Penitentiary
Just a little lesson on the word penitentiary with a little Hayden Panettiere thrown in.
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Just a little lesson on the word penitentiary with a little Hayden Panettiere thrown in.
Please rate, comment and favorite over at YouTube to help the video be seen.
yes i am following you on twitter. im new on it, as in i just registered yesterday. but your twitter 101 it has been a huge help. so thank you. it would be great if you could follow me too and give me tips and heads ups i might miss on twitter. also i would like to know how the phrase [heads up] came to be. hope i win that lunch date. it is not every day you see some one as smart as you that looks as awesome as you do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YvX1l5KZvo
I don’t remember whether I’m following you on Twitter, but if you’re one of my ‘followers’ you can see how I posted a blog pointing to a smart link to this entry.
‘Penitentiaries’ are where one learns to be free through repentance, yes? Or am I thinking of the Pin-Up Tent-iary, where one learns about free ‘rip pants’-ence?
Either Way; Thank you, Lady Marina, for leading us to that truth.
Hi Marina I’m the YouTube user FallingRabbit, I think you do not know me hahaha. Well I wanted to request the word [Jigsaw]. I think you know the film “Saw” and the bad guy in this film is calling himself Jigsaw and I know that jigsaw means puzzle but what is the origin of this word?
[Jigsaw]
Thank you =)
you would have a painting and then cut it apart with a JIGSAW(saw with a small blade for curves and whatnot)
Anybody going to a tea party?
I sent 100 invites and got 450 RSVP’s!
Now I have to move the party over to the beach, and even then – they better carpool!
Phrase request: [tea party]
No, I’m not but I’ll be watching FOX.(nothing new there). POWER TO THE PEOPLE, RIGHT ON!
Marina, are we down to one lesson a week? Have we been punished for some reason?
Shhh! Don’t complain, or she’ll cut it down even more!
I guess I should just pray for a healthy teacher right now, huh?
I didn’t know she was sick
There are only three possible excuses:
sick, lame or lazy
Hallo Marina,
My name is Simon Hottentot, and I would like to know where the word [hottentot ] comes from.
greatings
drs.simon.hottentot
My maiden name is Lent….which comes from Richer Von lent (used to be a country in Europe and the name meant richer from the land of lent or so I have been told) However I know that lent is a period of time in the catholic tradition as well and I was wondering if they had anything to do with each other or the history behind the word. THANKS!
[lent]
Word Request
[Amber]
Hey Marina,
I would like to request the phrase [a piece of cake].
Thanks,
Rudolf
Hey I saw you on O’Reilly factor, you’re really gorgeous.
will you be my cuddle buddy <3
Knock,knock.
Who’s there?
Ether
Ether who?
Ether bunny.
.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Juan
Juan who?
Juan more ether bunny.
.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Stella
Stella who?
Stella nother ether bunny.
.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Justin
Justin who?
Justin other Ether Bunny.
.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Samoa
Samoa who?
Samoa Ether Bunnies.
.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Beryl
Beryl who?
Beryl of ether bunnies.
.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Dewey
Dewey who?
Dewey have to listen to any more ether bunny jokes?
.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Consumption.
Consumption who?
Consumption be done about all these ether bunnies?
.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Cargo
Cargo who?
Cargo “beep, beep”…run over all the ether bunnies.
.
Knock, Knock.
Who’s there?
Boo.
Boo who?
Don’t cry–all the Ether bunnies will be back again next year!
.
And one last bunny joke…
.
Q: What do you give the Easter Bunny for making a basket?
A: Two points, same as everybody else.
.
Happy Ether!
You really knocked yourself out on that one.
Ether way, Happy Ether too you too.
Thankth alot!
Why do you say Ether? Do you have a lithp?
Lithen up! I don’t need any thit from you – LOL!
(jutht kidding)
Gary, Indiana
Evidently you have been breathing the stuff.
Take deeper breaths!
Nope, sorry – you “evidently” didn’t get it
You must be only 7 years old!
Go ask your teacher to explain it to you.
Stay away from the “big” words, until you can use them properly – LMAO!
Gee! This is not a bunny joke! This is an entire schwartz team of bunny jokes!
Huh?
The Schwartz Team is a real estate firm run by Eileen Schwartz!
Explain to me what the hell are you talking about??
“Gee! This is not a bunny joke”
Nobody said this was a (single) bunny joke…
Pick up on it, quit being the s-l-o-w guy
O! A real estate farm?
I’m soo sourry Cha Cha. I think I meant a swasteam. You know? I still have problems with my written english. Foreign language, very hard to learn, etc, etc, et. all..
Thanks for the info. I stand corrected!
Which swasteam??
there are 304 Google references…
please explain this.
@Cha Cha
Swatchteam then? Schmackteam? Schreckteam? Schmuckteam?
DAMNIT CHA CHA! I AM NOT THE ONE SUPPOSED TO DO THE WORK AND ALL THE RESEARCH HERE!!!!
Let’s cut it short. Let’s call it a team then.
@Cha Cha (#2)
Well, s*team then. That should make everybody happy.
TIME
TIME
Yes it is, danielpool, and from what I can see, He is really gonna be pissed off.
Here Daniel, let me give you a hand. You meant this video, right? You had an ‘x’ instead of a ‘y’ in the link. It’s one of my favs.
