Louche
Louche.. another Hot Word of the Week for you 
I did it as an homage to sxephil as he has his douche-bag of the day segment.. and I have the louche-bag of the day. I tried to include all the jump cuts and some of his nuances.. but it came out pretty bad! Here is the video I was imitating.
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That was uplifting mariadaniel
…I love bees. you tube speCiaL 
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interesting fact- I’m sure that someone’s already said it, but I’m simply too lazy to search. Louche was also used in French to describe the effect that cold water had on absinthe.
When you pour water into *real* absinthe, the absinthe starts to cloud. The French used to describe it as “louche” as well.
I was gonna say that vshagios. He is the biggest Louche of them all!
Obama, he is a Louche.
I like you better as yourself.
Oh Teacher.
In addition to [Dickins] as in [Hurts like the dickins], [I Can't Remember for the dickins] etc. I thought of another word.
[Naugahyde]
and the phrase [Dead as a Doornail] or as some say [Dead as a Door Knob]
Thanks Much.
Your Student,
Aaron.
Marina:
I was wondering if you could tell me the origins of the word “Bigot”. Would enjoy seeing…Uh hearing your answer!
Thanks,
Doug
Can we tighten up the definition of louche? Is it shifty-eyed scammers, because there are scammers who look you
straight in the eye, w/ ne’er a wavering eyeball. Like Billy Mays for Mighty Mend-it or Miracle Putty…“Hi, Billy Mays here for Miracle Putty.” or Vince for ShamWow or SlapChop…“…because you know we can’t do this all day.”
How about the phrase “on the lamb” otherwise known as on the loose
I just remembered a famous louche: Kristen Bell
Dear Marina:I am a fan of your work and of you personally.
I discovered in life that LOVE comes only in one way, when is UNCONDITIONAL.
Such LOVE is often given to:
A) Family( one day you will have children and you will not hesitate to stop a bullet with your body so save one!!!)
B)Friends
C)Pets( need I say more?)
Its funny but generally your partner( spouse, lover, live companion,etc)sometimes do not falls in this category.
However, Now watching your videos, I realise that it is posible to say that teachers, also can be the recipes of unconditional LOVE.
I for one , had dedicate many unselfish ours to better myself, read more, study hard, and finally be a better person , just to see my teachers proud of me.
Now that I think of it, teachers Do love their students in the same way, so the reciprocity is often the way knowledge flows on a classroom.
What is NOT so obvious, is that the TEACHER also , by the way of setting a sample,INSPIRE the students to follows a certain way of live( if your teacher is well groomed, well dress, well educated, smiles a lot,uses language correctly, practices sports, or have a refined taste for art and science),so students generally adopt such qualities for themselves.
FOR THAT, I THANK YOU!!
Now can I request SUBLIMATE, as a replacement of certain feeling or need , for a completely different thing or object?
( its been said that Saint Francis of Assisi’s, took his love for animals from His sexual sublimation).
Tanks in advance, Hugo.
Marina,I don’t think anyone can play the part of some who is Louche better then Jack Nicholson in a movie. He is really great at it.
Chiselstone
Hey hey…
Another Word Request please “Clandestine”
Thanks!
Nice parody
Would a louche cyclops be blind? uh… what?
Kinda like a one-legged man in a butt-kickin’ contest.
My Father and I, were in a debate the other day over a word. This word is often used as part of a phrase often not alone. The word is Dickens used as in “Hurts like the Dickens”; or “Ain’t That the Dickens”. I remember this from my Grandmother who used to use the word a lot.
My Father believes the word to have originated from the word Devilkin. I wasn’t to sure of this and thought it may be some referance from the Author Charles Dickens. I’ll admit my thought on the author is a stretch at best. Somehow I can’t see the word origin coming from Devilkin.
My Grandmother had many sayings that I never figured out where the meaning came from such as Low and Behold when she was in Awe at something, Of course Low and Behold is a grouping of words whose origin is easily found.
I must now tell my Father about this site since it is absolutly fantastic for those who love words. My Dad fancies himself abit of a Word Origin fan. I find word origins fascinating.
Chris682 mentioned Hustle And Bustle I’m curious on that one myself.
Thanks,
Aaron
Heard of a BROOCH (US- pron. brautch) or else in the UK spelt BROACH (and pronounced the same).
Ah ,that’s more like it. Or is it? I’d like to know…
Seems to come from the French BROCHE.
blackhawk49 asks: I would like to know the origion of the phrase, ‘above board’. Does it have any reference to the old courtship practice of bed boarding. If not, speak on both terms.
where did hustle and bustle come from?
I’d like to know what “sitting pretty” means, thank you.
Just look at the picture above.
ha ha, very funny
but I’d seriously like to know 
New vid is up.
It was mentioned on TV that they are beefing up security for the inauguration. However, hamming something up is not quite as effective; it’s a bunch of baloney. What decided which meat does what?
And no, eddiexcool, you can’t salami Marina.
Don’t be such a hot dog.
Having only viewed a wee selection of your endevours, I don’t know the extent of your etymological prowess but can you help me with something?
I’ve been trying to make sense of the word ‘prego’ in Italian. It’s used in many different ways:
As a response to grazie (thank you)
To offer a service (can I help you?)
To welcome someone (Come in! make yourself at home.)
I often imagine it as sharing something with the antiquated expression ‘pray’ as in ‘pray enter’, ‘pray be seated’. I could be way off the mark. Is there any light shedding you can do here? In fact, does anyone know at least a little more than I on the subject.
Grazie mille!
Steve
Be careful viewing Lady M’s “endevours.” You might get more than you bargained.
PS: By the way:I respect your work, I think you’re quite determined if you really want to realize something, I mean three or four years ago you lived in Siberia, and I like that region you should know, but now you live in California and have a nice business. That’s a difference. Keep at it, and don’t listen to these guys who want to see you naked. That would be dull, they only ask, because they know that they would never be able to get even a date with you in real life.
Marina, you should post more lessons in russian. It’s your mother tongue, and you appear more authentic when you talk russian. Then you appear even more lovely. Or you could give lessons in russian, for example you could describe the difference of meaning between “it was normal” and “bilo normalno”. Or finally you could describe the very special russki mat, and why you can’t translate it into other languages. Don’t worry, I don’t use it, I either feel uncomfortable if someone talk it all the time, awful.
I think it would be interesting for your “students” to know more about your mother tongue, it’s impossible to express yourself so directly and in so many different ways in english than in russian.
OMG! I just realized, after watching this for a second time, why LeLOUCHE is named the way her is! He’s from an anime that’s over but still amazing. He has this weird power and he can only use his left eye while… I think three other characters can use with both their eyes. I wonder is Lelouche is a name, I’ll have to look it up! Thank you very much! Bye!
