I would like to know the origins of the word “salt”
it has something to do with the greek word “alas” that went on to the Romans – and as the Roman soldiers were paid with salt it became the english word “salt” and “salary”
Hi, Marina…I would like you to do a lesson on “perspicacious.” I’m a teacher and I love the way you do the etymology. Hey, there’s another good word for you, especially since you’re so good at it!
Did you know that an incorporation is treated the same as a person under the law, as a live entity, How can this be when its just words on paper? No eyes too see with, no ears too hear with, no blood to bleed with, so should an incorporation have the same rights that a natural flesh and bone entity enjoy?
What does the word “respect” mean? I know that “re” means “to do again” and “spect” can be found in the word “spectate”, so I’m thinking it means “to watch again”? It’s not making much sense to me, can you investigate?
Hi Marina, can you please explain to me the origin and true meaning of the word “Melancholy”? It seems very interesting to me as I learned it in English class not too long ago.
hey hotforwords. i’d like to request to word “holy”
i read this in a comment:
“One more thing…it’s almost laughable how obvious it is. Where do you think the word “Holy” comes from? Well, I’ll tell you. It comes from the latin word “Helio”. Now, what does “Helio Biblio” mean in latin? It means “Sun Book.” Holy Bible = Sun Book, or “Book of the Sun”. It’s right on the fucking cover, people! Christianity is nothing more than a sun-worshipper cult, and they don’t even know it!”
and then this…
“Wrong. The origin of the word “holy” comes from the 11th Century Old High German “hulis” and Old English “holegn” meaning “Holly” as in Holly Tree, considered a sacred plant to both pre-Christian Celtic and Roman worship.”
Graphically, they’re very good
The content leads to a few obvious questions…
You might want to check your map and be sure
you’re on the right road, some paths lead to trouble.
My advice would be to learn from the mistakes of others.
You don’t have enough time in this life to make
them all yourself. Peace!
“The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was ‘involved’ – the pig was ‘committed’.”
Would anyone care to elaborate? :-s
As bob said The chicken was involved in the preparation by supplying the eggs, but the pig was committed because it gave it’s life to supply the bacon/ham. However i think that egg might say it was plenty well committed also as it may have as well developed into a chicken.
I have a dilemma, where should I go for my Bday this year. Page and I went here last year(VIP baby!) But this place looks cool , I’ve been there too. Or here?
Would ‘you’re never too old to learn’ be a cliche? Today it certainly applies to me, as I become 2.5 times our beautiful teacher’s age. What a wonderful personality! An early subscriber asked that you ‘don’t forget us when you become famous’, and I would like to echo that wish on this milestone for me.
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“The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was ‘involved’ – the pig was ‘committed’.” – unknown from the HOTfORwoRds site
While in Mexico I found out that the Mexican culture has their own cliches, the wording is different but the meanings are equivalent to what we use in the US.
I’m certain all cultures have cliches of equal meaning.
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey* – England
Colder than a well diggers ass – US
Accidentally stumbled on the origin of this phrase :
An old naval expression. Cast iron cannon balls were stacked in pyramids on shallow brass trays called monkeys. When the temperature got really cold, the thermal expansion between the cast iron and the brass was such that the balls rolled off.
(ClicheSite.com)
ATTENTION BREAKFAST CLUB: See that? M is denying all knowledge of the missing bonsai. The next thing you know, she will be issuing a statement saying she never had a bonsai. This smacks of Area 51, Bigfoot, and the grassy knoll. Che, muster the conspiracy theorists. We must mobilize. This means WAR!
(sigh) yes, it’s an orchid.
When I was asked to send a picture to for the TA post,
I sent Captain Jack a picture of what a blooming orchid
in the background is SUPPOSED to look like
Am I the only one who sees the seriousness of this situation?! The bonsai, circled in red. He was a part of us, one of the guys. He shared our thoughts, our dreams; now he is gone. M has done something to Big Red (that’s what I called him during my reflective times in detenton), and nobody cares. Nobody even noticed. Oh! Shame! Shame on you all!
Oh! The bonsai… sorry ’bout that
Gorby likes to “water” the plants…
I was able to save some of the sweet basil
and other herbs by changing the dirt.
I wouldn’t recommend using them to cook
with, for awhile… might taste “funny”.
The bonsai wasn’t getting enough light, so
it has a new location to catch more rays.
“Big Red” is safe and tucky-tuck, so don’t worry
At this extremely late stage of the game, I demand we demand proof! Post a picture of Big Red with today’s issue of the L.A. Times or we will be forced to go public.
Big Red was confiscated by the SPCP (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Plants)
Reason, endangering an endangered plant with an endearing little dog.
“Fell off the wagon”
Hmmm, I was going to give up hanging out here so much…but I’ve left 20 comments, last one last night at 12:28, first one this AM at 6:41…I guess I really “fell off the wagon.” Hey PK, is that a euphemism, a cliche, or an idiom?
It was happening last night. If you look at the very bottom of the page, you will see that the replies are posted as new posts. I guess it fixed itself after that; the forum fairies came out last night.
Доброй утро Марина,
Just check the posting times on some of these comments. We’re probably too pie-eyed and of questionable sobriety to know what we’re doing.
Here is what happened. I copied and pasted all the smilies ( I wanted too see if the displayed themselves as links (they didn’t)) I think the website thought it was spam so it said my comment was awaiting moderation. But somehow people could reply. But the cool thing is. There is now a fight for the last first comment! So I think it was me… Sorry.
That reminds me – for those in the happs, mijj released a new vid last week. He keeps getting more complex with each new vid. I think it is really cool to watch them progress.
That was a very thought provoking lesson, Marina. I realise that you can’t explore all the nuances in a short video and that this comments section and the forum are for expanding on the theme and developing a deeper understanding of the subject.
What I would like to discuss is, at what point does an expression or saying become a cliché? Your definition of something which is used over and over again doesn’t seem to be adequate.
Would you say that “Intelligence is sexy” “another mystery solved by your trusty hotforwords” “be good” “I’ll see you all very soon” are clichés, or are they “catchwords”, a successful formula for maintaining a theme throughout your products?
What about “it’s true, I tell you” which Campkohler uses?
I suggest that these are just catchwords when used by one person as a trademark. When I and Evan Owen start to copy and use them, they become “Buzzwords”, the latest cool expression to use, and finally, when everyone is using them without thinking about what they mean, they achieve the dubious status of a cliché.
I believe that clichés are so popular because their use in conversation buys us thinking time, allowing our brains a chance to catch up with our mouths, by using an expression which is so familiar that it slides off the tongue without requiring any conscious effort. However, the same could be said of the hesitation sounds, “er” and “umm”; do they count as clichés? I don’t think so, so a further requirement is introduced for a cliché to be considered a cliché.
What do other people think?
I think you hit the nail on the head… well, not exactly. I agree with your evolutionary theory of “catchphrase” (I like “hook”) to “cliche.” I have a different opinion on the usefullness of cliches. You said that a person who has used a cliche has conserved energy, allotted more time to think. Do you not often hear someone who use cliches or quotes verbatim often does so instead of thinking? That is the root of my problem with many of these pre-fabbed verbages: cliches, euphamisms, generalizaitions, idioms, oxymorons, and even overuse of quotations (historical or sacred). Too often people do not say what he or she means, and then gets upset when their audience does not hear what the sayer says he or she said that he or she meant to say … huh?
