Sabotage
Sabotage.. or as William Shatner says.. sabotaage 
Comes from clogs???
Here are some other Shatner sabotage videos:
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Ok with sabotage. What about propaganda? Is it an interesting origin?
The only thing I remember sabotaaging was my tie at a gas station I worked at. The new company who bought us made us start wearing ties with the uniform. My last night there I wiped the storage tank measuring stick with the tie a lit it in the back room of the station.
um can you tell me the origin of the word creed ur really awsome really really awsome..
Hey, I’d like to know the origin of the word “shrink” as in a therapist, psychologist etc.
Thanks so much and I love the videos!
i have some paranoid thoughts about everyone trying to sabotage me and the stuff i’m doing
I met Bill and his daughter Lisabeth back in 2002. I learned from Liz that she was the webmaster for her dad’s website. She was working nearly every day on maintaining the site. Bill seemed very excited about her working on the project. I wonder if she is still working on the site still.
Dear my swet friend MARINA,
Please help to PALESTINE!
Israel killing all humans everyday at PALESTINE-GAZZA.!!Israel killing to all childs and womans and males!Why are you not make to onethings for Peace to Palestine!
All world watching to this masacres everyday!
Palestine humans wanting only humanely live at on PALESTINE!They are not terrorist!They are not killer! I am asking to all world ;Is all babies terrorist?
Babies is not a terrorist !
Please help to FREE PALESTINE,HELP TO PALESTINE HUMANS!
There is not anythings now,electric,water,bread is not on there!
PLEASE HELP TO PALESTINE !PLEASE SEND HELP PALESTINE FOR BABIES,FOR HUMANITY,FOR GOD,FOR YOUR BELIEVE THINGS!FOR PEACE,FOR LIFE! FOR ISA !FOR YOUR CHILDS!
PALESTINE WAITING FROM YOUR HELPS!
onlycasperman,
We don’t usually discuss politics on these pages, but I do want to commend your government for the role they are playing in the current crisis. Turkey is a Muslim country that acknowledges Israel’s right to exist, but is acting to curb Israel’s excesses in Gaza and try to negotiate a cease-fire. Best of luck to you.
I am knowing that there is not politic ground or web site but I am saying that everybody make to help Palestine humans.Because everyday Israel killing to Palestines humans and babies!Why all the world watching to this massacre now?If Israel was kill to your couyntry humans then what was did you ?
Thanks you for your message,I am seeing that somepeoples are playing the game at on there to yet!
Best wishes,
Mahmut Alan
SAMSUN-TURKEY
Quote
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” – Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948
…on and on about control and then more limits on GOD….
grow pot and shout share your law or 
DRUGS[drugs] boot of legs….policy of con-scriptions-noc…coniptions for hemp EO
Dear friend ,you must to be sure that Turkish state always will help PALESTINE peoples until endless!Turkish peoples always with PALESTİNE peoples everytime!And TURKEY very big and powerful a state in this world everytime!
But some the Middle East countries dont want FREE PALESTİNE STATE in the Middle East and I am believing all with my heart that oneday PALESTİNE will to be a free state!
All with my loves and hugs,
Mahmut Alan
TURKEY
Thanks you so much for your beautiful thoughts.
Wishing you happy and beautiful day.
all with my loves and hugs,
Mahmut Alan
TURKEY
How is it going?
Marina…I really enjoyed this educational video on the word sabotage…I’m looking forward to your next lesson…
In the Star trek movie “undiscovered Country” Lt. Valeris mentions the word Sabotage and gives the same shoe throwing explaination as Marina. Great minds think alike (although Marina is nicer)
Shatner Reflects Rocketman
William Shatner talks about himself.
Interesting: by your translation, what you told your students to do in 2009 was ’sabotage donkey’; but this investigation makes the instructions more ‘cram the noisemaker full’ so far. We’ll see what else we find out.
I’m sure there are quite a few things I’ve sabotaged (including ‘my chances’), but “gentlemen don’t tell.”
Hey Marina!
I want to know the word “caballing”!
Thank you very much!
kisses
stefan
HA!
James looks hot in Pink
on the comment box
Hey Marina, I’m not sure if you have it (I mean I checked but didn’t see it) but its a really common word we all say and yet it’s not good if you have a reason to say it: ” Sorry”
)
Correct me if I’m mistaking but I don’t think there is a video about that word (sorry in advanced if there is one I’m still new and trying to catch up
Hello belfegor,
The word “sorry” is a great word request. It hasn’t been done yet. I think Marina will Get Smart about that word. Sorry about that, chief. Where is 13 when I need her. {puts shoe back on foot}
Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
Love that song. I wonder how different it would be if the Beastie Boys sang Sabataaage.
Marina – are you trying to “sabotage” our Canadian pronunciation (with the French inflection) by making fun of our mutual (Canadian) buddy William Shatner?