Yeah, me too, my 13-year-old daughter is an anime freak! Now I’ll have something to share with her. Domo arigato for your comment.
COME-HITHER
Here’s a word for yeah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr5er4ueWBQ
Hard Rock Marina \m/
Louche bag of the century is Dick Cheney. Appropriate timing for such a word.
Marina, when are you going to cover the word mantra? Or patient?
Be Good
Well, what is everyone up to today? There was supposed to be fog this morning, but no trace. It’s 60°F outside and 65° inside the office due to the sun shining brightly from a cloudless blue sky. The tops of 50-foot-high cedars nearby are not even twitching. My left big toe goes out to you poor sods in freezerland (sorry, but I had to take my heart back).
I almost finished cleaning out the car so I can get a SMOG test done (don’t want excess weight in there). The trunk gasket leak had put a half an inch of water in the spare tire well, so I had to scrub out the slime that had grown in there, steel-wool off the bits of rust and re-lube the tire jack, dry things off, etc. When I started up at dusk yesterday, it barely turned over, so one day with the trunk light on had nearly drained the battery, meaning it must be on its last legs. I put on the super-neat smart Black and Decker switching battery charger (just weighs a few pounds, but still puts out 40 amps) and got it recharged. (Still going to have to cough up bucks for a new batt., though, as I don’t want to get stranded somewhere when it finally croaks.) Today I am going to sweep out all though gritty bits in the corners of the floor and scrub those filthy brown smears off the places my hands always touch. I like to do this every two or three years, whether it needs it or not.
Having just wolfed down scrambled eggs, a chunk of ham steak and two English muffins with strawberry jam, I will have a cup of hot cocoa and take a walk down the street to the bank and also get some gas prices from three nearby stations for GasBuddy. Yup, C – a – l – i – f – o – r – n – i – a says it all. You know, it’s still open… you can move here any time you want.
Sowhachadoon, guys?
I set aside food and beverages to watch two football games, today. Philadelphia at Arizona and the Ravens against the Steelers. They’ll both be good games.
I just found out that NFL Europe shut down last year. I thought US football was going to become very popular, there! I’m surprised they didn’t attract enough spectators.
seesixcm6
Well Ck it’s a cold rain here. But nice an toasty inside the house. I like you just drank a big cup of hot chocolate and a ham biscuit. I don’t think I’ll venture outside to much today, maybe tomorrow will be a little warmer so I do my daily three mile walks. You have a good day today and stay safe.
Mike
What was “GasBuddy”?..; it is not there! Heat wave here in Wisconsin, hitting double digit highs. Since I got, Edgar Allen Poe, inside my head, “Go,Ravens”…………..Why is a mir a commune, and mirth and myrth, soul much different?
be cool
Due to the greenhouse effect, the office is at 78°F now. Good thing I am outside in my shortsleeves putting the finishing touches on (read removing the last few shovelsful from) the car. (Wouldn’t want to get overheated, would I?
) Gad, the beastie was filze this time. Found a bleach spill under the front right mat that literally ate the fuzz off the carpet down to the backing. I would have thought that plastic would be immune. They wouldn’t put wool carpet in a Civic, would they?
Try GasBuddy. (I fergot the http [hottentot protocol]).
sxephil’s spelling is off, and he is a bit vulgar too! But he’s so cute , isn’t he???
Yea…
Thanks, CampKohler, for info. Sexiphil seems a smart and articulate young man, with a great way of expressing himself, and he’s ‘opinionated’ too.(nothing wrong with that)
One of my other favorite sexy female “geeks” on NCIS uses the expression “hinky” all the time and I was wondering where this word originated from…
Thanks “Hot For Marina” …I mean “Words”…
She is a favorite of mine, as well. I’m sure it originated on the show as I can’t find it anywhere.
A better choice might be “kinky”, another word of her liking.
My favorite ‘Louchebag’? (Google’s dictionary doesn’t know that word) I link to her many-many times in my Xomba posts.
(‘Post’: that would be a good word to do “if you haven’t already”
)
How is she a ‘louchebag’? by the peekaboo wave that blocks the vision of ‘one eye’ but can wisely see with the other eye the goodness that ‘using both eyes’ would see more-clearly!
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Would it be bad taste or bad form if the text below the video had a html a-tag pointing to youtube-dot-com/hotforwords (or specifically to dot-com/watch?v=appropriate_string) with the a-tag named something like “external link”? Clicking on this link would open a new browser window (perhaps by using the target=”string” attribute). While such a link would have its own rewards, would it be worth it (stylistically)?
–Hs4Mm
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We would like to know the origins of the term “making love” and can think of nobody we’d rather learn it from than you. By the way, why is it that people say they’d like to make love TO you? Don’t you make love WITH someone?
I love you so much
If there’s one thing you can be sure of, it’s the fact that I’m no louche.
Excellent lesson Marina, I just learned a new word today thanks to you.
If there are any Chinese or individuals of Chinese decent, Chinese Lunar New year happens to be on the 26th of February if I remember correctly, so Happy New year.
Gong Xi Fa Cai !!
got red packets for me ?
Gung Hay Fat Choi!
could you please investigate “infantry” and does it have anything to do with “infant” (as in babies
)
yes yes it sounds quite improbable but it has been bugging me
thank you
“Rock-a-bye baby,
In the tree top…”
Infant tree.
Arf Arf Arf!
HI Marina could you please investigate. The words optical illusions or MIRAGE
Most Louche-bags are Cantankerous . Speaking of Cantakerousness. WHere did the word come from? Not your everyday average ordinary word. THat is my word Request. Can ya help out Marina?
sorry…still cant get the hang of html stuff
Hello TitanPA, Marina has already done a fantastic and wonderful video lesson
on the origin of Cantakerousness. Click here.
If you haven’t had a chance to look over the list of words, check out Words/Lessons list at the top left of every page.
I used to have a cantankerousness on the inside of my lip, but it healed up.
I bailed on the video at 0:51. Please take a mulligan on this lesson. In other words, please do this lesson over, the normal HotForWords way. Then, I can find out the origin of the word “louche.” Thank you very much.
why bail ? its still the same (sort of) , only without pauses .
It was a lousy imitation (homage, to use her word) of the guy she was imitating. I’m sorry to say that.
Origin Request: Freemale
I keep hearing this word on many websites that this is a rapidly growing term and choice of women. A freemale, is a woman who opts for a single life, valuing friendships rather than pursuing extended romantic relationships. My question is, when did this word come about? I have never heard it until about a few months ago. I hear some people are treating this word like it’s a new disease in out society.
This may or may not apply to your request.
LOL! How about adding high maintenance, blood sucking vampires?