TIME
THANK YOU
Hello My Dear Teacher. I Saw You On The “O’Reilly Factor”. You Did Very Well.
I Hope None Of My Comments Have Offended You. I’m Proud To Be One Of Your
Students And Wish You Much Success. People Who Send You Rude Comments
Should Be Put In A “Penitentiary”.
ps. When Will Your Book Be Available?
wHAT iS wITH tHIS sTYLE oF wRITING, aNYWAY? iS eVERYTHING a bOOK tITLE?
Don’t do it
I’m a new user – so greetings.
And I have a word request [JAZZ].
Aloha! Be sure to check out the pulldown menus for some neat stuff.
If you go to Gravatar(dot)com, you can put a pic or graphic avatar up and lose the computer generated one. It’s quick and easy to do. Enjoy!
Thanks, I’ll look into gravatars.
Now – the word stuff I’m really interested in -
A- GANTLET, GAUNTLET. Here’s an entry from dictionary.com: Word History: The spelling gauntlet is acceptable for both gauntlet meaning “glove” or “challenge” and gauntlet meaning “a form of punishment in which lines of men beat a person forced to run between them”; but this has not always been the case. The story of the gauntlet used in to throw down the gauntlet is linguistically unexciting: it comes from the Old French word gantelet, a diminutive of gant, “glove.” From the time of its appearance in Middle English (in a work composed in 1449), the word has been spelled with an au as well as an a, still a possible spelling. But the gauntlet used in to run the gauntlet is an alteration of the earlier English form gantlope, which came from the Swedish word gatlopp, a compound of gata, “lane,” and lopp, “course.” The earliest recorded form of the English word, found in 1646, is gantelope, showing that alteration of the Swedish word had already occurred. The English word was then influenced by the spelling of the word gauntlet, “glove,” and in 1676 we find the first recorded instance of the spelling gauntlet for this word, although gantelope is found as late as 1836. From then on spellings with au and a are both found, but the au seems to have won out.
I can understand and accept the concept of word change bubbling up from a pop cult niche to effect a system wide change – Michael Jackson has a megasmash album and suddenly ‘Bad’ is ‘Good.’ GANTLET/GAUNTLET, though, have always lived in a small pond frequented mostly by editors and headline writers. How is it a word that shares nothing but phonetics with another word supplants that word?
B- POLICE/COP. Until recently (last 20 years) you’d never, outside the tabloids, see the word ‘cop’ used to refer to a law officer, except when bracketed between thug-generated quotation marks. You see it in newspapers often nowadays, at least this side of the NYT and in the… what… seven remaining daily newspapers left in the US. ‘Cop’ never made Carlin’s list, and was never a taboo word, but there was always something a bit unsavory about it. Why did this change?
Marina made a Word Game using Cop which may help answer some of your questions. On the pulldown menus, second from the left; is the button for All (the) Words.
I have to “cop” a plea when it comes to gauntlet.
The way to make sure Marina gets word requests is to contain the word/phrase within brackets, so she can search them out quickly. ie. [gauntlet]
She gets thousands of requests every week (she keeps busy). Plus, she reads the comments posted here and in the forums.
Thanks again. [Gantlet/gauntlet] it is. I want to keep them paired because I’m less interested in their individual histories than I am in whatever process led to the apparent triumph of gauntlet over gantlet – to the point that gauntlet pretty much stole gantlet’s definition. Hell of a way for a homophone to behave (I hope gantlet wasn’t two phased by it.)
My amateur, ground level understanding of word change is that new words, and new definitions for old words, perculate up from below. Bad becomes Good because everybody’s grooving to Michael Jackson. [Gauntlet/gantlet] was/were never used that often, save by newspapers, magazines, etc., and other professional entities who must have had a dictionary lying around somewhere.
Where are you from? (Not that I want to get nosy on you. I just want to be able to make fun of you in a correct, proper and appropriate way.)
Either ether or easter, CK sac-town appears upset. And very polite!
Hi Marina,
Saw you on “the factor” and you were not only sexy but very intelligent and it did NOT look cheap. Plus, you finally told me where ‘understand’ originated. Believe it or not, that has plagued me for more years than I would like to count! Here is another and I believe it is an English phrase[ BACK TO THE HILT ]. This is the only way I’ve heard it and it is probably related to one of their many wars(see PILLBOX or TANK). On the same subject, will you please investigate [ BLOODY ] as in,” give me a bloody pint of ale” or ” I lost me bloody job today, give me pint of ale.” If you are smiling, thats good. You look’em up and I’ll make you laugh. Your site is educational and fun (not an easy thing to do) so keep up the good work! hope to hear from ya soon!
thank you,
beevee14
Hiya! Bloody Mary is closely related to Easter, and the phrases you mention are word corruptions of this.
Now that you found this site, go exploring and have a bloody good time
you mean I just happened to pick a phrase derived from Easter ON Easter. Amazing!
I couldn’t reply to your comments below. You have some interesting ideas, and I would love to hear more of them. Please check out our forums, two of which apply to the discussion we were having below. Come on by the “Power of Words” or the “Language and Culture” forums. That way the discussion can continue for a longer, uninterrupted duration. We will also prevent the main forum from straying to far from the lighter-hearted banter. Again, I would love to hear more of your ideas.
thanx, b. I didn’t know that was there. very good exchange of ideas.
