Poindexter
Here is a video on the word Poindexter.
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Here is a video on the word Poindexter.
Please comment and rate over at YouTube to help the video be seen. Thanks! :-)
I love this lesson…1959
….my finger points out the dextieor^………………(sp)………..Dexter is a Latin adjective meaning “on the right hand side, skillful, fortunate, favorable, proper, fitting”. It is a common British first name. 
dexteror
“Library Rap” by MC Poindexter & The Study Crew
…or…Dewey Decimal Rap
…[old-school]
omg that was the best vid ever lol you as a Poindexter was so cute and funny the way u made fun of ur slef
Well done Marina! very clever!
Yep..
Cute!
Ur CRAZY AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT
Why i can’t see the video after commentting! please someone tell me why?
you, my dear teacher are talented.
Hello My Dear Teacher ! I Love Your “Poindexter” Video. Well Done ! Although
I Will Remain Your Faithful Student, This Is The Last Comment I Will Leave On Your Site. My Beef Is The Same As Yours. Too Many “Jerks And Boneheads” Out There.
!!! THANKS !!! For Your Site. Keep On Keeping On.
Surely not on this site.
Yes, on this site. And dont call me surely
Jump around!
I just felt the earth wobble
me too
hi there marina!
i would like to know the word [schmool]
its the title of a song from Bratmobile called “cool Schmool”
thanks
I would like to request the word [skinflint] as in someonne who spends little money.
Also a prehistoric circumcision instrument?
I’m reminded of a limerick…
Nah, it’s just too disgusting.
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We will be held [LIABLE] for mean comments made here.
If I ever meet Marina I’m [LIABLE] to be a stammering idiot.
Thanks.
I would like to request the word [monger]
Howdy Marina!
Evening everybody!
Hello originalistrick
What’s shakin’, PK?
I’m pissed – Marina’s picture hasn’t been on the Sexy Geek page for two days. Conspiracy, I say!!!
what about…. malicious
cdc disregards concerns that avian flu and swine flu will hybridize. noting probability was directly proportional to pigs flying.
Ohhh, bad pun right in the guts. moynf!
That’s cute
i can think a word[ " devilgirl" ]
Hi, what I would like to know is something that has been bugging me a while: I can understand the loss of the “u” in color, but when it comes to [defense] [offense] in relation to the British spelling of the words ([defence] [offence]) and then the still valid spelling of [fence] I would like to know how and why those changes came about
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I like the quote. I’ve definately got an itch that needs scratchin’! How long are your fingernails, Marina?
I would like to know the origin and meaning of ( Can’t see the forest for the trees). Thank you.
Sometimes you have to step back and see the “Big Picture”
I would like to know the origin for the word [Youker]. This is a card game.
Thank you!
Good word! I agree, jaq336. BTW, I believe [euchre] is the preferred spelling (according to Hoyle).
i’ve wondered why it is regionally concentrated in the midwest and northeast. i bet the odds are good that you know how to play.
Nope. Guess I should’ve taken that bet. Card games are marginally interesting to me, but only as a last resort when I’m stuck indoors and bored silly.
I just love words. I can’t help it. I even pretend to be in love with our dear teacher just so I can be here with all the words (looks at his shoes). I hereby confess.
In fact, when the storm rages and the electricity goes out, Scrabble is my game of choice, although I suck at it. I’ve even been known to just sit by the fire and read the Official Scrabble Players’ Dictionary, a sure sign that it’s terminal. I’m a sick, sick individual.
Who knows what a SSID wireless network name is? I’m installing a wireless adapter for a laptop.
I believe it’s just a name you assign in the wireless router. It could be anything, but since the name will show up on nearby neighbors’ systems, you should use something you would want your grandmother to see.
Yes, I did a search again and got pass that now it wants the security key, I have to wait to ask nephew.
Got it, it was the cell phone #
I’d like to know what “ANATHEMA” means. I have a good idea, but I would like to know for sure, especially from you. LOL. Thank you for all you do here by the way. I study a bit of Philoly, and it FASCINATES THE HELL out of me. Thank again- Joe
Is that Eddie from Iron Maiden in your picture?
Hey, nice gravatar, pappajoe!
[pander]…[demic]
[demon]…[brain] 
It seems Leonard has described himself via request.
CampKohler – Sacramento CA :
HOW!…know golden rush to anything…Quote
capitol of the GOLD rushing 
What the hell…you gamble, my man..”the red way”…capital is salaried like M.A.R….
“Fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, and scratch where it itches.” – the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life ….
How about [willy-nilly]?
how about [Hill-Billie]?
I’m shocked nobody has referenced the song “bust a move”. You know,’standing along the wall like you was Poindexter’. It is these little particles of arcane minutae that make this site such an invaluable research source
Hey beevee14, great observation.
The tune at the end was driving me nuts and I couldn’t place it. Yes, you are correct, I love these nuggets of arcane minutae. Marina is very clever. Thanks for the great observation.
Here is the first verse and the the YT video.
Young MC – Bust A Move
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw
This here’s a jam for all the fellas
Tryin to do what those ladies tell us
Get shot down cause ya over-zealous
Play hard to get females get jealous
Okay smarty go to a party
Girls are scantily clad and showin body
A chich walks by you wish you could sex her
But you’re standing on the wall like you was Poindexter
Next days function high class luncheon
Food they’re serving, you’re stone-cold munchin
Music comes on people start to dance
But then you ate so much you nearly split your pants
A girl starts walking guys start gawking
Sits down next to you and starts talking
Says she wants to dance cause she likes to groove
So come on fatso and just bust a move
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To sex an animal means to determine the gender by examination. Somehow I think it has a different meaning in the lyrics.