In the veritably unknown 1997 flick, “Kicked in the Head”, James Wood plays a shifty scammer uncle to the main character, Redmond. Redmond is looking for the meaning of life while being haunted by the recurring vision of the Hindenburg crashing ‘n’ burning. Wood is very louche as he can only be. He does a lot better scam artist in this flick than his part in Casino. I tell ya, Wood is great. It’s a fabulous New York movie that isn’t depressing ! Specifically, what sprang from memory is when he asks his nephew if he has any singles, because all he has is big bills and he didn’t want to break them…whatta louchebag.
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***LossForWords presents another Fractured Philology lesson:
“McNaught and Hidalgo”***
In 1588, Spain sent the Armada to invade England, and was soundly beaten in a naval battle in the English Channel. The remnant ships of the Armada found themselves at the eastern end of the Channel, blocked by the English navy from returning home to Spain. They then undertook to return the long way via Scotland. The fleet was further decimated by a storm off the west of Ireland, resulting in a number of Spanish soldiers swimming ashore (which is why there is now a Clan McLopez in Ireland.)
On receiving news of the wreck and Spanish survivors, a group of English soldiers was dispatched to Galway to, er, dispatch the Spanish. Now, among the Spanish were a number of hidalgos, minor nobles, whose title is an abbreviation of hijo de algo, literally “son of something.” When caught, one of these men protested that he was, in fact, a local Irishman.
“What’s your name, then?” challenged the English.
The Spaniard replied with the first thing that came to mind: “McAught!,” a translation of his Spanish title, being a combination of the Irish mac, “son of,” and the archaic English aught, “something.”
“As an Irishman, you’re a McNaught!” (i.e. son of nothing), sneered the English; and, amused with their jest, let him go. The name stuck, and the name “McNaught” survives to this day as a hidden reminder of the bedraggled survivor of the Spanish Armada.
It’s true, I tell you!
The joke is, it probably is true.
We’ll keep them guessing!
Did not that Iberian nation have ports located in Eire?
Nope, no Iberian ports in Hibernia. But you’ve just given me an idea for a Fractured Philology lesson on hibernation.
How come you’re Putin him down?
Be careful, he’s probably Marina’s control – you just went to the top of the hit list.
It’s okay, lots of us here have our driver’s lisences. BTW, your link is not linking.
new vid
HI Marina,
I was just wondering where does the name rock and roll come from? Also how did it evolved into just Rock and does that have anything to do with the British Invasion?
thanks
I will leave “Rock ‘n Roll” for Lady M, because that will make an awesome video, but this old-timer will give you a brief history lesson about the British invasion. Very early rock n rollers in America were in the Rockabilly category; cats like Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, the Big Bopper, etc. The Random Factors quickly aligned to take all of these out of the picture: Elvis was in the Army, Lewis had his scandal for marrying his fifteen yr. old cousin, Berry was arrested for taking a juvenile female across state lines, and the Big Bopper had his plane crash (The Day the Music Died )
This left Rock with a bunch of overly-smiley, clean-shave, dimpled, blue-eyed, white guys that you would love to take home to Mama (Niel Sedaka, Ricky Nelson.) Rock ‘n Roll needed a serious shot in the arm, and it came from across the Pond. From Britain came the Beatles, the Who, Hermin’s Hermits, et al, hence “The British Invasion.”
Thank you for your support.
ps If you want some info about the term “Rock and Roll,” goggle Alan Freed.
Thank you…but trust me…i don’t need a histroy lesson in music.
sry. I thought that was why you asked.
i wanted hotforword to explain it to me.
HI Marina. I hope you won a lot of money. And you are having a good time in las Vegas. Could you please do the origin when someone calls someone a silver tongued Devil
Silver-tounged is a compound adjective and is therefore hyphenated. The hyphen key is the key between the upper zero and the equal sign. Of course, if your keyboard is upside down, then… oh, wait… OMG, it’s the same even if it’s upside down! It’s a miracle!
Yeah, I know.
Yeah right out of the. Double tongued DICTIONARY 1+1=2
Hello Marina. I got a word haha.. it’s a good one.
When I heard “Defect” I had no idea what it meant. So I looked it up in the dictionary and it said: To leave your native country or the country you are living in and refuse to return there, usually for political or moral reasons. I want to know when defection started and tell me the origin.
Thanks.
Defection first occurred on August 28th, 1912, when Gretta L. Blitzenikkerflotsernoffigallinberg of Germany left to seek air conditioning in France. When she found there was none, she was so torqued that she walked through the summer countryside wearing nothing but a “Shoot Me” sign. She was barely (no pun intended) noticed as it was very common for overheated French to do the same thing. If anyone said anything at all to her, it was, “You’re German, aren’t you?”
It’s true, I tell you.
Does that mean that Lady M is defective?
MARINA PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ DO THE WORD SOLES OR TOES WHERE IS THE ORIGIN EVERYONE COME ON PLZ REQUES THIS WORD EVERYONE I WANT TO KNOW INFO ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHA YA THATS WAT IM TALKING ABOUT!! MORE PPL REQUEST SOLES OR TOES PLZ REQUEST IT U WILL MAKE MY WHOLE YEAR!
Must you yell? I think Marina can hear you!
I doubt it cuz she hasnt replied
Ya THATS WAT IM TALKING BOUT. WE NEED MORE! more requests. EVERYONE REQUEST IT COME ON GUYS!!!
Hi Marina! Hereby I request the origin of three words: jazz, copycat and bizarre. The last one means “valiant, brave” in Spanish, so I’d like to know how it got its English meaning. Thanx, I love your site!!!
The Spanish word is, of course, an eponym for Francisco Bizarro, its meaning taken from his supposed valor and bravery in defeating the Incas with only gunpowder, steel swords, cavalry, and Spanish diseases to his advantage. The English thought this lauding of the Conquistador to be “bizarro,” hence the meaning in English.
It’s true, I tell you.
This has been another Fractured Philology lesson from LossForWords, aka Evan Owen, who fills in whenever Marina is busy.
Thanks Jack
1st reply to your first comment !!
So many luoche-bags,,
But one seems to pop up alot this election year…
Harry Reid is a louche.. he always is so critical of everyone, but never has any answers for this counrties problems.
Louchbag Harry..
Do you think we could get Paul McCartney to remix and re-record “I’m a loser” as “I’m a louchebag”?
I smell a hit.
***WORD REQUEST: Limerick
Like the Welsh englyn, but funnier, it is often written to commemorate a special person or event. What is the history of this humorous poetic form?
Or did I already request this word? Damn! I was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, on top of my OCD. Now I can’t remember from one minute to the next what I’m obsessing about!
hi marina I would like to know more about the word:
cataglottism
“Favorite” louchebag? Kind of a non-sequitur in my opinion. Dick Cheney gets the grand prize for his ability to funnel billions of dollars of honest, hardworking American taxpayers’ money straight into the pockets of his buddies at Halliburton, Blackwater, and the many other subsidiary “private contractor firms” in the war zones he also helped create. Check the movie “Iraq For Sale.” It’s a real eye-opener. That is, it would be if I still had eyes. You be the judge though. Check it out.