Hey Marina,
What is the origin of the word extinguish?
Suggestions for new words:
defenestrate
uxorious
retromingent. Great site.
Gordo
Hey, I just recently became YouTube friends with William Shatner about a week ago.
Apparently, WordPress has some indirect support for previewing comments (clickable link) (albeit with some bug reports (clickable link)). Although the HotForWords site supports editing comments for a few minutes, it would be nice if it supported previewing comments. (Had this feature been available, I might have caught the error of referring to Marina as Maria a little while ago — sorry about that.)
–Hs4Mm
Previewing would definitely be helpful.
Other than a couple of my relationships,
, I can’t think of anything else.
Please, please, please explain how the preferred name for womens bedwear and undergarments became know as lingerie? I would guess it to be a french word, but how did it get to be the preferred word? Always wondered about that.
Thanks for all you do. You make it look easy, but I know it’s not.
That would be interesting to learn about. I don’t know anything about its origin, but I can tell you, sugarray, that you’re right, it is a French word. That’s why I always hate people pronouncing it lawn-jur-ay, when it should be leh
n-zhare-ee.WLIU, I seem to remember that it was an artist’s or art teacher’s name. When using nude models for his class, he found that scantily-clad models got more of a rise (so to speeak) out of his students that did completely nude ones.
What I love to sabotage are attempts to sabotage Me and/or Mine. It behooves Me to see the would-be saboteur squirm like a grub under a rock. The only mercy they get is they are allowed to live,the only reason they get that is because prison doesn’t sound like any fun. I exagerate of course,but,there is some truth to it too. Once folks really piss Me off,and if I bother to let em know it,they don’t generally do it again for a looong time.
Mom used to say; “If You are *truly* sorry,You *won’t* do it again”. I like to make folks **feel** that statement when they do Me bad. The same goes for Me if I am the one to transgress,gimme both barrels so I learn and remember.
After 7 kids(I am #5),Mom was tired,instead of chasing Me down She would send My older brother(3 years older) to tackle Me and use His wrestling experience to “teach” Me the error of My ways. Worked pretty good too! Wrestlers can be awful nasty,especially with Mom’s blessing! Ouch!!
Sup beautiful!..
It’s my birthday so maybe you could do something special for me?
I was going to ask about the Clit?
maybe you could give me your take on it?
Or maybe on the word Sexy as I am sure you know alot about it!
For me?
Matty x
Regarding some of the voters in the Sexy Geek of the Year contest:
In explaining the origin of bitch Marina focused on the meaning of bitch as
However, bitch can also mean
Malice has the meanings
spite has the meaning
Since Maria lost because of heavy down-voting and the Geek that won is a male, it appears that some bitches sabotaged the voting.
–Hs4Mm
I just voted, again – to thwart them thar fops…
(life’s a bitch, ain’t it?)
Vote here
Been voting steady, but slowly.
There is definetely something fishy going on.
All the votes are not being counted and registered.
Especially the down votes for PD.
Very much shades of Florida and Al Frankin.
Life is a beach,,getting sand in where it hurts both is the real bitch
Hey Marina,
I should have realised that sabotage hails from French, seeing as how people who engage in sabotage are called saboteurs. I’ve never actually comitted any sabotage before, but I’m still young, just give me time.
I found it very funny when you said “I’ve never sabotaged anything, except the chandelier at my…”. My mind went off on a little tangent, and I imagined an operatic story in which you and a rival philologist were struggling to gain possession of the very first Oxford English Dictionary. You and your nemesis were at some gala event where an anonymous contact was supposed to be dropping off the dictionary for your adversary, and you loosened the chandelier so it would crash during all the festivities, creating a diversion which would allow you to quietly slip out of the room and spirit the dictionary away. The whole time, you were wearing the dress that you wore in the New Years e-card that you sent us. It’s odd, but these are the things my mind spends its time dwelling on.
Sounds like your mind is a fun show to see … are you selling tickets?
Hey Nathan19
good minds have a way of doing those things 
B.B. 
HAPPY NEW YEAR 
one & all 
every now & again
That’s an interesting one Nathan. You seem to be quite a promising youg apprentice for our teacher!
You mention the concept of nemesis, which makes me think of the hubris that is probably looking for its nemesis, like a pair of… wrestlers. Isn’t sabotage a nemesis acting upon an existing hubris?
Every nemesis seems to keep looking for an hubris to act upon, untill it finally bounces into it, just like every hubris inwardly seeks the nemesis that will put it back where it belongs. What I’m asking myself is what happens to the nemesis, once the show’s over and the hubris is down? Does it automatically morph itself into another hubris waiting for a new nemesis? Like a perpetual, never ending dance? Or does the contest end at some point in time?
