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Wired Sexy Geek Contest 2008

They are having the Wired.com Sexy Geek of the Year Contest again… the one that I won last year and NOTHING HAPPENED!!!

Anyway… if you’d like.. you can vote again.   It looks like people added me ‘like’ a 1,000 times, so it might be hard to figure out which one to vote for.. so go for the top rated one.

Vote here. Top Rated is here.

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  1. mythman says: 90

    I heard a song today, and it reminded me of you … “Born to Be Wild” (’wild’ was a word I found while [research]ing “geek” for you).

    I interpret “geeky” to mean ‘wildly useful,’ and Marina? your highness is geekier than geekiest!

  2. wonkerine says: 89

    Awesome video,James,good job.

    Now,how about one that shows her legs!!!!!

    Hey Marina,here is a suggestion,please do the word “gams”.
    It was slang in the 30’s,40’s and 1950’s I for a woman’s legs.A good looking wonan’s legs…as in “Hey Marina,nice gams!”

  3. animalntaz says: 88

    :shock: OMG! I was only joking when I submitted Pamela Anderson. I just checked her votes and they are up by 117 and down by 245!
    Maybe she is a bigger geek than I thought….. either that or no one really cares. :mrgreen:

  4. mythman says: 87

    NOTHING happened?” Oh, dearest Doctor, you devalue your ‘time in the sandbox’ … yet it added to the media-force that got you on SPIKE.TV, got you on Bill O`Reilly, got you on comedian Mark Day’s media-reference ‘list,’ and made you one of the top YouTube stars ever!

    But you remain one of the best sources for word-power today, and I am glad to be one of your deeply-devoted students!

  5. jbarnier08 says: 86

    i agree with “dajokestaaa” That seems like a very interesting word to talk about.

  6. Captain Jack is in the Contest!

  7. Loudfighter says: 84

    You must win this contest again!
    I vote for u evrey dey when i vake up! :grin:
    aaa… Happy new year! :mrgreen:

  8. dajokestaaa says: 83

    Word request: for the word ‘gay’ like where did people get homosexuality from the word gay? It used to mean happy.

  9. A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS!

    • Bob says: 82.1

      Thank you and the same to you, PT9, and to everyone else.
      Thank you all for the fun and laughter we’ve enjoyed together in 2008.
      Long may it continue into 2009 and beyond.
      Happy New Year, Everyone. :smile:

  10. fester225 says: 81

    Word Request: I’d like to know the origins of the word, “The”.

  11. fester225 says: 80

    Regarding Peek-a-boo: My mom was born in 1929 and played ‘peek-a-boo’ with babies all through the depression, well before Veronica Lake got her famous haircut!

  12. niji says: 79

    I would find it very amusing, and so would many others I think, if you could find out the origin of the word “Gamahuching”.

    =D

  13. eclipzzo says: 77

    What’s the origin of the word “DADA” ?? as in dadaism…

  14. melody17 says: 76

    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?

    and “SUNday” as well

    thank you

  15. James says: 75

    Can someone help me understand something..

    If (for example)

    £1 was worth $1 today but last week £1 was 89 cents … does that mean that the the price has gone up in America?

    • seesixcm6 says: 75.1

      If yesterday, 1 Pound = 1 Dollar
      and last week, 1 Pound = 89 cents,

      then the dollar has increased in value compared to the Pound. Does this mean “the price has gone up”? Well, it means I can import more Coleman’s mustard from the UK than I could last week. So UK items are cheaper for me. In the UK, they must pay more to import French’s Mustard from the US, so from the UK point of view, the price has gone up.

      (BTW, Coleman’s is much better mustard.)
      seesixcm6

  16. feloulou says: 74

    Hi, Marina ! I’m a french fan and I would like to know where does the word COCKTAIL come from.

    Wish you a happy new year.

  17. It’s after 8 AM in Calif and I’ve been tracking the Sexy Geek votes since 4:46 AM. Here is an update of the chart and a graph.
    The good news is that Marina is gaining, but we still have many more votes to go.

