen.
Hey Marina,
This is my first word Request so bare with me! lol, anyway i know you’ve already gave the origins of the AK-47 assault Rifle… so i was wondering if you can tell me the Origins of the Desert Eagle Hand Gun.
Please and Thank you, Miss HotForWords!!!
Watch the clip (no pun intended) here. It’s also available in Russian.
Yeah Cheers but the link is’nt working, and which clip you talkin about the AK-47 one or are you sayin that Desert Eagle has already been done?
if so i looked an looked bout 10 times, before Posting too darn it!!! lol
As bsomebody says, Canned Rats! The link is for the AK-47. I don’t think other firearms without the worldwide cultural impact of the AK-47 are going to wind up as lessons. Besides, it was “down home” for her.
lol, yeah your probably right! But theres no harm in trying is there?
Hey Marinaforpresident-aka-rik. Marina hasn’t done one for the Desert eagle yet. So you may be in luck and get her to look it up for you.
thought so i looked an looked, lol
well I Certainly hope am teachers pet this time, and the loverly HotForWords will look it up??? 
Look at the list for tonight. Marina isn’t even listed. I guess they are just using her again as a mascot or a behind the scenes person.
I just hope she has a good time and makes the best of it. I don’t think I am going to watch now. 
http://www.youtube.com/live
Marina Rules! She don’t need no stinking listing. She’s Coolasious!
And she will do a sexy siren dance and blow you a kiss (by name) and you will miss it! Serves you right, unfaithful cur.
I’ll watch it, I am just disappointed in You Tube. Yea I know I am a cur.
Man, after seeing who/what is gonna be on this show, and, like Capman, wondering what presence these bozos are gonna let Dear Teach have, I’m wondering whether or not to watch. Do you think Marina will be able to put any stuff with her in it here, or if YT might forbid that?
It may be forbidden. I can just see it now. She mangages to get on camera and she is saying, “The word video comes from the ancient Greek…” And just then this big hook comes in frame and tries to pull her of the stage. But it misses her neck and catches her top and bra straps, yanking them both off at once. It’s an actual wardrobe malfunction!!!!
The audience screams in ecstasy! Viewers in the millions hit their Tivo record buttons simultaneously and those without remotes immediately to hand scramble frantically to find them, throwing sofa cushions aside wildly. The phone network is locked up solid as buddies call other buddies and ask, “Did you see that?” The inevitable reply is “Did you get it on tape?” Later, all across the nation, guys gather to watch football and, when halftime comes, “the incident,” as Marina’s appearance becomes to be known, is played back over and over again. Beer sales are up, the depression fades and the nation is saved.
CK I just love your imagination.
Have you got the hook ready? I have the VCR ready to go and a camera pointed at my computer. 
Well, {CK coughs} my, uh, “hook” seems not to “be all it can be” today. It’s all so very embarrassing. Maybe I’d better dig back into my Hotmail junk-mail folder and move that Viagra spam back into the inbox.
“Comfort and Joy.” That guy just touched Marina’s boobs. Even I would know better not to do that.
What is the origin of the phrase “eye to eye”? As in “seeing eye to eye with someone”.
Almost sounds like a biblical reference: “Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.”
No way man “eye for an eye” is nothing like what I’m asking. Eye for an eye is from the Code of Hammurabi and pretty much legalized revenge way back in the day. Kind of like getting your hands cut off for thievery, let the punishment fit the crime. “Eye to eye” would be coming to an understanding on something and definitely NOT from the code of Hammurabi which you mixed up with the Bible,
im confuse for this mean, but thanks Marina and look great
Dear Marina:
According to an article in the November 22 Tallahassee Democrat, Florida State University women’s basketball coach Sue Semrau says, ” If you look at the root-word for ‘ enthusiasm ‘ it means ‘ God breathed. ‘ ”
Could HotForWords investigate ? Thanks, Lance.
P.S. Great job, Marina. Keep up the great word detective work !
Homework:
According to her bio , Marina is the real McCoy.
Born 1980, that would make Marina a Gen X or is it a Gen Y girl?
Who started that generation stuff and why “X”?
I suspect Marketing people, trying to put people into little boxes.
The Russians were putting people in little boxes for centuries – well, putting them in slightly bigger little dolls, actually.
It probably started with the labelling of kids born just after WWII as babyboomers. I think it was done just to satisfy the need to refer to generation groups having a common culture.