I don’t think I fully understand what you’re asking. You seem to be using some nuanced definitions of “hubris” and “nemesis” with which I’m unfamiliar.
hello everyone! i have a question for you who are familiar with iMac. can you tell me how to make images of iSight clearer?
i just uploaded a video but the image is very bad…
What about the word Vatican
It is an Auto-nomous, Sovereignty proclaimed by the Fascist government and is landlocked of ITALY. Much history, too.
shatner is stubborn, ain’t he.
erudite. That could be an interesting word to investigate. Might keep it alive!
Hey Marina… the “Effervescent One”,
WORD REQUEST:
missmarinaforeverliciousness 
I “googled” it and couldn’t find it. Please investigate!
I was curious on the origins of Rabelaisian. Can you please investigate? Thank you.
Rabelais most famous work (Wikipedia):
Gargantua and Pantagruel tells the story of two giants – a father, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel – and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical vein.
While the first two books focus on the lives of the two giants, the rest of the series is mostly devoted to the adventures of Pantagruel’s friends – such as Panurge, a roguish erudite maverick, and Brother Jean, a bold, voracious and boozing ex-monk – and others on a collective naval journey in search of the Divine Bottle.
Even though most chapters are humorous, wildly fantastic and sometimes absurd, a few relatively serious passages have become famous for descriptions of humanistic ideals of the time. In particular, the letter of Gargantua to Pantagruel and the chapters on Gargantua’s boyhood present a rather detailed vision of education.
Characterized by course humor and bold characters.
hm i wonder where Capt Jack is
Happy New Year Marina.
interesting word.
Feliz Ano Novo thoughtforwords,
obrigado, bom dia para você
Beautiful language, that portugese! Thanks Karl.
Good morning Marina!
Are you sleep well?
U a the best techer!
word request: restaurant
word request: studmuffin
thanks
You rang?
Bran Muffin is what I need
Homework, Page 2: I think voting ‘down’ sxephil might be akin to sabotage – I feel certain bit of guilt for it, but it’s aparently part of the game. Sorry, Phil – I’ve nothing against you – I love you, brother, but love Marina more. I think I will just continue to vote ‘up’ Marina in the future.
Good Night
Marina has a dirty lens!
WOOOH!!1 MARINA IS WINNING
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Good Morning, Afternoon or Evening HotForWords fans!
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Just a quick note, applause and whistles to all of you for continuing to vote for Marina in the Sexy Geek contest.
I just checked the voting curve for the last five hours and the voting is continuing to favor Marina at about 2.3 votes per minute, or about 138 votes per hour.
Every minute, almost 2 and 1/2 of you are continuing to vote for Marina. We have a way to go to catch Phil. and with your support we can do it very quickly.
I thank each and every one of you and I am sure Marina is elated and thankful for all of your efforts. Voting is a simple and kind gesture to let Marina know that we care as we know that she cares for us.
Thank you all for your continued support.
Voting continues here:
http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top
How often can one vote? hourly? daily? other?
Hi Fianchetto,
Voting can be done once every 24 hours.
Don’t feel guilty for voting Phil down.
It’s not about Phil per se, but his fans who keep voting Marina down. We have to follow in kind or otherwise we have to have twice as many fans up voting for Marina to take the lead.
Hello my dear teacher
,
The best wishes for 2009, a year in good health and a lot of luck.
Best regards,
Bikerbuuboy
The Winter Classic was sweet but 2 bad we lost.
I think sabotage can be closely related to “SAPPER”. I’d like you to investigate “SAPPER”. I used to be one.
It took me a half a day to remember, but I was a saboteur. In jr. high I took a dislike to the music my sister played on her vacuum tube radio. That was a very long time ago, so I can’t remember my thought processes then, but I remember the outcome. I put a 6-32 screw in an unused hole in the tuning capacitor, which acted as a stop to prevent tuning in the top bit of the capacitor’s rotation; it prevented her from tuning in her favorite station. I don’t know why, but it only took her about 1.2 seconds to blame me for the radio’s new behavior*. I got a spanking. That part of my memory is still sharp and uh, painfully clear.
I still have that radio somewhere.
—-
*I suppose I should take that as a kind of complement.
Dang, you remembered that it was a 6-32 screw?
You sure it wasn’t a 4-40X5/8 SS Phillips Stainless Steel Panhead? I guess if it was, the punishment would have been worse.
No, it was a 6-32; that’s what the cap frames were tapped for, so a 4-40 would have fallen out. I didn’t have any stainless screws then. But unltimately, I was screwed.
That is funny
Hello, what is the origin for “red square” words?
New Sexy Geek Voting Graph Update
(To view the graph full scale, righ click, then click View Image)
I want to thank all of you for voting for Marina which shows up significantly in this graph. Despite the almost twice as many subscribers that Phil has, we are showing a great strength of force and making an attack on first place.