Haliburton gained its power during democratic presidencies.
Upon her death, Lady Bird Johnson, LBJ’s wife, was the majority stock holder.
Now that I’ve seen the vid, I learned the original defintion…
Thanks, Marina!
Louching has to do with preparing Absinthe before drinking it… Unlouched Absinthe is nearly undrinkable by all but the most hardy Absinthe drinker…
i changed my gravatar
i hope it shows the new one 
Delete your cookies (not your cupcakes) & the new one should show up… soon
I see “rainbow eye” BTW
Would you stop staring at me like that! I’m not dressed yet!
Oh wait.. I guess I am… 
Very pretty eye you have. I like your new gravatar. It even fits your screen name.
Very C
L gravatar misscupcake! 
where does ‘research’ come from?
doesnt ‘re’ usually mean, to repeat an action?
like, ‘misscupcake is going to re-make her bed’
‘misscupcake should refresh the page more often’
but research means.. to investigate something right? to look something up and find out more.
but the word implies it is being done a second time, because it starts with re
and what about when people put ‘re’ at the start of emails!!!
I have an answer, unless you are awaiting Lady Orlova specifically.
BTW, love the new gravatar; our colors match!
re (short for in re) = in the matter of
Kind of redundundant when it appears in the subject field of an E-mail.
Way to work your brain, Miss CC!
haha and you have just been worded up
wait, what if i impersonated you, impersonating phil.
confused
louche bag…
BLUNTY3000
i watched the videos last night.. then i went to his channel to see how many subscribers he has, (50k) and the auto play video auto played, as auto play videos tend to do, and i paused it at 2 seconds and he was EXTREMELY LOUCHY!
or would it be louchey
well, he was a louche bag
LOL!
Marina you are so cute imitating sxephil hehehehehehehe!!
one day im supposed to impersonate him too but i find it hard to be inspired to impersonate males.
anyone heard of boxxybabee?
i should impersonate her. shes like a squirrel on drugs!
Squirrels are actually nice creatures, they don’t do drugs!
And if they did, they would still look adorable.
So squirrels are the way to go, if your ever looking to add some cuteness to your YT page.
Funny vid. Favorite louche bag? Perhaps the drunk customers who call at three in the morning. Then again, if they want to cause trouble, pranking Wally World is not so bad…
OH MY GOAD !
I just found out what a douche bag really is.
And it is disgusting!
So gross…
But this only leads me to think of what a louche bag would really look like. And I can’t figure that out. It doesn’t make much sense.
Brought into the English language by M.O.
No, what would be disgusting is if the douche bag didn’t exist. Think about that.
oh common CK, BLEAAHH!
Ed Zackly!
Back in the times when there wasn’t any heating pads for sore muscles, douche bags or hot water bottles were used in the place of a heating pad. Usually the only people to see the rest of the parts of the bag were the people that used the attachments. Other than that all was seen was the water bottle.
“HA-HA! DOUCHEBAGS!”
Marina,
Louche you say, I call just downright aggaravating, on you tube has to be FRED, I actually like the sxephil videos that iv’e watched but i don,t subscribe and haven’t watced even a third of his work. I haven’t subscribed to your channel either, but have seen most everything you’ve done.
You say “Louche” ‘ he says “Douche” aren’t they both just sales “gimmicks” of the enternmaiint industry?
Marina,
Nice, Homage to sxephil or is this a satirical, I am having a hard time deciding between the two. OH well.
Word Request: Limerence
Isn’t it nice to know that everything that can be studied and researched is being done to the betterment of the advertising and sales forces of the internet, entertainment, and consumerism markets.
It’s a mutual plugfest; both intent on expanding audience. I ran thru some of his vids and some time ago he beseeched his viewership to help Ms. Hotforwords out with some kind of contest or some other thing; the oblique ref in his vid here is also a plug, this vid I believe to be a reply in kind.
Gratuitous opinion on sxephil : I think the guy has talent. This parody vid I thought amplifies how “smooth” the guy has the whole skip-vid thing down (in comparison) which seemed novel and catchy to me (but I am relatively new to the YT scene so I don’t know if it is original). The maniac/loose cannon mode is his whole method of entertaining. I think the monkey backdrop is incredibly funny (I appreciate self deprecating humor) and sets the whole tone for the monologue. Some of his stuff I do not find tasteful; too crass/blunt/vulgar can get old fast. De gustibus non est disputandum (one of my favorite latin phrases meaning “there is no accounting for taste”)!
Regarding ads and marketing expanding on the Internet, I think it is inevitable and it really does not bother me; I just went through all the old star trek TOS on cbs.com and without ad support they probably would not have been there (brought back some good memories from seeing them long ago). I was actually disappointed when some of the episodes played without a commercial since I think some of the Target commercials are very entertaining in their own right.
Peace
One of the best commercials I ever saw was for Target. It was for all the summer goods. A marching band is heard behind a hill and there they come marching over the hill, playing wading pools, BBQs and all manner of hardware. It only showed a few times and was gone. Dumb. You’d think they would break that thing out every spring; everybody loves a parade.
My favorite one was played in the time frame of the last Winter Olympics (I think). It zoomed the camera through a bunch of “portals” and it felt like you were traveling through to a whole bunch of different worlds/dimensions, at the end there was a pretty girl floating in a raft (if memory serves) in a tropical setting making doe eyes at you and smiling coyly away (universal marketing technique in any dimension
That sequence was transfixing.
Here you go for that commercial entertainment break
http://tinyurl.com/9lvs2d
That was one of my all-time favs. Thanx, John. Now, I am Stoked!