I am a pre-boomer with a Y’s techiness — a “boomery.”
I would have to believe you when you tell us that you taught at one time. You are very good at it.
Hey Smokey congratz on you video request and I am not Joshing you.
Congratulations on your video request Smokey. Don’t be grumpy happy happy joy joy good video
Paradigm. Can you tell me the origins of this word along with it’s meaning?
Thank you Marina.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
From the depths of the Great Depression, the word (a phrase actually) appeared in the song title, Mister, Can You Spare a Pair of Dimes?
It’s true, I tell you.
I know the song too! It’s a little sad but appropriate for the last gasps of this sad Bush era.
There, there, now. {CK pats harrier on the back.} We are a far cry from the Depression. Technilogical development now occurs on a steeply-rising curve; we are no longer a nation of farmers waiting around for the next improvement to the butter churn. And we aren’t scrabbling around in the dirt for something to eat. We are greedy, self-centered, want-it-now types and that will be what gets our economy off its knees and running again. Just you wait and see.
Here I am right now eating spoonfuls of Ocean Spray whole berry cranberry sauce right out of the can and munching on Royal Choice sesame & honey cookies, washed down by a glass of ice cold milk, all for less than a buck total. I have never waded in a bog or worked in a bakery (but I did milk a cow once for fun), so how great is that? Yes, you just wait and see.
Oh, wait, I take it all back! Yang just got the boot from Yahoo! Nothing could be more depressing. There is no light at the end of the tunnel. Woe is us. All is lost. Harrier, save a bullet for me.
Canned Rats! to TOF.
For my homework. Yes, I believe that M was a teacher. I do consider Miss Orlova as a reliable source. I do not have any other evidence to support this claim, but all of her other work has been accurate, responsible, and authoritative.
Wha…? Yes, Ma’am, I do realize I am late for class, but I, uhhh…
Yea look at ya, all late and every thing. The once TP now letting her down.
I was late too, but not as late as you. 
M never petted me (yet!) I think she is afeered I might bite. Hmm… {somebody’s mind begins to wander as a smile creeps across his face, yes creeps.} Oh, wha…? I’m Awake!
I Would not be here if you were not our Teacher , we could not learn from anyone else ,Therefore I believe you were and still are Number 1 teacher for all your students.XX
Thanksgiving Word Requests
Turkey
Cranberry
Dressing
YUMMY!!!
Pecan pie ala mode. or is out of the mode.
Hungary for Turkey- yes, hold the Greece.
After Marinas “Vanilla” show a few students were talking about how Turkey gets used in many different ways.
I’m always in the mode er mood to eat Pecan Pie!
Brussels Sprouts.
Why Brussels?
Yes, Turkey!
Eat Turkey when your Hungary with a little Greece.
And to Finnish, Polish it off with a cup of coffee with a drop o Scotch to Sweden it. Denmark it on your calendar with a Czech to invite me next year so that I can Tagalog.
Creamed onions! I pour them all over my turkey and dressing as a savory substitute for that so-so brown gravey. Out of our whole family, only my niece and I like them, but we get them every year — now that’s love!
Pumpkin pie is the best
Isn’t Joshua a book in the Old Testament? I don’t know, I stopped reading the Bible almost a decade ago.
Joshua was a very common name in the Hebrew culture. Jesus’ name is a Romantic translation from the Hebrew origin, Yeshua. If you have seen The Passion , you will hear Mary calling her son, “Yeshua.”
Yes, and the story begun there is in continued in First and Second Testicles. (It was a long story.)
I’ve been joshing around this website so much that I would most likely be put wearing a DUNCE cap than to become Teacher’s Pet.
I looked at the list and I didn’t find it. Can you investigate the phrase “Pardon my french”. It’s used after someone says explicit language and such..
Thanks,
UrbanTwitch
WLIU, French has no more frequent uses of expletives than any other language, so I would say some author made it up and it just caught on.
That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.
Are you being “Frank” with us?
re: “cocomment litter”- I won’t mention it again, shh
late again
Dear Marina,
Thanks for your wonderful explanations. How about explaining where “The cat’s pajamas” came from?
Thanks
TXTWOLATE
And the bee’s knees, too. Perhaps, Marina, you could have “lump lessons,” where you explain the origins of several words and phrases that all mean the same thing, e.g. joshing and pulling one’s leg. (Times are getting tough, so we need to get more from our money.)