Amazingly enough, I read an actual job title listed in the US Department of Labor Book of Titles called “Chick Sexer!”
This individual is specially trained to quickly and accurately determine the sex of newly-hatched chicks so they can be separated into poults (young roosters usually butchered) and laying hens. Or something like that.
Imagine handing your business card to some babe at the bar. “You’re a WHAT?”
You are saying the 4 seconds of music at 1:18 is from the music video you linked to? To my hearing, the music in the lesson is much slower than the music in the video.
(The very last few seconds reminds me of, I think, Witness for the Prosecution — I think the dialog in the movie is “care to kiss me, buckey?” — the movie is about a woman who saves her British lover (who is a murderer) but then the murderer reveals that he just used her and goes with another woman; and then the heroine “executes” him.)
Found the clip that I was reminded of Witness for the Prosecution — start seeing from 1:25.
Here’s the similarity I am registering — it is the similarity between the following two transitions:
In this video, there is a transition from “I am obviously not a poindexter” to “but do you know”.
In Witness, there is a transition from “I’ll give you something to dream about Mister” to “Want to kiss me, ducky?”
The movie uses timing and background music to underscore the transition; Marina has used timing and voice to underscore the transition. In both, the transition leads to a shocking, “in your face” climax.
By the way, it is proper that Marina “out-took” that clip since such a transition is not appropriate to that dialog — there is no need at all to be shocking and “in your facey” while assigning homework!
irrelevant drivel to his vid
I would like to request the word [Lollapalooza] thank you
Hey Marina, good to hear from you via Twitter! Mary here from Somesso. We’ve got a conference coming up on May 15 – I’d love to get you involved. Please do drop me a line at mary [at] somesso.com.
Mary
PS I’m so glad you’ve done ‘floccinaucinihilipilification’
Where does the word [communism] came from? I know it has something to do with the Commune de Paris from 1870 but I am not quite sure. Would be very interesting.
How did [stormy petrel] evolve from a sea bird to ‘a person who causes or likes trouble or strife’ (dictionary.com)?
Anyone know which particular Felix the Cat show’s clip is used in this lesson? I would like to see that show in full.
Duh! The title is right there: The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg.
Dogs sickened in park may have eaten marijuana-laced cupcakes
They really need to start making signs… “Dogs are not allowed to eat cupcakes in this park. Bylaw #420″
Subsection a: Mushroom picking and toad-licking prohibited except on Sundays and Holidays.
I would like to request the word [copy cat] please. Thank you! I love your videos.
I would like to request the word [copy cat] please. Thank you! I love your videos.
I would like to request the word [copy cat] please. Thank you! I love your videos.
It looks like we have some of those animals here. Actually, a cat would be the last animal to copy anything (unless they wanted to, and then they would do it when you weren’t looking just so that you wouldn’t get any fancy ideas about getting them to do things your way). A chimp would probably be far more likely to ape (forgive me) someone, but copy chimp just doesn’t have the same ring to it. I think it has to do with alliteration more than anything else.
Meow. Uh, I mean, ooh-ooh.
I’ve had alot of cats(Cats keep animals from tearing open feed bags) and I think this might be like ‘Curiosity killed the cat’ because if you do something, they’re probably going to check out what you did, thereby copying you.Or NOT
Marina, this is the first time writing you.
Yes, I am one of millions of Marina lovers. And I am writing you because I saw you on O’Reilly a couple weeks ago and was disappointed, but not surprised, that you received some hateful messages.
Marina, when you receive those messages, ALWAYS – and I mean ALWAYS – consider the source. There are plenty of losers out there who have nothing better to do than try to knock down someone who is doing well.
Finally, let me say that you are just wonderful. I knew you had a great sense of humor, but until now didn’t realize how funny YOU could be!
I love you!!!!
hi Marina , I would like to request these words [kid] , [life] , [sex] im interested in the origin of those words.if you can get them it would be cool. thanx
You should add [divorce lawyers] and [death] to round out the life cycle.
dont forget [taxes]
haha there is no art in [taxes]
and I want to know whats the connection between [kid] and a sheep
Chocolate has PEA in it!??
This melt-in-your-mouth delectable has been called irresistible, wicked and divine–no wonder eating it makes us think of other pleasurable indulgences. But there’s actually a possible scientific explanation for its effects. “Chocolate contains a compound called phenylethylamine or PEA that stimulates the nervous system, increases blood pressure and makes your heart beat faster–creating feelings similar to doing it [ doggie style ],” says Dr. Somerbetter.
Is that the medical term Dr. Somerbetter used to describe that position or is he saying; while some are good, others are better
…Holly would do anything for dime or a nickel
^^^*^^^make’m laugh and laugh at us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmrVniAjx-s&feature=related“>The Inventor (Felix cartoon, 1922)*****)(*****Originally FELIX TURNS THE TIDE, here is an Astra TV print pThe Inventor (Felix cartoon, 1922)aired up with some lovely Winston Sharples cartoon music composed during Van Beuren’s Rainbow Parade years. For those of you who have seen Fred Ladd’s 1970s colorizations, this is one of the sources, hence “The Inventor” also being the title of the redrawn version of this cartoon.
point your index finger 
the boss of Nerds and Geeks 
the edit thing or whatever ???