{Sounds of metal squealing and crunching, sparks fly as a blue smoke fills the air. It looks like somebody has had a wrench thrown in a cog.}
I know you believe you understand what you think I said but I’m not convinced that you realize that what you heard was not what I meant, although obviously, at the end of the day, when all is said and done, and the fat lady has stopped singing and they think it’s all over, actually, it will all come out in the wash, as long as no-one throws the baby out with the bathwater or leaves any mud sticking to the wall or shit on the fan … err .. umm … I ‘ve actually forgotten what I was going to say …
I would say that since cliché and stereotype come from similar sources.. and both imply repetitive use with no originality… and both words are used as in a negative way.
Stereotypes are bad and saying “oh, that is so cliché” is saying to the person that they could have used a better example (using more thought, as you say)…
Whereas, slogans or catchphrase are phrases that people identify with companies or people… but that people seem to like.. like “I’ll be back” by Arnold S…. or “Just do it” by Nike… but if Arnold S. used “I’ll be back” in every movie.. his catchphrase would become cliché, I guess.
What you refer to as a catch phrase is more like a “sound bite”. When Eek the Cat says “Kumbaya! It never hurts to help”, that’s more fitting of the description for a catch phrase. This is because only Eek says that and it is unique to his character. “Subscribe to my channel” et al, are more like sound bites as they are in use by the multitudes, including Marina
Marina, You’ve labeled the thumbnail for this video Cliché, yes you are the Cliché for your type of that I know personally at least three of a more than casual but less than intimate type. But your the only that has gotten put the clouds into the eyes by your own doings. So I would call that unique.
Marina, Whats the skinny on the word ’skinny’? My dad used to be a newspaper reporter and he would say to his boss, “I’ll go talk to Richard Petty and get the skinny on that ruling!”
I want to suggest the word “cigarettes”. Most people are familiar with the word but some people dont know what the true history is.
I heard some before but im not sure what the word true meaning is.
More homework:
That’s the way the cookie crumbles
Win some lose some
Same shit different day
Cool beans
When the shit hits the fan
Early bird catches the worm
Can’t have your cake and eat it too
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it (or in the government If it ain’t broke fix it till it is)
Sometimes, at first blush, it looks like that some clichés are really another type of expression, such as an idiom or euphemism. Sometimes, I have to really think hard about whether an expression is a cliché or an idiom. I suppose, some idioms and euphemisms can become clichés as well.
Here are the rules for knowning which type of expression is which. A cliché is phrase so over-used that it almost has no meaning, like “think outside the box”.
An idiom is a phrase composed of words that do not literally indicate its meaning, such as “I’m in a pickle”.
A euphemism is a way of substituting words to soften or otherwise alter the reality or perception of a certain condition. Someone might say, “between jobs” instead of just saying “unemployed”.
Do you sometimes get the feeling we are just one big walking cliché? I wonder if anyone is going to start a forum thread where you can only use clichés?
I beg that I might be allowed to disagree, Your Royal TA-ship. If literalality is the test of a cliché, then “think outside the box” is not apt; it doesn’t literally refer to the relationship of thinking and the outside of a cardboard container. Nor do I agree that clichés have no meaning; if they did not, they would not be useful in communication and so would not become clichés. I propose a different distinction.
An idiom’s use does not peak; it is an expression that everyone uses without regard to its popularity. A cliché peaks; it is an expression that many once used because it was popular, but some now avoid because it is no longer popular.
OOOH, here’s an idea, since Warren and bsomebody requested “pun”:
Puns based on cliches!
Like the time when I was on a beach hike, and threw a creosote-treated piece of driftwood on the fire.
“Ouch! that’s hot!” shouted the board.
“Good Lord! did you hear that!?” I exclaimed.
“Yep,” said my hiking partner, “the oily board gets too warm!”
Would that be like the time a rope walked into a bar and requested a beer?
The bartender asked if he were a rope as they did not serve ropes at that bar…
The rope tangled himself up, messed up his ends and exclaimed…
“No, I am a frayed knot.”
Marina, thank you for the green border.
I love ♥ it.
It looks like there are a lots of new fixes.
The edit box disappears on its own and it looks like the initial login presents the comment box w/o having to do a page refresh. Great work.
Hello Marina,
Word Suggestions: Proverb, Pun, Prose, True, Truth, False, Lie,
Trophy, Statue, Poem, Lyric.
HW: That does the trick, Waste of breath;
Do as I say not as I do; Better late than never.
Thank you.
Homework: break a leg, start off on a clean slate!
could you do the origin of why a highway is sometimes called a parkway and why a driveway is called what it is? i think someone got it mixed up a long time ago.
I’d like to know more about the history behind the word Sapphic. I know it comes from the Greek poet Sappho, but who was this person? I’d also like to know what the proper prefix is to create the antonym of this word. Is it proper to say asapphic?
When my parents told me to clean my plate I knew cleaning your plate had a double entendre meaning to it. I had to finish eating everything on my plate and then afterwards I got to do the dishes and clean plates again
there sure are many new Marinas added on The Sexiest Geek of 2008 contest, have you noticed? You can give her as many as 100 votes at once!
Take the time to do so, and as a reward you might have a very happy and proud teacher for the entire year to come.
Here is the link :
- http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/12/every-geeks-a-l.html -
Honestly, I’m kinda tired of seeing the long listed of submitted entries by Marina’s obsessed fans. It would be nice if somebody else were to win this year for a change. (Not Phil DeFranco)
can anyone tell me the sayings that Marina is giving at the beginning of this video? the only things i caught are “easier said than done” “face the music”.
back when i was your age, boy!!!!
hey marina i have an idea, when you start selling your new book, why dont you make some bumper stickers and who ever buys a book they get three free “HOT FOR WORDS” bumper stickers. because when they see my calendar at work they flip and they ask me who is that beautiful girl, then i explain to them that your a philologist. and they say “What the hell is that” well if you have stickers we can pass around the city well VUALAHH!!!! YOUR THE BEST, BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS P.S. i voted for you, youll always be the hottest geek for me babydoll
News: Scientist measures sky falling rate at zero.
Timothy 6:10 (King James Version):. “For the love of money is the root of all evil….” Evil requires will; money itself is just paper and has no will of its own.
Sorry to wax philosophical on you, but your philosophical looked a little dull.
What? Mayonaise from a squeeze bottle. Fixing a sandwich. Teared up some coz of those chopped onions and was happy about having pumpernickel bread for my sandwich.
Don’t cry over spilt milk. First of all that was squirted out and second of all it’s consistency is that of tapioca pudding and thirdly those tears you see are tears of joy
I just checked out one of the add sites on here about buying a refurbished Mac. A refurbished Mac is $1900.00. Man I could by three or 4 pcs at that price maybe more. With the same hardware on the inside. It would have to last for 10 years at that price.
Slang term for the U.S. ten dollar paper currency. The slang is derived from the Roman numeral for ten, “X”. The “X” looks like the shape of a sawbuck, a device used to hold wood in place for sawing it into pieces.