    The graph shows the difference between Marina and Phil’s votes.

    Remember to down-vote Phil for every up vote for Marina. If you don’t do it, they will, which means your vote is actually negated.

    You only need to down-vote the person ahead of Marina,
    which is Phil.

    Graph
    http://i42.tinypic.com/1671s2b.jpg

  18. billybobtn says: 72

    What is origin of the word “smithereens”, which i know means “fragments or little bits”.

  19. Captain Jack is doing better than Obama and Palin! :mrgreen:
    Palin 3:1 (against) Obama 4:1 (against)

  20. louie says: 70

    Dear Marina,

    I wish you and your family a most happy and successful New Year!

    Louie

  21. matsrg says: 69

    I wish you a happy end 2008 and a happy new 2009!

  22. fatbuffalo says: 68

    happy new year all !!
    btw is there a new year card from our dear teacher ?

  23. James says: 67

    I was just looking through the comments of the first vid

    Marina do you know what,” suck ma baws means,”
    ————————————————————

    hotforwords (1 year ago)
    Marked as spam
    Reply
    Sure, but why would you want to suck on a Biological Aerosol Warning Sensor?? It might be somewhat uncomfortable!

    Are you a subscriber yet?

    :-) Marina

    OWNED!

  24. Marina & HotForWords admirers,
    Speaking of clichés, did anyone see the AP article regarding the Banned Words list? Don’t tell me to go green again, except my border of course and Mr Green -> :mrgreen:

    Check out this article.
    Notice any interesting words HotForWords did recently?

    Banned words list offers no ‘bailout’ to offenders

  25. *************************
    Hello Dear Marina Voters
    *************************
    When you visit the Sexy Geek of the Year top rated page, at first blush you might think Marina is only about 3000 or so behind. When you account for the down arrow votes, Marina is actually 10,000 votes behind, but slowy gaining. She is now only 9,987 votes behind Phil.

    I am tracking the voting progress in Excel for right now. If I have time will automate the process on a web site and maybe Captain can insert a graphic up above so we can track the action live.

    This is a screen shot of my Excel as of about 10 minutes ago. I’ll keep updating the results periodically and see if I have time to do the web tracking.

    Current Stats
    If you are number phobic and your eyes gloss over because of looking at numbers, just look at column K. It needs to be positive for Marina to win. I will do a graph later.
    http://i44.tinypic.com/5eyccx.jpg

    Remember, whenever you vote for Marina, also do a down vote for Phil. Thank you kindly.

    http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top

  26. ikarys says: 64

    You’ve got my vote :smile:

    I’d like to request the word “wild”

    Have a happy New Years, Marina! :smile:

  27. James says: 63

    HI EVERYONE!

    My video which is basically a video to Marinas good looks. Everyone has been saying lately “oh Marina isn’t just famous for her looks” I know this but I thought what the hell. So I made a video to celebrate her beauty.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up0FwBW4o4M

    Enjoy

  28. hitoshi says: 62

    hello everyone! i finally bought an iMac today!

  29. Bob says: 61

    WORD REQUEST: Hogmanay. :smile:

  30. Marina, you are the epitome of feminine pulchritude! Btw, what is the story on the word epitome? Thanks and have a fun New Year’s Eve!

    Eric M

  31. Marina, why don’t they have a sexy internet doggy of the year? I want to vote for Gorby! He’s soooooooo cute! Nibblet the Wonder Kitty sends you and Gorby a big, warm head rub. :smile:

    Eric M and Nibblet the Wonder Kitty

  32. CaptainJack says: 58

    From the Wired.com website.

    UPDATE 2: The submission period is officially over.

    This only means that no more submissions will be accepted but voting is still going.