In light of the current flu virus going around, I imagine that many people will not want to get too close to others in fear of contamination. That said/written, I was wondering what people thought the prospects were for setting up a website dealing with this matter.
thousand-foot-bargepoles.com
Your thoughts to this serious matter are welcome.
Really…wash them hands and your food
Repeat…personal hygene…sexxes
…
draft A sLave 
I think certain people or groups are over-playing this whole swine flu thing to take our minds off of other, more important things and the media is eating it with a spoon. (After it has been washed, of course!)
This one is great! How can you do these hysterically funny vignette’s and not break out laughing? You’re the best!
For these hilarious videos, M wears heavily-starched underware, the scratchyness of which causes unbelievable suffering, keeping her emotionally right on target.
It’s true, I tell you.
Either your heater valve is stuck in ON, your engine is overheating and you are trying to cool it with the heater, your windows won’t roll up or you are completely bonkers.
I am betting on the last one.
Or wool. Priests use wool. That would explain all of the great comedy bits that came out of the Spanish Inquisition. Wait…maybe that was Mel Brooks in “History of the World”?
‘Hey Torquemada what do you say…’
BTW, The word TORTURE comes from Torquemada and all of the fun he had convincing people that Catholicism was where it was at.
Maybe TORQUE, too(now that I look at it).’The amount of rotational force it takes to pull somebody arm off’ could’ve been the first definition!!
SADISM comes from Marquis de Sade. Evidently, he had a bit of a fetish, too.
It might snow tonight… so much for global warming in these parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SPMfr38fCA
[internet]
internet = interconnected networks
Sorry, but it’s that simple. When Al Gore invented it, he misspelled it thusly: “internete.” (It seems Al has a problem appending an E to words that don’t need it.)
well,well,well, who told you to find the origion my word?if you think your a smarty tell me [word]?
“word” comes from the proto indo european “were” meaning, “to speak”. you got to cut back on the smokes notorious b.i.g. that shit will kill ya.
no i wont and if you want to make me!!!
i ain’t going to fuck with you. you know there’s life after death.
then why the f word are you telling me to change the icon.
dude, never asked you to change the icon. keep it as it is. but have you tried the nicotine patch?
forget the patch. Wasn’t(Isn’t) he crushin the ganj? He rolled huge blunts out of “Black & Milds”
I thought that was Dan Quayle
That’s what I was thinking, too. Perhaps CK knows another example that I do not.
You’re right. I knew it was some veep or another. Our veeps seem to not always come up to snuff.
The military first came up with it during 60’s as a way to pass information in the vast military/industrial complex. As a matter of fact, most tech gadgets today were invented by or for the military.
Who can think of more technology invented by military that is common today?
I’ll go first: microwave ovens
Everything from GPS locators to fax machines and from nylons to nuclear power fits this category. You name it, the struggle for supremacy has always driven exponential growth rates in technological development. But then, so has the never-ending struggle between moonshiners and revenuers (NASCAR)!
The best one yet Marina! Fell down laughing. I even dropped my pocket protector!
Quote of the Day:
“God, please save me from your followers!” – Bumper Sticker
My Bumper Sticker:
“God, please save us from those who wish to eradicate your followers, your values, and your word from the face of the earth in the name of tolerance and diversity …oh, and the Islamic jihadists.”
Hmm…
Where do I fit in this tangled web? I am a disciple who tries to spread the message of tolerance and diversity , in His name. 
Uh… who are the bad guys, again?
“The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have to take to pieces an entire universe. A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble.”
– Count Remy de Gourmont (1858-1915)
uhh, that’s what I meant to say…
Simple.
Both.
…”those who wish to eradicate your followers, your values, and your word from the face of the earth in the name of tolerance and diversity …oh, and the Islamic jihadists.”
Same desired results, different reasons.
I did not recognize that one. Can you reference that for me, please? I would very much like to follow up on that. One of my very favorites is from Romans 2, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by by the renewing of your mind.”
It is very easy for me to focus too heavily on one aspect, as in Matthew 7, and I often forget the complexity of my relationship with the Father. I try to keep the daily stuff simple. Life is on a wheel, and my behavior and attitude will be reciprocated back to me. Too much theology can get me sidetracked. I need the answer to, “But what do I actually do, right now?
these might fit on your bumper sticker better…
matthew 7:1
john 7:24
james 2:1-4
<a href=”http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%204:1-5&version=31″>1 corinthians 4:1-5
1 corinthians 3:1-9
james 4:11-12
damn! 1 corinthians 4:1-5
I hear ya.
But I must say, if it weren’t for judgement calls I’ve made throughout my life on situations, behaviors, and yes people, I probably wouldn’t be typing to you today. I would be dead, from one thing or another. Without judgement there is no right or wrong. Without right and wrong there is only chaos.
i respect that. hfw can be a diverse environment that does require good judgment and a degree of tolerance to avoid unnecessary conflicts and chaos. in the future you may be required to defend one you may disagree with or encourage a healthy dialogue between opposing opinions. i expect your judgement will continue to serve you well as it always has in the past as a long time contributor to hfw. as you and i have disagreed in the past we have always done so with humor and respect. i’ve always appreciated that with you.
