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Shopping.. so much fun, but where did the word come from?
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No matter what the origin of the word, shopping is still hell. I think I can relate more to the prison origin.
I like shopping, and will be doing just a bit more later tonight. Because during a phone conversation earlier today I said,
“She is coming too?”
I am always the last to know these things.
@Capman911 (with my apologies
)
[Yodaspeak Pillow Talk]
The tickle me Elmo dolls are becoming so complex that the next generation of Elmo will be able to stand upright and walk around on it’s own. Mothers may decide to skip having babies and just go with an Elmo for that nurturing companionship that a newborn is able to help provide for a momma. In a few years tickle me Elmo will be able to do all the shopping, make the grocery list, call and make your appointments, basic household chores, etc.
Beautiful, Dear Teach. (So was the lesson.) It’s great to see Gorby “feeling his oats”, too.
Personally, I loathe shopping, except for shopping for my loved ones during times like Christmas or birthdays or other special occasions.
It’s ironic, since I’m probably the biggest “computer virgin” who regularly visits HFW, but I’m not experiencing any of the problems viewing lessons or posting comments that many of the family are. Don’t have a clue why that is(naturally), but I just thought it might be helpful somehow for you to know. I’m on a new HP laptop that has all the “bells and whistles”, but nothing exotic.
Thanks for all you do for us.
Always.
Always.
I’m in the same boat, origialistrick…unless someones’ tickels my HP…WordREQUEST…, OATS
Nice boobs, WHERE IS THE WORD PRON FROM? OR ADULT FILMS!!!
Hello my sweet friend when will you come to TURKEY!
All with my loves and hugs,
onlycasperman
SAMSUN-TURKEY
I want to show some love for a family of cuddly, yet under-appreciated words, namely the “ub” words. Bub, cub, chub, club, dub, drub, flub, gub*, glub**, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, sub, scrub, slub, snub, stub, and tub.
*Gub isn’t really a word, but it’s used in a bank robbery scene in the Woody Allen movie, Bananas.
**Glub isn’t really a word, either. It’s the sound of a cartoon character drowning.
Nastik means Atheist i guess. Please someone confirm the right meaning not NASDAQ
Marina I tried twice to answer or reply to this post, only to be put further up in the link.kwim? no
B.B.
my reply is up ahead
BUT i dont know what I did wrong 
B.B.
5 finger discount is STEALING
Marina Orlova how could you??? LMAOROTF
your honest (mostly) student B.B.
hi Where does the word ” Paradise ” come from
Hi, Marina where does word Rambunctious come from?
Hey folks! I finally finished decorating my You Tube channel. Come by and see my Christmas decorations. If you want, you can just listen to my Christmas music.
Merry Christmas to all! God bless us, everyone!
where does the word porn come from ????
word nastik means
Jaya, Do you mean, The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) in reference to an American stock exchange.
Oh! you want the word as it applies to Botany.
Dictionary.com defination: –adjective Botany.
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
I do my best SHOPPING
when I just walk around a store looking at things. I find great bargins that way.
I get the 5 finger discount when I shop! I AM JUST KIDDING!!!! I just thought that expression sounded funny
Hey, Marina just did her own word request;
“5 finger discount”
kewl
Does a thumb qualify as a “finger”?
No! You use four fingers from one hand grab,and one finger from the other to hold the bag open!
You do know that in Alabama, a ‘credit card’ is what the rest of the world refers to as ‘2m of garden hose and a gas can’.
We used to say “Cobbing”
I want to know the orogen of the agitative Hot as in the way some girls describe boys.
Check [THIS] out as it applies to both genders!
and [THIS ONE] is really directed at how we guys describe gals.
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Word request: Rube Goldberg as in rube goldberg machine.
Thanks
word request please: blog
I have my own blog on wordpress so that is why I am requesting it. Thanks
Hi Marina I saw you on youtube, and I like the way you work.
I request the word : spook, (I have a blog of spooky arts).
I also want to know how to change the image in my profile, is cute but you now, I want to choose it .
You do what you love using technology, you are great.
Just go to http://en.gravatar.com/site/signup/ , create an account and you will be able to upload your own picture from your computer or use any picture from the internet, to use as an icon.
Instructions are also on Marina’s “Help” page here.
Word request: naughty.
Thanks
I shop a lot on the net, but usually only go straight for what I want in a mall. I don’t usually like shopping otherwise. There you have it!
I will go back and change all the embed to just high quality not HD.. as I had no idea that HD was so hard to watch!
Will do so now!
Marina
Ty Marina
I loved the large size of the HD vids, BUT watching was hard seeing that the voice & video were not in synch. 
any way I can.
It really doesnt matter much since I LOVE WATCHING YOU
Your infatuated ( *** WORD REQUEST***) student B.B.
Marina, do tell us about your date with “Mr. Right”
OOPS! I forgot…
Blockquote format seems to have disappeared.
Where did you find that Evan?
I presume you’re referring to the quote “Are you single?”…
I copied the quote from your FAQs page, then bracketed it with the
format from the “Allowed” line, which still is not putting the quote in a box.
I believe it was this comment below.
D’oh!
Notice, I didn’t point it out.