I’ll second that one with the suggestion that it may have originated from ‘bucking’ logs into fireplace lengths prior to splitting, whereby the log to be ‘bucked’ is leaned across another, lifting it to a more comfortable working height. Viewed from the position of one doing the bucking, would look a bit like:
/o
resembling the number 10.
To be sure, Our Dear Teacher can verify or debunk our theories!
Oh yea, ***Word Request: “Heart”***
What’s the original Indo-European word for “heart”, and how did it mutate into such variations as Spanish “corazon”, English “heart”, German “Hertz”, Welsh “calon”, and Russian “Сердце”
Hey Evan, thanks for that video. I like it.
Perfect timing for your word request, ♥ as the stores should all be filling their shelves with ♥Valentine♥ stuff by now.
Since Marina is my first YouTube friend, I thought it a propo to make my first vid a word request. Check it out [Here] if you haven’t already – 10 more views to 100
ENJOY!!
Wow!!! Thank you Marina for doing that word. For a minute there, I didn’t recognize your new TA. I alwasy thought he was a horse. OK, this is where aLx comes in and fills in the rest.
You are too funny Marina. I love it!!!
I laughed so hard, I fell of my high horse.
Interesting comment on ethnicity. Ms. Lee’s accent, body language, and sense of humor immediately mark her as American. I’d probably feel more immediate rapport with her in person than with Marina, despite the fact I was born blond.
Homework:
I get this one from a guy at work “I don’t want to nitpick, but…”
“Crazy weather we are having!”
“Burr it’s cold out side.”
“How about these gas prices!”
“When are you going to shave?” (when I feel like it)
Please don’t become so Americanized that you adopt that accent.
Is the snow deep enough for you?
Is it cold enough for you?
Is it hot enough for you?
Can you make the radio any louder?
Do you want fries with that?
We need to raise taxes.
Lose some weight.
Marina, I just noticed something. You always tell us to ‘be good’, but you’ve never explained the origin of ‘good’ yet. Maybe you can do it in one video together with ‘bad’?
Hello nighteye,
That is an excellent request; the origin of good and what does it mean. Not everyone agrees on it’s meaning so there is a subjective component to it. I have been thinking about that word also.
Marina may have seen your comment, and in case that she didn’t register the comment as a request, I recommend posting the request again in this format:
Word Request: good
Credit goes to nighteye’s comment above.
OK, ok…I’m late for class – Sorry, from time to time, I must buy groceries. I am addicted to food, so much so that I feel that if I don’t get some food every day, I feel like I might die.
Thanks for the lesson and the mention – Must have been on a mission for CaptainJack when I requested it!
Homework: {thinking… OK!}
Common cliches I can think of:
“Have a nice day.”
“Word request: fuck. Is it an acronym?”
“Would you like fries with that order, sir?”
“May I see your ID?”
“I don’t mean to interrupt, but…” (followed by an inevitable interruption)
“Kiss me again, Fianchetto, PLEASE!!”…no wait… I LIKE that one!
Clichés are psychic tatoos painted inside one’s brain. Every brain has its clichés, just like every engine has its red zone, just like every rose has its thorns.
Sometimes, though, the plain truth is exposed, all naked, and lots of clichés are, all of a sudden, smashed to bits.
Tattoos are permanent. Would you say cliches are more of a shortcut? Someone else has already said it colorfuly, so we just plagiarize them. I do agree that cliches often conceal the truth; if I speak in my own words, then you will gain a better understanding of what I am saying. If I continually use cliches, then I am suppressing and concealing my independent thought.
Can we also say the same for someone who repeatedly quotes historical figures or scripture? I will often reference another’s work to corroborate my own thought, or to lay a foundation for an independent thought. I get annoyed, though, at someone who will repeatedly quote scripture to answer questions. That tells me that they no longer (if they ever had) have their own thoughts on the subject.
Tatoos can be removed if you cut deep enough through the skin. Or if you burn it.
Clichés are definitely a cut, a synaptic channel running through a group of neurons in the brain. And yes, I agree too, they often conceal the truth. I think clichés are, sometimes very skillfully, used to influence other people.
My guess is that you too sometimes need to conceal your independant thinking process behind clichés, scriptures, “clothes”, historical quotes or some kind of thought stopper (let’s call it education or social ethics), as some thoughts are just newborn ideas, perhaps not mature enough, or not verified and acceptable at all. Otherwise, you could sound like a gross and uneducated individual.
Perhaps some would consider the fledgling idea to be gross and uneducated, but not all. Brainstorming requires the lack of filtering; all ideas go on the board. We see this when we watch House. Sure, House belittles the stupid ideas, but he still listens to them. Many people feel free to explore new ideas on this site, too. That is, perhaps, the most appealing part of this site, to me at least. I can throw out an idea, and we will bounce it around like a beach ball. Sometimes we get a good one, others just kind of flop and fizzle, dying a quick and painless death. I do not have to worry, though, about looking like an idiot and being chastised for it. When I look like an idiot, Che will cook a burrito, Bob will bring some funky side dish, and we have a good laugh.
In reading your new name, I was a bit puzzled. I know your not a female dog so I had to look it up.
-C & P- Hey, at least I admit it.
bitch (bch)
n.
1. A female canine animal, especially a dog. (ed. female foxes & wolfs are also called bitches. Right?)
2. Offensive
a. A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing.
b. A lewd woman.
c. A man considered to be weak or contemptible.
3. Slang A complaint.
4. Slang Something very unpleasant or difficult.
v. bitched, bitch·ing, bitch·es Slang
v.intr.
To complain; grumble.
v.tr.
To botch; bungle. Often used with up.
I’m guessing here. Would C be the definition that suits you? Hope not. Because I see the weak as Dinner. * (howls like a hunger wolf)
Hi, Marina, well, with that accent of yours I have a nice tonguebreaker for you: What does “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” mean? Just a hint: Julie Andrews never had a problem with the pronounciation of it – I’d still like to know what it means, though…
Huh? I’m like the French carpenter who ran out of nails; I haven’t a clous.
Once when I was working on a remodel project, nailing siding on an apartment building, I noticed a co-worker tossing away approximately every other nail he pulled out of his nail belt.
Foreman came along and asked, “What the hell are you doing?”
“Half these nails have the points on the wrong end,” he replied.
“Don’t throw them out,” advised the foreman, “you can use them on the other side of the building!”
“Plumber” comes from plumbum, the Latin word for lead, of which Roman plumbing was made. If you look up lead in the periodic table, the symbol is Pb. So a plumber was originally a plum-bum.
It’s true, I tell you. (Oh wait…that line is for when we’re really “spinning a yarn”!)
Probably because of your stupid face JOKES!!! Sorry just had to say that. Nothing to do with the nick… It was fine earlier on. I think I have an idea..
You used “Marina” and “bitch” in the same post. In some cases, that’s a BIG no-no. Your usage here is quite correct and, therefore, acceptable – heh heh
Warren sent me This Link
Thank you Marina, that was a very interesting origin.
hello sweet Marina
I have a word request
I would like to know the origins of the word “salt”
it has something to do with the greek word “alas” that went on to the Romans – and as the Roman soldiers were paid with salt it became the english word “salt” and “salary”
interesting,right?
thank you!
heir_apparent she discusses salary and salt in this video
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/12/22/salary/
“I don’t make enough too even pay attention”
stokesjrj1 Lubbock, Tx
thank you very much
I hadn’t noticed that…
Requesting the word Aleatory
Hi, Marina…I would like you to do a lesson on “perspicacious.” I’m a teacher and I love the way you do the etymology. Hey, there’s another good word for you, especially since you’re so good at it!
