Car
Car seems like a fairly new word for an automobile.. but it’s not.
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I now am the proud driver of a 2004 Mercury Sable yea! nice clean car has a few small paint chips though
Better than eating paint chips however 
Nap time
They opened the door for Car and said Car set 1 foot out on the ground pivot your hips around set other foot on ground and grab my arm and I will pull you too your feet.
Worlds Fastest Production car?
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This will get your blood pumping
http://tinyurl.com/9sha88
fast car or not?
I drive my disposable car, and old banged up Suzuki Swift. The best car I’ve had was my RX-7, that thing could sure handle fast corners.
Hey Hey Nah
Lexus ES 300
I have the same one
Hi Marina,
I have many cars, but often drive Audi S4 and the classic early 65 – 66 Mustang Fastback & Convertible. The classic Mustang is very fun to drive and you should try it out. How do you like the R8? I drove this car on the local race track recently and it was a bit slow with the R tronic transmission, I prefer a manual transmission. Do you drive standard / manual transmission? The RS4 is fun, which I drove on the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona in its pre-production state, but the US model lacked the lambo steering wheel and racing seats. The S5 is another fun car.
#1 Student
Speaking of cars, GM was trying to figure out why it couldn’t sell the Chevy Nova in Latin America. Finally someone in marketing remembered his high-school Spanish: “no va” means “it doesn’t go”.
They changed the name to the Caribe.
This one actually IS true!
There were many companies caught with their Webster’s around their ankles. There was a book that listed all of the company FUBAR names when the companies started to go global. If I remember correctly, Esso gasoline was renamed to Exxon in certain countries and then globally because Esso was a dirty word. I think they still have Esso gas in some states.
It’s still Esso in Canada, probably because Exxon became a dirty word after the Exxon Valdez spill.
nont Explain Marina,
Privet, Marina, s Novym Godom!
What is the origin/etymology of the italian city Venice (Venezia, Venetia)? More precisely, does the word “Veneti” (from which the city’s name could originate) have something common with “Veneti”/”Venedi” (Venethae, Venethi) a tribe which is considered to be the progenitors of the Slavs?
I believe you can make it clear!
I’ve got a question: what is origin of the word “leg” meaning not a part of a body, but a match? My dictionnary says that a leg could mean “one of a pair of matches played between the same opponents in a sports competition, which together form a single round (= stage) of the competition”, but it says nothing about its origin.
‘94 Chevy S-10
It still runs good, even though it needs some cosmetic work.
97 Isuzu Hombre
Hello Hot for Words,
How did the word “skittish” originate?
Thank you,
pawl57
Staying on the subject of cars do you know the origin of race as in racing? (like nascar racing or f1 racing)
If you haven’t checked out the Marina’s Wired Sexy Geek Contest 2008 page, check it out. Vote for all of the Marina entries every day. Wired will eventually consolidated all of the duplicate entries.
Also, click on the down arrow of any person that gets ahead of Marina, like SxePhil. Don’t be shy about doing that. Notice all of the down arrows that Marina has gotten. SxePhil is the one to beat.
Vote Marina!!!
Oh that’s the car I was trying to remember… the Chrysler ME FOUR-TWELVE.
Top 10 Fastest Cars
Here is the Top 20. (But it seems like a few cars have been left out.)
I would like to know where the word “DILDINE” originated.
nevermind, wrong place
I have a few requests- after reading some of the posts on this page, I am wondering about the origin of the word “fart”!? Also some other things I have had on my mind- “heavens to Betsy” or “Heavens to Mergatroid” and lastly the phrase my overprotective Mother always utters “Oh my word!”. Do you think Oh my word may be a rendition of “Oh my lord”, replacing the L with a W? Just a thought! thank you- I think you are a truly inspiring, intelligent and creative woman whom just happens to be a dime peice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could you tell us the origin of the word sex please ?
Love you Marina !
I drive a GMC Yukon SLT Black on black and I also drive a Dodge Durango, silver. My fav. car is my 72 Chevy Chevelle “Heavy Chevy” with a 390-400 small block and 10 bolt posi rear end, it’s charcoal grey with black details………..sweet ride!
I’d like to reques that the word pyromancer. It’s history, conception, and grammatical usage. This is a word that has astounded me for quite some time. I am something of an amatuer in linguistic studies, so even I don’t know emuch of what there is to know about english language. Thank you
i’ll post the story and word request again, to make sure it catches on:
hey marina, there was wonderfull news today from people.com – Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin’s daughter, Welcomes a Son
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20245389,00.html
with this wonderfull news to welcome the new year, i want to know the origin of the word – “family”
I would like to request a word. Could you do a video describing the history, conception, and grammatical usage of the word albeit. It’s a word that I rarely seen used or said, so I think that it would be fascinating to see another captivating video of yours to a word that is quite perplexing.
Thank you if you take my request into consideration, and I fear I have nothing in return but my genuine and utmost gratitude if you actually do post a video.
Peacy,
GBZ.
We have 2 VW Jetta’s with the amazing TDI deisel engines noted for their very long legs.
Well, I mostly drive around my 05 Asro work van. But when I go to glamis I drive the 02 Ford 250 deisel so I can tow the toy hauler and for fun days I cruise(90mph) the 330ci.
Whats in the toyhauler you ask?… take a look-see.
I love it P.D.!
(the toy, not the hauler)
Nice Velvet Revolver music to go with it.
Okay PD, I gotta ask. What is the story behind your s/n and your link? Inquiring minds want to know.
Folks,
What about this one?