I can relate. Been there, done that.
hello everyone. today let me sing a little bit here.
“shopping for labels, shopping for love, D&G is all i m thinking of. shopping for labels, shopping for love, a D&G cloth has never broken my heart before…”
So are there italian people here on this site, by the way?
Hi Marina,
I’ve noticed a lot of grim faces this holiday season, lots of people saying they wish Christmas was already over so I would like to request the word “Humbug”. Perhaps it will remind people why they should be making merry this season and hopefully change the heart of a few Scrooges out there.
Thanks!
Christmas markups are a drag on the economy
All the good sales are AFTER Xmas
WORD REQUEST Flirt, like shopping
Hello Marina! I’d like to know about the word “Pálinka”. It’s a Hungarian word for a Hungarian drink, that’s all I know. When I was in Hungary, I drank a bottle of Pálinka. This drink was very toothsome.
Pálinka, Pálinka, Pálinka moya!
Shopping is one of my absolute least favorite things. I like buying stuff, but I always have a plan, get in and get out. It is funny, though; I can spend all day at a museum or some exhibits. I have a blast, and time just flies on by. When we go shopping, Mrs. Somebody leaves me behind. At a museum, she drags along. We just do not synch on this.
Thats a very weird, lonely and chubby child there at the end of the video…
Be nice!
Heh, I was just christmas shopping.
Hello Marina…big fan btw….not only are you BEAUTIFUL
but you have a deep pasion for knowlage which is really cool. But i looked on the list and these two you do not have. Politics is one. Religion is another. Very important words in our world today. Think you could give it a try?
Hi Marina, I would like to know the origin of the word “zeitgeist”
Being a big Smashing Pumpkin fan, I was excited to hear they reformed. They named their latest album Zeitgeist. After this, I heard and seen in TV, and other places.
It has been in the single digits Farenheit where I live for several days. Today my mom said that it was really beautiful because the trees are covered with HOARFROST.
What are the origins of hoarfrost?
whore frost….like whoa the horses…waatever
Sorry, but I don’t enjoy shopping.
I don’t know if tonight the vid, embedded on the website is HD or HQ but it runs fine & looks very good to me (on my home computer). Loads faster than the Youtube HD & looks the same . HD on my work computer is very choppy & out of sinque… must be time for new hardware, it’s a tax deductable expense.
Oh I’m jealous of the young guy’s hair
Marina,
Since we’re in the holiday season, could you please explain the word “Festivus.” Festivus is the non-denominational holiday celebrated on December 23rd. Was it really invented by Seinfeld? Thank you!
Yes, Festivus was a creation of Seinfeld. I don’t know how familiar you are with the show, but it the story behind Festivus goes thusly: when he was young, one of the main characters, George Costanza’s father–Frank Costanza–was shopping for a gift for his son. He found what he was looking for at the same time someone else did, and they got into a fight over who would get to buy the toy. While he was fighting the guy, Frank got the idea to invent an entirely new holiday. And so, Festivus was born. It’s celebrated with a large metal pole being set up in lieu of a Christmas tree, everyone in the family getting together and talking about how everyone else disappointed them in the previous year, and a wrestling match dubbed the “Feats of Strength.”
Origin of word request:
Ms. Marina, could you please explain the origin of the word “Caucasian” and how it became a term used to indicate “race” of peoples from Europe.
(I’m aware of the Caucus Mts. and the usage of “Caucasian” regarding the people of that region)
Thanks,
SierraWolf
Доброй утро Марина,
Yes, does “Caucasian” come from “Кавказ” or do both words derive from some other source?
Troll, snert, etc. – Good question!
How did these words (and others) come to
be tags for “individuals” sporting negative and
nasty traits and attitudes on websites?
YouTube certainly has it’s share of whackos…
(Can you, like, hang garlic up, or something,
to ward them off?) Good request
There’s some gift card scam going around so be careful. Scammers will photo the bar code #’s off of gift cards then place the gift cards back on the rack then when someone who actually goes shopping for gift cards and picks up a gift card and purchases it, they may not know a scammer could be checking online for that gift card # to start scam spending their money by punching in #’s from photos taken on a camera phone
what is the orgin of the word zig zag
I don’t know about each and every one of you but I finished x-mas shopping earlier today. If I get any gift cards from either best buy, walmart or target for x-mas I’m going shopping maybe a few days after x-mas.
Hey best of the season to you labbatt78, and congrats’ last nite on the Hawks victory. Wow… they score, it seems, at will. Fine, speedy, young team you have in Chicago, & you get an outdoor game coming up too.
In keeping with the theme of Marina’s vid. the Canucks have been shopping for Sundin for awhile & finally got him. Personally, I don’t think it’s money well spent, but I hope i’m wrong.
Lotsa snow here now, so that’s my excuse for being behind on my shopping
It’s worth a shot to get Sundin. I’m looking forward to the Winter Classic. It’s FUCKING cold in the Windy city!
I’m only working 2 days this week, SWEET! 
Hello Marina,
I was wondering what the origin of the word Вервица was. I cannot see a relationship between it and the Greek. I love your research!
я тебя люблю!
Доброй утро Марина,
We’re looking forward to your Russian etymology videos! 