Hi Marina,
You seem to have a lot of [Energy], am I right?
I would like to request the word [jock]. We used to call athletes that in high school and I recently heard that is a nickname for a Scottish soldier. Are they related?
Marina,
Easter treats and eats too you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38W6AA-RsyA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JeiB8J2Buw&feature=related
I would like to request the word [disgruntled]
thanks
i didn’t know what’s-her-name even had annudder name – i thought she was just “Claire”.
yes, i follow you on Twitter. But none of your hot friends have hit on me yet. where’s the justice in that?
can we do [pantaloon] now? and are pantaloons why men wear [pants] or why they [pant]?
most likely, both…(-;
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/12/panties-game/
“Save the cheerleader, save the World”
Happy Easter, Tom
hey marina could you do this word for me please [bootleg]
soldiers carried liquor in there bootlegs to hide it
Q: What’s a Jewish dilema?
A: Pork at half price….
my bad…. going away now…
Bad Sparky Bad. Though it was still funny.
Errr – sorry – that should have been ‘lunch meat’. I hope ‘mest’ is not a word!
Marina, Thank you so much for your educational and entertaining website. My word request is in response to your clip on the origin of ‘hot dog’. Another questionable food related word is [headcheese] or [head cheese] (not sure which is correct). It is a form of lunch mest usually made from pork ‘byproducts’. I am assuming things like the cheeks and snout from the pigs head. It doesn’t taste too bad but I wish they had been a little more creative with the name!
Keep the faith
heatseeker
Hello, Marina!
I was wondering if you knew the original meaning of the word [Easter] and the history of what it was, and how it became the holiday it is today. I know it is NOT originally a christian holiday. I think this will be an interesting investigation for all. Thanks!
I second this request. The Spanish word for Easter [Pascua] looks nothing like it. What’s up with that?
Thanks for the kind thoughts
Spring has sprung,
the grass has rizz
Where last year’s
reckless driver is
(Why does wreckless mean the opposite of reckless?)
Seems to me that a (w)reckless driver would be a good thing.
Here’s another request: why does [$] stand for [dollar]?
This request has been made before. I remember seeing a picture of the ancient start of the symbol some time ago. It was two stone columns (equating to the to lines through the dollar sign, even though the sign appears sometimes with only one line) wrapped by a wavy banner (equating to the S itself). I forget which words appeared on the bannner or who used the symbol.
Hello Marina,
I’d like to know more about the word,
[Mood]
Thank you,
Chris
Hi Marina,
I think that you’ll find this word quite interesting:
[disambiguation]
Thanks
WyzoMan
Update: Interesting story about this 3rd worm attack.
http://blog.bull3t.me.uk/archives/internet/twitter-infected-with-mikeyy-worm
Attention to anyone who uses Twitter. Visit the link below for further instructions on how to clear the worm out of your twitter account if you get infected. I should emphasize that the attack is more of a nuisance than malicious – its only activity is to post unwanted messages. It appears that no passwords or other sensitive information was ever collected. I would recommend that you do not try to view anyone’s twitter profile or click on their twitter name until a patch is made.
This is the story about the 3rd worm that came out about 2am PDT this Sunday morning.
http://mashable.com/2009/04/12/mikeyy-another-twitter-worm-on-the-loose/
This worm only affects your twitter account. Your computer is still completely safe of this worm.
You have a twitter worm?
That sounds so disgusting! 
It’s just a little script that takes over your twitter account and types up nasty little comments. It lives in the Bio link colors. Twitter has installed a patch but it will take some time for the worms to die out.
Is that you or the worm making all the repeats?
Im repeating the warning to my followers and other hashtag groups, but the “Man, Twitter can’t fix shit. Mikeyy owns.
”– “Dude! Mikeyy! Seriously? Haha. 
” & “Mikeyy. Woooo!” tweets are fake. It’s just a script randomly tweeting pre-programmed tweets. This worm will not affect you computer, just your twitter account.
Twitter worms?
“The worms crawl in”
“The worms crawl out”
LMAO!
What else did you get for Easter?
I’ve been getting chocolate bunnies and golden eggs
(over at Guild Wars). My Monk Ranger is level 16 in pre-Charr. Lots of people from around the world partying up that place!
Remember when we used to do that here?
I did get shit for Easter. I actually enjoyed getting the worm. It added some old school fun to my evening. Well the day is just getting started so I’m going to bed. I should be able to sleep half of the day way. Marina should be up soon. She’s an early bird
I can’t believe there have been 23920 comments since I was comment 100000
Why not?
Good job of trying to cover up your real age on the o’rielly factor Marina!
[chagrin]
Hey marina, can you explain where the word [queue] comes from?
For those of you wishing a video response, please form a line over there
americans act on cue and britons act on queue resulting in different results.
Remember too, this was right after the peak of Social Darwinism in America. “Survival of the Fittest,” in essence, might makes right. Much of this attitude paved the way for America’s international and domestic attitude throughout the twentieth century.