We need about 4,384 votes to catch up to Phil in terms of combined up-down votes. Looks like some good New Year’s partying going on as the voting has slowed up some, but please don’t let up now, and please continue to vote.
http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top
I’ll get back on it in the morning, I have to wrap my index finger in BENGAY
That’s funny.
I’ll join ja.
Who is this Benjamin and why is he gay? And why do you keep putting your finger in… oh, never mind.
OMG
must be a perverted boy scout camp caller 
I will never admit to sabotaging anything
But while staying up late last night voting for my Hot teacher, it appeared that some people were trying to sabotage your winning with a lot of negative votes. THOSE BASTARDS 
***WORD REQUEST: Mick and Mack***
“Hey Mack!” is (or used to be) slightly rude slang for “Hello Mister.”
“Mick” is slang for an Irishman.
What is the origin of these two words, and are they related?
(Hint: Think “MacDonald” and “McCarthy.”)
Don’t forget Buster and pal. These usually preceed an arguably friendly discussian.
HI Marina in star trek you would be a pretty Vulcan and your sister would be a pretty Klingon. I heard on the radio one time a man saying that Klingon and Vulcan are a language now that two college students made up one time if you get a chance look in to it. It was very interesting
they wouldn’t be sisters they would be very very distant cousins as one was an off shoot( parent ) of the other race.
perhaps they were half sisters like Spock
umm. how would that work?
one sister could be totally vulcan (both parents being vulcan), but then her sister must be at least half-vulcan.
or, mother non-vulcan and non-klingon, fathers vulcan and klingon. in any way, they’d not be totally klingon and totally vulcan.
if you want that non-vulcan and non-klingon mother to be human … well, that should be difficult as humans and vulcans are not really compatible.
plus, vulcans and klingons? — no way.
I had to reply to your reply below here, I am sure that you are correct there was some medical assistance involved in Spocks birth also’ however with the Vulcans mental abilities they could have probably achieved the results without any foreign chemicals being introduced into the mother’s body, other then the obvious.
Spock was half human his mother was human his father was Vulcan.
i know. but trip and t’pol couldn’t have a child without some sort of medical assistance. ask phlox about it.
I’ve had friends who were saboteurs, of sorts. One blew up a high school swimming pool heater that resulted in major damage to a building, and another friend purposely derailed a railroad engine, while a couple of others, both mechanics, instructed me on how to sabotage vehicles. Yet, I’ve never done any of that stuff. I’m constructive not destructive, but there were times where I seriously considered sabotaging certain vehicles. The mood passes.
Hello dear Marina.
I have a word I want to know the origin of: GRINGO.
Yep. If you can tell me what’s the origin of this word , it would be really appreciated I’m sure on an international level…..!
As far as I know all gringos know the word, It is not a derogatory word, it is just a word to refer to north american people, not Canadians only gringos.
What better than a Russian girl to solve this international mystery
I hope you can find the truth origin and meaning of this word, good luck.
Luis.
Buenas noches Luís,
Hay un cuento que durante la guerra entre los EEUU y México, había una canción popular que cantaban los soldados norteamericanos que se llamó “Green Grow the Rushes.” Los mejicanos oyeron “grin go” en vez de “green grow,” pues el nombre “gringo.”
Verdad o no, no sé.
Thank you for that, The story I know is quite similar.
and it’s mexicanos, not mejicanos.
Luis and Evan, Im mexican, and my entire life we, mexicans, refer to americans as “gringos” and as I know its because of that song.
I didn’t know that this word was known around the world.. I thought it was a mexican expression.
It will be great if Marina solve this mistery..!!
Happy New Year!!
Happy 2009, Marina!
I don’t I ever deliberately sabotaged anything, but I’ve unintentionally ruined a few things mechanical, usually trying to take them apart. I remember doing that to my great aunt’s vacuum, and trying to hide the evidence.
Felt very bad about it, and confessed it years later to her.
Anyway, that was a great explanation of the word!
I still would like to know about the word…
ORTHODOX
as in (Unorthodox)
and all meaning there in.
Thanks Teacher.
P.S.
((((HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!))))
one and all!!!
I want to request a word that breast.the show was great as always.
Hello my sweet friend Marina,
Please come to TURKEY because I am very missing you at on there!If you come to TURKEY then I’ll make wonderful TURKISH siskebab and Tukish ayran and Turkish Imam bayıldı ,Turkish fish foods !Hey so you will drink to TURKISH RAKI when you come to TURKEY and you’ll stay at on my home.
HAPPY NEW YAER!
All with my loves and hugs,
Mahmut ALAN
journalist
SAMSUN-TURKEY
Yikes!
Hello dear friend,
If you come to TURKEY so you can able eat at this TURKISH foods.Okey!
No problem for you!
all with my loves and hugs,
Mahmut Alan
TURKEY
As-salaam alaikum, Mahmut Alan,
Perhaps what Sparky means is that there is an unfortunate story in the US (not that I believe it) that when a Turkish man offers a beautiful woman a nice dinner, he expects “certain favors” in return. Perhaps if you were to invite Marina’s brother to come with her, she would feel more at ease with your invitation.