I would like to request a word or two:
New year
silky
There are thousands of gravel roads to cruise around here. This is part of the reason I have an older truck and an older car,I could sell both,get a loan and buy a nice new truck but driving gravel just eats away at paint anyway,so,having the comfortable old truck to haul My tools and the older luxery car(max 24mpg) for road trips really works well and economically(low ins). Ya just don’t see to many new Mercedes or Cadillacs out on the gravel roads.Perhaps the best thing is,,Ya just don’t see many cops out on the gravels either,,,,they drive new cars!!
I saw on the History channel that the car industry in Detroit was founded by a guy named Otto. Hence the word Ottomobile turns into automobile
I woulda guessed that,even tho the 1st autos were manual transmission,they were,in a sense,more automatic than hooking a team of horses. Or maybe the very 1st was made for only 1 person,or,autonomous.
The Japanese use the word “ota” for auto. Sometime around the 50s or 60s, when they were looking for the name of a new automobile, they called in an American consultant. Accustomed to big American cars, the Yank exclaimed, “That little car looks like a toy!”
“Ah, so!” exclaimed the Japanese, “Toy ota!”
It’s true, I tell you.
(Sumimasen, Hitoshi!
)
i believe the word “car” is in homer’s the illiad
Ahhh…Nerd!
my fav book
, and my fav movie is “the empire strikes back”
http://books.google.com/books?id=2wtYvc2ZLT0C&pg=RA1-PA110&lpg=RA1-PA110&dq=the+iliad+car&source=bl&ots=eUYIataVN7&sig=gkJs_cLHmB00JTpZ0KMrMUO1lV8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result
“The Cretan javelin reach’ d him from afar, And pierced his shoulder as he mounts his car; Back from the car he tumbles to the ground”
Well, but its a translation…i am sure Homer didn’t drive a Ford Mustang.
FYI – Homer was blind
)
I’m pretty sure it is, because I just finished re-reading the thing (yes, I like it).
And a British sports car is mentioned in the Bible; “the roar of David’s Triumph was heard throughout the land.”
I drive a “Yoter.” ‘95? Toyota Corolla. Definately an A to B car, but seeing that I usually drive from point A to point B, that is okay.
Mrs. Somebody has a ‘99 Camry. It is a little nicer, but still nothing to write M about.
i am small time right now i got a lanser. someday i will own a german made car or should i say automoble.
1967 Camaro, 327 used to be my main car at
one time and is now my funday driving car.
It’s plain vanilla, automatic and it seems everybody
and their brother wants to buy it from me. It’s not
for sale at any price and will be given to someone
special some day.
Ohh, a buddy of mine had a ‘67 RS SS. It was pretty junky, when he got it, but that was the point, right? It had all matching numbers, but he replaced everything with Edelbrock this and thats, lots of chrome go-fasters.
Of course, he kept all the original parts in a box, too. He had everything under the hood pretty sharp, and the body work almost complete. The interior was crap, and the paint job was twenty-year-old flat black with lots of primer spots, but step on the gas and you were in the back seat. 
Anyhoo, after about a year, he got back together with his girlfriend, and they got got married. He no longer had the time nor money for the car, so it went and she stayed. Bummer.
Hi &!
Where does the word “sexy” as in “Intelligence is sexy” come from? And why do you say “HotForWords must investigate” instead of & must investigate?? Just curious…
good night
pt cruiser, 2.4L turbo…wouldn’t buy one again ’cause of the poor turning radius…
It has been a while since I had a car. It was a deluxe ‘65 Beetle. Since then a truck and a van.
This is going to be my next truck.
Origin of the word sex. PLEAS!
2009 Ford Escape Hybrid is my current ride.
‘Car’ is also used as a railroad term.
In the film, “Oh Brother Where Art Thou”, the term was used referring to a car, auto voiture. As the film’s setting
was Louisiana, maybe the Cajon folks used to call automobiles,
auto voitures, vestige of their twice transplanted French culture.
My Dear Teacher,
I have a question not related to words, per se, but one that is based, to some degree, on a certain cliche: women love shopping. Were you shopping in New York City last week? Another fan of yours, who wishes to remain anonymous (she’s also from your part of the world, but not as famous), told me “I saw your Ms. Hot-for-Words while I was shopping last week.” So, can you clear that up?
Your student,
Lucky
.
Cat
Inside
Vehicle
Is
Confused
They do not like to see the world go by like a dog does. I think they keep a mental map of their surroundings and get stressed when it changes.
I use to have a cat that after a couple of rides decided she liked to go riding in the car and would meet me at my car and ride on my shoulder when i went to town.
Strangley… I like this song
Picture of my current Highway Star
Cool Rock Band trailer.
Hi, everybody! Yes, I just joined the site after one of my friends told me about it earlier today. I have to say it’s great so far, and I intend to tune in frequently. I also have a word request. Nobody seems to know the origins of the word doppelgänger. I think it would be an interesting topic, and I hope to see something like it appear in the near future.
- Frappuccino
Bazzy is that friend who told you to join.
But ya, that would be a great, and interesting topic, and I think you should do it.
Marina touched on that in the homework she set for the “Spitting Image (Answer) – See here.
You can see all of Marina’s previous lessons by clicking on “Words/Lessons” on the menu bar at the top of each HFW page. Enjoy.
Yeah, I saw that about twenty minutes after I posted the request (typical!). But thanks, I found it interesting.
doppelgänger: Obviously Deutsche for “dope gang member”, the German equivalent of MS13.
It’s true, I tell you.
Well I had a ‘66 Mustang 2+2, and a ‘78 Lancia Beta sold when I left the UK, then 91 BMW 310 and a 94 Mecedes Benz 190E sold all of those when I left Germany and then traded in the Mustang for a 03 Ranger XLT PU and bought a 04 Dodge Neon. I have had some nice cars but and I wish I could afford to keep the Mustang, 190E and the Ranger. The Beta was a nice car to drive but it had problems if you didn’t drive it for a while. The steering would tighten up so it wouldn’t center it self.