Yes, please do…the relationship escapes even me!
Homework: At the chance of humiliating myself. I like to shop.
Yeah… it’s the truth. 
It’s a bad thing. Also it’s very hollow. I’m getting better though. 
CaptainJack,
Now I’m addicted to the banter on this site. 
And I’m not getting any better. 
We all have our vices. I had a heavy crush on Marina for awhile.
You and about 40,000 others have and a crush on M at one time or another. In time it will pass. Love to bantering Marina too.
Hi Marina
I am searching for the word Kutun, which I understand in Turkish or Persian means cotton.
This is my family name and my Grandfather immigrated to USA from Odessa Russia.
I can find no surname in Russia of Kutun, only Turkey.
What is up?
William
***Kibitz comment on “Cotton”***
The Spanish for “cotton” is “algodón,” which is borrowed from the Moorish Arabic “al-godón.”
Mr. Kutun, if my memory serves right, there were Turks who lived in the region around Odessa, and later the Russians exiled them. This might relate somehow to your family history.
Marina,
I thought the little (annoying) balloon that says “HD” was an OPTION, so that if one wants HD, one can click, and go the the HD content. It seems your content is currently ALL HD, which is NOT what I wish for. It slows my system down unreasonably, and I’m afraid I’ll stop coming here if it keeps being this annoying and resource intensive. Please be the kind teacher that I know you are and offer an option to standard OR HD, not JUST HD?
hmm , i had this problem too . Maybe you could take ur computer apart and clean up the dust inside . I just cleaned mine yesterday . It seems like the dust clogging the CPU slowed my computer
Well, I can make the videos play in only high quality, not High Def on this website if it’s really a problem. I was excited that I could embed in High Def on the website as well, so I did so.
But if it prevents a bunch of you from watching the videos.. then I can go back to the lower quality.
Marina this guy wants you really bad seogeneva see his post down below.
I can only watch on YT. It slows my system down too. I think it has to do with the age of my computer (7 years hint hint
) or the connection speed.
Could a YouTube subscriber use their personal settings?
Example of YT user account playback settings.
Video Playback Quality
Choose the default setting for viewing videos○Choose my video quality dynamically based on the current connection speed.
○I have a slow connection. Never play higher-quality video.
⨀I have a fast connection. Always play higher-quality video when it’s available.
Also I can no longer play HD videos.
The last HD lesson I watch was “Ponzi Scheme in HD” Now when I watch the same video it only play in some other format. I don’t have a clue what YT is up to now. They like to change things and not communicate this to the users.
That would be appreciated, by me, for sure. My system is not a gaming rig, so high video settings stutter when loaded. Even worse, the HD filesize is so large, I have to preload the video to even start watching it, I cannot truly stream it. And I KNOW I have the fastest connection without paying for the Turbo package. (Well over 6MBps) And with your regularly-issued content (don’t get me wrong, I love it) the kind of bandwidth I’d be using for all HD, even if I could play it cleanly, would certainly prompt my cable provider to limit my usage, as they’ve been contemplating already.(And for Mr. Snark, there, dust will not cause, nor cleaning said dust up solve, the kinds of problems described here. Please try and be real.)
Hello jindai,
I hope the following may assist you in having a better video experience.
My system is a plain vanilla Windows (1 GB RAM, 2.8 GHz) and I am not a gamer and do not have a gamer rig. My system is almost two years old and it is extremely fast and have zero video issues.
Here is why.
1. I spent $45 on an AGP 256 MB video card. (critical)
2. I only have 1 GB total RAM in my system.
3. I run NO Anti-Virus of any kind and have ZERO infections, because I do not use Outlook nor MSIE.
I do use two firewalls (hardware and software)
4. My DSL is 3 Mb/s and I could get 6 Mb/s if I wanted to, but don’t need it.
5. I do video editing, uploads, downloads etc with zero problems.
6. My task manager shows less than 30 programs running. I know many people that have 60 or more programs running that will slow a system down to a crawl.
I hope that helps you.
Message me on YT or Twitter if you need any assistance.
Same user name.
There is no freaking way I’d EVER run any system without A/V software. You have to be crazy in this world to do so. Seeing as how I find you crazy for just that, it’s impossible to respect any other advice you’d ever offer.
That said, if you want to run a system with only a few programs running, that’s your prerogative. My system is optimized to the way *I* like to run it, and I’m not changing it around to suit ONE podcast from all the ones I do watch and/or listen to. Podcasts are a diversion, NOT what I do for work, or even for serious play.
I do enjoy HotforWords, but I’m not stripping my system of protection, or any of my running programs, or buying new hardware just for that. And for you to advise that shows not only that you are crazy, but that your priorities are WAY out of whack.
Thanks for your input, however. It have me a nice laugh, if nothing else.
Hello jindai,
Actually, all of my professional tech friends run their personal systems w/o AV software. You can Google it also and see how many tech professionals do that. We have other ways of detecting invasions, but merely following certain rules is actually sufficient, which I have demonstrated for the non-tech people that I support locally.
If you are not comfortable w/o AV, that is fine, and my intent was to demonstrate capability in terms of what is possible with a medium to low end system, all things being equal.