You got all of that just from queue? I think Americas foreign policy in the 20th AND 21st century has been one of counter-acting people or peoples who believe “might makes right”. Also, isn’t comparing that to darwinism kinda apples/oranges?
you made me think of the popular movie “titanic”. the sinking occurred at the end of the edwardian era. a part of me wanted to see dicaprio’s character survive and winslet’s character perish. to represent the cultural shift that was to come with the beginning of the great war. i think that you are right regarding the “survival of the fittest” comment. however i think the idea of the “fittest” changed. i think of president theodore roosevelt as representing this very well. also, america’s experience of the great war was significantly different than that of the rest of the world. this also contributed to the national identity of the u.s. that you mentioned as being consistent throughout the 20th century. um yeah… i think i’ll jump out of line and abandon ship now.
Our experience in what we call world war I was different than the worlds because the majority of the country was isolationist. Same with WW II, actually. You know, you leave us alone and we can do the same. Again, missing the whole fittest thing. After WW II, america DID rebuild european and asian countries but by then, it was no secret what the soviets were up to.
So far everything that you bring up has been great. I work on a boat as a engineer and this helps me get through my thirty days from home alot better. Keep up the good work. And, by the way you look great.
Please tell me about the word [cassavah]
How about a little joke to living thing up here:
Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, “I was artificially inseminated this morning.”
“I don’t believe you,” says Dolly.
“It’s true, no bull!”
[Groan]. [Grin]
…
Sounds like she got a Bum Steer to me.
or the BAD end of the stick!
Tell me about the word [maven] [Plethora] [compensability]
Thank you, what a unique and novel way to learn, capture the mind, and imprint the memory. Your a beautiful genius.
[pizza http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#Etymology http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/pizza.html ]
think i found a good song for your show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TayXB6ku8VQ
Hi Marina!
I would like to request the word [avocado]. Did it really mean testicle back in the day?
Thanks
Ahem … I don’t have any garlic jokes, but I do have an Easter joke.
Q. Why doesn’t Jesus use superglue?
A. He prefers “No More Nails”.
that was tacky
Nonsense! Tacks would be too weak & not nearly long enough.
Ha!
Really stuck it to me that time.
Could you explain how this phrase was established?
[Good Friday]
Also saw you on tv where you commented about the hate mail you have received. Sorry you have that happening to you. First, those people are jealous of your talent and to call you ‘old looking’, ARE THEY BLIND??????
Beautikful, smart and a cool accent, I like that.
Thanks for reading this
Falcon
My dear teacher!
Ha!
Love your website and look forward to latest lesson everyday. Plus you are funny!
In the course of your future lessons can you tell me where the phrase “smoking gun ” cam from and why it is used so widely in the US legal system?
Thanks and Love ya
XOXOXO
Bob
It just means obvious evidence, such as seeing a still-smoking gun after a shooting. For example, if you tickled M with a feather until she went nuts, if you were caught with the feather on your person, it would be the smoking gun.
Your only defense would be to flap your wings and fly off.
I dont follow you, with twitter!!
I dont now, what is twitter??
Can you expane me?
Twitter is a service that allows people to broadcast periodic messages to interested parties telling them of what they are doing, their current thoughts or any nonsense they can dream up. Its success depends of course on the ability of the sender to attract followers. Basically, it is a blog that is dispensed in lots of little pieces.
We already have enough distractions I think. If you already know everything a person is doing/thinking, what is there to talk about when you meet, except to say, “I know, I know“?
he he!
thanks!!
Marina,
You are beautiful and your word videos make me smile.
Okay here is a word I have been wanting you to research for a long time [HYPNOSIS]
Since its what I do I would like you to research it.
Cheers,
Don The Hypnotist
http://www.donthehypnotist.com
They howcumzit you didn’t ask this way?
LMAOROTF
B.B. 
Four more days till a very important [deadline]
Just a little reminder! 
WOO!!
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My daughters asked me what does [clean your clock] mean.
Please help me look good to them. I know it means to inflict a sound beating. But where did the phrase come from?
Thanks for being so HOT!
And what phrases are used in other languages to mean the same thing?
Evan?
Chemikal?
I would like to request the word [bragadocious]
I would like to request the phrase [Cuter than a button]
Might as well throw in [cuter than a junebug's hind leg]. Stuff like that is probably just dreamed up by one person and catches on through word of mouth or from being in some publication, like a short story. It might be very hard to find the true origin, in which case M is not going to do a lesson just to say, “I can’t find out. Another mystery not solved by your trusty Hotforwords.”
Perhaps there should be a list on the site of all the words M has looked at, but decided that she can’t/won’t do a lesson on. They could be inserted in the alphabettic lesson list in parenthesis, so that everyone will know not to bother. I wonder what percentage of requests would be in that category.
Let the fun
be fun…<a href=”"Symbol” – Pentacle Song…
“Symbol” – Pentacle Song
Yo…id like to request the word [Often]
HAHA
SERVES YOU RIGHT YOUTUBE!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/09/youtube-google-money
Boooiinnnnnnnnnnggggggg!!!! ☼Spring has sprung☼
Boooiinnnnnnnnnnggggggg!!!! ☼Oh! That’s just Morning Wood☼
Dude! Be careful. You’ll put an eye out with that thang.
some protection for youYea, the third eye {you know the stinkin’ brown eye}
Look out for morning termites.
Hey, Where have you been?
Missed ya
My mother had a second hip replacement after falling against her front door (which wasn’t latched right). That went OK, but at 88, vascular dementia is starting to show up, so my sister and I are taking turns watching her. I’m the night shift.