If I have been rude to say so, please forgive, and enjoy this Turkish song (click the blue letters) as a little gift from me.
lol
I had left over turkey the other day, I wonder if I can go to?
I wonder what do they call turkey in Turkey?
According to Ahmet Toprak in his linguistic article entitled ‘LET’S HAVE A WORD’ he states: The bird that the English named “turkey” was called “hindi” by the Turks. English confused the bird of the Americas with another bird that they were getting via the African territories of the Ottomans. This African bird–nowadays called the “guinea fowl”–was then known as the “turkey cock”.
Hello my dear friend,
I want to mean that to Marina,dear Marina come to TURKEY and see to our country and so she will learn good sometings about of TURKEY and so I’m invitationing Marina to my country TURKEY.TURKEY is not hindi!TURKEY is very big a country and wonderful a country.
Some humans have knowing thoughts mistaking about of TURKEY.So I am saying to Marina come and see to TURKEY and so she will know reals about of TURKEY!Some humans understanding error to my worlds!
I hope that so you’ll more good understanding me!
All with my loves and hugs,
Mahmut Alan
TURKEY
Note:TURKEY is not a hindi or bird!TURKEY is very big a state and country!If you write small letter then to be turkey=hindi=bird=Kuş!
My dear friend EVAN ,I could not find to this your song pace!Where it is?
Best wishes,
Mahmut Alan
Petek Dinçöz: Pembeler Içinde Harika!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn5ZavNZTc8&watch_response
Thanks I found to it!
My dear friends,
I love to all humans at on this world for to my ALLAH.I dont like only killers as Israel!Israel killing to all humans at on GAZZA-PALESTINE to everyday,why all world watching to this massacre,why don tmake to onethings United Nations and to all Islam World and to all humans,where is the paceful and good humans?
Who will to stop this wars and this massacres and this wildness?
Please make to help for free Palestine and Palestine humans!
Babies is not to terrorist?
HI Marina I have word request nag would you do this word or i will keep on nagging you
Hey three asses laughing go answer my question in my comment I posted earlier.?
what question
Snovum gorum, Marina!! (At least I tried)! You know, you never set a rule about the language from you’d accept word requests. So, at the risk of opening up a can of worms for you, I have a Portuguese word request for you. You see, I love Brasilian (or in English, Brazilian) music and language; I speak a great deal of Portuguese, my self… So, can you tell me the etymology of the word, saudade (pronounced souw-DA-gee). I understand it to be homesickness or extreme yearning. I have heard it in so many Brasilian songs that I actually have grown to like this word a lot; much like one would like a song
I’ll save my next Portuguese word “pra outro dia” (prA OH-troo GEE-ah) [for another day]!
Muito Obrigado, Marina (Mooee-too oo-bri-GAH-doo) [Thanks a lot]!!
Adeus! (ah-JAY-oos)
To God, (Good bye)!!!
Hello dellforce, are you familiar with YsabellaBrave on YT? She is part Portuguese and has talked about “saudade”. Unfortunately, both of her YT accounts are suspended.
Her website is up.
Thanks for the info, bro!
Your welcome dellforce.
In fact, I remember Ysabella talking about the phrase “Lágrimas de Saudade” where she said that it was difficult to translate the phrase into English. I forget in which video that she mentioned the phrase. It was a video from early 2007 or maybe late 2006.
bom dia dude
Or as Hitoshi might say, “domo obrigado”
(Sumimasen, Hitoshi-san, my bad jokes never end.)
I don’t know that there’s an English word for “saudade,” but in Welsh it’s “hiraeth” (“hiraez” in Breton.)
you say sabo, and I say saba,… you say tage, and I say tauge,… let’s call the whole thing off…
Are you cutting and running now?
Quote: “They had Groupies for their band. All I have is my right hand …”
Dr. Hook – Everybody’s making it big but me.
Looks like Gorby sabotaged the camera lens.
Excellent lesson. I wonder if I should file this lesson under the AK-47 and Assassin category or with the Tulip lesson? Decisions, decisions.
Are you asking for answers? File it under all three where you file them isn’t going to make any difference the outcome.
I think the answer was in that Tulip lesson. I’ll have to review that lesson again. Now where did I file my car keys? Did I put them under ‘C’ for car or ‘D’ for, ‘Don’t forget your keys’. Oh well, they’ll show up soon enough.
I always file them under “P” for Pocket, but then there’s a “P” file in folders “J” for jacket and “T” for trousers.
Funny story: A friend and I were talking and he said he’d lost the keys to his flat and couldn’t get back in.
I asked where he’d had them last and he said he thought they were in another jacket. He said he always kept them in his jacket pocket because he found he rarely went anywhere without his jacket.