Homework
No I don’t think you’re “Joshing”. I believe you!
By the way Marina you give a new meaning to the words HOT PINK
Homework, no you wouldn’t be joshing us. At least I hope so.
I would love to get one.
OK I’ve asked this several times and never got an answer. Is Marina still giving out Ringtones???
Yeah, start out with the theme music and end the ring with that cute little thank you for subscribing. How many times would you get asked, “Hey! Isn’t that HFW?” You could answer, “She’s my great aunt.”
The “Josh” in “your joshing me” refers to a man named Josh Tatum, who in 1883 gold plated a bunch of nickels and spent them as $5 gold pieces. The 1883 nickel, now know as the V nickel or Liberty nickel, did not contain the word “cent” on the coin just a large V on the back representing the roman numeral for 5. Josh Tatum would spend the gold plated nickels for small items and get $4+ in change in silver coins of the time. He made quite a bit of money doing this before he was caught. The US mint changed the design of the coin for the second time in 1883 by adding the word “cents” beneath the large V to keep this from happening again.
Josh Tatum was found innocent and released because he was a deaf mute and had never told anyone that the coins were worth more than a nickel. Just thought you’d like to know.
Keep up the good work.
wenoknives, take a look at my response in the comment below yours.
i looked up the origin of the term “Joshing” and there was an article saying that “The Josh in “your joshing me” originated from a man named Josh Tatum, who in 1883 gold plated nickels and spent them as $5 gold pieces. This was the “liberty” or “V” nickel which did not have the word “cents” on the coin, just a large “V” on back. The word “cent” was added to the coin the same year and Josh Tatum was found innocent in court because he was a deaf mute and had never told anyone the coins were $5 pieces”. Could they be related?
I’m not trying to prove you wrong or anything. I’m just interested
londondude119, that is a common misconception about the origin of the term. If you look at the dates of what you are talking about, they are AFTER the word was already in use and long after Josh Billings popularized it. So they may have used the phrase when they prosecuted this guy, which would make sense. A similar thing happened to the word hooker AND a horse named Upset (which I haven’t done yet
Marina; sorry to come in with an unrelated question but I’m dying to know. Are you still giving out those ringtones? When I first joined your site I saw a page about you giving out personalized ringtones to your members and subscribers. are you still doing that?
By the way I have heard that story about the horse Upset who beat Man O War. I kinda thought it was too convenient to be true.
Hey Marina!!! We were wondering where you were! Nice to see you commenting. I was getting sad
Okay then, Thanks!!
At least change the wording a little bit if your going to copy someone else’s answer.
Hey HotforWords
, I have a request. Where did the word “prestidigitation” first come from?
where is alx lately?
Oh he’s around. He is sorting out some issues that require more of his time.
Gee James you got almost a thousand hits already on your latest YT video, way to go farm boy
Farm boy? And don’t you mean 2000?
James.. for your middles thumbnail image, you should just replace the picture not the audio as well… so that it is not so drastic.
I have done that before but sometimes I forget. I dont like having a great big blank in there either. Also when I convert them back to mp4 (and get the high quality button if i am lucky) messing with the audio makes a horrible click sound for some reason. It happened at the start of my interview of the queen video. I cant seem to get round it. I am just having fun at the moment because I downloaded the add ons for movie maker (YAY). I am happy with the blue screen/ green screen but I have just realized I dont have a room in the house that is a solid blue or green! Closest is my bedroom wall which is blue-ish
Thanks. Its nice to know you watch. 
ENJOY YOUTUBE LIVE!!
oh! ‘Farm boy 2K’
thought you lived on a farm
Until January 20 we are in a pickle of an INTERREGNUM. My guess is that this means “between the reigns,” but it would be so much better to have HFW investigate. Come to think of it, where does that indispensable HFW word INVESTIGATE come from?
PHRASE REQUEST: trip the light fantastic
I’m betting you may have been one.
Not everyone is interested in word etymology. The most famous comment made by “Josh Billings” is that “the evil in the world is not caused by ignorance, but by what folks know that isn’t so.” In that case I don’t think he was joshing. I tend to agree with him. If someone is ignorant about words they can come here and learn!
Hello, hotforwords. I was wandering if you could tell me what the word “GEMATRIA” means. I have heard it many times and have also looked it up. I just cant figure anything out about it.