Her old PC had 32MB of RAM and dial up, so HFW was impossible. We got DSL and I put in an ancient stick of 128MB, but there is something still molasses-like that needs to be ironed out. So my sis brought her late Toshiba Satellite over and it works OK on WiFi.
Now if I can just watch the vids and keep the drool off the keytops…
SPELLING MISTAKE! on the orielly page, you have written meet instead of meat
Oops!
When the McClellan AFB (decommissioned in 2001) commissary was moved to a new building, the original pre-WWII commisary building was remodeled into offices for base staff. The cooler room (where the beef was stored before butchering) was left the same size for use as a conference room. The new occupants put up a sign over the entrance to the conference room: Meet Locker.
That jailhouse is a bad place to be. Hayden Panettiere never new who she was. I Remember reading about her in ring-magazine. She was dating Wladimir Klitschko a very good fighter 52-3-46- KO His brother is a good fighter too. Vitali KO YOUR OUT
Congratulations Marina, you just
passed 190,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Who was subscriber number one?
this Easter I wanted to know where the word [bunny] comes from.
you know as in bunny rabbit, which is sexier than pussy cat.
I don’t know… My cat Sweetie Pie is pretty hot.
HotForWords, I am curious about where the word [tease] comes from, its origins.
The word is interesting to me because it can be used to describe schoolyard bullies, at one end of the spectrum, to flirtatious behavior at the other end, and numerous subtle variations in between.
Will you please investigate?
Marina,
some of the art mediums I use when teaching my students are [tempra, crayons, and oil pastels]. I’ve always thought that crayon is such an odd word. I’m glad to see woman who is not only beautiful but promote intelligence. Our youth need role models… stay classy, not trashy.
Mediums?
Art Medium or Art Media – the material used for making an art work. Also the liquid mixed with pigment making it suitable for painting. [tempera paint, crayons, oil pastels]
Marina, you’re my new hero. Just wanted to say I think it’s great to see a beautiful girl that actually knows what sexy is. I also found out yesterday that you and I share the exact same birthday (DEC. 10th, 1980) thought that was pretty funny as well. Anyways, keep up the good work. Girls like you are few and far between anymore.
Hi Marina!
I would like to know where the word [bullshit] comes from!
Will you investigate?
Hey Marina
I’ve always been very interested in the origin of various words, sometimes wondering how the words I use on a daily basis came to. I’m also interested in the russian language, culture and history, so I’ve come to like your videos very much.
Especially the ones spoken in your native tongue. (although I don’t understand one bit of it, but hopefully sometime in the future)
I would like to make a word request, and the word is
[communism]
As I mentioned before, I’m very interested in russian history and culture, so that let me to being interested in communism and politics and philosophy in general.
So I thought it would be fun to hear, from you, how the word originated and how it developed through time.
Other words I thought would be interesting to hear about are:
[Nihilism], [Anarchism] and [absurd].
Keep on posting more great videos.
Best wishes.
Teacher: What’s with you pushing garlic into the laptops diskdrive?
Pupil: To keep vampires away from the internet Miss!
Teacher: But there aren’t any vampires on the internet!
Pupil: Well there you go, it works then doesn’t it!
Déjà vu !
Hi marina. I just saw your last appearance on o-reily and I cant believe someone had a rude thing to say about your accent. I love your accent very much, The way you pronounce your words, tone of your voice ,I just really enjoy.
Thanks, just wanted to let you know.
STEVE
Yes, but she is going to have to work on the use of the long E sound wherever a short I is used. For example, “catcher’s mitt,” not “catcher’s meet.” This must be very hard when you learned it the other way all your life.
I would like to request the word [cupidity]. Thanks in advance.
I follow you on Twitter Marina.
Garlic Joke
When you look at the camera and call us your students, I hunger for knowledge. Also, your accent makes me melt. But what I would like to branch out on is about human sexuality. When I day dream I often wonder how the English came up with a word to describe the oral stimulation of the vulva. I would like to request the word [cunnilingus]. I just don’t see the vulva licker from the word [cunnilingus]. Take me from ignorance.
We all remember the expression, “Those who can’t remember history are destined to repeat it.” Well guess what:
POLITICIANS who can’t remember history are going to make THE REST OF US repeat it.
I apologize for that, Marina. I won’t say any more political stuff.
Really well said and very true
Homework
I follow you on twitter, but I have not signed up on Twitter. Not sure if that counts as following. 
By the way, I enjoy your Twitpics 
so i couldn’t think of a word ar phrase i wanted to learn about guess you could say “cat got my toungue”. which made me think, maybe i already thought of one. So, i think you should “let the cat out of the bag”(you’ll never guess which video i just watched, and was inspired by) on the phrase, [cat got your toungue]
Hi Marina I watched you on the factor If you where 60 you would be the prettiest 60 year old that i’ve ever seen:mrgreen:
Got to remember to leave a space on either side if you type the smiley code instead of clicking the icon. That will be twelve cents, please.
Hi Marina. Can u follow me on twitter please? My twitter is http://www.twitter.com/fatax Kissess
Hi Marina, I would like to request the word [cakewalk] or [cake walk], in the sense of “something that is easily done.”
Maybe it’s related to the dance?
Ed Zackly!
marina, i would like to request the word [heartbroken]
i really wanna know wat it means
O’Reilly post is up, if you didn’t see it on TV
If you live in a penitentiary, it’s a little more difficult to order your fast food. Thanks to annspade for the link. Gotta’ watch the “order board”
Hi Marina:I was just on Comcast and they had your interview with Bill O’Riley interview featured as a “Hot” video.