… other ways … certain rules …? Do tell.
Is there a thread in the forum that I’ve missed?
If not, could you start one, please?
Hello jindai,
While banter and razzing are customary on the HFW site, flaming is not.
I’m sorry Evan Owen, if you felt there were flames coming from my keyboard toward anyone. If you read it again, you’ll notice that I said it gave me a laugh, at least. I don’t know about you, but I LIKE laughing, and from that, you should understand that nothing I said was intended as a straight-to-the-heart insult. I do find anyone that walks the streets of the Tenderloin without so much as an alarm whistle crazy, and that feeling applies to anyone that uses the web without A/V. I don’t think they need to be medicated or committed, per se, but I do think they need, at the very least, further education. But I find calling someone stupid more insulting than calling them crazy, so I chose the latter. If you disagree, then you can call them uneducated or any other term you find more acceptable, but I’ll stick with my light humor and terms I use now, thanks. And yes, this is all intended, just like before, as banter.
Jindai, I too don’t run any AV software on my computer either. Once a year I will do a quick scan but most allways turns up negative. I know a little bit about how viruses are written, I wrote my first one in high school, so I’m not any kind of noob on this subject. Now guess what kind of OS I’m running that eliminates all my fears of getting a virus?
So you say “You have to be crazy in this world to do so. Seeing as how I find you crazy for just that, it’s impossible to respect any other advice you’d ever offer.” I see it as people are crazy to run windows. Yeah people are entrap into using an inferior OS. In time that will change.
Well, Cap’n Jack, I hear you, and to some extent I agree. Windows is the most targeted system on the planet, and it has its share of problems, there’s no disputing that. And I’ll even accept that it may be a bit crazy to run a system with it, Crazy like a fox, that is. I find it far more intelligent than crazy to run the OS that runs on 90% of the world’s machines, the OS that 95% of written programs and games, (that are written for computers, vice consoles) are compatible with, or outright written for. Linux servers are even losing ground to MS servers, to the point that they are in the minority, now. So I don’t see the pendulam swinging away from MS any time soon. As you see, I do dispute your implication that someday, Linux, or MacOS,. or any other OS will take over the world market. MS, love it nor not, is here to stay, and no amount of hating will change that.
So, the math goes like this. it’s 5% crazy to run Windows, and 95% intelligent. Works for me, to not be left behind.
That said, since I do run windows, I also run A/V software (re:targeted system) as any intelligent person will. That you don’t, I so proud of you, but then, you don’t run the OS that’s targeted, do you? You run the one that is home to the attackers, right?
Later
Personally, though the highest quality you offer IS significantly better, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings to have it posted in a lower quality format with the option to upgrade for those who wish for hi-res or hi-def. This way anyone who logs in can see the vid, and those who want the hi-def/hi-res can click to upgrade, perhaps until a toggle like CaptainJack suggests can be installed here.
You’re gorgeous in any resolution!
I think it is the HD, cause now I’m have the some problem on YouTube with the video not moving but the audio playing ok.
.
you mean on youtube ?
Yeah, GP has posted 14 comments on this lesson on YouTube already. He got into a flame war with a couple of chicks who said rude things about Marina’s anatomy.
chicks ?? Let me guess , they’re jealous and saying things like fake and stuff ?
You’ve been there, I see.
Its My birthday I’m going shopping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqY7hHWCe48&fmt=18
Happy Birthday, my ol’ friend
Thankyou
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pVBjBClBSao
CaptainJack your about 2 hours and 41 minutes belated on the happy birthday but thanks anyway
Im deeply sorry John.
I don’t read the whole page when I get real busy. I have been working late just about every day. I don’t get to bed until about 5 am now.
Hey thats cool i was just responding so as not to ignore someone that was a responder and i appreciate the Happy Birthday John!!! and the thought with that it was given
Thanks again
“2 hours and 41 minutes belated” this was just a joking reference you do realize?
That the problem with online chatting.
You can’t see ones facial expressions or body language. You did say “…thanks anyway” and which I should have pick up on that.
It’s all cool now. Thanks.
I see noone has yet given you the [Traditional Birthday Greeting Link]
Happy Birthday, John!
If I was still a member of You Tube i could go watch this link however I’m not Thanks anyway for the thought I guess?
I don’t want be to0 hasty in claiming a link unseen. 
(it might be the missing link all the scientists can’t find)
How about [This other link to the same video?]
Happy Birthday!
This is funny http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jYzZPiqjqww
Marina’s PreHoliday Card
“The look of Love is in your eyes,
a look your smile can’t disguise”
- Burt Bacarach
Did anyone notice Marina’s eye’s are blown?
Her head tilts, tacitly beckoning a kiss…
How sweet … so thoughtful.
Homework: I do not have the shopping gene.
I don’t even read ads anymore.
Marina’s eyes are blown?
I thought they are brue.
They’re brue
Only if you want them to be
Marina, thank you for the card. Since it seems that none of your faithful students received an autographed calendar. I was wondering if you could you think of another item that you could make available? I would gladly pay for a personalized photograph (I’m assuming there would be a larger price tag). How’s the iPod working for you?