David
where does that word to YOU DIG come from and merry christmas laters….
hey HoTFoRWOrds…
how does “MAKING OUT”
mean kissing?
When Hell freezes over
elliott
What is the origin of the pharse “Cold Turkey”?
John Lennon Cold Turkey
I would also like to know the origin of the word incorporation
And if not that, then a word I’ve been wondering about is: preliminary.
Requesting the word incorporation.
It would be very nice if you could explain me this word.
Word Request: Incorporation
I’m very intresseted in this word so please investigate
REQUESTING THE WORD LATEXRUBBER AND WHY WE LOVE TO WEAR IT
Marina, Word Request: Incorporation
Did you know that an incorporation is treated the same as a person under the law, as a live entity, How can this be when its just words on paper? No eyes too see with, no ears too hear with, no blood to bleed with, so should an incorporation have the same rights that a natural flesh and bone entity enjoy?
What the ****
What does the word “respect” mean? I know that “re” means “to do again” and “spect” can be found in the word “spectate”, so I’m thinking it means “to watch again”? It’s not making much sense to me, can you investigate?
Huh? A new change to the comment box?
Jane says:
Time for a nap.
Good evening
“Here was the Reply box” Lets make new comments here its more applicable other than “Make new comments at the top.”
It was here however now its there.
Hi Marina, can you please explain to me the origin and true meaning of the word “Melancholy”? It seems very interesting to me as I learned it in English class not too long ago.
thanks!
how about “SUNday”
hmm…
hey hotforwords. i’d like to request to word “holy”
i read this in a comment:
“One more thing…it’s almost laughable how obvious it is. Where do you think the word “Holy” comes from? Well, I’ll tell you. It comes from the latin word “Helio”. Now, what does “Helio Biblio” mean in latin? It means “Sun Book.” Holy Bible = Sun Book, or “Book of the Sun”. It’s right on the fucking cover, people! Christianity is nothing more than a sun-worshipper cult, and they don’t even know it!”
and then this…
“Wrong. The origin of the word “holy” comes from the 11th Century Old High German “hulis” and Old English “holegn” meaning “Holly” as in Holly Tree, considered a sacred plant to both pre-Christian Celtic and Roman worship.”
which one is it?
holy
holy (correct link)
What do you think of my new channel design. The 4 pics in the background took me about 5 hours to make
Graphically, they’re very good
The content leads to a few obvious questions…
You might want to check your map and be sure
you’re on the right road, some paths lead to trouble.
My advice would be to learn from the mistakes of others.
You don’t have enough time in this life to make
them all yourself. Peace!
St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review : Too Good To Be True Russian band
“The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was ‘involved’ – the pig was ‘committed’.”
Would anyone care to elaborate? :-s
The chicken was involved in the preparation by supplying the eggs, but the pig was committed because it gave it’s life to supply the bacon/ham.
short: Involvement = work related & internal condition
Commitment = “organization loyalty”
As bob said The chicken was involved in the preparation by supplying the eggs, but the pig was committed because it gave it’s life to supply the bacon/ham. However i think that egg might say it was plenty well committed also as it may have as well developed into a chicken.
I have a dilemma, where should I go for my Bday this year. Page and I went here last year(VIP baby!) But this place looks cool , I’ve been there too.
Or here? 
Brian Eno – Needle In The Camel`s Eye
Poly Styrene – oh bondage, up yours @LMHR”
Please add the word, “niggardly,” to your list.
Wake up and smell the coffee! I like this cliche.
Hey RL1, check out my “RL”
Very nice… and only 24 pounds… decent.
Wondered where the word Marijuana came from if the plant is called Canibus????
If a ships carries cargo, and a truck carries shipments, then can i bus take you on a trip?
You can lead a horse to water… but, you can’t make him do the backstroke!
You can lead a horticulture…
… but you can’t make her think.
…but you will pay by the our
They would rather you pay by the inch
HI
Can you tell me something about the word (pumpernickel)
as in bread thank you
Stephen
It makes kvass
Would ‘you’re never too old to learn’ be a cliche? Today it certainly applies to me, as I become 2.5 times our beautiful teacher’s age. What a wonderful personality! An early subscriber asked that you ‘don’t forget us when you become famous’, and I would like to echo that wish on this milestone for me.
Congratulations on your Septuagenary celebration.
Hot water is a blessing, soul waste some
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“The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was ‘involved’ – the pig was ‘committed’.” – unknown from the HOTfORwoRds site
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melika.. do you get a notification of this reply?
She and I
Over here
Huzzah! Success!
Yes – “Marina has replied”
Good job!
Are at the top of the alter
Me too
I request the word Epiphany. If you decide to investigate, I really suggest you do it until the 6th of January.
Reply the tires
ok does this work a fraction of time shall reveal the answer.
Hello, i want to know more about the word “concierge”.
i don’t even know how to pronounce it right.
please help?
Thanks!
While in Mexico I found out that the Mexican culture has their own cliches, the wording is different but the meanings are equivalent to what we use in the US.
I’m certain all cultures have cliches of equal meaning.
e.g.
Burn your bridges – US
Burn your ships – Sweden
The cat’s whiskers – England
The bee’s knees – US
Comme ci, comme ça – French
(Come-see-come-saw)
.
Like this, like that – English
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey* – England
Colder than a well diggers ass – US
Accidentally stumbled on the origin of this phrase :
An old naval expression. Cast iron cannon balls were stacked in pyramids on shallow brass trays called monkeys. When the temperature got really cold, the thermal expansion between the cast iron and the brass was such that the balls rolled off.
(ClicheSite.com)
ATTENTION BREAKFAST CLUB: See that? M is denying all knowledge of the missing bonsai. The next thing you know, she will be issuing a statement saying she never had a bonsai. This smacks of Area 51, Bigfoot, and the grassy knoll. Che, muster the conspiracy theorists. We must mobilize. This means WAR!
You mean the potted stick thingy, it was explained once before, a bamboo shoot? an orchard?…..
Okay, I have the smoking gun. Here it is. I have proof of the missing bonsai.
(sigh) yes, it’s an orchid.
When I was asked to send a picture to for the TA post,
I sent Captain Jack a picture of what a blooming orchid
in the background is SUPPOSED to look like
Am I the only one who sees the seriousness of this situation?! The bonsai, circled in red. He was a part of us, one of the guys. He shared our thoughts, our dreams; now he is gone. M has done something to Big Red (that’s what I called him during my reflective times in detenton), and nobody cares. Nobody even noticed. Oh! Shame! Shame on you all!
Oh! The bonsai… sorry ’bout that
Gorby likes to “water” the plants…
I was able to save some of the sweet basil
and other herbs by changing the dirt.
I wouldn’t recommend using them to cook
with, for awhile… might taste “funny”.
The bonsai wasn’t getting enough light, so
it has a new location to catch more rays.
“Big Red” is safe and tucky-tuck, so don’t worry
At this extremely late stage of the game,
I demandwe demand proof! Post a picture of Big Red with today’s issue of the L.A. Times or we will be forced to go public.Sorry – I only do requests
Time to switch to decaf?