I liked the guy at 00:37 who was using the lint remover.
http://tinyurl.com/72caav
Here are the lyrics
It ain’t no joke
I’d like to buy the world a toke
And teach the world to sing in perfect harmony
And teach the world to snuff the fires and the liars
Hey I know it’s just a song but it’s spice for the recipe
This is a love attack
I know it went out but it’s back
It’s just like any fad it retracts before impact
And just like fashion is a passion for the with it and hip
If ya got the goods, they’ll come and buy it just to stay in the clique
So don’t delay, act now, supplies are running out
Allow, if you’re still alive, six to eight years to arrive
And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow
But if the offers shun you might as well be walkin’ on the sun
Twenty-five years ago, they spoke out and they broke out
Of recession and opression and together they toked
And they folked out with guitars around a bon fire
Just singin’ and clappin’, man what the hell happened
Some were spell-bound, some were hell-bound
Some they fell down and some got back up
And fought against the melt-down
And their kids were hippie chicks, all hypocrites
Because fashion is smashin’ the true meaning of it
So don’t delay, act now, supplies are running out
Allow, if you’re still alive, six to eight years to arrive
And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow
But if the offers shun you might as well be walkin’ on the sun
It ain’t no joke when Mama’s handkerchief is soaked
With her tears because her baby’s life has been revoked
The bond is broke up so choke up and focus on the close up
Mr. Wizard can’t perform no God-like hocus pocus
So don’t sit back, kick back, and watch the world get bushwhacked
News at ten o’clock your neighborhood is under attack
Put away the crack before the crack puts you away
You need to be there when your babies are old enough to relate
So don’t delay, act now, supplies are running out
Allow, if you’re still alive, six to eight years to arrive
And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow
But if the offers shun you might as well be walkin’ on the sun
You might as well be walkin’ on the sun
You might as well be walkin’ on the sun
You might as well be walkin’ on the sun
You might as well be walkin’ on the sun
Hey John… maybe I’m dense but I did not quite follow the jist of this … it looks like the battle of Peace Love and Hippie Beads vs 2525!
p.s. never try to write a comment laying down on a couch good chance it gets hosed.
w00p … that is “gist” not “jist”! What a terrible place to commit such a subliterate gaffe.
Note here I am not a researcher: perhaps a what is the word for today?
Word request: durry
I am a very civic-minded citizen. I always try to serve on durry juty.
Heh heh,the look on Your face after the “pop” reminded Me of a friend with German heritage,do You have some German blood Marina?
My favorite louchebag would have to be the collective super-wealthy community,,there is *no way* anybody could work that hard to actually *earn* that much money,so,they fannagle it,no ifs ands or buts about it. It has been that way since trading began I’ll guess.
Ow! Isn’t that like asking an Irishman if he’s part English?
Not at all Evan,at least not intended as that.
If it is WW2 You are thinking of that was 60 years ago,I was a gleam in Daddy’s eye as was Marina’s Father I’ll guess(could be wrong there tho).
I do have both English and Irish blood,along with Norwegian,German and Scottish,least that is what Mom said. I am an “origin mutt” of fairly high order I guess
Maybe that explains My lack of worry over what I say along those lines,I just don’t give it a thought,usually.
tryant
As you put it a Louche is a cross eyed or shifty eyed person.
I guess that I am the Louche as I was born crossed eyed. 
The Doctors operated on them when I was three which only partially straightened them out.
H-)
My daughter is a nurse, and she told me about an infant that was born recently with no eyelids. When the doctors circumsiced him, they used the foreskin to replace his eyelids.
Oh, BTW, she said the baby is doing fine, now, but he is just a little cock-eyed.
“Don’t rub your eyes. You’ll grow hair on your hands.”
a whole, new meaning
Or go blind.
If he goes to breast feed does he get bulging eyes?
Kinda puts a new twist on “dickhead.”
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That’s tragic; couldn’t they have left him intact and used something else?
–Hs4Mm
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It makes perfect sense in medical terms, no chanced of tissue rejection by the immune system.
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Really? Umbilical cord? Skin from benign area (elbow)? See also http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org and http://www.circumcision.org .
–Hs4Mm
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Sorry, hs4mm. Perhaps I should have appended that with..
It’s true, I tell ya
or
I was full of it, but my daughter really is a nurse.
This just in! : Apple has just introduced a new laptop!
The MacBook Wheel
I can’t wait to get one…Very cool!
LMAO ….. I want the compact version. Without a screen, hard drive or wheel!!!
Now if they could just get rid of the damned screen, they’d have something.
I think they can do better if they just install the computer into my brain. That would free up my hand for other things like touching. The world need more touching.
Looks like a giant IPod.
Well, that was different.
Phil sucks. Louche remember the “The Raven”, Poe’s favorite drink
Change the words on Musical Youth Pass the Dutchie(louche)………
PHIL is 
LANGUISHED 
At first I was afraid that glass was part of a golden shower.
When mentioning “The Raven” by Poe; I would not expect an afterwards of what drinking causes! ……..IXION…no wheels left behind, very funny, animalntaz
Wormwood, you know…louche and don’t and daren’t to study……..thanks for the {video inspiration(Phil)} 
Marina,
If 2009 is about change for all of us, I would like to suggest that your/our school hours change.
You work hard enough… to do a good job of presenting your videos. Keeping fresh and motivated is a challenge I’m sure.
Can we have HotForWords school only Monday to Friday?
Taking two days off to wander around and do other things is invaluable for countless reasons. Many people (for the sake of money or popularity) put too much energy, focus, and commitment to things that over a period of time (often times) that burn themselves out.
Peace, Balance, Joy… and spinach!
Marina
You could give this some serious thought, ….er, consideration.
Not gonna fly. You have to remember who the mass audience is. If you take off two days, you’ll lose them. They could move to Australia or something.
She does take time off. Even if it’s just half days. I work every day. On a mini cruise ship I worked 23, 12 hour days before taking a week off. That week off would work half days. If you really have a passion for your job, I mean truly love it, it’s not an issue. I didn’t have much personal room on the ship, which I would get a bit of cabin fever. Also on my time off the ship was underway, so I didn’t get much sight seeing in. Would I do cruising again? Sure! What’s not better than a floating office?
A sinking office is “not better.”
Like Du!
I’m sure the crew of US Air 1549 would disagree.
Horses for courses.
Evidently, the exacerbation brought on in an enviroment of making instant money and emotionally loosing it all; groups together many “louches”! The lousy lout, looted his/her mind, gambling what thee never had; only to beg like the ones that make policies and from its civility. loved the lesson and thanks
MISS HOT FOR WORDS 
Queen of THE LEXICON REPUBLIC
Please, don’t ever emulate anyone else again, Marina. You are a diamond that has no equal. Placing you next to other so-called “gems” is to shine your wisdom upon them. These goofballs should want to emulate you.
(sigh)
On a lighter note, I’ve noticed you don’t have a “y” word or phrase on the list. “y” not?
I wish to make a personal request. My father served in the navy for a short time sixty years ago. Maybe you could do the word yeoman?
As always, thank you for your consideration.
At least we can all be glad that she will never want to emulate Fred. Thats one person that never should be emulated.
my favorite louchebag for today is the president elect riding a train from philly to DC. Closely followed by Louchebag Terrel Owens.
I love you, you femfatale
KJ
I think foxbow has left ya’know
Nope, he’s been very busy y’know.
How would I know?
A birdie told me.
I spoke 2 him earlier… He dont come on much now
PK,
Speaking of missing people, have you heard from dezdkado recently? He was…is erudite the word?
Hi Evan,
Now that you mention it, no I haven’t heard from dezdkado.