You know what they say about people with brown eyes?
I was so surprised to see myself in this video. I did NOT expect that. LOL.
And all the hate messages that have been emailed to me afterwards
Anyway, for my homework: I do love to shop, it’s one of my favorite things to do. ha.
You got hate messages? Saying what?
Thanks for the pre Christmas card.
There are a heck of a lot of sickos out there on YouTube. Something about brains and beauty and people enjoying Marina’s talks sets them off. Jealousy, frustrations over their own mental limitations or sexuality, perhaps. Youpoi, I hope you don’t get upset over the letters; we (I think I can speak for most of the HFW regulars) enjoyed seeing you on the video.
Now, there ARE some of us who get twitterpated over Marina and write silly notes
until we realize it’s a combination of our hormones and hi-def playing silly buggers with us, but that’s not harmful as long as it doesn’t go on too long. 
I got a nice mix of being called a homosexual or doing naughty things with your calander. These people just can’t decide
.
Don’t worry though, I understand that they are insane anyway.
Don’t worry about the haters youpoi, they are just jealous
Its to bad there are a few jerks on this site.
Enjoy your calender, and have a Merry Christmas
I got the same thing when she did the “Joshing” video, but just ignore them. like chickenh0use says they are just jealous.
Did anyone josh you about being “smokey36BEER”?
No, but I’m thinking of changing my name to that.
Congratulations on having your video selected. And, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I love shopping…..if I have money.
What I don’t get is why do some people say “wood shop” or “metal shop” when they don’t really have much in common with shopping.
watch the video again?
Where does the word “spirit” comes from? Is it something that comes from something religious or something irrational? Or is has something to do with the mid or psyche?? what do we mean like esprit de corps, the mind of the body??
Dear Miss Marina Orlova,
I liked shopping this year for family gifts. It was fun to get things for everybody. And I liked the spirit of giving, a lot better then spending money for myself, which is good too.
Word Request: Gift/Giving
Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire
I enjoy buying for others as well for some reason
thoughtonfire, you just made me think of the expression “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth”..
When does anybody ever say gift horse? Here is my gift car… I like my gift computer!
Cool.. gonna do that expression! Thanks for making me think of it.. I’ll credit you of course
Am I right about that? Or do people often put the word gift in front of other nouns? If they do, it may have been as a result of the influence of the “gift horse” expression.
I know of gift card.. but that’s a card that goes along with a gift, so it doesn’t count.
Does the “gift horse expression tie into the other expression “being a little long in the tooth” somehow?
Gift Basket, Gift Box, Gift Ideas, Gift Certificates,Gift Bags
Need any more?
Marina, Che’s right in that there are a few words that comprise “gift” in front of a noun, like gift box, gift card, et al., but they don’t have the same connotation as gift horse: that’s really the only word of its kind [that I know of, at least]. What I mean to say is, the wording of “gift horse” in the phrase we’re talking about is unique. It’s not like there are any other phrases that say, “Don’t [do whatever to] a gift [random noun] in the face [or whatever].”
I hope this helps: I’m really bad at explaining things sometimes.
gift of the gab…gifted power of speech and fruit cake(word request)
Can I take a crack at this? My dad used to own 2 horses. I remember him using the term. I think the saying means, don’t further examine a horse mouth to determine its value. You can look at a horses teeth to discover it’s approximate age.
Sad thing about values of the masses today is people grade you by how much money you spend on them.
I can’t say that I’ve heard people saying gift-xxxx in any connection other than gift-horse and gift-card; having said that, I shall probably hear it a dozen times within the next week.
However, I think people would be more likely to say, “here is my new car” or “here is my new computer”, and only reveal that it was a gift if asked where they bought it.
I don’t know if that reveals anything about human nature or not.
Well I have not heard of a Gift Horse before, I asked my mom though, because she’s in town for the holidays.
Hello thoughtonfire,
I feel the same way as far as buying for others. I’m a bit too generous at times. Some people try and take advantage of my generosity and that seems rude to me but doesn’t stop me. I try and help more than just buy things for others. I guess all year long is the time for giving as far as I’m concerned.
I heard a story of a family who pooled their holiday money together this year and gave it all to charity.
it depends whether i have the money or not ==
ahh , the calendar …. sucks to be under 18 , can’t buy stuff online
Get one of those pre-paid credit cards. There is no check on age and you can use it to buy stuff online
is where
russia beauty 
assimilation…de-divercity//money to buy the honey and kill to make money 325?
Uuuhhh…I think the edit function is on the fritz again.
I don’t know about that Evan, I have noticed Leonard has been writing some unfathomable things in the forums lately. I’m not knocking Leonard just saying I’ve noticed some ramblings.
St. Pauli was helping to shovel snow and make path…no excus…I resign. No not at the same time. sorry Ram On,sirPaul
i agree
***HOMEWORK***
Why would I waste my time and money on the stress of shopping when I can sit here and gaze adoringly at Marina for free? (Just window shopping, of course.)
Oh, maybe you can do a lesson on “obsequious” or “sycophant.”
What about “DATING ME”
http://www.hotforwordsdating.com/
Monsieur Blum, I find your chutzpah incredible. Aside from talent, wealth, youth, good looks, brains, and flair, what do you have to offer Marina that the rest of us do not?