Thanks for the kind words BW.
Its just that I felt punched by the quote of the the day today and it felt wrong not to punch back, so I did.
I agree. Since we constantly face choice, judgement and decision is inevitable. With choice comes discrimination. As long as people can adjust their judgements, there should be no problem. Have you ever met people who no matter how hard you try to change their assessment of you; they will never change their opinion? These people are either overly left-brained, seeing the world only in terms of polar absolutes or its just encoded preference. The right brain is more chaotic, but from it, the left-brain makes it judgements and keeps it in check, like a bridled horse – Order out of chaos.
The problem with rights and wrongs though, is that while there are universal constants or truths, a lot of it ends up as point of view. People have their own idea of the truth, right and wrongs. Therefore, chaos (or an unstable society) is often inevitable, and occasionally desirable. I think that’s what’s the beast symbolises, the chaos which burns within the archaic heart of Man. Chaos is a motion to change (good or bad), the moment when Ying transforms into Yang (or not).
Tolerance to change, a regulatory function, can be a good thing to avoid chaos, but too much is dangerous. I love lasagne, but too much causes my stomach to have a chaotic revolution and rebel.
Jihadists have exactly the same wish: “…save us from…tolerance and diversity;” they demand conformance or else.
very true!
Conformance or else is right. Just ask Perez Hilton, he’ll tell ya.
Amen!
Great, PageDoll. I’m with you.
The Lute is a SongGod
SavesThe Pied Piper of Hamelin 1/12 (1957)…holy Smoke… 
“God! Not another bumper sticker!” no, that’s wasn’t a commandment, just in light of distractions near tailpipes that spew out nasty exhaust fumes.
I’d sooner invent a pair of special glasses that blur out slogans from bumper stickers, billboards and other annoying distractions.
Great acting and comedic timing:
Especially when the glasses went in the mouth and the hand went….
“glass is leaking of emptiness.” I really like that one.
Mind if I borrow it sometime? 
Marina, I’m repeating myself here, but you are really hilariously funny when you do your characters. This latest episode had me almost falling out of my office chair.
Note to self, send plastic pocket protector to Marina for B-day.
I think that people make a poindexter feel unaccepted. If someone is different they make everyone else feel awkward and so they stigmatize them. A poindexter is never given the opportunity to fit in and never gets used to socializing with people. It was very difficult for me, being smart and a lesbian. Nobody knew what to do with me and I became isolated. But now it’s different and I feel very empowered. Take heart poindexters things can change!
I think it’s also to do with many people thinking Nerd and Geek being the same thing (as well as poindexter). I have quite a high IQ (I think) and like technology, but am quite shy, which makes people class me as a Nerd (Nerds have no social skills, Geeks do), and therefore cannot be seem near me as to ruin their ’street rep’. But, lets face it. Those who are mocking you for being intelligent early on in your life will be the ones that work for you, so it’s not all bad
Check this out, Its a video about swine flu, but everyone walking around the airport has got MARINA written on thier clothes..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/apr/27/swine-flu-mexico
Hey James, they must be from Marinaville.
Good find.
Marina in Spanish means Navy — these guys are from the Mexican Navy.
Thanks pal.
I didn’t know Mexico had a Navy. 
Wonder what got into these people from Florida — they are clamoring for a Clean Marina! (That’s a pelican on the flag.)
hey neighbor! Good to see ya back. Talk to ya in a couple days. hittin’ the sack now, and doin’ some serious crammin’ manana.
I loved this video. It was funny and educational. Great job teach. Yes I know one Poindexter. Well he is kinda a poindexter, he is smart but he saids he doesn’t want to be around people
, but he is a good guy.
I have found that most Poindexter types are good natured people. I know a few and they are very smart and some are a little goofy, but fun to be around.
Hey Marina, first time I have caught a vid in a while. You were just out of this world. The acting and the screen is working out great. You look very sweet as a poindexter. I’ll go give five stars and a hug for that performance. The music sounded like it was from The Transporter movies.
Fine pal, yea I think Myrtle Beach is about under control. I think it burnt over 70 homes so far. No telling how much woodland.
My thoughts were rendered. I have visited the area many years ago…I hate uncontrolled fires!!!
God Bless and hang in there…”you-all”…thanks for the comment; some beautiful sand-hills and her trees 
Hi Mike,
Glad to see you back. I thought we’d have to send a truant officer to find you!
-pennsyltucky9
Hey friend, I got lost for a while, but now I’m home again. Missed you all and hope all is well?
Great seeing you back Mike. Missed seeing your great comments.
When I saw Felix and Ms Poindexter in the video above, guess what came to mind? When you fought those fires, you didn’t come across any moose and squirrels did you?
Rock on Bull’winkin.
Hey Karl, missed you guys and gals. Saw a few squirrels and deer but no mooses or is it meeses. Oh well good to be back.
Hi Mike. I wondered where you’d been – guess I didn’t see the memo.
If you haven’t washed your face yet you’ll fit right in to our May Day festivities (See Chevolay’s tweet).
Hey Bob, all cleaned up. But I can still get dirty again if need be. I’ll go check out Che’s Tweet and see what he has going on.
Hello Mike, how they hangin’?
Good to hear from you, Capman. Been missing you.