I thought I saw a recent post, but I guess that was back in Oct. How time flies. On his YT profile page he says that he is working on a Masters degree and that he would be busy till the end of the year. Not sure which year.
I talked to him the other day through the email. It’s what Pk said , he is tied up right now but he will be back.
Looking at some videos that are really successful. They seem to be parodies. This might work for me but I can’t sing… So I guess, that’s that idea out the window then…
Nothing like a pair o’ Ds to make a video successful.
Hello! I want to know if the word inauguration and the word augur are related. Thanks!
Guten Mörgen mam’selle! I reckon only a silly fool would think about trading your fine looks and your fancy russian accent for Phil’s raw loquacity. Indeed this lesson is a very intelligent and sexy piece of Vegas art.
Looks like you’ve got your own circle of die-hard afficionados around here, and a whole bunch of ‘em are pretty honest buckaroos says I. They sure can recognize good stuff when they see it.
Not that I want to criticize you, be disrespectful or anything like that. Or be too nosy.. But aren’t you poppin’ some mighty amount of French words in your lessons recently? I mean… isn’t a cup of Champagne or two better than the whole bottle?
You have to realize that French was once the bee’s knees, international-languagewise, so it had a great effect on English. For example, in the field of law, we see phrases like cease and disist, in which the same meaning is repeated. This was due to the fact that centuries ago legal documents were written with both the English and French terms side by side, but later, when the French was dropped, another English term was substituted for the French one.
It is absolutely essential to know at least a modicum of French so that 1) it then becomes possible to understand Pepe Le Pew as he hyper-romances the poor little black cat (Mon Cheri) who accidentally got striped with a can of white paint on her back
and 2) one is sufficiently braced with the meaning of double (or even triple) entendre for the various word-puzzle contests.
apropos of “sxephil” : quid-pro-quo, no negative innuendo intended, may they both have success in their endeavors.
Au Revoir Monsieur
I don’t care for Quebec’s you-must-do-things-in-French attitude. Plus the sound of the language is not my cup of tea. So I shall limit my knowledge of French to the writing instruments of my parent’s female siblings.
As they say in Quebec: one man’s fish is another man’s poisson!
Quebec is not Canadian.
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Bob, I think Camp is making a pun here, but all I’m coming up with is “pennant.” What am I missing?
The first phrase of the French language that everyone learned (at one time – along time ago – alledgedly) was, “La plume de ma tante est dans le bureau de mon oncle.”
continued… (Won’t let me edit.)
This site says it was the first line of a well known song, which seems to date from 1959, but I remember hearing the phrase well before that when I was a kid.
Also, you need a bit of French so you know that “coup de grace” does NOT mean “mow the lawn.”
Coup de grâce, Evan. It’s coup de grâce.
neuroway, are you trying to do PK’s job?
Anyway, there’s no â on my American keyboard.
So you put up a video late on Friday night, when most of us are out, and you still got lots of responses from people who don’t go out, much. Then on Saturday morning, you also got lots of responses from people who wake up early on a Saturday! (So, I must be one of the few who had a date on Friday night! At least I’m not a louche!)
What’s an example of a louche? I can’t generalize and say everyone who didn’t have a date on Friday night is a louche. That’s because there might be other reasons they can’t get a date. (Ugly, sick, etc.)
A famous comedian who practiced being a louche was Rodney Dangerfield. In fact, his catchphrase was “I don’t get any respect.” This comedian made disrespect a funny part of his act.
I wondered if you’ll get many cards for Valentine’s Day. I know you’ll get at least one, because I plan to mail one. It might not be the biggest or fanciest card, but it will have a nice thought and perhaps it will give you a moment of happiness.
Удача, seesiscm6
Present for a fellow Russophile:
Polushko Pole
Oh yeah, homework. I think Bernie Madoff would be a good pick for louchebag.
I wonder if Orlovianwill become a word…
“elipses” that is my word request for today…
Why not? I think Strangelovian is.
How ’bout a new movie: “Dr. Orlova; or How I learned to stop worrying and love the Internet”
‘…’ ‘….’ ‘………………………………..’
i 2nd that origin or ‘ellipsis’
I have to admit, I had never heard of sxephil before the sexiest geek contest. (Yeah, I’m not what you would call a big fan of You Tube.) But I clicked the above link and watched his whole video. I watched it with a completely open mind. I don’t hate the dude because of the contest. Heck I discovered TikiBarTV from the contest and I kind of enjoy that. But I found Phil to be less then enjoyable ….. Ok that was a little to nice. The dude is annoying! It’s obvious that a lot of people are enjoying his negativity. (Is humanity that messed up?) I’m just not one of them.
Marina thanks for the all up beat, thought provoking and enjoyable videos. I enjoy being “worded up”!!!
I’ve taken a big look through my foreign friends eyes on how they see the US. You would not believe the ferocious appetite people have for negativity. I see this mostly birthed in the US, but yet there are other examples. I didn’t see this until some of my friends from other countries showed me how prevalent this really was. Have you watched some of the earlier Athenawins videos? They rank higher than Phil does some times. Society is getting much better though. We are no longer throwing people to the lions.
Sorry never heard of Athenawins. I was serious when I said I wasn’t a big fan of You Tube. I’m actually not much of a TV person either. I would much rather be outdoors. But when winter is upon us I do spend a lot of time on my computer, gaming mostly.
Now see, that shows how different we all are. I like YT and, in effect, have seen a lot of TV shows that I missed. But I have not played a single PC game ever. We had a Pong game when I was a kid, but that didn’t hold my interest, either. When I get done playing with a PC, I want to have learned/created something, not just run up some points or wasted a slew of aliens.
Oh dude! Your missing out! You just have not found the right game. Your like driving a model T Ford and saying Ferrari F1 would not hold your interest. You should try and visit an online gaming center. You can try out many games and enjoy talking to the other players near you. Or if you have a head set you can do the same at home with voice chatting. The only games I really enjoy to play are ones that I’m able to interact with the other players. I hate playing against the computer.
Can you learn something from gaming? Oh yea! You can learn a lot. I enjoy R/C flight simulators to work on my skills. Driving simulators keep my racing skills fresh. My favorite is boating simulators to experiment with better docking techniques and man over board maneuvers. Which I hope someday my gaming will save a life.
Damn I misspelled his name. It’s Athene.
There stuff is getting a bit better now that I have just looked a one of their latest videos.
What I now find use full of YT is that there is more educational and how to videos. If you want to know how to learn how to bake a cake from scratch there is probably a few videos on how to do that. I was shopping for an outboard motor and I didn’t know if a 6hp would preform as well as a 9.9hp outboard. After watching a few demo videos YT made I learned that the 6hp worked for my needs. I bought the motor and tried it out an was presently surprised. So I use YT for educational uses and not for entertainment.