    • Is there any way they can consolidate all Marina’s nominaitons, so her votes don’t get difused out among lots of different nominations? It would truly stink if Marina got the most votes, but didn’t win because they were spread out over multiple nominations. :eek:

      Eric M

      • From the Wired.com site:

        UPDATE: We’ve received many submissions from readers — be sure to scroll down and click the Next link to vote for even more sexy geeks. And, yes, several men have been nominated. Most of them are lower down the list. Nominees submitted by multiple users will be consolidated to reflect an accurate, aggregate vote count. Remember that you can sort the list — click the New link if you want to see the latest user submissions.

        So to answer your question, it’s yes.

        __/)____

  33. Hello Hotforwords! First I would like to say im a big fan of your videos. They are very interesting to me. Also, I would like to know what the word “adorable” comes from. For some reason that work really confuses me. haha. Anyways keep up the good work.

    -Greer
    aka Greermakesvideos from youtube

  34. nenad says: 56

    You are sexiest geek ! I vote several times already :)

  35. I am here been over there and voted twice already. :smile: :smile:

  36. I see Captain Jack is running also!

  37. ritchie says: 53

    Before it is upon us, this January 20, 2009 please find out where the word: “inauguration” comes from…

  38. moscht says: 52

    Sorry, but I am going to vote for an underdog

    Mila Kunis, she was just too hot in her latest movies: May Payne and Forgetting Sarah Marshall

  39. hey marina i have a special word to request the word is Mariachi i thought i was and interesting word to request for…hope you put up there thanks.

    ohh by the way good luck i that contest i will sure vote for you

  40. tryant says: 50

    I just woke up,then voted for You Marina. That chickie Who plays Jackie on the 70s show is near the top too,and rightly so,She’s a little sexpot.

  41. newtonsmahi says: 49

    My Teacher

    Ok, I think I voted for you. Certainly I didn’t vote for anyone else, but I didn’t see a “vote” option, so I added you to the blog as my #1 sexiest geek of the year. You know you you don’t need a vote for that. I want a recording of you (if not you yourself) to say “There you go” whenever I get a star in life.

    My word request is a phrase, “Far Fetched”, is it Yiddish (lol, that’s from “The West Wing”) but any way, I used to tell my pet dog Dixie to “Fetch”, when I would throw something for her to run after and bring back. I spose “far fetched” would be something brought back from afar. So far that you couldn’t see from where it came from.

    Any way how about that recording device that plays when I score a star :smile:

    Thanks,

    Newtonsmahi

    Mark A. Conkle

  42. igotnocar says: 48

    hi ms. wsg!
    i have a simple word request, please find the origin of the term “indian giver”.
    thanks.
    johnny

  43. augie says: 47

    :razz: I voted for Marina :wink: and even got 300 of my military friends to vote for Marina :lol: you deserve more yes my sexy sweetheart more !!!!! :wink:

  44. muggins says: 46

    I voted for Marina :!:

    Marina rose to the top, even in the face of some stiff competition. I mean, some of the contestants were favorites of mine. Zooey Deschanel, Mila Kunis, Rosario Dawson, Olivia Munn, and Scarlett Johansson. I’d never hear of
    Natalie Del Conte,, but she would get my 2nd place vote. I voted only once.

  45. lol
    no need to ask for votes… she’s definetly going to win

  46. Just like a good dimocrat I voted for you and I voted often.

  47. r1wolf says: 43

    Marina, you are truly a sexy geek, not sure I can choose betweem you and Olivia Munn though. I will have to ponder on this :twisted:

  48. BillyB says: 42

    For the tweeters in the crowd go here and nominate your teacher for an award with a real prize “Award show in New York” don’t know if they pay travel, sorry. Nominate in “education” catagory especially… but heck if you want to, there are lots of other catagories, but DO IT NOW as nominations cease at the end of Dec31.
    BTW I voted for capt. Jack @ wired contest too, I won’t say “up or down” here.