Good day to you Arden,
I hope you aren’t cutting into the line. I have ticket #001 and waiting to be called by our teacher. There are 150,000+ other students waiting in line behind me. What is your ticket number? Of course I’d be willing to let you purchase my ticket for an ungodly amount. Nah, the ticket is priceless.
{nervously tapping foot against chair
}
until the teacher calls on me
Maybe Marina will let you make videos of their wedding and honeymoon.
You still have my vote- Good Luck.
If you succeed in your bid, can I get a place in the HFW Old Folks Home in St.Tropez.
)
I used to live there and know my way around, I’m still able-bodied (more or less) and could look after the HFW yacht and pied-dans-l’eau.
Whilst you are considering my application, save some of those raspberries for me. (The fruit, not the sound.
I thought that you would bid on the Pilots position considering they would need one for their continent hopping lifestyle.
But seriously, M. Blum, all joshing aside, as long as you understand that 100,000 men in her fan club will be screaming for your blood if you mistreat her in any way,
you have our blessing to show her a good time. Right, guys? Guys? 
Hey Marina,
No, I really don’t like to shop. I think going out and buying stuff as you need it is all well and good, but there’s really no point in going out and looking for stuff when you really don’t need anything.
Also, thanks for the holiday pre-card.
I’m with you. Get in, get your stuff, pay for it, and get the f*** out as soon as possible.
funfun
This is me shopping.
Funny!
I can picture about half the men in HFW’s fan club getting this addlepated if they (OK,we) ever met Marina in person.
Since it’s fairly common to say, I was wondering about the origin of the word ‘Gosh’ and how did it mean to replace God as a softer way to say ‘Oh my God!’
Same reason why they say “Gosh darn” instead of “God damn”
What is the origin of the word ballyhoo!
Wikipedia states “The ballyhoo or bally, Hemiramphus brasiliensis, is a baitfish of the halfbeak family (Hemiramphidae). It is similar to the Balao halfbeak (Hemiramphus balao). Ballyhoo are frequently used as cut bait and for trolling purposes by saltwater sportsmen. A big variety of fish love ballyhoo. It is one of the greatest known fish to catch Sailfish on.
Ballyhoo is also used in colloquial American English to refer to brashness or flamboyance. The term Ballyhoo is used to indicate that one is using any means necessary to inflate an object or idea to a status to which it does not rise. This references the bait fish in that selling ballyhoo requires deceitful advertising.
I would like to the the origins of the colloquial American English use of the word.
Thanks a bunch.
That sounds like an intriguing connection.
HFW MUST investigate.
hi hot for words i was wondering whats the origin of the word goth
Notice you with the big scoop over at the fresh oysters bin.
How many dozens did you buy?
Hi Marina; one of my favorite activities y go shopping, and other activity I like is learning new things, please, I would like to know the origin of the word Jet Set.
Little Shop of Horrors
Homework
I like shopping especially at this time of year, but not the craziness of last minute Christmas shopping!
Thank you for the
pre-holiday card! You are AWESOME 
hi marina, I’d like to know the origin of the word “CHRISTMAS”.
thanks
If I remember correctly, it use to be called “Christ’s masses”, before they shortened it.
[O'Reilly Factor Holiday Words] Interview begins @~01:30 into the clip with “Christmas”
shoppin dont matter to me so i would say i dont like shopping
I kind of agree with you here, Elahie. The faster the better, price doesn’t matter!
Starting to look like Marina’s Christmas present may be 150 million.
Half way there.
I only shop when I need or want something.
This scene must have been from the same market as in the photos. Something tried to take a byte out of you?
I knew that you had every show memorized.
You know me too well Warren.
Salam:
What about the differences between the words Modern and Contemporary? Please explain.
Shukran.
Did you ever find out what happened to the signed calendars?
{ Another mystery unsolved }
I wonder if they wen over seas
either that the people at the warehouse kept them.
I checked EBay and they’re not for sale there. You would think that someone would let the rest of us know by leaving a note here. The mystery continues.
Salam:
What about the expression “Bang up job”, did it come from the Industrial revolution, or perhaps the clanking of pistons in contemporary modes of transportation?
Shukran wa Ma Salama.
Wa alaikum salaam!
Good question.
***WORD REQUEST***
)
Speaking of bizarre word histories, how did the Arab word for “peace” (salaam) morph into the name of an American brand of cigarettes (Salem)?
(My apologies to our Muslim friend
They (cigarettes) are made in Winston-Salem, N.C. by R.J. Reynolds. I don’t think there is a connection. They even make Winston cigarettes.
OK, since Marina is busy:
Salem
place mentioned in Gen. xiv.18, from Heb. Shalem, usually said to be another word for Jerusalem and to mean “peace” (cf. Heb. shalom, Arabic salaam). So common as a Baptist and Methodist meetinghouse name that by mid-19c. it (along with Bethel and Ebenezer) had come to be used in Britain generically to mean “non-conformist chapel.”
–from the Online Etymology Dictionary
what about salami ?
As long as it’s kosher!