WORD REQUEST FOR THE WORD QUEEN
2008 Nissan Altima Coupe 3.5 SE, for the car. 2004 Yamaha R1 for the motorcycle.
Hi Marina
i was woundering where the origin of the word “twilight” comes from.
Thank You
Here’s a brainiac question for you:
If your traveling at the speed of sound backward, can you smell your fart before you hear it?
I need more info to answer intelligently. Is this a food fart or a medications fart?
I must say, even though I don’t know the difference between those 2 farts, you can still find your answer to the problem.
Well,food farts are just normal,med farts are powerful and have a stronger propensity to travel against the wind,maybe even a speed-of-sound wind! Ever visit an alzheimers unit? if “yes” then You understand My answer.
The speed of smell is significantly faster, than the speed of sound only, when traveling in reverse direction…..or with adverse wind speed.
Yeah? Ok.I’m quite sure that a powerful med fart will be more detctable by a human nose than a regular food fart before during and after disipation in a wind of any strength. As a general rule,I’d think the smell may travel farther(like to a dog’s olfactory),just not convinced that it would travel faster than mach 1 forward or backward.
The really amazing thing is We are even talking about it! LOL. The speed of silly must hit mach 2!
it depends really , whether your fart is real smelly or not ==
i would like to do the experiment personally , but i can’t reverse at the speed of sound
vibrations in the butt area are felt
Never Trust A Fart
The “sound barrier” preceeds the object in flight. If outside an object, the slipstream would be so fast that you couldn’t hear/smell anything anyway; if inside, the object’s speed is irrelevant as it is an isolated world.
This is related to the old conundrum about a fly in an airliner … if the fly flies from the rear of the aircraft at an airspeed of 5 mph towards the front, and the aircraft is flying at Mach 1, has the fly broken the sound barrier?
No, the fly is travelling through the air inside the fuselage, which (relatively speaking) is at rest. But the surface of the world is speeding by at 1K MPH, so you might want to add or subtract that, depending on which way the plane is going, and then there’s the speed around the sun, etc. etc. Funny, sitting here at my PC, I don’t feel a damned thing.
I Feel Good.
If you happen to be wearing a really tight pair of “depends”, you might not smell the fart until you change your pants. Further, the fart would be “muffled”… and if you had your iPod on…
Very good way of thinking, you must have talked your way out of plenty of Fs back in your school days!
Solution: Sound travels as fast as you do, the smelly fart can reach your nose first if you realize that sound only comes about after the fart is well put into motion.
First temptation is to say… nooooooooooo, sound travels the fastest! Yeah, but so do you. Your face is built in such a way that is favorable to smelling your own fart just before hearing it.
But if another person was to witness this event, that person would only hear a sonic boom, and not a fart!
Spoonerism! If this is a brainiac question, are you a smart feller or a….
haha, both! I can’t stray from my own hypothesis can’t I…
Hi Marina
i was woundering where the origin of the word “twilight” comes from.
Thank You
I drive an ext-cab chevy 4×4 and a Regency Elite,both old but operational. The Regency has radio and heater controls on the steering wheel,very handy.
As to auto bailouts it is a damned-if-Ya-do damned-if-Ya-don’t thing.To Me this just means We have to do it,,,but,,,as consumers We very much *neeeeed* to encourage more car companies to start-up! This will reduce dependance on bigger operations and be a more versatile situation for future economy problems.
Alternative start-up companies,by the score,is a great idea IMO. Not just autos either,,,everything! Only consumers can keep companies from becoming giants that have to be fed huge amounts of $$s,,,,$$s = Our time! Time = life! Break it down to that and see if there’s a good argument that works equally well for the masses.
This is not a word, but my name. I cannot find its origin ANYWHERE!! My name is Cariba. I really want to know the origina and meaning of my unique name.
“The Caribs were so named by the discoverer of Cuba, Columbus, from the Spanish cariba, meaning ‘a valiant man.’”
I was wondering the origin of the word “Worcestershire” like Worcestershire sauce. Thanks
A county in England, where Lord Sandy brought back the recipe from Injah.
“The spice cabinet is locked; Gunga Din.”
Splish, splash, splosh.
you said it brother
does anyone else take an opinion of the piece i posted below? i think it’s really really really nice that Palin’s family is actually be congratulated on the new addition after all the vile rumers they where subject too, and i’m glad they ended the year on such a possitive note!
Not being an American, I’m immune to any political considerations relating to the named family but I do admire anyone who can focus on positive events and ignore the negative opinions of their fellow human beings.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/09/03/jonathan-kay-the-cbc-s-appalling-smear-on-sarah-palin.aspx
Trig is Sarah Palin’s 5th child and was born with down’s syndrom, he is not even 1 year old. keep that in mind while your reading this
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTY0YWQzYjQ2YWRkYTZiODRmMWY1MWFhMjc4NjFjOTk=
BMW 7 series.
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I request the word Engineering.
Carnac stones is located in “Brittany” France, Brittany being part of former independent Celtic kingdom so perhaps that has something to do with the word origin of car. Take the wheels off a car it’s placed on blocks
(stones) 
So Carnac is a prehistoric car knacker’s yard?
Sorta. Like a used car parts lot for Fred Flintstone types looking for spare stone wheels.
Word Request : Bowling !
Здравстбыте, Марина!
Re the Celtic origins of “car”:
Os ydych yn gwneud ynrhyw fideo arall ynglyn a gair celtaidd, fe fuaswn i yn falch iawn bod o gymorth!
Ieuan ab Owain aka Evan Owen
No offense meant man,,,I never understand one fuckin word You say.