I don’t know why, but somehow your avatar seems to perfectly suit you. Don’t change a thing.
grand song…[rye-muffin]
)+([state of play])+( 
Marina i would like to request the word [clone] thanks
Now that was really cute!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the smiles……..
can u look up where [dictionary] came from.i have also heard some irish people say [ye langer] and i would like to know what that is.thxs
I would like to request the word [discombobulated]
What does it mean. Whats it origin? Thank you very much
I would like to request the origin of the word [harridan].
I know what it means, but how did a lady come to be called such ?
Hey Marina,
I’d like to know the meaning behind [chop chop].
What have chops got to do with telling someone to do something quickly?
I’d love for you to investigate this.
Thanks a lot.
- Ciarán
Marina
I would like to request the phrase [right as rain]
Thank you
[vagina] [breasts]
Marina
Thanks for proving that beauty and intellect are not diametrical opposites. Your site is a great educational tool and you are truly one of the most beautiful women on the net. Please contnue your studies and ignore the bores.
Allen
Damn! Don’t say those things out loud. Now she’s gonna figure out that we’re after her for her beauty.
i was just wondering if [universe] was made up of more than one word, it looks like this to me. But if ‘uni’ means one why is it combined with ‘verse’ meaning a line of saying?
Interesting one hotrod!
Looks like universe is indeed made up of at least 2 words that one day, perchance totally randomly or by some darwinistic unexplained mutation, someone somehow sticked together. It’s linguistic evolution in the making I guess, and once the mutation is done, it’s not that easy to bail it out.
From Seneca to bumper stickers! Yes, linguistic evolution is truly obviously an unstoppable, yeah, unstoppable process.
“I recognize the lion by his paw.”
– Jacques Bernoulli (1654-1705)
“Nevermind the huge jaws clamped around my neck.”
- The late Jacques Bernoulli
Nice one CK.
“I recognize the lion by his paw, nevermind the huge jaws clamped around my neck.”
Jacques Bernoulli would be left with nothing to say, except than: “Pimp my quote”.
Just like a swift gazelle in the Ngorongoro crater.
Five daughters and three sons: “I recognize them by their hands out.”
you are the best Marina!!
[cockamamie]
[dumbledore]
You’ll have to ask JKR about that one. Send her a SASE and a couple of thou.
I really, really love your website, it is very educational and I learn alot from it. It also helps me with my homework. Please continue to add more interesting things to your website.
I would really like to see you in person or talk to you.
By the way do you know the email addresses of the people that register to your website? If you know them try to get my email address because i would really like to talk to you.
You are a very intelligent young lady and you put your outstanding gift of knowledge into good use.
Keep it up, your parents must be proud of you!! And I will never stop adding beautiful comments to your beautiful website which (a) beautiful person(s) made.
Bye for now.
Oh, you would like to talk to her, would you? You and forty gazillion other guys. Wait in line.
Morning and the doves cry love…Jeepster, T Rex…[GATE]…[
taurus]
can i have your email address please?
I WILL GIVE YOU INFINITY STARS
I would like to know the origin, or latin bits of the word [onomatopoeia]. Thanks, marina! <3 your shows
It took me a while to figure out the <3. (You can’t google symbols.)
Come on Ck you can Google any thing.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%3C3
That’s not Google. You can’t fool me!
Marina, are we going to have a new lesson today… Its already an #26 most viewed global… So it’s doing as well as the previous lessons, so I can’t see any reason why not..
Hi Marina, two of my favourite words are [defenestrate] and [genuflect]. Would you please tell us more about them?
This Poindexter-type girl who does word origins looks really familiar somehow…
That Dictionary Girl though – looks like Marina…
Why don’t we ever see them together?
Review your Comic book History for a pattern Guys…I’m developing a theory…
I must concur. That dictionary girl had blonde hair and you could also hear a distinct HFW accent there : very, very, very suspicious. That other one, the one with the big glasses and chipmunk voice and pig-tails, again I must observe there was blonde hair sitting right there (pig-tails I theorize were an attention-diverting ruse) leading one to fathom most inescapably either a doppleganger or some kind of a secret-identity MPD scenario going on around here.
Well put, Andromeda,
I think we must investigate further.
WORD REQUEST: [ doppleganger ]
Whoops… minor spelling glitch I made in comment, correct spelling is : doppelganger. Doppel meaning double in German, “a” should have umlaut also.
I request [schizophrenia]
Wow.. Lol
Ughh you knoww what i mentt soo its all goodd.
Hey, nice tie (I recognize it from this month’s calendar photo)!
You make the cutest Poindexter Marina…
Hey,
I live in the south, and people always use the term [dixie] as the south. Where and how did [Dixie] come about? I really appreciate it.
Could it have anything to do with the Mason-Dixon Line? I guess Masie just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
New York…[beef stew]
Mason jars vs. Dixie cups is what the war was actually fought over
If you ever tried to do any canning with Dixie cups…
The more pictures of Marina & co on Bai Lings blog
http://officialbailing.com/
I have now
.
It’s a biblical word according to the wiki. It could be based on a type of wood, or pitched wood, since kopher (Heb) means pitch.