My reply was that I always kept mine in my trouser pocket for much the same reason.
Rarely, huh?
Homework: I’ve never thrown wooden shoes in the machinery
I always thought sabotage was Dutch, and not French…oh well.
Bill Shatner always had a “different” way of delivering his lines
way to go Shatner
I want to know where the word ramen came from. I know its japanese noodles. So can you please request this for me!
“Ramen” came from the Japanese word “ラメン”. My authoritative source is my 13-year-old daughter’s Naruto Uzumaki anime cartoons.
Homework: Nope. never sabotaged anything (perhaps a couple of failing relationships, more as a coup de grace) but never anything physical. Though it can be quite fun and satisfying to CONSIDER or PLAN it out, or even threaten it, I have never mustered the nerve to actually carry out such an act.
If someone has done you wrong you can monkeywrench their car by loosening the lug nuts on the front wheels, this works extremely well on mountain roads.
Leads to Off roading and extreme litter.
There are more than enough loose nuts on these mountain roads.
An ‘eco terrorist’ once told me, “to ecotage a bulldozer pour Kayo Syrup in the fuel tank.”
Mickey Mantle – Karotologist…
would that be “greentage,” then?…”verttage”?…
#7 ‘Pancaketage’
Hello. I wanted to know the origin of the word “niche”
Think Marina may have done this already?
will take an incomplete
may not yet be up
The statue of limitations.
do me a favor CK
& check that cause I used edit to fix it 
I remember it differently 
B.B.
I think its a legal term…NOT statue!
That’s putting one’s foot down.
But, he hasn’t a leg to stand upon.
BigB: It’s not a statue? Are you sure? Why… why, have I been mislead all these many years? Next you will be telling me Maya Angelou didn’t paint the Sixteenth Chapel.
lmao
Your link you intended to intended to not put there wasn’t there just as it was intended to not be
Oooh! Noo!
If I only get one request, please feel free to ignore my request below, and investigate, Higgledy-piggledy, instead, as requested by youtubedotcomslashdavidjolly007
Higgledy-piggledy!
I’ve used it a few times over the years, but have never known it’s origin.
Thanks.
The U.S. grocery chain, Piggly Wiggly, had a difficult start, because their stores were layed out higgledy-piggledy.
It’s true, I tell you.
I thought it started out as “Hoggly Woggly”!
Ha ha ha!
I heard this origin in the movie “Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country”. Who knew that “Star Trek” was educational.
Homework: There was this one time when I… err I mean no that would not be the right thing to do.
I Agree Smokey sometimes it’s best to remain silent add don’t say anything or someone might say you have the right to remain silent
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Any “eco terrorists” out there read The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey?
It’s where we get the meaning of the term to ‘monkeywrench’ something.
That got me thinking of a Foo Fighters’ song.
The Norwegian Heavy Water Sabotage had to be one of the best sabotages.
Hi Che,
They made a movie out of that story called The Heroes of Telemark (1965, with Kirk Douglas.)
Did see a documentary a while back on the History Channel, I suspect the History Channel used this movie as a reference in its research.
I haven’t seen that one, but I did watch 633 Squadron again over Christmas (The best of the repeats).
It was a raid on a German rocket fuel factory in a Norwegian fjord where almost every aircraft was lost, because the Norwegian resistance saboteurs, who were going to put the anti-aircraft guns out of action, were all ambushed and killed.
In spite of that, the raid was a military success because the earthquake bombs caused a rock-slide which buried the factory.
Ha ha! Sabotage, throwing a shoe in the works!
Dear Marina, I was wondering if you’d like to investigate the origin of the saying, “Hoist with your own petard.” ? It’s not much in use these days, but was one of my fathers pet phrases.
Whatever you decide, you have my best wishes.
I second that request.
What on earth is a petard, anyway?
I always thought that it was that loop at the top of a boot used to gain purchase in pulling the boot on. The rediculous idea was that by pulling hard enough, one could lift oneself by one’s own boots. But a petard is not that at all, even though the thought is parallel. Petard = bomb, with the user being blown up by his own device.
PET
Automatic
Retrieval
Device
Make up your own story about getting caught up in one.
Sabotage is a one trick pony ma’am. I’d say it’s better to grab it firmly but gently by its little tail before letting it go, aim carefully, and think twice before throwing the show, as it can have quite a devastating domino effect once let loose.
Sabotage-oh-lay! Maybe 4 Annudder-day! He He He!
Actually, on a number of occasions, I have “thrown in the shoe” into personal situations to my detriment. It was only by looking back that I could honestly say… “I sure sabotaged that one… didn’t I!?! Ooops!”
Happy New Year Marina,
(and everyone else here)
I have never sabotaged anything; at least not on purpose.
Do you have any Olivier Salad left?