Dear совершенная Marina, You posted this video nearly at Midnight, from your hotel?! Good luck in your YouTube Live! presentation today! I hope you become even more famous! Maybe you will soon be a movie star!
No, you are not joshing when you say you are a teacher. Your bio says you taught English in Russia, which probably caused your students to speak English with the same accent you have. You also taught Russian literature. This probably included such authors as Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekov, Pasternak and others. (For me it wasn’t an enjoyable class, but I got ab “A”, anyway.) I think it would be fun to discuss Russian literature with you over a nice, long dinner, someday.
I mustn’t forget to compliment you on that nice, tight, form-fitting red dress with lots of cleavage, bare shoulders and showing your beautiful left knee. I’m glad I didn’t see that before going to bed, because I need my sleep!
Your dear student, seesixcm6
Is anyone else having problems with Twitter being s-l-o-w today. I can type and it will show up two seconds later. Every thing is fine on here as far as typing in words.
Never mind. It was my old computer again. I switched to my laptop and twitter works fine.
Twitter has many issues with there servers. There equipment is broken or too small for the demand and Im guessing they just don’t have a capital to fix it. I have like a dozen screen shots of their website being down either for maintenance or server crashing. I see the server crash message more often though.
Marina,
There has been some controversy as to where the idea of a Flat Earth originated. Folk lore tells us that it was ages ago, but if you look out on the horizon you can tell the Earth is round. I have also heard that it was made up some time in the 1800’s, hundreds of years after Columbus sailed to the new world. By the way, I don’t know if you know this, but you’re hot.
dccolby
Everyone knows the world is not flat.
The Borg are coming! The Borg are coming!
That’s interesting. I never really looked into that before. I wish I had more time to investigate this flat earth origin. I could use it for my class.
No, Marina doesn’t know yet that she is beautiful. We keep trying to tell here but Im not sure if she really has figured it out yet. What’s more amazing is the beauty of her personality, spirit, thoughtfulness, and love that normally some people miss. This is a beauty that is deep inside her. She brings it out for everyone with with the right kind of sight.
I think that it started in the early 1800’s in Washington Irving’s book, “The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus; to which are added those of his Companions”
Hi Marina, i want to ask you : what is the origin of the country name Lithuania. Thanks a lot Marina.
P.S you are very beautiful
“Old men shave in the morning
Young men shave at night”
{ guys like Bob & Che just don’t bother to shave }
what about whenever you can be arsed?
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/11/21/joshing/#comment-84892
Marina live with What the Buck
Marina really had to squeeze her words in sideways, didn’t she.
She deserves better treatment than that.
A “microphone stand”
And did you see his look of open-mouthed incredulity when Marina spoke?
“I only invited this girl to be decoration and she’s daring to speak in my video!”
She should have taken that mic and hit over the head then took over the spot.
I also subscribe to his channel. He talks to fast, leaving very little room to take a moment to pause.
Have you watched Phil Defranco now he can talk fast.
Well I think you were NOT Joshing when you said you used to be a school teacher. My guess is you are rather creative and hoped possibly to make a bit more income and not be in boxed in so stuffy or formal at atmosphere. You rebel. Just guessing. Let me know if i am near the mark or not.
Oh, GULLABLE, is a word i would like to request you do because you used it in this Joshing video and it has a derivation that is just as fun i think.
What do you say dear teacher?
Hello Marina, I was watching the news today and they were talking about lake effect snow coming of of lake Erie. Which made me wonder, where does the word eerie (as in spooky or frightening) come from?
(Sorry, my last post had a whole bunch of mistakes in it, I reposted this with the mistakes fixed)
Are you learning english
I can always correct you if needed
What?!? The Edit button has slipped away again? That little rapscallion rascal! Pass me the button glue, please.
Hello Marina, I was watching the news to day and the were talking about lake effect snow coming of of lake Erie. Which made me wonder, where does the word eerie (as in spooky or frightening) come from?
The recent word coined by Will Ferrel, scrumtrilescent, reminds me of another word which is scrumpdillyumptious. What is the origin of this word. Thanks, phipper
Mornin’, everybody! Marina’s resident computer dumbass here.(Henceforth M.R.C.D.A. Hey, maybe I should make that my “handle”, and choose an appropriate gravatar, etc.). Anyway, is going to the YTlive address the only thing we have to do to watch tonight’s shennanigans? It isn’t like some kind of pay per view deal, is it?
No mention of that on YT’s blurb.
Late for class again.