I was a kid back in the ’50’s, and I watched the Felix cartoons, but they were the dregs. They weren’t acceptable. But, still I watched ‘em because TV is electronic heroin, and sometimes Felix the Cat was the best thing on. So, I can remember other characters in that show, such as The Master Cylinder and Rock Bottom. The acceptable cartoons were most notably, Disney’s Goofy and Donald Duck. In second place came the LooneyTunes. Then, below them was HannaBerra’s Ruff ‘n’ Reddy, HuckleBerry Hound, and Quick Draw McDraw. Still lower was the Popeye cartoons. Below them, the Crusader Rabbit cartoons. Later on, in the early 60’s came the magnificent Bullwinkle Cartoon shows.
Bullwinkle was great! “Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat… Presto!”
If Rocky & Bullwinkle aren’t careful, they might get scrootched by the 2 moonmen, Gidney ‘n’ Cloyd. I still watch those cartoons sometimes.
I’d also like to add, that as an adult, the Popeye cartoons have risen in stature to surpass the Hanna Barberra cartoons, to rival the best of LooneyTunes.
History of [wraith]
I see that choosing timely keywords in video titles truly impacts the popularity and the resultant traffic to people’s blogs and websites. That said, maybe this will change the language we use in the future.
Person selling clothing on internet…
Blog Title: Flu-free T-shirts not made in Mexico – WHO/CDC
Makes no sense… other than it increases the “apparent” possibility of someone visiting the site. Imagine this on a mass scale!
I would like to know the origins of [adieu].
Wait a minute… That’s not an English word. What are you trying to pull here? Are you Canadian or something?
Adieu is actually into the Oxford English dictionary.
And voilà, aha, all that glisters is not gold, and I believe this is a sufficient proof that it is indeed an English word.
I deg to biffer. I would say that just being in the dictionary does not make it an English word. There must be many foreign words in there, but unless they are used on a continuous basis by we Englishers, I must bid adios to that theory.
Your argument as an inference is valid. However, an English dictionary being what it is, say, an English dictionary, pray tell, how will Oxford fare while you bid adios to that theory?
Boy does that video take me back. We used to go to this guys apartment at my first job and he was hooked on this album. I remember one song the guy kept on saying German girls names over and over. ” Anna…Berta..”
I’ve always wondered what the word [CALIFORNICATION] meant.
love the song though
x
It’s made up. Call M in a hundred years or so and ask if it ever became a word.
It’s a word here!
Where’s here and how do you know it’s a word (vs. just a song title)?
Caliifor is short for California.
Fornication is f**king.
Californians f**k up everything. They’ve f**ked up California and they move out to places like Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, etc. They bring their ideas, values, and habits. This results in those places being Califrornicated.
The Three most feared things in the Southwest: A New Mexican with a drivers license, A Texan with a ski rack and a Californian with a U-Haul.
Okay, that was harsh.
So, I apologize to CampKohler and all the other Californians in California, The Texans who don’t ski and New Mexicans who don’t drive. 
Oh, and it’s all our fault? Like we have a patent on mindless drivel and inane chatter? Granted, with our fertile soil, anything whacko planted here grows like wildfire.
Ah, who cares? It’s all crap anyway. Now if I can just train M to sit in my lap and purr like my cat, everything will be OK.
I was wondering how long it would be before you saw that. Not nearly as explosive as I thought
Hey, I’m a Texan and I ski! On a slalom behind a boat.
Sorry, in the interest of peace and harmony please accept my apology to you and all Texans who don’t use snow to ski. But, are you sure that isn’t called water boarding?
I was just playing, fredjr. No worries. And wakeboarding is a whole ‘nuther critter.
When I was (much) younger we played a “game” we called Chicken-Trickin’. Essentially two or three of us would get up behind the boat and do anything we could to knock each other off our skis. No rules. We’d whip out and slam into each other, run over the other person’s ski, yank down their swimsuit (top or bottom), jump up on their back-whatever. Looking back, it was a little dangerous, but we were all good skiers and in great condition. Still pretty foolish, but what a BLAST!
Existential question time:
What are social skills?
And don’t tell me they just serve communication purposes, because so does Morse code. (tribute to Mr. Morse, who’s birthday is today)
Both characters were adorable, btw!
degrees of familiarity and conduct associated with the social rules of a population. such skill allows one to function within a culture and navigate the various social structures and forces.
Thank you DefinitionGirl!
But seriously, very good appreciation!
One thing unclear though… “forces”? social forces?
society’s influence or impact upon the individual.
Oh, I was thinking of something else.
Good thing I asked… Even though dogs can be pretty smart themselves sometimes, it’s a well known fact that apes are the smartest of the animal kingdom!
But I think dogs make for cuter pets though.
Ruff Ruff
Guff…
How does that explain Richard Simmons or Ozzy Osbourne?
I’m sure they were both “impacted” in different ways
Some things defy explanation.
oh, what a beautiful voice this Poindexter have ^^
I have a request for 2 words
[Artificial]
and
[Intelligence]
Eh? A link between these words? I don’t think so
Really good job, I think I’ll soon be Addicted ^^ oh… make me think [addict]^^
Dear Marina,
[MOON]
Just imagine the video possibilities…
Yes, I do know a few Poindexters. Now that I think about it, my social skills are not all that great, but I am nowhere near smart enough to be a Poindexter.
More profound that first appears; actually, quite deep. James
Hard to believe no serious injuries. Especially for Edwards or Newman. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out some fans suffered some minor injuries there at that area of the catch fence.
What about robbie gordon. Hes lucky to have hit the padded part or it could been like DE
BTW, the quote of the day reminds me of my favorite question/quote:
After a Wild Night
“Where are my clothes and who are all of these people?!”