Forsooth, Evan, mon brave linguiste celtique, I shan’t stay still in front of these funky characters of yours. I’ll take a guess and say these sentences are written in… klingon! Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Love your Class. Thank you for allowing me to attend. Teacher I have a word request- Where does the word “bootleg” or “bootlegger” come from and how is it related to “rum runner”.
Thank you
and have a Happy New Year
msmithic
***WORD REQUESTS***
Shamus — in response to the “Dick” (detective) video — A “Shamus” is slang for an Irish-American private detective. How did the term evolve from the Hebrew “Yakov”? And did I already ask this? Tsk — premature Alzheimer’s.
Amuck as in “run amuck.” Do we make a muck of things when we do this? Do we run amuck when suffering from malaisia?
Awesomely profound thinking and interesting sets of questions Evan. And very good subject for an intense, constructive brainstorming session. I couldn’t resist to post my admiration for this one. You will leave me sleepless tonight, grasping the extent and the consequences, thinking about this incredible Dick-Yakov evolutionnary process. I did not fully realize how intelligence is a very sexy thing before seeing this.
Shame on me! Oh, yes, shame on me. A couple of weeks ago, (before discovering Hotforwords of course), my main existential problem was to ponder the best suitable passenger for my two wheeled 200HP rocket, between that barmaid from the last truckstop, Rosie and Waah-Waah. Now I am left with subjects of a much higher intellectual level. This Dickean-Yakovian evolution leaves me… well… totally speechless. Thanks again for posting it in English, as I can’t understand neither russian, celtic, irish, malaysian, shamusian, yakovian or any of the huge sets of languages you use. Absolutely shocking!
Lest you be overly impressed, I speak all of them badly, including English.
wow , how many languages you speak ??!!
I speak molasses, from the mellaceus tribe of rhum hunnies…we deform our brains with fermenting grains. We are water-breathing and nourished tales(tails)-less talisman of Tang, we like to marmalade(orange) and tartratate with grapes. Tenuously gathered needing clean water in AFRICA….Treacle is our worship, hence we speak with molasses toungetung and touch(tuneless) for torment into gateway of torii(Toryless)…Limicolousily limen(not sour) leonard hides back in his limousine(Limousin) and talks the oaks into making whiskievater(sea)…..the queen beckons
Evan what is she saying 
tanks
Sorry, I don’t speak any Turkish — my Bulgarian friends won’t allow it
— but Petek Dinçöz’ body language is pretty clear! 
The real question is, what are YOU saying? Sounds like you’re giving Lewis Carroll a run for his money!
Word request: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Thanks!
I think {Cough!} that that one has {Cough!} been requested several times {Aaaarrrrchhh-Sputtt!} before.
“Oh, my, I didn’t see you there. I do apologize, madame. Please, accept my handkerchief.”
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Meditation, not medication.
Were you building tents?
WORD REQUEST : far cry !!!!
What’s with cry ?
Oh I give up,,tried to reply,had a damn good one too,then,My ISP supposedy screwed up,,piss on it.
In this sense, I believe cry refers to a shout rather than the shedding of tears, as in to cry out.
i don’t even have a license yet ==
so expensive the fees are
Trivial questions: What day was New Years observed in the old Roman Calendar? What year was it changed to the day it’s currently observed?
Hi Cap’n Jack,
Wasn’t it March 1? That would account for September being named “seventh month” instead of the ninth. Wiki says 153BC for the change. July and August were previously Quintilis and Sextilis.
Of course, it would be more fun coming from Marina!
On a solstice,,,maybe?
Hey I didn’t notice the submitted entries for Captain Jack, down below, for Sexiest Geeks of 2008.
Since Marina is pretty much getting all the votes anyway, I jokingly submitted a bogus entry for Pamela Anderson for a cheap laugh. Kinda like the “Battle of the Sexiest Blondes” sorta thing. It may have been a little stupid and mean, and I knew beforehand that it would get a lot of thumbs down. But I don’t care… at least a few others were amused by it.
oo , lets vote for Captain Jack instead
LOL I was surprised to see it myself. Someone must have liked me enough to submit me to the site. I know I don’t stand a chance of getting even .001% of the vote. I should submit a photo of me without my shirt on. I think my abs would boost up my ratings. I could give sxephill a run for the money. I seem to be beating out Obama & Steve Jobs which I think they are much more attractive than I. I think I’m due for a make over.
To find me you have to click on the ‘New’ button or click on this link.
I’d vote for just about anyone over sxephil. I’ve only watched three of his vids, the second two just to confirm that he’s every bit as bad as the first suggested. I don’t understand his appeal…the dude just talks trash, which in this day and age has even lost its shock value. Plus he took a cheap dig at Marina the other day.
If intelligence is sexy, sxephil is not. 
Captain, sir:
It occurs to me that you’ll need to shave off and then re-draw your eyebrows with a red sharpie if you want to compete with sxephil.
hey marina, there was wonderfull news today from people.com – Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin’s daughter, Welcomes a Son
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20245389,00.html
with this wonderfull news to welcome the new year, i want to know the origin of the word – “family”
I drive a 2002 T-bird… Metalic Blue. You’d like it.
It would be nice to own a Lamborghini Diablo, a Ferrari F50, a Dodge Viper, or perhaps a Lotus Elise.
I have a 95 jeep cherokee. it’s a peiceof jusnk and way past it’s sell by date but it gets me where i need to go.
I don’t drive anymore, I pretty much stick with walking. But all my previous cars were:
bluish green ‘95 Mazda B2300 pick-up truck
silver ‘90 Chevy Cavalier
red ‘85 Nissan Sentra
I have heard the phrase “two bits”, which stands for a quarter of a dollar (.25 cents). Thus, six bits would be fifty cents etc. Can you comment on this word “bit or bits” to stand for money?