Big Red was confiscated by the SPCP (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Plants)
Reason, endangering an endangered plant with an endearing little dog.
Breakfast club or not…I agree with bsomebody, “This means war !”
{leonard slips out the back door with a burrito in his pocket and a cup of coffee in his teeth.}
If Marina is reading…the reply informed my mail
“Fell off the wagon”
Hmmm, I was going to give up hanging out here so much…but I’ve left 20 comments, last one last night at 12:28, first one this AM at 6:41…I guess I really “fell off the wagon.” Hey PK, is that a euphemism, a cliche, or an idiom?
“Off the wagon”
I’m glad you are off the wagon, I enjoy your comments. Thanks Evan Owen…I saw this band from LA and they kept referring to stereo-typing…Red Aunts
Hi Marina! I’m curious of the origin of the french-based word “Raconteur”.
Please help!
Thankyou xXx
What are people talking about their comments not being nested???? Please help me understand… I see conversations going on here with nested replies.
If you suddenly lost your ability to be able to reply to comments or something, please let me know as I have not intentionally changed ANYTHING!!!
It was happening last night. If you look at the very bottom of the page, you will see that the replies are posted as new posts. I guess it fixed itself after that; the forum fairies came out last night.
Доброй утро Марина,
Just check the posting times on some of these comments. We’re probably too pie-eyed and of questionable sobriety to know what we’re doing.
Here is what happened. I copied and pasted all the smilies ( I wanted too see if the displayed themselves as links (they didn’t)) I think the website thought it was spam so it said my comment was awaiting moderation. But somehow people could reply. But the cool thing is. There is now a fight for the last first comment! So I think it was me… Sorry.
See. I told you it was James’ fault!
No fight – I win
Good one.
That reminds me – for those in the happs, mijj released a new vid last week. He keeps getting more complex with each new vid. I think it is really cool to watch them progress.
The HFW videos seem to be moving up the YT ‘most viewed today’ more rapidly than in the past.
Do the same rules for new lessons still apply? i.e. the #24 position
That is not important. Get your priorities straight, man! Has no one else noticed the missing bonsai? What is going on here? ARE YOU ALL MAD?!
The bonsai is being used as a Christmas tree.
The bonsai is visiting it’s cousin, Bondai Beach, as shown in this picture.
My videos are moving very quickly right now due to the holidays I guess… so in this instance I am spacing them out to about the same time of day.
Gee Marina, you’re busier than a one arm paper hanger
As busy as “A long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.”
Wow. I like my new video effects
Accidental laser shoots out my head at the end.
Just don’t use them on me!!!
“Darth” James? LOL!
Any luck debuggin’ de mail?
(chide chide)
YAY REPLIES ARE BACK!
“Needle in a paycheck.”
…. Hmm, I like it. I wonder how I could apply it ….
That was a very thought provoking lesson, Marina. I realise that you can’t explore all the nuances in a short video and that this comments section and the forum are for expanding on the theme and developing a deeper understanding of the subject.
What I would like to discuss is, at what point does an expression or saying become a cliché? Your definition of something which is used over and over again doesn’t seem to be adequate.
Would you say that “Intelligence is sexy” “another mystery solved by your trusty hotforwords” “be good” “I’ll see you all very soon” are clichés, or are they “catchwords”, a successful formula for maintaining a theme throughout your products?
What about “it’s true, I tell you” which Campkohler uses?
I suggest that these are just catchwords when used by one person as a trademark. When I and Evan Owen start to copy and use them, they become “Buzzwords”, the latest cool expression to use, and finally, when everyone is using them without thinking about what they mean, they achieve the dubious status of a cliché.
I believe that clichés are so popular because their use in conversation buys us thinking time, allowing our brains a chance to catch up with our mouths, by using an expression which is so familiar that it slides off the tongue without requiring any conscious effort. However, the same could be said of the hesitation sounds, “er” and “umm”; do they count as clichés? I don’t think so, so a further requirement is introduced for a cliché to be considered a cliché.
What do other people think?
I think you hit the nail on the head… well, not exactly. I agree with your evolutionary theory of “catchphrase” (I like “hook”) to “cliche.” I have a different opinion on the usefullness of cliches. You said that a person who has used a cliche has conserved energy, allotted more time to think. Do you not often hear someone who use cliches or quotes verbatim often does so instead of thinking? That is the root of my problem with many of these pre-fabbed verbages: cliches, euphamisms, generalizaitions, idioms, oxymorons, and even overuse of quotations (historical or sacred). Too often people do not say what he or she means, and then gets upset when their audience does not hear what the sayer says he or she said that he or she meant to say … huh?
{Sounds of metal squealing and crunching, sparks fly as a blue smoke fills the air. It looks like somebody has had a wrench thrown in a cog.}
I know you believe you understand what you think I said but I’m not convinced that you realize that what you heard was not what I meant, although obviously, at the end of the day, when all is said and done, and the fat lady has stopped singing and they think it’s all over, actually, it will all come out in the wash, as long as no-one throws the baby out with the bathwater or leaves any mud sticking to the wall or shit on the fan … err .. umm … I ‘ve actually forgotten what I was going to say …
The scary part is – I had to read it only once, and I followed you completely.
“cliches” The Powdered Milk of Conversations, does everyone “got milk” today?
I would say that since cliché and stereotype come from similar sources.. and both imply repetitive use with no originality… and both words are used as in a negative way.
Stereotypes are bad and saying “oh, that is so cliché” is saying to the person that they could have used a better example (using more thought, as you say)…
Whereas, slogans or catchphrase are phrases that people identify with companies or people… but that people seem to like.. like “I’ll be back” by Arnold S…. or “Just do it” by Nike… but if Arnold S. used “I’ll be back” in every movie.. his catchphrase would become cliché, I guess.
Dearest Marina
Yada,yada yada
LMAOROTF..B.B.
Give the Lady a cigar.
What you refer to as a catch phrase is more like a “sound bite”. When Eek the Cat says “Kumbaya! It never hurts to help”, that’s more fitting of the description for a catch phrase. This is because only Eek says that and it is unique to his character. “Subscribe to my channel” et al, are more like sound bites as they are in use by the multitudes, including Marina
Marina, You’ve labeled the thumbnail for this video Cliché, yes you are the Cliché for your type of that I know personally at least three of a more than casual but less than intimate type. But your the only that has gotten put the clouds into the eyes by your own doings. So I would call that unique.
Marina, Whats the skinny on the word ’skinny’? My dad used to be a newspaper reporter and he would say to his boss, “I’ll go talk to Richard Petty and get the skinny on that ruling!”
Origin Request: Skinny
I want to suggest the word “cigarettes”. Most people are familiar with the word but some people dont know what the true history is.
I heard some before but im not sure what the word true meaning is.
How about “Don’t take any wooden nickles.”
not sure about the spelling it’s been awhile since I was in Germany but here’s one:
Mach niech on da pom firez
“It doesn’t matter about the french fries”
More homework:
That’s the way the cookie crumbles
Win some lose some
Same shit different day
Cool beans
When the shit hits the fan
Early bird catches the worm
Can’t have your cake and eat it too
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it (or in the government If it ain’t broke fix it till it is)
Or as the judge said to the bigamist:
“You can’t have your Kate and Edith, too!”