I’m hungry, and the traditional greens and black eyed peas meal is just not my favorite holiday tradition here.
Dear HotForWords,
You see, the reason I don’t have a job anymore is, they made me wear these awful wooden shoes…
Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire
All right my niece just brought me some blackeyed peas and cornbread for good luck in the New Year. Does anyone else have have a traditional food they enjoy on New Years day for good luck. If so please write them in the comments replies below.
Thank You
they eat the blackeyed peas here, and add turnip greens…not that i had any, being a yankee whistlin’ in dixie…
we used to always have ham and steamed cabbage back in Indiana…
Yes not everyone has the same traditions, however the traditions sometimes have the same purpose, or am I wrong?
We had blackeyed peas, collards and a pork tender loin for diner. That’s usually our traditional mean on New Years Day. Oh I for got the corn bread.
Glad you made it here, now answer my question in my comment below!
In Scotland, the tradition is to go “First Footing” after midnight on New Years Eve; the first person to set foot over the threshold should bring an offering of a loaf of bread, a bottle of Whiskey and a lump of coal to ensure a plentiful supply of food, drink and warmth in the new year.
Sounds like a reason for people to stay home.
I haven’t personally every engaged in Sabotage. I am more of a troubleshooter.
Word request: troubleshooter
This lesson begs me to ask, Has the devil ever danced with creator/designer by the pale moon light?
I would say yes.
Your “traditional mean” looked like ice cream too those whom viewed the picture
Word request (sort of)
Hi Marina,
Just got back from the Polar Bear swim. As my body hit the water, I wondered:
Is “холодно” cognate with “cold”?
Can you define the words “internet” and “diet”? thanks!
youtube username — subway510
The French worker who threw his shoes into the works either had to bring an extra pair of shoes to work or he would have to walk home barefooted. Either way, it would draw attention to himself.
I heard of a mainframe manufacturer field engineer who had sabotaged a main frame computer back in the 60s. A team of engineers worked for over a week before they realized that everything was not working. He had taken hundreds of straight pins, removed the heads and jammed them into he many cables connecting the parts of the machine. They got the point.
cool and neat or neet
And where is Gorby today?
I love him! Is so cute!
I want to request the word “Adrenalin”
I want to request the word : ”Howdy” like in Howdy cowboy
howdy = how do you do
Homework
Happy New Year to all here in Marinaville! 
I’ve accidently broken a few things but I have never done any sabotage!
Sabotage?
No, not deliberately!
I really don’t think you can say that you’ve sabotaged a chandelier.
Unless you rigged it on purpose, and in that case, I’d like to hear all about it!
Is that what the iraqi journalist did to bush when he visited iraq last month. He sabotaged the W Bush, who couldn’t understand why the man might have had a problem with him.
Oh! When the man throws the shoe at him? I think he was probably mad or something
Yeah, that’s not really sabotage.
2009 is going to be a kick ass year
HFW students 
B.B.
Indeed Bigbhd95, I too feel it will kick a$$.
I just hope my retirement stocks do not continue to be the ass that is kicked. I seen a predicition on TV that the recent troubles with the mortgage industry is only about one half of what is to come. There is more.
Better a subbotnik than a saboteur, eh, Marina?
Not sure Evan. Sometimes, the saboteur may be viewed as a sword of Damocles.
Can I request a word?
Because I want to know the origin of Higgledy-piggledy cos its a funny word
Hi teacher. I would love to know where the word “cheese” came from.
We used to use the French “fromage,” but photographers couldn’t get people to smile with it.
As CampKohler would say,
“It’s true, I tell you.”
Sabotage of Bush speech
How circular!! And just what is the saboteur holding in his hand? That’s right, a sabot.
But you knew this, didn’t you, you little dickens?
Good Shot.
“Marley was dead, to begin with.”
We did start a little fire on the ship once, but that was an accident.
Somebody is currently trying to sabotage my daughters and granddaughters in a game of Monopoly.
i’ve thrown a tantrum, but i’ve not thrown a shoe at anything or anyone since i was a snotnosed teener…
i’ve also thrown a fit, been thrown for a loop, and tossed my cookies…
i guess i’ve been more active than i remember…
The Kiss of Sabotage.
Never intentionally sabotaged anything.
Broke lotsa stuff but never sabotaged.
Well in the military I guess I sabotaged my adversary’s attempts and plans to win battles and wars.
Marina, this chandelier, Is this the one you got your bottom paddled for?
mukmika brings up a good question.
What’s the difference between vandalism and sabotage?
seems to me sabotage implies some knowledge of the entity one is sabotaging, whereas vandalism usually is random…
but don’t let me sabotage your efforts…
So when I cast 100 votes for Marina and 100 votes against Phil at
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/12/every-geeks-a-l.html
Am I sabotaging Defranco’s attempt to be a “Sexy” geek or or helping him retain some machismo?
you are vandalizing DeFranco’s poll-standing (unless you know him, then you’re sabotaging it)…
‘course, maybe i should have considered deliberate vs. random as annudder option…
’cause i’d sure say that someone is deliberately tryin’ to sabotage Marina’s standing in the poll this year…
I’m confused.