AD2
Six bits would be three quarters of a dollar. During colonial days, a lot of people used the Spanish milled dollar so when our nation adopted a currency it was modeled after the Spanish Milled Dollar. The Spanish dollars were easily cut apart into equal “bits” of eight pieces. So “two bits” is equal to one quarter of a dollar, and a whole dollar is a “piece of eight”.
The phrase “two bits” goes back to colonial times in America, when Spanish silver dollarsDang! ranhead already did it!Copious amounts of rum contribute to my cat like reflexes!
Lets see now since joining this forum my Ford 1 ton has been wrecked, and all my paperwork on my other vehicles has been stolen so either i walk, drive my lawnmower or borrow a vehicle to get around.(usually my sisters Dodge Dakota)
You can prove ownership of vehicles without the original paperwork,just have to jump thru some hoops.there’s also the option of getting an abandoned vehicle title but that takes some time.
Here, the DMV doesn’t really get too excited about proving ownership as long as nobody ever objects. Why should they care as long as you send in the money and pay your tickets?
CampKohler – Sacramento CA says:
December 30, 2008 at 1:32 am
Here, the DMV doesn’t really get too excited about proving ownership as long as nobody ever objects. Why should they care as long as you send in the money and pay your tickets?
If I have tickets in California they best send the paperwork they want any money from me. Iv’e been to Ca. maybe a total of 4 times while driving a truck and was never ticketed to my knowledge.
1: Honda Civic–great gas mileage, not much power;
2: Ford F150–lots of power, and well, you know…
Hey Marina,
When I do drive, I drive my family’s Dodge Stratus, and that’s really all the more I know about it in terms of make and model.
My fiance and I drive a white PT Cruiser we named Lilly of the Valley.
Eric M
I had a 1980 GMC pickup I named GLORIA
Here is a word meaning I’ve wondered about. Decimation was originally the practice of killing every tenth soldier in a mutinous legion during the Roman Empire. How did this word’s meaning transform into a level of destruction approaching that of anhiliation, (Which literally means to make into nothing.)?
I hope everyone has a happy and healthy New Year!
Eric M
Related to that, there was a Roman emperor who lived such a debauched life that all but ten of his teeth fell out. So they nicknamed him “Deca Dent.”
It’s true, I tell you!
6 years ago I traded in a 16 year old Isuzu P’up ( Spacecab ) for my Mercedes C230. It has so many bells and whistles – I know I CAN turn off the headlights, but I have to look in the mnaual the few times that I want to. I just found out yesterday that the car won’t lock with the trunk open ( my girlfriend suggested that’s so you can’t lock the keys in it ).
Marina
I noticed that my border has left me since you revamped the site.
James says I should ask for it back. It would make a great late Christmas present/ early Birthday present (Feb 11)
[gives his beautiful teacher sad puppy dog eyes]
I would like to know the origins of the word “ballbusting”
“:)
Paul McCartney – Drive My Car
He Blew His Mind Out in a Car.
– Beatles, A Day in the Life.
540i Sport… Got curves?
I want one of THESE
MARC BOLAN MMMMUSTANG FORD 1stlagitana
Nice, but I’d prefer one of these.
Eric M
watched transformers (2007) ? I want that saleen mustang == complete with siren !!
James You can watch it now
in Car
philkilla Hello Marina! I would love to know the o in Car
adventureguy Hi Marina, I am interested to hear about in Car
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[ Disclaimer: I did _not_ create that thumbnail next to my name!]
Hello Marina,
Are you “Hot for words” or “Too hot for words”?
Maybe both? I’ll have to meet you in person to
know. Anyway, when is “or” exclusive (”a or b”
meaning “a or b but not both a and b”) and when is
it inclusive (”a or b” meaning “a or b or both a
and b”)? I suppose it depends on the context, and
so this might not be a question you would answer;
but I’ll ask and let you decide if the question
interests you:
Request 1) Or – exclusive or inclusive?
You gave us a peek into the “Peekaboo Wave” (and
), but since I suppose people played
more
peekaboo with babies before the word peekaboo came
into being, my question is what was the game
called before the word peekaboo came into being?
Request 2) What was peekaboo (the game) called
before peekaboo (the word) came into
being, i.e., “Peekaboo before
peekaboo”?
Hope you find at least one request interesting
enough to respond to,
–Hs4Mm
You can easily put your own picture on your posts by going to gravatar.com and submitting a pic from your files. But take my advice and don’t use a real recent photo like I did. Trust me, hs4mm, I looked a lot better before all my flesh fell off.
Peace!
I hear Ya man,I looked better before My hair fell out. Put the 2 of us together and We’d be a helluva ladykiller huh?
Dont ya just hate when that happens.
Marina he stole my responsive almost.
WLIU, if you leave out the subject of logic, the word or in ordinary use is always exclusive. If the writer means exclusive, additional words of context must be used to clarify the intent, e.g. “You may have either or both.”*
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*Boy, didn’t that muddy the water?
yep
Hello Marina! I would love to know the origins of, “Meticulous”.
Hi Marina,
I am interested to hear about the origin of the word “REAL ESTATE”…
Happy Holidays!
Cheers, James
PS. I look forward to posting on my real estate blog.
Homework:
VW Fox
I drive a 2008 Prius.
69th!!!
y does chilly mean cold and chilly as in chilly peppers mean hot, the exact same word repping to opposite words
You’re thinking of chili peppers, not chilly. They’re not the same word, they’re homophones.
tnx very much <3 Marina
You can watch it now
Everyone that has added me as a friend on youtube.