Sorry I havent been around much.. family is staying.
for some reason my background (on the comments that automatically have them) seems darker… than everyone elses
Stop showering, tends to make the family’s stay a little shorter… but then who’d want you around here then
FYI:
I hardly ever shower or bath, only dirty people wash..
Anyway, these are my cool family people. I love them to pieces.
I’m a Motorcar Mechanic, so I live in the shower. The cool family may enjoy this… Eagles nesting, with eaglet that hatched yesterday. Happening just a few Kms from our house, ironicly right next to the airport.
Somehow the logic of not needing to wash because you are always clean escapes me. (Which came first, the chicken or the egg-shaped soap?)
I’d like to know the origin of the word [moron] because I saw you on the O’Reilly show last night and anyone who is rude to you and thinks you look 60 is a moron.
Hey beautiful person, I have a new word for you! It isn’t in any dictionary I looked at. Try……….. Unjustice ………….!
I did find a definition for it on a website though: http://www.theunjusticesystem.com
It is quite lengthy so maybe you can check it out and let’s get it in the dictionary!
That site is: http://www.theunjusticesystem.com
Thanks Beautiful
I follow you even on twitter of course!!!
To be more precise “panettiere” in Italian means baker…can you explain this?
Marina:
I propose having a contest. The contest is whoever can pay you the classiest compliment while putting a smile on your face in the most original way wins a date with you.
Here is my entry. (I give you permission to copy this concept)
Definition of [PHEW]-Any picture or any time Marina makes an appearance.
Word Origin- (Russian of course) The first time I ever saw Marina (on The Factor)
Most Appropriate Synonym-[GA-GA]
The Best Example of When You Combine The Two (Marina and the word PHEW) Making Bill O’Reilly (the master of cool) stutter or even remember what he wants to say, when you appear on his program. Even Bill does not know how to handle your beauty.
Thanks Marina,
Jay (JESilver@aol.com)
i would like to request the word [Genocide]
or the phrase [ Armenian Genocide ]
Thanks for the reply. By the way, do you have a name for the “pooch” yet??
wfpot
***HotForWords Addiction Log, Day 193***
No cure for HFW addiction, eh?
Let’s try this then…
• Open new word document
• Close eyes
• Type 8 random letters while thinking of something else
• ctrl+a to select all
• ctrl+c
• open eyes
• go to My Profile on HFW
• go to New Password
• ctrl+v
• confirm password: ctrl+v again
• click “update profile”
• close eyes again, return to Word document, close without saving.
• return to HFW and log out.
There. I have locked myself out.
Cheers! See y’all whenever!
not too soon we hope
E,O.
B.B. 
you could always come back [incognito]
I hardly recognize you
Did he really do it?
Who am I going to swap puns with now?
Did you say spud?
“The weakest link in a chain is also the strongest. It can break the chain.”
– Baron Stanislaw Jerzy de Tusch-Lec (1909-1966)
That’s as shaky piece of logic as James’.
Oh! Look who wants to have an argument now. Shaky piece of logic?
I myself think this logic is as hard as a 12 inch sinker nail. Nothing related to James’ stuff. Nothing at all.
HAHA!! Oh that would work I guess, but then there is always that forgotten password button you will HAVE to go back to… I know I would, I could never leave here. I love this site more than I love smoking…. Which I am quitting next month… But still..
No, no, don’t quit the site! Give up smoking instead! Oh, wait… you meant just the opposite, didn’t you?
JAILBREAK
JIMMIE RODGERS-IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW
FOLSOM PRISON
IMPRISONED FROM WITHIN … A jail without bars
Blue Cheer – Parchment Farm – 11/16/06 Tallahassee, FL
…
Hello, Marina. I would like to know the origin of the word [disgruntled], meaning not happy with the situation. I often tell people I am gruntled, meaning happy, but they always ask what is wrong, not getting the little play on words. I cannot find a word [gruntled] in the dictionary, however.
Thanks
wfpot
wfpot.. that’s a good one. The gruntled is actually related to letting out a grunt.. which is a sign of dissatisfaction.. so disgruntled should be the opposite.. but it’s not.. hmmm..
Morning!
Mornin’ Had to let pooch out, so I’m awake a little early here!
You want fries with that shake? Ha! Ha!
Let me introduce you to my cousin Frenchy,
Frenchy Fry from Belgium
Do you put ketchup or vinegar on your fries?
Does English food taste so bad that vinegar actually makes it taste better?
Good afternoon, Marina! Sorry I overslept, AGAIN!
The rain really makes me tired. It’s soporific…
I’m curious about the phrase and meaning behind (hodge podge) not sure of the spelling. I’ve heard it used, as to descibe a variety of items, such as “you have a hodge podge of socks.”
Hi Marina,
I saw your interview with Mr.O’Reilly and I think that the people who said those things are just plain stupid and don’t even deserve your contempt! Don’t let such simple-minded and hateful people keep you from doing the fantastic work your doing!… No matter what those jerks say, What I and so many others here and out there see is a Intelligent, beautiful lady who enjoys teaching and sharing her interest and knowledge in English… and having seen some of the things those people said about you, all I can say is that they are just h8ters and cowards…. and just plain retarded!