No I don’t think you are Joshing us as you used to be a school teacher in Russa. 
Hello Capman911,
Did you bring an apple?
At least your pencil with something to write on.
How’s the new laptop?
Oh, I just realised that the irritating cocomment litter that was at the bottom of the “reply” box is gone- Yea!
Wow! You’re right! I guess one doesn’t notice when one doesn’t have a sharp pebble in one’s shoe! T H A N K S, Marina. That’s a big relief.
{ CK whispers.} Now let’s hope it isn’t due to some glitch, and, by mentioning it, Marina realizes it and gets it fixed. Shhh… )
I asked Marina if she could put an x on it so we could make it go away when we wanted to. A lot of members were complaining about it getting in their way so she just got rid of it altogether. Yea Warren the laptop is doing just fine. thanks.
Hello HotForWords. I’m not sure if this is 100% appropriate to talk about but I want to know the origin of the phrase, “Morning Wood”. Where did that come from? I bet a lot of people (mainly men) would be very interested in hearing about this. BTW, I’m a huge fan of yours!!!! Keep up the great work!
hmm i dont think so,
Hey James, I know it isn’t appropriate either, but a scientific explanation would be while you sleep urine fills your bladder. This in turn puts pressure on the prostate gland which in turn stimulates the male organ. This causes morning wood. Once you relieve yourself it deflates.
Hmm, that could be taken 2 ways.
I thought it was somehing to do with the rapid eye movement and eletrical impurses from the barin.
Hmm, that could be taken 2 ways.
I thought it was somehing to do with the rapid eye movement and eletrical impulses from the barin.
James, Capman is confusing a ‘Peeon’ with a ‘Hardon’ it has been so long for him since he woke up with a real ‘hardon’ he has forgotten.
HA. Just look at this penis related banter
“Old men wake up with ‘peeons’
Young men wake up with ‘hardons’”
The prostate is a very sensitive gland. It has a lot to do with reproduction. It secretes a fluid to lubricate the way for the sperm to leave the body.
A man is as young as the woman he feels.
Penis related banter, that’s a hard one to beat James. Good come back.
Well I try to cum up with the best stuff I can. Sometimes it is hard to beat
Capman you betcha the prostate is sensitive and some girls know how to work it
That is sick Che. Girls…….? or boys?
What r u talkn’ about James,
What is sick?
Girls don’t have that gland. Just males.
hmmm…beats me…
oops…
Morning Wood, the circus is in town, the tent is pitched, cum under the Big Top
Morning Wood
Well, now that the groundwork has been “laid,” so-to-speak, we need a morning wood story.
Over in Italy (and I imagine this occurred at other USAF Security Service sites as well), a prank would be pulled on newbies at the end of the mid shift at about 7AM. They would be given a clipboard, a sheet of paper and a pencil. The paper had a list of the position (operating desk) numbers down the left side and it was labelled EMHO Report. The newbie was instructed to go down the line and ask for each guy’s EMHO report, to which they would answer positive or negative.
After he brought back the report to the shift sergeant, he would be told that EMHO stood for Early Morning Hard On. And then they would watch him wrestle with the idea that he had just asked everyone in his flight if they had an erection. AH HA HA HA HA HA! Your tax dollars at work.
Well, this happened one night, and wanting to toss a joke back at the sergeant, my answer to the newbie was “347.3 medium.” Now, before you go off um, half-cocked, you have to know that we had direction-finding capabilites available to each position to DF the intercept target. This would be requested over the intercom and the DF guy would tune his receiver until he could hear your target (also coming over the intercome along with your voice), turn his scope cursor until it overlayed the target’s visual and press a button that sent the bearing degrees number to a digital readout just above your receivers along with the confidence (how good the bearing was), Low, Medium or High. You would then type that on your copy and NSA was happy. So everyone in the place intamately new the number format. The newbie asked me for my EMHO, and I replied “347.3 medium,” whereupon he said it had to be negative or positive. I told him to just put it down that way and he couldn’t really argue with me as he had no idea what it really was. I saw the “report” later, all positives and negatives except for one. I wish I had a copy of that, but that was before the Xerox was ubiquitous.
Hi Marina
how are you ? ok well whot bout the word Word where did the word Word come from ?? hmm now im confusing my self 
ok would love for you to tell me abount “Word”
byeeeeeeeeeee
Very nice video Marina, and no, I’m not Joshing you. Honest.