  49. cufan71 says: 41

    :cool: Just saw your Twitpic of Gorby! http://twitpic.com/y10j
    It’s so good to see him perky again! :grin:

  50. misscupcake says: 40

    and what about ‘teachers pet’

    where did that come from :eek:

    and what about…….. jackass
    cos i noticed you dont have many lessons starting with J :cry:

    J is for jasmine :mrgreen:

  51. misscupcake says: 39

    how can they hold a competition without having any incentives in the form of prizes!!!! or,.. publicity!! or something?!?!!?

    silly people.

    can i request…. ‘goody two shoes’

    :mrgreen:

  52. fatbuffalo says: 37

    yay , so how do you send the calendars ? I really really want one :mrgreen:

  53. Chemikal says: 36

    “It’s not about the look, it’s not about how beautiful you are, how sexy you are, it’s about how smart and intelligent you are!”

    hotforwords, July 09, 2007

  54. noltie says: 35

    I have a requestbfor two words, four actually.
    First, Gorby shows up a lot in your videos but what is the origin of his name, is it Mikhail Gorbachev (or Gorbachov?) that inspired you?
    Second, since you are in it a lot on your calendar, what is the origin of the word “lingerie”? Third and fourth for that matter what are the origins of the word “thong” and “bra”?
    I’m not a perv, I’m just wondering and in the end you’re the one that called yourself sexy! =)

    • Hello noltie,
      Yes, Marina was inspired by Mikhail Gorbachev to rename her little sidekick from Kobe to Gorby. Read all about it here.
      http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/28/gorby/

      Check out the Blog link at the top of the page for
      other interesting articles and points of interest.

      As far as I know, in the context of finding those ever elusive word origins, all word requests are on the table, so you don’t need to feel like a ‘perv’. The more interesting the history or origin of a word, the more likely will the word be done.

  55. I voted already. I managed to find the highest rated submission out of the 1000+ on the list. Thats nuts, just goes to show how much Marina’s popularity has skyrocketed since last year.

  56. bsomebody says: 33

    I was able to see most of the pictures, except most of M’s pics. Is anybody else getting this, or is ‘puter getting funky? :???:

    It was not letting me edit before. If you can read this, then that problem is fixed.

  57. Homework: I’ve been having fun posting my votes over at the Wired site :mrgreen:
    “Marina uber alles” LOL! Found a nice shot of Marina looking hot in a very flattering yellow outfit – schmeck!
    I haven’t voted anybody thumbs down, I don’t do that.
    Is it up to 1000 posts? Gee, it’s only been, what, three days?
    I wouldn’t mind a calendar… (turned out, the one I got at Christmas was from the National Audubon Society :neutral: )

    • Hey Cha Cha,

      Look at Marina’s down arrows. I think, (but, not sure) that the up and down arrows combined are used as the metric for determining the lead. If that is true, then the SxePhil people have most likely done that.

      I agree, I don’t down vote anyone else, but since we need to beat SxePhil, and if the combined up-down numbers count, then at minimum, we also need to down vote SxePhil, besides up voting Marina.

      I’ll try to get clarification on the combined up-down metrics, unless someone knows for sure and can fill us in.

      • According to what I read on the site above the areas where you start voting that since there are numerous entries for certain people like Marina that all of the votes on different entries will count toward her at the end of the contest. I vote thumbs down for all of the rest as it should count against them.

    • Cha Cha said:
      “Found a nice shot of Marina looking hot in
      a very flattering yellow outfit”

      You mean this one, right?