Everybody must be clichéd out?
Sometimes, at first blush, it looks like that some clichés are really another type of expression, such as an idiom or euphemism. Sometimes, I have to really think hard about whether an expression is a cliché or an idiom. I suppose, some idioms and euphemisms can become clichés as well.
Here are the rules for knowning which type of expression is which. A cliché is phrase so over-used that it almost has no meaning, like “think outside the box”.
An idiom is a phrase composed of words that do not literally indicate its meaning, such as “I’m in a pickle”.
A euphemism is a way of substituting words to soften or otherwise alter the reality or perception of a certain condition. Someone might say, “between jobs” instead of just saying “unemployed”.
Do you sometimes get the feeling we are just one big walking cliché? I wonder if anyone is going to start a forum thread where you can only use clichés?
Now if only someone can come up with a euphemism for an idiomatic cliche…
“like flies on fecal matter” covers two out of three.
“they will all gather, like flies on fecal matter” 3/3
Nonchalantly, Fly #1 says to Fly#2: “Is this stool taken?”
I beg that I might be allowed to disagree, Your Royal TA-ship. If literalality is the test of a cliché, then “think outside the box” is not apt; it doesn’t literally refer to the relationship of thinking and the outside of a cardboard container. Nor do I agree that clichés have no meaning; if they did not, they would not be useful in communication and so would not become clichés. I propose a different distinction.
An idiom’s use does not peak; it is an expression that everyone uses without regard to its popularity. A cliché peaks; it is an expression that many once used because it was popular, but some now avoid because it is no longer popular.
Hey CK, did you get on your knees and bow?
Just kidding
Your disagreement is accepted. You make some interesting points that are worthy of consideration.
Sometimes in my own way of defining things, I use anchor words that are not as rigorous as you suggested. Good points to remember.
Let’s just agree to disagree
How cliché
Edit:
I knew somebody important would start
that cliché thread in the forum.
You mean like, “wine-dark sea”?
OOOH, here’s an idea, since Warren and bsomebody requested “pun”:
Puns based on cliches!
Like the time when I was on a beach hike, and threw a creosote-treated piece of driftwood on the fire.
“Ouch! that’s hot!” shouted the board.
“Good Lord! did you hear that!?” I exclaimed.
“Yep,” said my hiking partner, “the oily board gets too warm!”
Hey Evan, that’s funny. We posted at the same time about a similar concept where a cliché exists in another type of expression or idea.
Would that be like the time a rope walked into a bar and requested a beer?
The bartender asked if he were a rope as they did not serve ropes at that bar…
The rope tangled himself up, messed up his ends and exclaimed…
“No, I am a frayed knot.”
Hey, I got a Rope Frayed at one end ,the other end afraid of nothing
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or with an especially pretty lady, a bird in the bush is worth two in the hand.
Sorry, I just can’t stop myself sometimes.
Or a bird without a bush is worth two with a bush.
I thought it was
“you can get two birds stoned in one bush”
Two birds are worth more than a stoned Bush.
@Bob: not sure I get this one. It reminds me of Marina’s “depilation” lesson.
Oh, you got it.
Cliches:
Flaxen hair
Eyes like stars
Teeth like pearls
Ruby lips
Rosy cheeks
Kisses sweet as wine
Gee, I can think of a lot of them, just looking at you!
More loan words:
The man leaving on vacation made a faux pas when he said “Bon voyage!” to his friends staying home.
Why can’t the anglophobes of the world accept the fait accompli that English is now the global lingua franca?
Marina, thank you for the green border.
I love ♥ it.
It looks like there are a lots of new fixes.
The edit box disappears on its own and it looks like the initial login presents the comment box w/o having to do a page refresh. Great work.
Much ado about nothing.
Sometimes thats not true for some.
kickingbassguitar says:
and some times truth is stranger than fiction.
and sometimes truth is Much ado about mammonas
Just remember, you heard it here first. And you can quote me on that ?;>
Why?
Yield, It’s more fun. Yield dammit, its more fun.
Take your pick
“Sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”
Early to bed, early to rise.
Hello Marina,
Word Suggestions: Proverb, Pun, Prose, True, Truth, False, Lie,
Trophy, Statue, Poem, Lyric.
HW: That does the trick, Waste of breath;
Do as I say not as I do; Better late than never.
Thank you.
Excellent post Marina.
Much ado about nothing.
People attack the strongest in others, that which they fear the most in themselves.
Oh, I forgot, The lady, me thinks, doth protest to much.
Homework: break a leg, start off on a clean slate!
could you do the origin of why a highway is sometimes called a parkway and why a driveway is called what it is? i think someone got it mixed up a long time ago.
Homework: A bird in hand is better than two in the bush.
Checkout this cool video of MAC vs PC transformer style
Very well done.
Hi PD, thanks for that video selection.
That was a great video. Had me on the edge of my seat.
Thanks for sharing that video. Very
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Thanks, PD!! That was awesome!
That was pretty awesome. The music kinda sounded like it was from Terminator.
Hi,
I’d like to know more about the history behind the word Sapphic. I know it comes from the Greek poet Sappho, but who was this person? I’d also like to know what the proper prefix is to create the antonym of this word. Is it proper to say asapphic?
Yes, intelligence in indeed sexy.
That is “So Cliche”
HI Roland i would be interested in getting about two acres of land in pahrump do you Handel stuff like that or just houses
Hmmm. I wonder what “…he can show you any Real Estate listing you are interested in.” really means? It’s a puzzlement.
you need to get HELLP
HI Marina could you please do the origin of the phrase FUNNY BONE I think it is so-post to be in your elbow tickle my funny bone pretty Marina
When my parents told me to clean my plate I knew cleaning your plate had a double entendre meaning to it. I had to finish eating everything on my plate and then afterwards I got to do the dishes and clean plates again
Well damned if you don’t finish eating your peas, there are starving children in Africa, waste not want not, etc.
The cliche I’m feeling right now “Damned if I do, damned if I don’t!”
So did you or didn’t you?
Well, since I’m damned either way, I did
there sure are many new Marinas added on The Sexiest Geek of 2008 contest, have you noticed? You can give her as many as 100 votes at once!
Take the time to do so, and as a reward you might have a very happy and proud teacher for the entire year to come.
Here is the link :
- http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/12/every-geeks-a-l.html -
I’m on my fifth go ’round
I hit it once everytime I restart my browser.
heh heh
Honestly, I’m kinda tired of seeing the long listed of submitted entries by Marina’s obsessed fans. It would be nice if somebody else were to win this year for a change. (Not Phil DeFranco)
I don’t fear change, nor competition.
Though I do feel that a contradiction
Will occur, if this year’s occasion,
Won’t grant Marina recidivism!
There is no sexier geek in the contest,
Other than Marina, who is the best!
h/w: what goes around comes around, and this one u wont kno cuz its english creole: if the cap fit you draw the string
can anyone tell me the sayings that Marina is giving at the beginning of this video? the only things i caught are “easier said than done” “face the music”.
and “needle in a haystack”
Hitoshi
“Better late than never” “Up the creek without a Paddle”
arigatougozaumasita
Che Volay!
Do itashimashite!