I have made this video as a tribute to marinas face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up0FwBW4o4M
Marina is not allowed to see it until new years day though.
Nice James!
I wish I could see it!!!!! 
Nice??? Makes it sound like you could have seen it!!!!!!
Well it did tell me the upload failed. 10 mins later someone had commented on it. It didn’t fail after all.. So you could have had about…. 5 mins….
Sorry you have to wait
And I like it that way!
Phrase request: “Sold me a lemon.”
Word request: Galoot, in one of the Bugs Bunny cartoons Yosemite Sam says something like “Big Galoot”. Where did the word Galoot come from?
yeah James so do I its marked private
Add me as a friend on YT
still says private..
For 8 years I rode to work and back on my Ibis Avion (bicycle), which proudly displays a sticker saying: “My other car is a canoe.”
Now that was the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth until I signed up to attend college classes at campuses up to 50 miles from home. For that, I had to climb down off my high horse and pony up the necessary lettuce for a used 92 Toyota. My other car, however, is STILL a canoe!
Wouldn’t your bicycle have become your other car? And your canoe then your other other car?
Depends wich one He spends more time in eh?
Thanks for answering that one, Tryant. You are so correct.
Contrary to popular American technocultural theory, pavement isn’t necessarily the only thing connecting Point A and Point B.
For a minute there, I was afraid it would be me yanking this poor car-drivin’ commuter out from behind his windshield for a glimpse at the real world. Now if I just paddle a bit harder I can get this thing up to ramming speed…
Well penn,,i’m a semi-avid canoe enthusiast Myself! All I need are a few(or a flotilla)friends,mega coolers full of beer,party favors,and,open “shipping lanes”!
good times!
I live 5 minutes from a class 1 river(barely class 1),,,very mello ride. Mello trips are perfect for tons of ice-cold beer,,being anti-litter minded the empties stay in the “ship”,if the ship is dumped they are gathered up.
“Treat your car like a beautiful woman and then she will satisfy you. Be gentle and smooth but drive hard…”
My Lancia is Purr-fect.
Pimp my car ? Screw that! PIMP My Wife Imagine that!
lol!!!
Now, since intelligence appears to be sexy, you’ll need to pimp her brains too.
I own and drive a 2007 model year Chevrolet Aveo. It’s been good so far, since it’s still under it’s 3-year warranty.
GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! 3 HOURS OF UPLOADING JUST TO GET
“an unknown error has occured”
Just as well as I got suspicious and uploaded another copy after about 2 hours… So. I reckon I still have another… 1:30 left
Sorry, Cars don’t impress me in the least.
Just 4 wheels that turn that take you from A to B.
It can do 579 mph and make all sorts of noise in neutral. VaRoom, VaRoom.
That nice, the speed limit is still 55 and if your muffler is broke you get a ticket.
But it’s a chick magnet.
Yup and in a couple months it loses it’s magetism.
It’s what you do at A or B that matters.
Look he’s driving 300 mph to the local Mc D’s.
Wow!!!!! and it’s a parade float to boot.
It’s not always just what you do at A or B. Life is a journey, and what is in between A and B can be just as interesting.
http://www.ranhead.com/paragon.wmv
A wrecked airplane has more soul than a new car.
My dearest Marina
B.B.
no foolin look it up 
for my homework: My last 6 cars ( since 1998 ) have been Lincoln Town Cars,
mostly signature series. I also ride a Harley Davidson Dyna wide glide, which as
far as I am concerned is more fun than any 4 wheel vehicle invented
Thats my story & I am sticking to it
P.S. would love to take you for a ride on my hog
malevonent
thanks
malevonent
not an english word…
Malevolent, perhaps?
thats what i meant
Dear HotForWords,
I fly everywhere I go. It’s much more efficient, saves me time, money, and most importantly, it is very impressive and no one else can do it.
Your Student.
ThoughtOnFire
Are you Rocketman?
No I am Superman,
and I am for a limited time giving piggy back rides.
interesting..funny, I had to look a word “britska” n. an open carriage with a calash top
…80 4dr Jag
Marina, I usually drive an old 1987 GMC “Jimmy,” but I also have a 1967 Morris Cooper S (the original English Mini), and an MG Victor Special. I only drive them on special occasions, since the drivers in Tulsa, where I live, are mostly very bad and I don’t want to have to rebuild them again.
If I could have any car in the world, it would be a 1935 Bugatti Type B.
I don’t keep a car any longer; I just borrow my wife’s Fiesta for local use or rent something interesting.
Do you personally know this Lena Yada?
What do you think?
think I want her number
Could you make the pace?
“Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship.” – Sharon Stone
Whenever I fake an orgasm – women get PISSED!
They say mean things to me when I keep going and
say “I faked you out, I faked you out, I gotsa lotsa mo”
[best taunting voice] Try it and see for yourself
I faked it every time…. OWNED…..
MISS GRAND CANYON
I think I’m missing something. What brought this up?
Look to your immediate right
Where it says:
Chacha, this may be an exception that proves the rule, but I had a woman friend whose orgasms were triggered by (among other things
) my having one. So I’d fake it as many times as I could get away with just to watch her go “around the moon” (as she put it). She didn’t seem to mind at all! 
Now that’s awesome!
I’m tempted to ask, what were those “other things” that made her go around the moon? Perhaps a rocket… or a space telescope!?
Don’t answer that.
I replied to your earlier comment, but attached it to my own, since there wasn’t any reply button on yours.
So instead of an e-mail “naughtification”, you get a personal heads up from me, deal with it!
I’d just like to add, that I’m an Everyday Normal Guy.
Keep cool, yo!
That’s fine, as long as you understand that everyday normal American and Canadian guys aren’t like the one in the video!