Could you please do the words: affluent and effluent
Ah Come On, she just did Skunk!!
can you do the word “exam”?
Wow, i typed my name in on limewire and look what i got
jamesingtonthethird girl with big tits pussy stretching & asstoying.
Wow. I will just have to download that auto–generated peice of crap virus there are also a few jamesingtonthethird keygens.. Hmm, so ass well as being a girl i am also a keygen… Cool beans.
And some people even download stuff like that. People are so dumb they will download a virus not care about it then when it throws up fake popus with a fake close button they will press it anyway just to get back to what they were doing… GRR if you ever download a virus from limewire i think its totally your fault..
Homework: NO I hate shopping. The lines, the rude people, the lack of help from the store employees.
I’m with you on that.
I’d rather eat a can of worms
including the dirt and the can
Dear Marina,
How apropos to the season (and a great prescription to help our economy recovery)! I have been doing my patriotic duty all day at every shop in town.
Cheers, Q
Dear совершенная Marina, Thank you, I got your “Pre-Holiday Card” yesterday. You are so beautiful in that photo. I printed a copy of your photo and I think of it as a Christmas present from you!
I read about Christmas in Russia and learned that “Father Frost” (заморозок отца) gives out presents on January 7th. There also is a “Babushka” (Grandmother) who gives presents to children. So, on January 7th, I hope to send you something nice to respect your Christmas traditions from Russia. Even those who are cheap might say “Merry Christmas to you on January 7th!
Yes, I enjoy shopping. I was wise enough to do all my Christmas shopping early. The malls are packed these days! I’ve never been shopping in Beverly Hills, though. I wonder if Rodeo Drive is like that movie, Pretty Woman? It’s really easier to shop via Internet and get home delivery. The shipping charges usually aren’t as bad as the cost to drive to the stores and back! Do you still go shopping via piggyback? What a nice way to earn two dollars!
Clever of you to add a video of a fan who endorses your calendar. The only missing phrase is the statement that “supplies are limited.” They might not print any more after the first edition is sold out!
Your dear student, seesixcm6
As long as it’s legal, printers will print whatever you pay them to print. Obviously, M will have to decide if another run can be successfully sold. One solution might be to label it 2009/2015/2026.
Because I am oh, so poor, I will have to make do with an racy old 1998 NASCAR calendar onto which models I have pasted M’s head.
I am so touched by sympathy that I will make a point of mailing you my HFW calendar on Dec. 31 of next year.
By the way, how do you know about Renton (where I was born)? Just a name on the map, or have you been there?
I heard that some little software company lives there.
I lived in Vancouver, WA in ‘56, and have been to Seattle and Spokane on short business trips in the ’80s, but that’s it.
Did you get a model release form to use that head?
OH! Did someone says shopping? Forget about it! You wouldn’t be able to keep up with me. Mostly clothes
Nordys Rack kicks but if you’re there on the right day! That and shoes, I think I have a real problem with shoes. Hold on, let me go see…ya, I do. I counted 37 pairs of shoes. 
Mostly “skate” type but theres a little of everything in there. 
So how many pairs of shoes do you have?
Since I do the cooking at home I have to do the grocery shopping but I could do without it. Most of the rest of the things I buy I get on-line; mostly books, CDs, and DVDs. When I hove to go into a store I have something in mind. I try to get it and get out.
Seeing something is not the same as needing it.
Late again, no not Gypsies this time, baking cookies & Shopping
{ thought the kid was going to say it was a 'signed' calendar }Che..it doesnt look like anyone
received a “signed copy” even ebay is
oh well 
B.B.
quiet
& Shopping, eh?
Gee, Che. That’s gory! Now you make it look like “Chopping”
I liked the quote today by the Governator. I think Marina has probably earned her share of jealousy over the years.
How and where did the name Santa Claus originate?
She does that one on [O'Reilly Holiday Words Interview] at ~5:03 into the clip.
Hello Marina, great video as always.
But now I have a word request, as a I struggle with a little conundrum.
What is the origin of the word ‘vexing’ as in finding something vexing or being vexed by something?
Intuitively, the word could be related to a fixation or to a hex, which is related to witches.
Do either of those have a connection to the origin of ‘vexing’? Is there more to the origin than I would expect?
It vexes me.
i like to shop when i’m with the right person and in the right mood…when i’m by myself, i like to “get it & go”…
now, i’m thinking i prolly wouldn’t be shopping where you shop, Marina…but i’d enjoy the trip…
Our Teacher in black!!
This lesson is priceless and way too beautiful, absolutely unshoppable!
)
Shopping could also be a sort of larum, as it might be just another degenerate definition of “plunder”.
Hey Marina , Could You Do A Video On The Word ‘ Reality ‘ Please
Your WAY BETTER Than All The Other Teachers At My School.
Thanks
we all love shopping ok so i want to know where the word camel toe came from? thanks!
Hello Marina,
I just caught up on this weeks shows- wow- what an excellent week you’ve had.
I see Gorby is healthy once again and getting into the video while you’re recording. Shopping I avoid as much as possible. The main reason is when I go into a store or mall I always leave with some things that I didn’t plan on getting and I always feel like I wasted time and money. Unless it’s a book store then when I leave I feel like I it was time and money well spent.