I’m too quick without the pedal/petal (I have never heard of this one before.)
hey marina i have an idea, when you start selling your new book, why dont you make some bumper stickers and who ever buys a book they get three free “HOT FOR WORDS” bumper stickers.
News: Scientist measures sky falling rate at zero.
Timothy 6:10 (King James Version):. “For the love of money is the root of all evil….” Evil requires will; money itself is just paper and has no will of its own.
Sorry to wax philosophical on you, but your philosophical looked a little dull.
How about DIRT POOR AND FILTHY RICH Ether way your dirty
Doesn’t matter if your rich or poor as long as you have money
What? Mayonaise from a squeeze bottle. Fixing a sandwich. Teared up some coz of those chopped onions and was happy about having pumpernickel bread for my sandwich.
Don’t cry over spilt milk. First of all that was squirted out and second of all it’s consistency is that of tapioca pudding and thirdly those tears you see are tears of joy
150.000.000 views, oh dear!
Congratulations are in order!
WORD REQUEST: Chit-Chat
BTW, Love the Show!!!
Like looking for a “needle in a haystack”?
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<a href=”http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QxGl7OtSPQo” g66d n5ght
I just checked out one of the add sites on here about buying a refurbished Mac. A refurbished Mac is $1900.00. Man I could by three or 4 pcs at that price maybe more. With the same hardware on the inside. It would have to last for 10 years at that price.
Why is a ten dollar bill called a sawbuck?
Eric M
Slang term for the U.S. ten dollar paper currency. The slang is derived from the Roman numeral for ten, “X”. The “X” looks like the shape of a sawbuck, a device used to hold wood in place for sawing it into pieces.
source:
sawbuck
I’ll second that one with the suggestion that it may have originated from ‘bucking’ logs into fireplace lengths prior to splitting, whereby the log to be ‘bucked’ is leaned across another, lifting it to a more comfortable working height. Viewed from the position of one doing the bucking, would look a bit like:
/o
resembling the number 10.
To be sure, Our Dear Teacher can verify or debunk our theories!
Source:
Personal experience, having bucked and split many logs for my fireplace.
ok I was wondering where some of these clichés came from such as “cat out of the bag” or “I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.”
Let The Cat Out The Bag Game of HotForWords
Variation on a cliche to emphasize futility:
You can drag a dead horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
Thats quite a variation
but we could make a nice stew.
OK, cliche is a loan word from French. How about some Russian ones? Glasnost and tovarishch come to mind.
Attention Russian students
Your daily Russian lesson: Если В Сердце Живет Любовь (If Love Lives in the Heart)
Iulia’s an amazing young woman to be dancing half-dressed in the snow like that. She reminds me of me.
Oh yea, ***Word Request: “Heart”***
What’s the original Indo-European word for “heart”, and how did it mutate into such variations as Spanish “corazon”, English “heart”, German “Hertz”, Welsh “calon”, and Russian “Сердце”
Hey Evan, thanks for that video. I like it.
Perfect timing for your word request, ♥ as the stores should all be filling their shelves with ♥Valentine♥ stuff by now.
–> german — indo-germanic dictionary.
–> english — indo-germanic dictionary.
–> indo-germanic dictionary.
Did you intentionally allow comments in the HTML practice page to appear in the Recent Comments column?
Word/cliche Request – “Shake a stick at”
e.g. Marina has more requested words than you can 'shake a stick at'.Since Marina is my first YouTube friend, I thought it a propo to make my first vid a word request. Check it out [Here] if you haven’t already – 10 more views to 100
ENJOY!!
Ohhh, Oh, I see one too many of those symbols there. I must have counted 15 of those little buggers.
huh? not I – all of my posts on that focal point omit unsaid glyph of topical import.
Major
I had to modify my words so I wouldn’t look as a hypocritical human.
Good job, mi amigo! And Thanks again!
Umm … FianchEtto?
thanks, Bob! ROFLMAO!
ummm … oops!
She won’t even be able to credit me for my video request!
Change your name to Bob
Great idea, Che! Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that?
Thanks to all who pushed me over 100! BTW Pkarl and Smokey account for 1.3% (each) of the views! Thanks!
Think nothing of it. <— Yippeee!, no verboten glyphs.
I helped push your count over 200, I hope you don’t mind
E-phobe!
[An I-phobe can be found here!]
Word Request: Ditto
Wow!!! Thank you Marina for doing that word. For a minute there, I didn’t recognize your new TA. I alwasy thought he was a horse. OK, this is where aLx comes in and fills in the rest.
You are too funny Marina. I love it!!!
I laughed so hard, I fell of my high horse.
1: let me know if you get an email notification of this reply.. as I’m replying through the dashboard.
2: what border color do you want?
3: my pleasure
reply to myself.
reply to self from front end
email notifications do not work from the dashboard.. note to self
Marina did you cut off the ability for us to reply to a comment from the Dashboard also?
Any of your chosing. Green, dark green, violet.
Solid border – like me
Marina,
I Did received an email doing a Reply to myself.
I have Not received an email from your reply to me.
Hey, Marina, the edit works great.
The edit box disappears on its own. Yeah!!!
WORD REQUEST: PREGNANT / PREGNANCY
thanks
[Cool Talk on Subject: Cultural Cliches]
That was great, Fianchetto. A whole bunch of history, sociology, psychology, and Chinese food in 15 minutes!
Cool.
Now I have more information to spread to friends, family, and coworkers. 
OK, now you know the secret, Why you still here? GO WIN THE FRIGGIN LOTTERY!
Interesting comment on ethnicity. Ms. Lee’s accent, body language, and sense of humor immediately mark her as American. I’d probably feel more immediate rapport with her in person than with Marina, despite the fact I was born blond.
Dear Marina,
Are we going to get New Years kisses from you?
Homework:
I get this one from a guy at work “I don’t want to nitpick, but…”
“Crazy weather we are having!”
“Burr it’s cold out side.”
“How about these gas prices!”
“When are you going to shave?” (when I feel like it)
Marina,
Please don’t become so Americanized that you adopt that accent.
Is the snow deep enough for you?
Is it cold enough for you?
Is it hot enough for you?
Can you make the radio any louder?
Do you want fries with that?
We need to raise taxes.
Lose some weight.
And the best of all…
IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN!!!
Marina, I just noticed something. You always tell us to ‘be good’, but you’ve never explained the origin of ‘good’ yet. Maybe you can do it in one video together with ‘bad’?
Hello nighteye,
That is an excellent request; the origin of good and what does it mean. Not everyone agrees on it’s meaning so there is a subjective component to it. I have been thinking about that word also.
Marina may have seen your comment, and in case that she didn’t register the comment as a request, I recommend posting the request again in this format:
Word Request: good
Credit goes to nighteye’s comment above.
OK, ok…I’m late for class – Sorry, from time to time, I must buy groceries. I am addicted to food, so much so that I feel that if I don’t get some food every day, I feel like I might die.
Thanks for the lesson and the mention – Must have been on a mission for CaptainJack when I requested it!
Homework: {thinking… OK!}
Common cliches I can think of:
“Have a nice day.”
“Word request: fuck. Is it an acronym?”
“Would you like fries with that order, sir?”
“May I see your ID?”
“I don’t mean to interrupt, but…” (followed by an inevitable interruption)
“Kiss me again, Fianchetto, PLEASE!!”…no wait… I LIKE that one!