I’ve dabbled in a half-dozen languages, but have never mastered a foreign language the way you have done with English.
Shhh! DUDE! Don’t GIVE it away!
well… too late, now, I guess – ok.
When I fake ‘em out, they think it’ll
be over – so they get their ass in gear.
Then, when they realize I was faking,
it’s too late, they have one after another…
and don’t have “control” anymore.
I get called vile, nasty, dirty names
(because I tricked ‘em into having
multiple orgasms) – heh heh!
I like it and so do they
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Awesome!
I don’t drive a car yet, since on the 6th of January I’m programmed to have my driving exam. If all goes well, I’m kind of hopping to drive a Toyota Camry next year, but don’t really know if I can afford it just yet.
grey version, by TOP GEAR!
Get a metallic gold one. All the other colors just make it look ordinary.
Wish I drove a Lada Car
Cool, my grandpa had a similar one. All he said was this: It’s long lasting, and nothing more.
Your Lada Limo is waiting LIMO
LOL – that was stretch
Here’s a better example made from a Lada Niva.
Your prom date is waiting
{ ..that’s a lota lota Lada yada yada }
Lena YADA.
that’s just not safe
nice photo though.
When I lived in Provence I had a Lada Niva which was great for scrambling up Alps or accessing the best beaches. It was very capable off-road and I once drove it up a near vertical bank without realising how steep it really was.
It was a very cheap car and I added the world’s cheapest tuning aid to it to increase performance – a pair of earplugs which increased the top speed by 50%.
Hi Bob,
The blue 4-door Lada sedan in Che Volay’s photo looks like a vintage 1972 Toyota Corolla to me. In fact, it looks exactly like a Toyota Corolla. Is this just a name change to better suit European markets? Somehow the name Lada sounds like a French girl and a Russian guy are making love in the back seat: “La!” (Right there please)
“Da!” (YES!)
and a Happy New Year was had by all…
Colourful imagination you have PT9,
quite funny actually because the Lada I had when I lived in France, I named La Marseillaise, which was used as a theme in the 1812 overture to represent Napoleon’s army at the Gates of Moscow.
Why did I call the car La Marseillaise?
Lada, da daa da daa da daaa da da.
The Lada in Che’s picture was a Riva which was an old FIAT design that the Italians palmed off on the Russians, because it was deemed suitably simple and rugged for the proletariat masses to drive and maintain.
Now that you mention the Ladas..
Any car is fine I guess, as soon as you’re not drunk
Who would be stupid enough to let a drunk soldier drive a tank?! Aparantly this guy drinks vodka like “water”.
Homework: Chevy S-10 LX pick ‘em up truck
(more trunk space than a full size automobile)
I switched back to Chevy (BIG mistake) after driving a Toy Celica
for 14 years. I have to drive this for another 20 years to get my
money’s worth out of it.
Marina likes piggyback rides
better than moustache rides,
only because of the price?
Give me a week to grow one…
I’ll give her a better price
Anyone notice that the mystery hadn’t been solved by our trusty hotforwords?
What? Or that I didn’t say the phrase?
You didn’t say the phrase
[ Aside: how do I get rid of that ugly thumbnail on the top of my posts?]
What is the “mystery” being discussed here?
Hey hs4mm,
The hotforwords site uses gravatars. You can go to the gravatar website here and create an account with them. Then when you upload an image to use as an avatar there, it will show up on hotforwords as well. If you still have troubles with it, the TAs would be better at explaining it than me.
As for the “mystery” thing, one of Marina’s signature phrases that she often says at the end of each lesson is, “So there you go, another mystery solved by your trusty Hotforwords,” because in the lesson she has ’solved the mystery’ of the word or phrase’s origin. James was just commenting on the fact that she didn’t say that in this lesson.
I really would like to know where the word 86ed comes from. I know it’s not a word but a number but I hear it all the time. I think it’s an American slang but how did it come to mean your out, or it’s over for you. I can’t fine the origin anywhere.
Thanks for the Christmas card, it’s the best yet. Also you got my geek vote.
Chiselstone
86ed?
“Deep 6′d” is another one like that.
If the gay lookin’ dude wins the geek contest,
we’ll all know it’s a rig-job. There is a concerted
effort on to unseat Marina this year…
Deep-sixed is just buried (the traditional depth).
Is this the answer for 86ed?
She can no doubt dig up proof of both of those.
Hello
I hope it is ok to paste….Who invented the automobile?
In: Cars and Vehicles, Inventions, Chevrolet [Edit categories] [Edit]
[Edit]
Inventor of Automobile
The earliest known steam-powered car was finished as early as 1769 by French inventor Nicolas Cugnot. But when it comes to vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine, then Karl Benz is given credit for actually building one. Benz championed the new internal-combustion engines, and he worked single-minded to create a car driven by one. He built a little three-wheeled car in 1885 and sold his first one two years later. He went into production with a four-wheeled model in 1890, and the Mercedes-Benz company is still with us.
But Benz wasn’t first. The French inventor de Rochas built an auto, and an engine to drive it, in 1862.
Here is input from others:
The first mass produced automobile was made by Henry Ford.
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who is claimed by the French government to have built the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile. This claim is disputed by various sources which suggest that Ferdinand Verbiest, as a member of a Jesuit mission in China, may have built the first steam powered car around 1672.
Karl Benz
In 1885 German mechanical engineer, Karl Benz designed and built the world’s first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine. On January 29, 1886, Benz received the first patent (DRP No. 37435) for a gas-fueled car
JUST adding to the brilliance of HOTFORWORDS thanks to WIKI
Kar kar Vehicle
4X4 Ford PU
Ford? I thought for sure you would drive a CheVolay.
Marina, the videos are going on here the same time as yt aren’t they
.