Isn’t that the truth! Until recently that was concrete. No Safer Barrier. And you saw the impact my man Mark Martin suffered on lap #7. Not fun.
Or, “Where are all these people and who is my clothes?”
It depends on which chemicals you relied upon for “fun.”
I would like to request the word ‘’swagger”
[swagger] Courtesy of the HFW Bracketeers.
[shenanigan]
LOL, Marina. You are very talented as a comedic actress, and have a very dynamic, colorful personality. So cool to see you exploring that side of you and incorporating it into your HotForWords lessons. Intelligence is not the only thing that is sexy about you… being willing to go out on a creative limb in front of such a large fanbase is very sexy. There is always some risk to putting one’s self out there comedically, so it is very bold of you to give it a shot, and even bolder for you to pull it off so well. Right on, teach! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to go troll dictionarygirl.com…
Peace, Errin : )
I would like to know the origin of the usage of the word monkey wrench. I think they are refering to pipe wrenches but also think it applies to other tools. Thanks Marina.
I think you are supposed to put brackets around the word you request so Marina can notice it better. As in [monkey wrench].
A monkey wrench has two parallel jaws that can be initially spread apart to accommodate the thing being turned, but the distance between them remains fixed as it is used. A pipe wrench’s jaws are not parallel and can move more nearly parallel as pressure is applied to the handle; it approximates the human jaw in that the distance between the jaws decreases as it bites down. It leaves ugly teeth marks on the work, but that is the tradeoff for the exceptional grip it has on pipes and other round objects not designed to be wrenched.
Monkey wrenches are rarely seen in most people’s tool collections; they’ve been replaced by the adjustable (“Crescent”) wrench or it’s modern variants. The pipe wrench is still going strong. I suspect the name’s origin is probably lost to antiquity.
So,then, is a monkey wrench a crescent wrench as I always thought or am I sadly, sadly mistaken?
BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY! IT’S ‘DEGA!
Marina,
If one wants to forward a link to one your lessons, is it better to forward the link to the lesson on HFW or to the lesson on YouTube?
Personally, I prefer forwarding the link to the lesson on HFW.
–Hs4Mm
bleutiful lesson
I know this comment has nothing to do with a poindexter but I just heard this song for the first in about 20 years and started dancing in my chair. I’ve seen these guys in the past and I can say their just as tight on stage as they are in the studio.
The Beat – Too Nice To Talk To
A time before voice modulation and simulated instruments.
Savor that time when music was really real
I would like to request this word and please do it! lol [Cunninlinguist] this is a good word
The only time I have ever heard this word was in the song ‘knockin at your back door’ by Deep Purple off of the album ‘Perfect Stranger’. Good song. Great intro. But I dont think its a word, though. I think he was making a play on words referring to something else.
Not sure, It might be a slang word…
Meaning:
The combination of the word cunning and linguist which defines a person who has a “gift for tongues”, specifically as applied to the art of performing oral sex on a woman.
I believe thats what he was singing about. Listen, its great!
Homework
AWESOME LESSON Marina
I don’t know any Poindexters.
Marina, did you watch Felix the Cat shows while growing up in Russia?
I’m watching a few shows of Felix the Cat on hulu …
Best vid yet! perfect comedic timing.Speaking of ‘all cleavage and no substance’, I thought your orbs looked so good today that I want to eat them…with peanut butter!
Golden Delicious first
I dont know if I was a P-dexter, but when I played football in high school, I had a pair of glasses held together with so much duct tape I could barely hold my head up! Of course, this guy was around then, so it wasn’t to bad!
Peanut butter?!? Blasphemy!!! Strawberry jam.
Strawberry jam on apples?! Might have to try that out
What did YOU think I was talking about 
BTW, If anybody cares; my “this guy” was supposed to be Eric Dickerson. Still having trouble with the downloads
The best and [SOUL] funny…
I remember an occasion when Marina appeared on The O’Reilly Factor, and at the end Bill rhetorically asked, “How can you help but to love her?” He is right! Easy on the eyes, and wonderfully entertaining.
I love how you did this video.
I have a few words.
[Trance], [Dynamite], [Rave], and [Paranoia]
Thanks and have a good day!
-Josh
Big Audio Dynamite
i 2nd your suggestions 
good morning, uberj0sh2
In all seriousness, how many pictures did you have to take before you got the one you wanted. You look like the terminator after he has his eye ripped out!
Muy serioso 
Haha, Actually this was taken at Six Flags in San Antonio.
So it wasnt many takes, just a random picture my girlfriend took of me.
Amazing.
Fully prepared business woman.
But you could have had an easter egg waiting for us.
This video was a brilliant impersonation of this Poindexter; the character Abby, the forensic lab-rat in NCIS.
I suspect this is the character that Marina modelled her Dictionary girl on, as many of the mannerisms and gestures are remarkably similar.
Riiiiiiiiiiight!
Abby, of course.
o.k
Good Night Marina
Very funny video.
Your character reminds me of this a bit…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iKxqKmfsDw#t=5m46s
I have some words [Metal music] or [Rock music]
hahaha i think that “born to be wild” is classic rock not metal, do you like metal?
hahaa i like all kind of metal hahaa, hey i you wana help me write the word [metal music] so marina would make a video of it
, if more people write the word it would be easier to grab marina’s attention hahahahah
nice to meet you leonard
[metal] on…No time for Rusty…
I loved that Marina!! You had some esscence of the old lessons I there.. *****(**)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g&feature=related
“Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?” – Bumper Sticker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT-yylPUtx4&feature=quicklist
do you church on [sundays] John?