So keep on smilin’ and don’t let them get to you… Dont give them the pleasure of knowing that the stupid, hurtful things they say affect you…. Don’t let them win… People say stuff like that when they can’t bear the success of others… so that tells volumes about just how far you’ve come!
Carpe Diem!
How about the word [ meritricious ]; one of my personal favorites that describes so many people I’ve known so very well (certainly YOU, not included). I learned of your site tonight on O’Reilly, fired-up my computer to check it out, and I’m hooked already. Nothing beats the [ concatenation ] of brains with beauty…..except, maybe, a medium rare porterhouse and an ice cold dirty martini, straight up, with three olives.
You go, girl.
Clinton
word request [perfection]. After seeing your recent interview on Bill O’Reilly, I just wanted to say don’t listen to the haters, because in every way, you are “perfection”
With Twitter you can multi-task twittercelebrity style, do a live text interview while you’re getting your hair cut. Then after you check out your hair you can hop into a cab and kickback and read how your interview went. tweet’n
Gotta go get some sleep tonight, I’ve been up about two days straight fixing my computer. Good Night Marina.
Good Night hotforwords fans!
Make sure its a girl fence post(KNOT)…old farm joke
gee leonard just use a sheep instead, I’ve heard its not as rough, or a ram if that’s your preference?
Sittin’ On A Fence was released on Flowers album, June 1967 have a tongue
Marina, sure I follow you on twitter, even thought doing so is like conversing witha a fence post most of the time, no conversing like a oneway plow. [oneway]
Why should she be any different from all the others, everyones packing used.
Quote
“A witty saying proves nothing.” – Voltaire 1694-1778…Plows save much work. Good one John. The ground is most wonderful and rakeing is a before and after sow.. Plow the the wasp under…bees are good….blah ablah and ablah again
The Allman Brothers Band – One Way Out (Live …
…Elmore James – One Way Out….out to the field:-)(-)
I just spent the last 4 days overhauling my comp. Did about 8 reinstalls of windows, came to find out one of my video cards was dying.
At every chance I get to follow on twitter. I need to get a move on a bit more. Plus I need to shrink my images a bit more to fit in on other sites.
Great work Marina in educating the people that want to learn. The majority of your words I know and can trace back their origins but their are some that I was not aware of. So great job!
Only request I have is to set-up an official Facebook account. I am new here and as a big fan of MR. O that is what encouraged me to sign up , so being new I may have over looked an Official account.
Keep up the great work!
Sorry, I tried following you on Twitter, but I couldn’t get any work done, for having to look at my phone twice every hour.
I rest my case! If you go to nicemachines.com, click on the “Human History and December 21, 2012″ link to see what I am talking about.
nicemachines.com has been under construction for many years but not advertised. I need visitors to make my work meaningful and help me get out of “below poverty” living from Social Security Disability. I’ve been learning computers since 1984 by myself without teachers because I was always learning stuff that wasn’t taught in school yet. Give it a try, help me. Thanks to all that are willing to give me a chance. ThankZ!
Dean
How come you don’t know how to insert a hyperlink?
You say you have been “learning computers” for 25 years :-/
Silly Che. They didn’t have hyperlinks 25 years ago. Gosh
I thought everybody knew that. 
You have just been hyperlinked into Outer Space
This ones better
BTW, a present from Capman
: mrgreen : neutral : twisted : arrow : shock : smile : ??? : cool : evil : grin : idea : oops : razz : roll : wink : cry : eek : lol : mad : sad : ! : ?
You are going to have to explain how using the closing colon from one smiley to form the opening colon for the next is supposed to work.
You are going to have to explain how replying twice is needed
Oops. It’s this damned Vista and touch-pad mouse on my sister’s laptop. It does things without my explicit knowledge and consent.
Oops. It’s this damned Vista and touch-pad mouse on my sister’s laptop. It does things without my explicit knowledge and consent.
You are going to have to explain how using the closing colon from one smiley to form the opening colon for the next is supposed to work.
You are going to have to explain how replying twice is needed
.
I don’t know when you’re serious or not half the time. The other half, I don’t know know when you are joking. Just in case: space semi-colon text semi-colon space. For brevity, the examples have the opening and closing semis combined. I know you know how to do this, but just in case anyone else needs to know.
[TRAMP STAMP]
Ho hum, running out of ideas for tonight…
Hey, HFW fans, try googling “Марина Орлова HotForWords” (copy from here & paste in browser) for some interesting Russian views of Marina…
“Интеллект — это сексуально!”
All I can say is lock me up and throw away the key
[ CHARITY ] Is not it the real meaning of love?
.
[caritas]
[querida]
[chere]
[caru]
[care]
Yup, got that right, bro!
RESPECT
Re= again
Spectare= to see
This is a word I’d love for you to post. I feel it is the most important realization for people who seek to understand each others realities; and when we understand others, we are able to free ourselves of arrogance in the appreciation of a clearer sense of what is likely to be actual. Arrogance… I strongly feel, is the greatest killer of numinous energy, due to the dogma we dysfunctionally obsess over when we isolate ourselves in singlemindedness.
Marina,
I am also of Soviet decent so I have to defend you. I just saw you on O’Reilly’s show. The reason that you get nasty emails is because there are a lot of haters out there. You are beautiful, intelligent and obviously successful. I would ignore the negative and keep doing what you’re doing. You’ll leave all the hateful people in the dust. Wishing you continued success,
Lana
“Soviet decent”? Извините, вы Русская?