      • Ooooohhhhh, gives me goosebumps :wink:

      • Yessir! It’s already gone :sad:
        Consolidated… :evil:
        They can’t do this to me :???:
        So, I took your advice and voted to thumbs down
        a lot of geeks. Is Obama REALLY a geek? :roll:
        It takes a lot longer to vote…
        Spent more time voting thumbs down (lotta geeks!)
        Captain Jack made it twice! …voted for him! LMAO
        (always vote for your boss, kids) :mrgreen:
        Sometimes it was hard to vote, though
        I voted for Wozniak (he has good karma)
        Majel Barret, Marie Curie et al RIP (but no vote)
        …the rest are just a blur – metro’s, NASA, bikinis – oy!
        I sure hope Marina wins…
        (free calendar! LOL) :idea:

        • Thanks ChaCha! I wonder who I will beat out. Steve Job, and Obama maybe. Maybe next year I’ll post a photo of my abs. That should roll me up a bit more. I need to work on my tan first. :oops: Obama got me beat on that one. I think I might try to beat out SxePhil next year. At least I could steal some of his votes putting Marina higher up next year. Yea that sounds like a plan. :twisted: :twisted:

      • How would we know which yellow outfit? She looks hot in anything, and everything looks flattering on her! :shock: :grin:

    • BillyB says: 32.3

      You didn’t get the Babes Gone Wild calender… pity :roll:

  58. bigbhd95 says: 31

    :smile: VERY happy :lol: to vote once (maybe more) again my dearest Marina
    :smile: I would Love for you to win all the contests you want & enter :cool:
    and not for the free calenders (I LOVE mine) a sighned one would be special :mrgreen: BUT :shock: because you deserv it for all your hard work & determination :grin: I salute you :!: still tryin for T.P. :oops: B.B.

  59. kjmty2 says: 30

    Hotforwords you have to be the loveliest creature on this planet Brains and looks that can’t even be put into words.If your not a model or in line for miss universe something is wrong.I’m 57 years old and happy to say before i leave this planet I will have images of you and die with a smile on my face.

  60. It looks like Wired consolidated the 2+ pages of HotForWords entries and giving a big jump to Marina’s currently 21,615+ votes catching up to SxePhil’s 25+K. I must have worn out two mice voting for those entries. :lol:

    Capman911, on a previous page mentioned that voting on the down arrow takes away from the up entries. I’ll try to get clarification on that, and if true, then it is important to click the down arrow of the person leading Marina, which is SxePhil.

    Marina is #1 in the universe, geek and otherwise!!!

    Great video of that artist’s sketching of Marina.

  61. wetsuit5 says: 28

    That’s a very talented artist.
    Captured the image VERY well.

  62. seesixcm6 says: 27

    Дорогая Марина Орлова, Yes, I’m going to vote for you, again. That was an amazing drawing by a talented artist! If I could illustrate like that, I wouldn’t need your beautiful calendar! :razz:
    какая прелесть
    seesixcm6

  63. Phily D isn’t even a true geek. He is nerd, just plain nerd.

  64. WOWWWW!!!! THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!! YOU CAME TO LIFE ON THE PAPER!!!!

  65. I have voted. I can’t see why Philly D. is #1 Our dear teacher needs our votes

  66. animalntaz says: 23

    Yes, no more submitted entries… unless it is a new geek. :mrgreen:

  67. I voted twice. The second time I wore a disguise. I hope it worked. :shock: :lol:

  68. Chemikal says: 21

    I could have sworn we will see a remake of the sexy geek video, which was one of my favorites.
    I do want my calendar, Marina.
    I’m gonna vote my heart out for your calendar!
    Sorry for being materialistic, but that’s the way the world works, and you did promise. :D

  69. James says: 20

    Ha! my private vid has got 52 views and 6 comments even though 11 people can see it. I have clicked on it about 7 times so where have all the rest come from? :smile:

  70. This is from the Wired Sexy Geek Contest site.

    Nominees submitted by multiple users will be consolidated to reflect an accurate, aggregate vote count.
    Sounds like if you vote for all of the Marina’s and thumb down the rest all of the votes will go toward Marina.

  71. danielpool says: 18

    THAT is a very good picture of you they are very good. I have been voting for you when will you know who got it :?:

  72. loudfighter says: 17

    You must win! I wote hundret times! just for you Marina! :eek:

  73. Tazman says: 16

    I hope you win,casue my finger is in a cast from voting for you so much. :mrgreen:
    Here’s to you Teacher!!!!!