It’s a conundrum.
I guess I should just go to
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/12/every-geeks-a-l.html
and keep voting for Marina till I figure it out.
I’ve never knowingly sabotaged anything but I have clogged up the works on occasions.
true story: i was on a three-city trip with a colleague to lead some required volleyball clinics for juniors (12-18); we stopped overnight at a hotel the association had reserved for us…we had had a big supper, it was late, and i just wanted to go the bathroom and get to sleep…
being my normal Mr. Nice Guy, i let my buddy go first…he took his sweet bippy time and my toes were beginning to curl from the need to use the facilities…
finally he came out – only to tell me, “‘er, i clogged up the toilet”…
he had…dammit…and nothing could be done about it…even worse was that there was no bathroom fan, the room was small, and let’s just say that his stink was stronger than chicken that’s been left in the garbage for a week…
it was so late the hotel office was locked up…i won’t discuss how i managed my way through the rest of the night…
I had a chief pilot who used to do that to us; we were staying on a logging camp in the middle of Borneo and normally each pilot had his own room in the crew bungalow, but when this chap used to come on inspection, he would commandeer one room so the pilots had to double up.
The facilities were not the best quality, being out in the jungle, and there was a small bore squat toilet in each bathroom, adjoining each room, which required that you nipped it off in small chunks rather like rabbit droppings. Well, this idiot always shaved off a full length of the Doner Kebab and, since he had an asshole like a truck tire, it was an instant blockage, and then he would come and ask to use ours.
He should have been a mud engineer – they could have used him to plug blow-outs on the oil rigs.
Eventually we fixed him by saying that our toilet was already blocked, so he had to go do it in the river. The locals said they’d never seen crocodiles that far upstream before.
Hi marina Happy New Year Hugs and Kisses to the Teacher
When my boss had a really bad idea I didn’t need to sabotage it; I’d just do EXACTLY what I was told and let nature take its course. The hardest part was afterwards NOT saying ‘Yeah, I know’.
Probably a lot more people have engaged in vandalism than sabotage. Somehow, I can’t picture you engaging in sabotage, Marina! Great video, as usual.
***WORD REQUEST: Vandalism:***
Another case of Saxon violence?:grin:
Requesting word orgin: Bone of contention
I nothing sabotage enything!
Nice vid.
Happy and lucky new year
Wrote booby traps at one job using DOS command functions.
Zhina
Can you do the words “meh” and “spider”? thank you!
my youtube username is subway510
Hey liesforliars, she did the Meh video already. If you’ll look at the top of the page in the Word / Lesson section it will show you what words or phrases she has done. Here is the
Link to the Meh video. enjoy.
ahh ok! I thought I looked carefully but I missed it
thanks! 
Well, maybe if you washed all that black stuff out of your eyes…
I was under the impression that the Luddites were the ones who began the practice of “sabotage”, tossing their shoes into farm machinery to keep their agricultural work.
Zhina
Shatner is awesome. The time he made fun of Trekkies on SNL was great … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihsSmJNsDX8
I’m not sure if everyone heard this or not, but Nurse Chapel died on Dec 18. I found out some other facts about her that I did not realize; she was Roddenberry’s wife, played the character Number One in the pilot, and she played the part of Consoler Troi’s mom.
Majel Roddenberry
You misspelled counsellor, but, as it turns out, what you did spell fits just as well.
LOL …. I copied and pasted the name from a news blog, and never noticed it being misspelled. Maybe somebody else was trying to be cute.
Majel was also the voice of the ship’s computer
Happy New Year Marina!
Hi Guys I’m back
I have sabotaged a few things in my time, peoples cars, set a school on fire, tore up a cigarette machine, shoot out street lights, all the things a teen would do while growing up with nothing else to do but sabotage things. Not proud of it now, but didn’t think about it at the time.
The number of times I have broken into schools and sabotaged the vending machines. Then there was the time I bought down a boeing 747 with my laser pen…. Good times.
Where’ve ya been?
I didn’t see a flight plan.
I filed one with Jack, dang him he didn’t report it. I’ll have to talk to him about that.
I had to take care of some business and was away from the key board for awhile.
I hear him saying sabatage (a, not o, after b; and one a after t) — the text in the second video has “sabataage”. Also, I think the ‘a’ after the ‘b’ is echoed by the ‘a’ after the ‘t’ giving the impression of a double ‘a’ after the ‘t’.
In the above, “echoed” is not a good word; “reinforced” would be better.
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Hey Stokesjrj1 congratz, you made first place.
congrats, John…
and Happy New Year, world…