Progressive
Socialist
Communist
Fascist
Theoretically fascist should be several notches above progressive in your list. Practically, the list is about right, because there is little difference in the dictatorships.
Yes, I do follow you on Twitter. I never tweet, but I follow about 15 to 20 people. I lost track of how many.
i am buzzword! i will not be moderated!
Yeah Buzz! Honestly, who would think about moderating you? You talk like… You talk like a big gorilla!
But there were times where you were not so.. erm.. not so petulant. How should I say.. A little less testosteroned maybe?
dude, i just provided a link to an npr program. n p r… national public radio. does that balance me out?
Absolutely.
Yah he talk like a Gorilla and walks with a waddle.
yep yep, walk with a wiggle, ride in style and sling the bling! only a few in my crew but we packing i.q.
here’s a link to gorilla zoe, waddle in h.d. to intensify the bass for proper thumping.
You put the quote in the right place, got it… thanks
I remember this vid, good stuff… just don’t wear the speedo to my next pool party.
even if i bring the beer?
No more beer for you or you won’t be allowed in thehot tube
hey, my dancing is popular in japan!
Ok you can bring the beer, butt hide your smokes, my wife is an unbearable ex-smoker
yeah, cool! i’ll hide the smokes and loose the speedo. i like skinny dipping.
Marina!
I volunteer to clean out the nasty emails sent to you as suggested by Mr. O’! I’ll do it for FREE!
Jeffrey
Because everyone likes dirt—especially celebrity dirt—perhaps a popular new feature of the site would be Dirt of the Day, which consists of the filthiest, rudest, most ungentlemanly E-mail of the day. If several good ones arrive on the same day, they can be saved and parcelled out on “slow E-mail days” in order to even the supply.
Of course, fake dirty, rotten E-mails would be immediately discarded. Only genuinely lousy E-mails are allowed (one must strive for continuous quality). Now the more creative of us would be tempted to produce some real [corkers] so that the ordinary lame-brained scribblers will be left frustratingly in the dust, with their E-mails languishing in second-ratedness, but we must resist; only authentic crap must be allowed, so that this new feature will allow us to peer into their twisted souls (which is where the fun is).
check out the following link about the eastern state penitentiary it’s the last program listed, titled crime and penitence, cool program.
damn link! try it fresh, http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/28
To do that would be [taboo]
***EMERGENCY EMOTICON RESOURCE CENTER***
Copy & paste as needed. Plus help me out, guys, with the ones I’ve forgotten.
Copy & Paste doesn’t work. Try it.
OK, how about this:
Here are modified codes; copy & paste, THEN remove the space after the initial colon (:) and before the terminal colon. Capiche?
: cry : : sad : : neutral : : ??? : : smile : : razz : : cool : : grin : : mrgreen :
: evil : : twisted : : mad : : eek : : shock : : oops : : roll :
Ora capisco.
Yo soy sin palabras
Zipper Lip:-z: lol : : ? : : ! :
damn dogs, take a break from your bitch ass whining about the lack of attention you get from mariana.
Mariana? Who dat?
OK, no rude jokes about Mariana’s Trench.
Nor Offa’s Dyke…
I never been onna dyke, how could I get offa?
Geez, the things a student has to do to get expelled around here…:roll:
I can’t even get detention, Evan.
None of us can. I wonder where Marina is right now?
Hm.
Guess school’s out but I didn’t hear the bell, did you?
Lyrics:
Penetration
Penetrate me, penetrate me
I’m so fine so fine so fine
I get excited, I get excited
I’m alone, I’m so fine, pull a line
Every night outta town, every night outta town
I go now, go now, I pulsate
I’ll be all fine, I’ll be all fine, man
I’ll take away, take away, be alright
Bitch-ass should be hyphenated as it is a compound adjective. Some people just make me sick with their weakly-punctuated comments. And then Marina, being a proper noun, must be capitalized. Can you believe someone forgetting that? How can something so basic be ignored. Plus the sin is compounded by not capitalizing the first word of the sentence. It’s just plain disgusting. And your mother dresses you funny.
There, is that better whining?
Heck, what can I say?
Practically perfect whining CK!
Homework: I am and will follow you to the ends of the earth.
Aw! Ain’t dat tweet?
Because the earth is round, you won’t be able to find the end. So, you will just have to follow her forever.
Youse damned.
ends of the earth!!
wow, thats nice!
“Whoever said all men are created equal has never been in a locker room.”
Jeff Foxworthy
Ain’t it the truth?
Don’t worry ’bout me. I mean… Y’know…
This brings a “special” word request to mind:
[SLEEPER]
Interesting one originalistrick. But why do you say that?
Whoever said all dogs are created equal has never been riding a dogsled.
Unless you’re the lead dog — the view never changes.
Lead dogs are not really dogs.
They’re half wolves, actually. And they never bark. They howl.
who cares what some fuck in the shower thinks about your dick? you boys can play your games in the locker room. where the rubber hits the road is in the bedroom.
Da’s right you tell dem cracka-asses t bak da fuck up!
don’t need to smoke, i breath fire.
You know these folks?
no, i was taught by this dude.
Whoa! Looks dangerous!