By the way Hotforwords, I would like t request that you investigate the word “Sheer” if time permits. Sheer means 2 very different things, one as in “Sheer Will of Determination” or in terms of a material’s property, usually clothing, e.g. sheer fabric.
I will be very grateful if you could grant my wish.
That’s a good one!
Naaa,Yer not joshin.
I like the way You say “mid”,sounds like “Mead”,wich is a substance I wish to create. It is also called “the drink of the Gods”,and,is My current word request.
Marina josh’s us a lot, y’know
… vampiress into nanotechnology…
… evil sister website… etc.
however, she was a schoolteacher (wasn’t she?)
That prepared her very well for this job…
… circus ringmaster? LOL!
Congratulations to Smokey36Bear for his video request
and Thoughtsonfire for being the Teacher’s Pet today
[No, I'm not joshing you guys!] “Good job!”
ChaCha you need to talk to Jack or Marina about you getting a colored border and a different inset like ours.
I have done that already but couldnt make it stay. I am working on it though. This is my behind the scenes work ok!
Hi Marina!
Great video! No joshing. Sure you were a teacher….and a graduate of the N.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Brava on your change in attire from morning gym togs to evening cocktail wear. Very nice.
So I just went to Egypt. Wow! The pyramids and ancient culture are AMAZING! I was wondering why we don’t have more words which derive from Egyptian times. Or maybe we do?? That would be a great lesson. BTW, what’s the origin of the word SPHINX?
Mille grazia, Q
p.s. I’m glad to see Kobe, uhmm, Gorby back….woof woof to him.
Interesting.
ASPHINXtersayswhat?
I want to know exactly what you typed that gave those square symbols. It usually means the typed item has no displayable equivalence in HTML.
Marina, I think you may find this interesting.
There is a map called “Atlas of True Names”, “An etymologist’s view of the world” created by Cartographer Stephan Hormes and his wife. Their site is Kalimedia.com
I found the article about them on the
Spiegel site (in English) here.
When driving around Mexico my source of entertainment was to translate the names of towns into English, this made it much more easier to remember these towns. At times one could see the physical attributes associated with these names.
I thought Speigal was a catalog? Well it was when I was younger. Mum used to order from it. It was like Montgomery Wards.
That’s what was throwing me off. Marina in a catalog. Maybe she is posing for lingerie now. Must buy me an issue.
Oh, KALIMEDIA!
I was thinking Chlamydia.
I heard that you were a preacher for a couple of years… preaching the “word”… then your following disbanded and succumbed to the sinful natures. (Just Joshing You!… ha-hah!)
Hummm a preacher with those outfits. Must attend her church more often. I guess there’s not much difference in a teacher or a preacher, one starts with t and the other with pr. (Just joshing you…. This is going to be a long josing day
Our Lady of the Kitchen Floor.
I liked that “Joshing” Could you tell me The True meaning of “PMB” I have herd it comes from Check? but is used in the USA for many meanings Whats the Correct Meaning of “PMB”? And I’m can’t wait for your live event, I know it’ll be great, Happy Holidays Marina From THORPMB!!!xxxooo!
hey.. how’s it going? i would love 2 know how did the word “peculiar” came in to the dictionary and why such a beautiful word is so rarely used
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I just posted this as a response As in the place you go to to eat after someones funeral its the first time i have tried something like it before
Today’s quote
66 years to write a review?
That was some gap. 
HAHAHA clever!
Have you seen this, James?
Topically clever. 
That acting was worthy of the best war movies.
hmm i could do a video like that.. btw your name is in my latest vid
I’ll email you the address to send the royalty cheque.
Good video, Marina.
Now can you please explain the meaning and origin of the verb “to diss”, as in “I’m fed up with this guy dissing me”?
Come to think of it, what about “fed up”, too?
diss = disrespect
Simple as that? How dissappointing!
BTW, if I’m not mistaken, the acting in that clip came from the film “Battle of Britain”.
could you tell me, where the word cocktail comes from?
HW: your bio says you taught HS English here for a couple of years, so, no, you are not joshing.
since you seem to like eponyms, and since my name is Tom, perhaps you could investigate tomcatting…i’m sure it comes from the rowdy behaviour of a male cat, but why the flip is a male cat a tomcat in the first place?…
British soldiers are called “Tommies”
Then there’s the thing about girls who
like to roughhouse being called “Tomboys”
And if you’re lost, call Tom-Tom…
There’s a lot here to investigate
Good request!