WORD REQUEST: Trend (several meanings), Trendsetter (like you).
Also, Glitch
Thank you
p.s.
Do you plan on investigating the word “cliche”? I think several students have an interest in this word and I’d like to get in on the word request wagon.
Sometimes I will procrastinate, but when I decide I want something I go and get it. For me that’s shopping. Word of advice to newly weds, never go shopping together.
I enjoy the interacting with the shop keepers when I travel.
So I enjoy that shopping.
At home, I just go get what I need.
Shopping to me at this time of year is only important for shop keepers. I don’t mind shopping some but shopping can get boring for me fairly quickly. Most of my shopping consists of tech stuff or if general shopping I will first scout out the things I am interested in then gather them all up and head to the checkout lane thus relieving myself of the burden of having to look at everything on the shelves. I am sure this upsets the retailers, like wal-mart and k-mart and target because statics show the longer they can keep you looking the more they sale. In other words most of the time i have a general idea of what I’m going to buy the problem is just locating the item for the that fulfills the requirements and getting it to the checkout line.
Word Request : “checkout” as in checkout line, shouldn’t it be more correctly called a purchase line?
bigbhd95 says “It seems to me (in my mind anyway) Women go
“SHOPPING” Men go to BUY” is to me women go to see all the options men actually go to acquire when they shop.
Strange pattern on my channel
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Hi Marina,
the whole truth
For me, shopping is recreation and inspiration.
How very true.
ha! Look at marinas face when you pause this video as soon as you see 1:04 .. I have just realized it is very fun to pause Marina.
Also, can someone tell me why in the uk we spell XXXXised where in america they spell XXXXized ?
Check the Oxford English Dictionary, James. We spell things …ized too.
It’s just one of those “colour/color, centre/center, knock up/wake up, full/stuffed” things.
Marina, since new president will be sworn in next month
. can you tell us the origin of the word “Inaugurate”. Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Most people like to shop for themselves.
I agree with bigbhd95 in that women tend to enjoy the experience of shopping, whereas men suffer shopping for the gratification of getting new toys.
For this reason, I think men and women should rarely go shopping together. Women have to try on every outfit and pair of shoes in the store, hold every bag and admire themselves in the mirror, squeeze every fruit on the stall and pick up every packet on the shelves when they shop.
Most men, like me, research the products specification and decide what they want, make a list and go to collect the chosen items in the least possible time. That’s why I hate going shopping with my wife and hate it when the supermarket changes the shelves around every week, so you never know where to find things.
But the all time best way to shop is the way the rich people do it. If you ever come to the UK, Marina, you should make an appointment for a private shopping evening at Harrods in London. They will sit you down in a comfortable lounge, provide you with Champagne and Canapés, and the store assistants will run off around the store and bring everything to you for you to try and choose. It certainly beats trudging around yourself, getting backache from lugging your purchases with you and getting swollen feet.
I f you ever come to the UK marina. I will come to you!
Woo. I’d love to be a fly on the wall watching that!
Looks like you have unleashed the “inner poet” in you?
Maen a chymwys fel y fedwen
Berth ei llun fel hardd fellionen
Teg ei gwawr fel bore hafddydd
Hon yw nod holl glod y gwledydd!
Stately as the birch
Sweet as the clover
Fair as dawn of a summer’s day,
She, who is praised by all the lands…
Doesn’t rhyme in English but you get the idea. Fits her, don’t you think?
Evan the Bard
Yes… I like shopping for new tools!
Hears 1, 4 HoTfOrWoRdS
Bravo, leonard!
Hey Marina.
U was wonderung, do you think you could do the word Hack I mean, tons of people wan’t to hack things, but who actually (besides you) KNOWS what it means?
My dearest Marina
Loved my pre holiday picture card 
It seems to me (in my mind anyway) Women go
“SHOPPING” Men go to BUY
and am looking forward to the holiday card. Your student B.B.
P.S.( with the help of edit comment) you look beautiful & I am glad to see Kobe
aka Gorby looking like he is back to his old self..very happy as I am sure you also are..
love it
Pretty dress, Marina; the colour of the water in a coral atoll.
Shopping is for life,
not just for Christmas.
A HAT TRICK!!!!
I think 3 is enough! Someone else gets to be 4. You guys are late to class – detention for sure!
Rats! How silly of me not to have linked it:
[A HAT TRICK!!!!]
Homework: Yes. preferably for someone else, not so much for myself.
everybody else must be shopping
Yippee! Twice in three days!
hocus pocus
Merci beaucoup, leonard! J’attends est tres chic!
Are you using all 90% of the machines in the world? Of course not.
That number is meaningless. “95% of written…” thats no longer correct anymore. It’s hovering around 87% now and slowly dropping. Recently Windows Vista influenced that number.
Your right that MS is not going away tomorrow. I do see their market share decreasing at a rapid rate.
Their is noting in my last statement saying that I’m hating MS. I have windows installed on one of my hard drives. I don’t use any A/V on that drive either. With that said its good that you run an A/V software on you computer. I would if it was my primary OS.
“You run the one that is home to the attackers, right?” All OSes are home to attackers.