I do what was before there was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqccyUpnZwA&feature=related
hahahaha!!!! this video is so funny!!!!
your voice!!!! hahahaaaah
you should add more funny things to your videos , like tealling a joke at the end of a video.
like this one:
What does a green grape and a lemon have in common?
that non of them can make watermelon juce 
(i know, this joke is so stupid hahhahah but is funny hahaha)
It’s funny that, in Japan, lemons are so rare (stiff import tariffs on them) that they represent something highly prized. So you will see them pictured next to high-end cars in auto ads, for example, which is obviously something we would never do in the U.S., where their sourness stands for poor reliability (in cars).
Let’s take a country poll. What do lemons represent in your country?
I know 1 fictional poindexter-Steve Urkel
Another wonderful video.
I’ve known quite a few poindexters in my time.
That video was so great! I loved it!!!!!!
You are excelling at you video productions by leaps and bounds!
Thats the same outfit your wore on O’Reilly, isn’t it? …minus the tie!
I say functionality is always the key element to the perfect outfit.
The snort is killing me!!
Ms. Poindexter-ella is so funny!
Hi PD, that snort kills me.
What slays me, at the very beginning, is; “I like to keep the plastic on my Kindle to keep it nice”. Now, I’m looking for stuff to put in plastic to keep it nice.
Put this in plastic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g&feature=related
http://www.hotforwords.com/dictionarygirl/
Hey Don’t for get your coat
http://www.hotforwords.com/dictionarygirl/
Hey Don’t for get your coat when you leave over there, she has a tendency to cry rape.
Marina, you are so cute I could just eat you up!
I confess, I was a Poindexter, at least according to the other kids. (Never taped my glasses together, though. Not when I was in school.)
I also confess, I am a Marinaholic. One video is too much and a thousand not enough.
Marina I was just looking at your [Hacker] video. You saying the word change in the 1960’s when people started hack computers is incorrect! People started to hack telephone lines before computers. Like free long distance. It became such a culture, there were clubs started!
Hi germi,
What Marina is saying is that the word hacker did not come into use until the 1960s, not that hacking activities didn’t exist prior to that. They did, but were not called hacking prior to 1960s.
Ref:
Hacker from Online Etymology Dictionary
morning
It’s barbed-wire, meaning wire having barbs (not to put too fine a point on it).
My dad made us farm with him, as a family, during Johnson’s America and got associated with barbed-wire(I was To lazy, to look up spelling, good point) and so to say: I’ll mend and mind my fences…NIXON NOW… crazy…i tell you no lie….
8 web bugs on this one page
Any one ever play this game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mZZiI4ShQ
I would like to know the origin of the word [Easter]? How did Easter Island get it’s name and how the word is related to the holiday?
WORD REQUEST: [ dilettantism ]
Any idea what the film Marina watched is about? The indie film called “Dim Sum Funeral” with an actress called Bai Ling, who Marina met or partying with.
I love that classic remark on Twitpic about Marina being Bai Ling ual.
Hello my Dear Teacher.
You should tell us where the word [skinny] comes from. You touched on it in your lesson on the skinny dipping, but you didn’t tell how came to mean thin. I mean come on, if someone has a lot of skin, thin there arn’t skinny.
Oh, And I know a poindexter. I am one, but my buddy Matt is much worse. He was tired of being a little nerdy he joined the US Marines. Actually, their is movie of his life coming out shortly.
+:)
+++
Marina,
You are sooooo funny! Yes, I knew a “poindexter”. He was picked on for not being “with it”… later he started tipping the vodka bottle into his hatch… “kinda went sideways”… started dropping pills… went from “square root of pi squared equals pi to… a pie-eyed, yippie-eye-yeh doofus! SAD.
Next thing you know… Marina is going to be on Saturday Night Live… doin’ skits!
Very cute video.
Loved the poindexter character! 
While I’m here, I might as well request the origin of “insomnia.” Or better yet, a cure?
Hi clym! I’m having problems getting tired too. My inner clock is up the spout.
If you have stairs at your place… go up and down them as many times as you can while balancing a wok lid on your head. This will make you tired… for sure!
So, to ready yourself for bed, you are suggesting that one take a wok?
He-he, ha-ha! That’s funny!
I have stairs, but no wok.
I “googled” wok lids for insomniacs… and got this site…
http://happyhomemaker88.wordpress.com
and after reading some Chinese food recipes,
category/recipes/chinese-food/page/2/, I found…
“1/4 cup dried longans (good for inducing restful sleep, for insomniacs)”
P.S. longans are also called dragon’s eyes and are related to the lychee nut.
Hope this helps… the woklidsforinsomniacs.com site must have gone out of business?
LOL. Thank you for investigating!
While laying in bed, make your bottom jaw loose and relaxed. Once that happens, everything else will follow. It sounds simple (the best ones usually are) but if you can get your jaw loose and relaxed, you have more than half the battle won. Then, do the old lying in a field of grass thing. You know, early june, light SW breeze about 75 degrees….
Try the jaw thing, hopefully you’ll be surprised.
I’m going to try this tonight! Thanks!