& tomfoolary
Maybe she’ll do it tomorrow.
How about Tommyguns?
C’mon, Cap. You know it came from Thompson, an entirely different root.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwPkLooA54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpl9LW9QhVM
Kobeita Marina:
While we are talking about names in sayings. Where does the term “Being Frank”, as in speaking honestly, come from and when did it ‘get in circulation’ among humans?
Shukran and Keep well.
Are You Alien ?
Afwan
and it is a good question… so, shokran, tommaralem1987
Marina,
You’re the best Russian import since Stolichnaya. A quick question for you about the podcasts- Where did they go? I’ve noticed that there haven’t been any updates in over a month. I loved downloading them onto my ipod touch and taking your lessons with me. Are you done with podcasting?
Podcasts cost Marina on the average of $18,634.93 each. She simply can’t afford this extravagance any longer. It’s so, so sad, really, but times are tough.
– Top Ten Signs Marina Is In This Depression With Us –
10. She buys only one shoe at a time. The other foot is wrapped in duct tape until she can save up.
9. A spagetti dinner consists of one noodle, hold the sauce.
8. Her car has only three tires (but it’s OK; she was going to turn right anyway).
7. On hot nights, she doesn’t turn the pillow over to the cool side.
6. All of her black outfits are just drawn on with Magic Marker.
5. She can only afford bras with one cup.
4. Instead of visiting a spa, she puts a straw into her bathwater and blows hard.
3. A homemade stewardess outfit has saved her thousands in air fares AND, on tomorrow’s menu: peanuts!
2. She has to charge one dollar to anyone made Teacher’s Pet. (”Thanks Thoughtonfire, now I can buy that other shoe!”)
And the number one sign Marina is with us:
1. Gorby is growing nervous when she eyes him near dinnertime.
Well done!
Hey CK do you mind if I ask where you got your info on the Podcasts? The TA’s could use this info to explain to folks why M doesn’t down load to ITunes any more.
Thanks,
Mike
Well, since Marina has replied, below, the subject is mute. But to answer your question, I just made up some numbers (0 and 37269.86), and to make it more accurate, took the average by dividing by 2.
I don’t think Marina is done with podcasting. She is looking for a new company so she can continue with the podcasts. She has not given me a time frame yet on this. We’ll keep you posted.
I just uploaded a new one today.
You are awesome! I mean, you are phreaking awesome! Thanks
Marina I just checked I Tunes and couldn’t find your site. What’s it listed under? It used to be Educational.
You are our teacher
NO JOSHING 
hey marina i was wondering if you could do a video on the origin of the word gear as in the game gears of war or the actual meaning ” a mechanism which works with cogs to make something rotate”
Yes, Marina was a school teacher at one time. I would like to think that her former students appreciated her.
How do you know for sure? Do you have any references that are not ultimately based upon her published/broadcast statements?
Signed,
Troublemaker
Yes,
but to answer further would send this off into a tangent on what exactly truth is, and that just takes up too much time.
So it’s “No.”
I was thinking the same thing. Anyone can say anything about themselfs or others but if there is no proof of fact then its just words.
YES!!! OMG YESSS!!! I was totally FaceOnFire
YES!!!!
So I am the teachers pet all Saturday right, because it’s Saturday here
This ranks as my best weekend ever by far. YES!! I’m not Joshing you. I am Daviding you.
Homework: You taught High School students English for 2 years.
Simmer down! I’ve got the tranq gun out and I’m not afraid to use it!
congratulations
Thanks,
I am stoked!
I don’t know if Campkohler’s tranquilliser gun is necessary. Maybe just a fire extinguisher, to put your thoughts out, will do, provided whoever is stoking you will leave off.
Congratulations and enjoy your moment in the limelight.
(Hmm … would limelight be a good word to request?
Best weekend ever? Cool!
Marina did a two-parter on this topic.
Congratulations!
just faceonefire?…i would think other parts might be feelin’ a little hotter’n usual…
congratulations…
Congratulations a day late, AffectedPartsOnFire!
Good for you TOF
Congratz, Thoughtonfire. Here is your memento for the occasion.
http://i35.tinypic.com/zbi9h.jpg
Thank you,
That’s awesome!!
She played with her hair after she said your name, Marina was sending you a message dude.
Surely you Josh…
Congrats!