No James ….. The video goes on YT first and Marina has to have time to create the page here with the embedded video from YT.
I thought someone explained that yesterday …..
I saw it had been up 4 5 mins on the sub page. Then I came here after i commented it and it was up. I think M is making the vid private then when she has everything ready releases them both at the same time.
James, I am actually putting them on here before they go live on YT.. as I get the embed code before they are done processing.. the problem with this approach is that they won’t play here until they are done processing.. so I am not sure how much more I will do that.
Well, We know that don’t we. YouTube doesn’t. I had always seen your vids on YT first then come here to f5 for a while then get 1st comment. … Weird… My vid is still uploading… :bored:
.
Marina,
Wartungsmodus means Maintenance mode (as you knew)
SPELLING MISTAKE:
Whillad86 is spelled differently on the video request to when you say it
OMG !!!
Also the maintenance was not scheduled
since I was the first to visit
, I will say that the video played just fine, from start to finish. Even though it was on low quality.
3
TEST
I’m in class ….. front row center ….. fully focused and attentive!
Oh, and did I mention ….. #2! (Chemikal beat me)
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Homework:
scion tc, firebird, mustang, ford PU, caprice, jeep
Dear teacher,
I’ve made my first post on the forum, something from the heart, but it seems that no one took interest in my little game proposal. I’m thinking that opposed to a word game, or a picture game, this is less appealing because it requires more thought…
I’d like you to delete my post, since now it’s just taking up space, and it serves no more purpose.
I have satisfied my own curiosity by searching the net, I have found many wonderful Christmas traditions and customs for each of the countries I was most interested in.
I still have few vaguenesses, for example in Russia, Father Frost is linked to the New Year? And Christmas is also celebrated on the 6th of January; In the USA, I don’t see why Santa leaves presents in stockings rather then under the tree, why stockings anyway?
Oh and the best one I encountered was in Latvia, people there celebrate 12 days of Christmas and they exchange gifts daily! That’s pretty awesome, but why only 12 and not 50… why not make Christmas last forever?
Your help will be much appreciated,
Chemikal
Link to my post —>> http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/christmassy-post
You had time to write that?
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no it was added with edit
it started out as “Hi”
Congratulations on being the first to post on the page with something other than a claim to being the first to post on the page, a practise which has become so Cliché.
I’m noting close to anything Cliché in real life, so why would I be here?
or you could just leave it, I don’t know.
I just feel a little… you know, since no one replied. But that doesn’t bother me, I’m only concerned I didn’t formulate correctly, in order to get my message across. And if it makes me look like a dunce, than please delete it, and I’ll try more next time I start a thread
Best wishes,
Chemikal
You are not a dunce for this post. Somehow or another I was not allowed to log on. Thanks for the link, it now works. I feast everyday as it is xmas.
I love the season’s pork dishes: sarmale and mămăligă, piftie, slănină, tobă, ham and sausages.
And also love the home made wine or palincă(50+% alcohol)! Consumed of course with moderation.
How about you, what’s on your table this Holiday? Any local *delishes?
* – a portmanteau word, made from delicious and dishes
Hi Chemikal,
Oh wait — most Americans don’t master English, so I suspect the former. 
Gotta ask — are you an American living in Romania, or a Romanian who has totally mastered English
Not to rule out your being English…
Thank you very much for your remark Evan, this bares a lot of weight with me, coming from you… because I noticed a masterful grasp of the language on your part, as well!
Believe it or not, I’m a student in the Politehnica University in Bucharest, majoring in computer science, age 20, and I do study all my classes in English. The purpose would be to ultimately work abroad, I’d guess.
If you read my post on the forum, don’t think I haven’t consulted a dictionary before actually pressing the Send Post button. You see, I view this website as a place where I can improve my English and my communication skills, beyond the point of just reading words out of the OED. I remember most of the words Marina speaks of, by simply using them in a natural way, even at the risk of sounding geek-ish at times. I learned that you need a rich vocabulary to be a convincing bilingual. Otherwise you’ll just sound like a dummy, even though you probably are not one. (a lack of words can be frustrating)
I need to be able to express freely, and make myself understood, things that I’m testing out here before going out into the big bad world, head first. So your feed-back is much appreciated, be it positive or negative, it makes up one more brick on my road to getting hired by a native English speaking employer.
Where do you want to work? Do you have to go abroad to get the job you want or is “getting out of Dodge”* part of it?
*Do you get this phrase?
I don’t think delishes can be accepted as a portmanteau, because it sounds exactly like one of the two root words; the listener won’t catch it and the reader will merely think you misspelled it. I don’t know if there is such a rule, but there ought to be one.
I’m not familiar with the expression, though I think I understand it. You tell me if it applies or not…
I want to get out of Dodge, because Dodge pays poorly.
It always amazes me that immigrants can get along without this kind of information. They do not have the body of trivia that a native does, so they would constantly be faced with phrases or ideas that are beyond their understanding. I was having lunch with a Russian friend of mine who immigrated when he was in high school. He speaks English fairly well now. I asked him if he thought in English yet or thought in Russian and translated; it was the latter. Then I asked what percentage of the things I said he did not understand and he said “Ten percent.” That was a shock.
He had asked me what I had been doing, and I said, “Just fartin’ around as usual.” He thought at first I had said. “Just parking around,” and I later found out he hadn’t understood. Now I know I have to speak a little slower and enunciate clearly.
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-willan24-2008dec24,0,4013798.story…good videos of food..xmas
Hey pig-in-a-poke
I already offered my dear Teacher a ride on my HOG
However the only time I would want her
would be to get her on my fr… 
errr never mind 
B.B. possable next T.P. 
(dyna wide glide) to no avail
off my back