I no longer game. I got that out of my system when I worked at a gaming hosting center. It was called “Game Dogs”. We would set up a dark room with black light and dance lights. We used iTunes to energizes the room with the best gaming music ever. We had popcorn, soda, pizza and other sweet snacks to enjoy. It was such a blast people would just show up and watch people play. I miss those days.
Yeah playing with other people from all over the world is a blast. I prefer WW2 shooters. Currently I am playing COD World at War. Actually very currently, I am typing this message during a little break from killing zombies. And killing slews of Nazi Zombies is kind of fun Winchester
Link fixed
Thank you Capt’n!!!
Sure thing. Just here to help out for as long as I can.
The change of Venue is nice. Living room.
Does Gorby have a doghouse or his own bedroom?
Ya gotta love YouTube’s standards — they put a content warning on “99 words for Boobs” but no advisory on Braveheart’s slaughter of the English at the Battle of Stirling!
Capt Jack welcome back. Where did go?
I never left. Are you ok thoughforwords?
i saw a few days with no posts i thought. perhaps the wrong time of day.
perhaps not Jack. Perhaps not.
I just don’t comment as often as I used to, but I’m usually around the corner.
Hm… my favorite Louchebag…. let me think. Politics is too easy, so i will stay outta there. Well you wouldn’t know him. I do like the word though.
I see your were in Vegas now that I read down. Welcome back.
The first person that figures out why YT does what they do will be an extremely rich person.
Word up
I think the Louche bag of the day would be anyone in politics.
Someone got to do it. If not one then the other.
I can’t believe that when requested to identify someone who is shifty, so far, NOT ONE politician has yet been named.
I will nominate President-Elect Obama; who already has admitted he won’t be able to keep several of his campaign promises. Usually a newly elected official will wait until he/she is sworn in to renege. To be fair, Republicans also do their fair share ( or unfair share ) of lying to the people.
Wouldn’t the fact that he is admitting his error earlier then most make him less shifty? But I have to agree, politicians are liars. If they told the truth, no one would vote for them. I’m not sure if that makes the politicians a bunch of louche bags for thinking we are that stupid ….. or they are right.
Just for the novelty of it I’d like to see a politician keep a promise.
When he takes the oath ‘to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic’ I’d like to think it meant something. I am not reassured when a politician admits all his promises are flawed. Next he’ll be doing what HE thinks is best for us, and guess who gets to pick up the bill.
Theoretically ( but obviously not in practice ) politicians should REPRESENT the people, and do things in the interest of their electors. Special Interest Groups seem to contradict that theory with their very existance. Just a thought, maybe tax PAYERS should get the same consideration as tax EVADERS.
Looking at local politics ( Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and the rest of the Tidewater area in VA ) it seems too many councilmen ( and women ) are in Real Estate and are intent on increasing property turnover ( which is NOT the same as increasing property values ). The ones that don’t seem to get caught go on to state offices where they see themselves as being groomed for Washington. I submit the name Blagojevich as exhibit A, not because he’s the worst ( he probably isn’t ) but because he got caught. Exhibit B: Governor Spitzer ( note: I really don’t care what he does in his off time, but outlawing it for the public and then doing it yourself IS the epitome of being two-faced ).
Thomas Jefferson said it best: “Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?”
Problem is, the jobs of politicians have been filled with liars for so long that only a liar ( or a wanna be ) would try for the job.
I have a word that I am anxious to find the origin of it. The word is “grawlix” The definition is the use of typographical symbols to represent profanity. Example: “&#@*!”
Thank you!
Your Arizona High School English Teacher.
That is the first time I have seen that word or any word with that meaning. It would be a great word to have in one’s vocabulary if it were not for the fact that nobody knows it.
It is strange that some Websites discourage or prohibit grawlix, probably on the grounds that readers might imagine something to have a meaning far worse than the actual word.
Oh,
say
Homework: My favorite louche is whoever wrote the script for the Wired voting. It hasn’t let me cast a new vote in over three days, now!
(i know – it’s rigged, but now there are no illusions of propriety)
You may have to clear your louche cache.
***Attention Russian Music Fans***
Your trusty “Ivan” Owen presents, for your listening pleasure while perusing HFW comments:
Russian Red Army Choir
A generation ago, these were the soldiers we feared and admired, who would (and did) cheerfully slaughter and disembowel those who would violate Mother Russia, and sing robustly while doing so. (Excluding the Leningrad Cowboys, of course!
)
Kalinka is cool!
Isn’t “Ivan” the Russian name for “John” ?
Yes. It’s also the Russian name for Evan.
So i guess “Ivan” is just a generic 4 letter name?
Evan is the Welsh name for John.
Your a man of many names then
see my new comment?
I have no idea of what they’re saying, but I suspect it’s of patriotic nature, right?
I would have loved some translated lyrics though.
But listening to the songs was fun too…
Can I recommend a song also?
One that I know since I was a kid.
It tells a tale of unification, the action took place right after the first world war, when all the Romanian people were finally united under one country (in 1918), after being split up by wars. (more in the description) http://tinyurl.com/8tyfjw
Multu mesc, Chemikal. (Sorry — I’m lacking the keys to write that correctly.) Surprised that I couldn’t understand more of it — I remember talking with Romanian refugees in Budapest in 1991, and understanding quite a bit of what they told me.
I remember seeing maps in a historical atlas of Romania pre-WWI, interwar, and post-war, noting the expansion and contraction of the country. Quite a large pocket of ethnic Magyars in Transylvania, aren’t there? Bela Karolyi was one of these, if my memory serves.
I occasionally wonder (like when I have my “Dragostea” playlist going) if Moldova will eventually re-unite with Romania. It’s just a political border and some minor differences in dialect that separate the two countries, isn’t it?
Cheers,
Evan
I can’t speak for the people that live in Moldova, but I think that they would want to reunite with their people as much as we do. But I see on the news quite often that Russia is supporting Moldova’s independence as a Republic. It’s something stratego-economical, but you must know by now if you watch the news, that Russians (at least their leaders) feel threatened of America’s extending influence in the region. And they believe that there should be more than one major power on the globe. I agree there, but strictly for economical reasons.
You remember that I said Romania is a member of NATO, right? Well, as a result, Romania has no anti-rocket shield over the Black Sea. Just because the Russian defense minister thought that we were preparing for war. ( he didn’t say “war”, but I’m sure that’s what he meant ) I don’t know… I don’t care. I’m a peace lover!
What else did you do in Los Wages besides make video lessons?
“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” Unless it’s in a YouTube video.
HAHA look at all the “sxephil who?” comments
On a more serious note, it’s bizarre to remember that some twenty-odd years ago, we Americans had a nuclear missile targeting a little girl named Marina Orlova.
And we were so used to the utter madness of the time that we thought it was normal.