Some help for your addiction: If you drink enough coffee and smoke enough cigarettes, you can get by on one meal a day.
Will Mountain Dew and crack cocaine serve as adequate substitutes?
Mtn. Dew and Pop-tarts. If you use that other stuff, people start talking.
Pop-tarts.
Hmmmm… like [THIS?]
It took me few seconds… clever.
Whereas the Crack is {cliché approaching} you guessed it Toxic.
Addicted to food, eh? That’s an interesting one…
Clichés are psychic tatoos painted inside one’s brain. Every brain has its clichés, just like every engine has its red zone, just like every rose has its thorns.
Sometimes, though, the plain truth is exposed, all naked, and lots of clichés are, all of a sudden, smashed to bits.
Tattoos are permanent. Would you say cliches are more of a shortcut? Someone else has already said it colorfuly, so we just plagiarize them. I do agree that cliches often conceal the truth; if I speak in my own words, then you will gain a better understanding of what I am saying. If I continually use cliches, then I am suppressing and concealing my independent thought.
Can we also say the same for someone who repeatedly quotes historical figures or scripture? I will often reference another’s work to corroborate my own thought, or to lay a foundation for an independent thought. I get annoyed, though, at someone who will repeatedly quote scripture to answer questions. That tells me that they no longer (if they ever had) have their own thoughts on the subject.
Chairman Mao would be most displeased with your thought-crime, comrade. Is that your final answer?
Oh no. I will never have a final answer!!!!!!!!
LOL! actually I thought your post quite astute. Thanks!
Tatoos can be removed if you cut deep enough through the skin. Or if you burn it.
Clichés are definitely a cut, a synaptic channel running through a group of neurons in the brain. And yes, I agree too, they often conceal the truth. I think clichés are, sometimes very skillfully, used to influence other people.
My guess is that you too sometimes need to conceal your independant thinking process behind clichés, scriptures, “clothes”, historical quotes or some kind of thought stopper (let’s call it education or social ethics), as some thoughts are just newborn ideas, perhaps not mature enough, or not verified and acceptable at all. Otherwise, you could sound like a gross and uneducated individual.
Perhaps some would consider the fledgling idea to be gross and uneducated, but not all. Brainstorming requires the lack of filtering; all ideas go on the board. We see this when we watch House. Sure, House belittles the stupid ideas, but he still listens to them. Many people feel free to explore new ideas on this site, too. That is, perhaps, the most appealing part of this site, to me at least. I can throw out an idea, and we will bounce it around like a beach ball. Sometimes we get a good one, others just kind of flop and fizzle, dying a quick and painless death. I do not have to worry, though, about looking like an idiot and being chastised for it. When I look like an idiot, Che will cook a burrito, Bob will bring some funky side dish, and we have a good laugh.
Right tomorrow I am going to work on this
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IB-BlIb4ylE&feature=related
It’s scary. I hope I can do it. If I can my vid will be awesome
In reading your new name, I was a bit puzzled. I know your not a female dog so I had to look it up.
-C & P- Hey, at least I admit it.
bitch (bch)
n.
1. A female canine animal, especially a dog. (ed. female foxes & wolfs are also called bitches. Right?)
2. Offensive
a. A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing.
b. A lewd woman.
c. A man considered to be weak or contemptible.
3. Slang A complaint.
4. Slang Something very unpleasant or difficult.
v. bitched, bitch·ing, bitch·es Slang
v.intr.
To complain; grumble.
v.tr.
To botch; bungle. Often used with up.
I’m guessing here. Would C be the definition that suits you?
Hope not. Because I see the weak as Dinner. 
* (howls like a hunger wolf)
Just kidding with you James.
word request: I second Warren on pun
A neutron walks into a bar and orders a drink. “How much?” he asks.
“For you — no charge!”
(From HFW “Bar” video.)
where dose the word guitar come from and where dose the word banjo come from
Gotta love that Marina.
Hey, that’s what he said.
Well, almost.
In Marina’s 2nd appearance on O’Reilly,
he said; “You gotta Love her”
I thought that was a precious moment.
H/w: I try to not use cliches. Similarly to stereotypes, they often do not say what I mean, or the meaning gets lost.
Marina covered that word here: http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/11/16/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious/
where does the word “nike” come from? =]
thanks
Greek godess of victory. It’s also the origin of the names nicole and nicholas.
the word nike is the greek for victory
where does the word “nike” come from? =]
Funny dog video from Hungry Doggie Christmas
I know that is what my house is like when I am gone. My dog never sleeps on the couch, but the couch is somehow covered in dog hair.
Dogs get real smart when something is in their benefit
{ and sneaky, they are capable of long term plotting }
Smart dogs.
They use to say “Another day another dollar” but now it’s more like
“Another day another fifty cents”
Word Revolt
yo
ho
ho & a bottle of rum
Let’see… uhhh?
Dumber than a sack of hammers.
or is it…
Hammer than a sack of dumbers!
I prefer “More hammered than a sack of nails”
more nailed than a sack of 4×2s
Huh? I’m like the French carpenter who ran out of nails; I haven’t a clous.
Once when I was working on a remodel project, nailing siding on an apartment building, I noticed a co-worker tossing away approximately every other nail he pulled out of his nail belt.
Foreman came along and asked, “What the hell are you doing?”
“Half these nails have the points on the wrong end,” he replied.
“Don’t throw them out,” advised the foreman, “you can use them on the other side of the building!”
i wonder where the word plumber comes from
crack kills
“Plumber” comes from plumbum, the Latin word for lead, of which Roman plumbing was made. If you look up lead in the periodic table, the symbol is Pb. So a plumber was originally a plum-bum.
It’s true, I tell you. (Oh wait…that line is for when we’re really “spinning a yarn”!)
The lead poisoning from their plumbing caused impaired tasting. That’s why Italians heavily spiced their food.
Grandma always said it was the cover the taste of their feet flavored wine.
Cliche that is annoying.
Winter storm warnings are in effect.
Relaxing now.
Just got done cleaning the Sea Lion tank at the local aquarium.
But I need a shower, kinda smell like sea lion stuff.
Here’s a video REMIX I came across that is NOT recommended for children!
lol
Twisted!
Dear Miss Marina Orlova,
A Needle in a Hey Jack? Uh Huh… that was classic..
“I Love You” , is that Cliché?
Your Dear Student,
ThoughtOnFire
no, but “i lust you” is…
WOW! I have never seen that before
Not one of those is messed up
MY COMMENT IS AWAITNG MODERTATION!!!
WHY AM I ON MODERATION!!
What did i do?
probably b/c of your stupid nickname.
and why the hell does my comment not appear as a reply?
Probably because of your stupid face
JOKES!!! Sorry just had to say that. Nothing to do with the nick… It was fine earlier on. I think I have an idea..
You used “Marina” and “bitch” in the same post. In some cases, that’s a BIG no-no. Your usage here is quite correct and, therefore, acceptable – heh heh
nah, that’s not it.
here: marina is an attention bitch.
pending?
more likely, though, due to your extensive use of those goddamn smilies.
Just what i thought. I copied and pasted them to se if they would turn out as links or smilies.
That is exactly why Alex.. too msany links (smileys included) and it gets marked as spam.
Marina has a dog which is obviously a son of a bitch..