Homework: Joshing about your high school teaching job? Are you kidding? I don’t think you would have stated false information, for it would damage your reputation you so hard worked for. But there again like you teach us in so many of your lessons is not to trust a statement unless we can find some verifiable reference to your statement. This which makes me think about what other people claim to state as fact. If they can’t show people their research/sources then one has to place the statement as unverifiable and leave it at that. Hummm interesting thoughts.
Congratulations thoughtonfire!
Thanks
Thanks Everyone,
I like less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I don’t like less than half of you half as well as you deserve… ehhh.. wrong speech… ehh …. here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NC2inFIlLA
If you havn’t seen The Lord of the Rings enough, this is on the lines of the book Bored of the Rings.
Thoughtonfire- Congratulations.
Thanks
Congrats TOF… Bored of the Rings? Haven’t read that in years… so are you like the Ballhog? or do you have a furry instep?
I’m a hobbit considering my apatite
I think I’ll go order half the value menu at Wendy’s now…
Great job
Thanks smokey36bear,
Awesome word request, I’m going to josh people around at work all the time now. Ahaha..haha..hahaahaha…*evil laughter continues into tomorrow*
ThoughtOnFire
Hello!
its linksoer from youtube..
I just wanted to know, what do I have to do to recive the cards? cuz I havent recived any
Watch the video. All will be revealed.
Once we sign up and can comment here we should be receiving Marina’s cards, right? Nothing else necessary?
Well, at the upper right it says, “You have already
signed up for my cards.” I’ve done nothing special, so your assumption should be correct.
EXCEPT (where is that Edit button when you need it?), depending on how finicky your E-mail service’s spam filter is, you might need to put HFW on your safe senders list to prevent the cards from being tagged as spam and going into your junk folder*. To do this, you would need to know the address from which the cards are sent, which is a little difficult if you have never received one. Can anyone find an old one and tell us the exact address?
(Webmaster, you need to publish the alert- and card-sender’s address(es) next to the user E-mail entry field, so that users can grease the skids, by adding them to their safe-senders lists. A small font size would be fine.)
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*Until you get that done, if you don’t receive a card, you should check your Junk/Spam folder once a week or so until the holidays pass.
The pulldown menu, under Homework.
(The second item will tell you how to be
sure you are signed up for the cards)
originalstrick – yes, if you have
signed up, you are registered
to receive cards
Thanks, Melikadothechacha. I really want to get a card. Isn’t it amusing how we all crave any affirmation from our Fantasy Girl?
Yes, OS, we are all craven, uh, I mean craving.
Marina, you going to have to drop the other shoe! After mentioning “pulling your leg” a couple of times, you need to do a lesson on that one, too. I think it will be just as obscure as josh is.
Nice “little black dress” red dress.
Oh and sorry for the double txt, my computer is a little slow
Hi Marina , i was wondering if you could help me find out what the word Queer means and where did it come from.
thx so much
Yours truley, Tenwarior
Hi Marina i have a question. I was wonder what does Queer mean and where did it come from
Yours truely
Tenwarior
First!
Boy, that was luck! I signed onto YT and saw the new vid was up 18 minutes earlier and there were already a dozen posts. Looking at HFW, the old vid was still up. I had a chance! I don’t know why it was taking so long to update the site after it was done at YT, but I thought it would just be a matter of minutes, so I just kept refreshing until the new vid surfaced. The rest is history…
It Takes about 15 minutes to update to Marina’s site. I don’t know why. Bob times it and the best he came up with is 15 minutes. Congratz on being first CK
I’ll bet the update process is done with a script. That’s how I would do it, because it’s going to be done over and over in the exact same way every day or so until Marina retires, isn’t it? Now HFW can’t be updated until the vid is up at YT, because YT is the vid’s host, not HFW. And there is probably some kind of a delay involved at YT, simply because they are a big outfit, and big outfits usually have all kinds of legacy stuff cadged together (in other words, it’s never simple). So, the script waits a certain time to make sure YT has got all their ducks in a row and and then updates HFW and then everything is uh, ducky. And by using a script, Marina can do it herself with one click as soon as her “Final Cut” is in the appropriate folder and if she has an Internet connection up.
That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.
Oh, and the script could also do the other miscellaneous updatey stuff, like adding the new lesson to the lesson lists, indexes and so forth.
Congrats! You are #1, today!
[Don't forget your homework! - LOL]