We’ve made progress. Can we swear we’ll continue, and never go back?
not really , considering she’s devouring brains in America at that time
Yeah, well, James is a little deranged at times…
Remember, it wasn’t one-sided; they had theirs targeting our little ones, so to speak. Now who knows what Putin will do next.
It’s still that way Evan except now Russians have a nuclear missile targeting a woman named Marina Orlova.
“And we were so used to the utter madness of the time that we thought it was normal.”
You just so use to the idea you think that situation has gone away. That and governmental change in Russia has lulled you into thinking otherwise. If a country had, has, or is planning on obtaing nuclear technology including our allies there is probably a target package locked away in some safe right now, and don’t think for a moment their not thinking the same way.
Marina,
Not your style for a steady diet.
But a fun diversion.
A very great lesson to be sure.
I always thought the term to be douchebag.
Which when you think of it, makes no sense.
Louchebag now makes perfect sense.
My working vocabulary just increased.
HW: VA Management.
I’ll use the term, and when I get queer looks, I’ll just tell em to goto HotForWords and look it up.
Marina, what other derogatory terms we are using wrong?
***WORD REQUEST: JABBER***
Word request: Philosophy
Where does the word “snuggle” come from?
Fabric softener
Night for awhile
louche-lips sink ships, don’t they?…
i don’t really know a lot of louchebags, but i’m more than willing to apply the term to people i don’t know well…
which would be wrong, so i won’t do that, either…
people make mistakes, and forgiveness is divine…that’s my homily of the day…
1:15 , i didn’t get the word , dis-something ?
Shifty ? Suspicious you mean ?
I don’t get the meaning , even searching for it doesn’t help , someone explain it for me ? my english sucks
A person that is not very trustful. Or a sneaky person. I hope this help’s you out
oh , in that case , any politician will do . Most are anyway
Your English is a lot better than my Malaysian!
By the way, did you know that the English word “compound,” in its meaning as a group of related buildings, was borrowed from kampong (Malay for village, right?) For example, the “Kennedy compound” refers to a cluster of Kennedy family homes at Hyannisport. We had the word “compound” before WWII, but American soldiers gave it the new meaning after hearing the similar word in Malaysia.
Louche sounds a bit like dirwij. Heard of dirt bags, scum bags, but never louche bags. Who is ’sexiphil’? Interesting lesson!
Watch this. I don’t know if the sxe part has anything to do with sXe gaming software.
Would you make a video about buffalo sauce?
Is that anything like Syracuse juice?
Or pressed Prairie Oysters?
First I’ve ever heard of this word, at least I don’t recall it. Favorite louchebags would have to be people who know what they are and realize that’s it’s only an act. So, self-aware louchebags are my favorites–I guess.
My favorite louche-bag is grizli bag! xoxo
Me likey, new hot for words . very , spicy, hot!!!
GOOD ONE MARINA!! IT CAME OUT PERFECT
Don’t change a thing! It was even fun to watch your video a second time. Phil has mentioned you several times in his videos, so I see it was about time you did at least one. 
Phil who?
It came to mind, on this wired geek voting thing… kinda with the chad controvesys & such. If one was to take a laptop , say to different starbucks & various internet cafe’s. One could vote with different IPs, could one not?
In your case, could you cruise around the harbour lurking for different Wifi connections to get different IP votes in… All this, assuming one cleaned up all their cookie crumbs & such.
I’m still getting votes in on my three IP adresses… I think.
I beginning to think this voting thing is mechanical, meaning someone is running a script that is using a block of IPs and or some seized computers on the net.
I love your comment ” You’ve just been worded up! ” I want to engrave that statement in stone. It’s timeless.
So nice of him to mention her, especially when he said “I’d like to fill all her gee” (you have no idea of what the Irish viewers understood from that)
Did you realize that on this video, he referred to her as being a YT fetish? I don’t know, bad publicity is publicity too, but I wouldn’t jump to making any homages. His fans see Marina as he projects her. Just as some hot “wordsy” chick, that is trying to get their idol off the #1 place on the sexy geek contest.
I don’t watch his videos anymore, because I realized that I’m not in the general target area. He said himself, at least half of the people that watch my shows are either really stupid or plain mentally retarded. And I agreed.
If Marina ever decides to copy anything off of Phil, it will result in him having to leave YT, because no would watch him anymore!
YT has many channels. There is much better shows out there if you know where to look. The problem now is ‘most viewed’ is not a good way to rank whether a video is good or not for it lacks data to closely match what you think is good or not. YT and Google are working on algorithms that should better match our tastes.
Also take a look at what people read and watch. The news is full of shock and awe. Without this shock and awe you don’t make it anywhere. Just take a look at the top 20 most viewed and you can find one thing that would fit in one of the two areas. AthenaWins seems to be a very abusive show. Yet it ranks very high. Phil show is about him bitching about something. We like to unload at the end of the day and people are attracted to that. Micheal Buckley makes fun of celebrity’s. Looking a Marina’s videos. Why is it that philology is more popular than most other educational subject? It’s a formula of exposing to many people and having something that will shock or awe people that are on the top of the bell curve of human intelligence.
“At least half?” More like 98%. Chem, I’m not surprised you quit watching him promptly. I watched exactly three of his vids, the second two only to confirm that he was just as trashy as the first suggested.
Yeah, and his gratuitous dissing of Marina WAS probably the most offensive part of his schpiel.
Chemikal, Captain Jack, Evan Owen :
You guy nailed it perfectively.
Thanks.
Whoa, “perfectively” – I definitely need more coffee!
Evan really now, was it a dissing or a come on? Might have been just acknowlements
Jack, reference your tweet about the rescuers of US Air flight 1549, here is a link to the BBC report about just how difficult such a landing is, and just what a good job the pilot did to put the aircraft down without loss of life.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7834499.stm
Hats off for the crew.
I’m not able to view that video for the bandwidth from UK to the US is insufficient for today’s needs. This has been an ongoing problem for many years. I’ve been dealing with these issues years ago when I ran a few gaming servers in the UK and the US. We just could not solve the lag issue because of this lack of bandwidth.
lol marina nice imitation
also, could you please tell us the origin of the word “ubiquitous”? it means everywhere. thx
“You’ve just been worded up”? I vote for that phrase to be the louchbag of the day. Too close to similar “you’ve just been…” phrases that have already been used by other Webcasters. It’s a — how shall I put it? — a cliché in its own time.
Hey, if someone needs to do a paper on English, you could write about the shortening of the time necessary for a new phrase to hit bottom. This generation’s instant communications means that phrases can get quickly worn down like a sofa’s upholstery in a Consumer’s Report testing lab. Another factor in earlier times was that phrases were spread by the communications of the time — print, broadcasting and movies — so the media governed how often they were used. Now individuals use them themselves on the Web without