  74. fleetwood says: 15

    Hi marnia I voted for you Hugs and Kisses to the Teacher

  75. neuroway says: 14

    Absolutely Teacher. You and your thousand sisters are the sexiest geeks around! There’s not a lot of competition anyways. You all look like a bunch of clones to me. :-) )

    Top rated one eh?

    I love the red one! She’s the one who gets my vote. :-) )

  76. I have to agree with Bob on this one. But which personalities do I get to use? Can I vote with all of them? Now we’re getting somewhere!

  77. In the season of giving can you please give us the lineage of the word philanthropy please?

  78. popzzz says: 11

    .
    Marina,

    What happened to the FORTY SOMETHING THOUSAND (44,364) entry you had on there the last time I looked like last week????

    Where did it go?

    That ain’t even fair! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

    • Hi popzzz,

      I don’t recall a 40 K entry on that Geek contest site.
      The picture of Marina in the pink top was around 4 K
      and Phil’s was around 14-18 K.

      By having those multiple entries, Marina’s votes skyrocketed. The votes are periodically consolidated and rolled up into one number. It seems that the entry where Marina is wearing the pink top is the rolled up count.

      • popzzz says: 11.1.1

        .
        .
        wow ….. I musta been in the twilight zone …..

        I didn’t pay that much attention at the time or really think about it much but now it seems that all the top votes had more. I also remember it being further back in time more like several weeks ago now …..

        o well …..

  79. ranhead says: 10

    It kind of stinks that there are so many separate nominations for Marina in that list. I understand that they will consolidate them, but it would be nice to see a more accurate placing for our teacher.

    BTW: I voted and gave a neg to that dude – hehe.

    • Hi ranhead,

      Thank you for downvoting Phil. As you can see there are many down votes for Marina’s entry and I’m sure that the Phil camp is determined on winning. Continue to down vote anyone ahead of Marina, when voting for Marina.

  80. bateryaa says: 9

    Marina, if I go to the US as an exchange student, can I stay at your house ? lol :razz:
    Ps.: Voted

  81. Bob says: 8

    Why not vote for ALL of the Marina entries? That must be allowed since they are separate entries and they all get aggregated into one so it’s a good way to vote for Marina multiple times.

  82. leonard says: 7

    Vote or Die trying to Vote :lol: :???: :roll: :lol:

  83. popzzz says: 6

    .
    Marina,

    Why do we park on the driveway and drive on the parkway?
    :shock: :shock: :shock:

  84. matheson231 says: 4

    I would like to request you investigate where the term “cold feet” came from. My girl is getting cold feet and I want to explain it to her. Thank you!

    • bsomebody says: 3.1

      It will not let me edit. Hmm… Anyhooz, I think M should sign the 50 new calendars. To ensure they actually get to HFWers, I have a plan.

      The Plan:
      Che will pick me up in his pickup truck (loaded with burritos for the trip.) We will stop by the printers and pick up 50 new calendars and deliver them to M. We will wait patiently while M and Gorby sign the calendars based off the HFW website comments. (PK will provide an algorithm used to weight the quality of each comment, multiplied by number of comments, to the factor of number of days contributing.) M will make a fine dinner for us, and nice fluffy pillows for us to crash on the floor before the long trek. Che and I will then set out in the truck to hand deliver all the calendars. Each recipient must provide a meal and a couch for the night. Sounds like a great plan!

      Oh yeah, M, we need to make sure that hitoshi, chemikail, Bob, James, and MissCC get one, just to make the trip worth it. (I hope Che's truck has those big ol' superinflatable tires. :roll: ) And mijj will need a calendar, too; I've always wanted to see Liverpool.

      So, M, whaddaya think?

  85. milenko17 says: 2

    why do people say its a nightstand when you use it more in the morning…..?

  86. Marina says: 1

    Now you guys get the video BEFORE it’s done processing :-)

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