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I live in the mid-west and did some checking. I talked to 5 people who were all driving in the 1940’s and ALL 5 remembered this phrase from back then. NONE of them were surfers. In fact, everybody I tallked to seemed to think the phrase came from hanging your arm out the window to signal in the absence of turning signals. No doubt “hang 10″ came from surfing but “Hanging a Louie or a Ralph”; well, thats just one of those good old Americanisms that means exactly what it says!
I think you are right
Thanx, Leonard! I posted that one well after the vid came out(doin my research, doncha know), and was beginning to think it was never gonna be seen. Man, I’m fallin’ behind. I haven’t watched ‘douchbaggette’ or ’swine flu’ yet.
If anybody cares, I have been working on a new political post. Don’t worry though, I will have a warning and disclaimer at the beginning because I know how some people feel about those ding-dang political posts!
[Condone]…does this lesson do that word, condone? {con the over lookers of death; well done from a boil}
…brother CORT’ES died in Spain, neglected by the court.
ham.it.ic=ci.ti.mah***symbols of langUage-=-write on{moral democracy}not your edUcation^^^^+love
flippin a bitch comes to mind for a u-turn.
When I was a youngling, I went to see FANTASTIC PLANET, probably the freakiest animation ever made. Before the main feature, they screened a surfing documentary called CRYSTAL VOYAGER. This isn’t the best clip, and most of it was boring, but amazing surfer’s view camera work inspired me to go surfing in Wales & Cornwall during my teens.
[JAM] as in this song…MC5 – kick out the jams
…original country rock ***Moby Grape – Hey Grandma***…or grape jam…TEACH your-self out of a [jam]..
My band of taste…Jam – In the City***The Jam, the band that didnt really fit into the punk rock standards, The Jam didn’t want to be placed there. They did it their own way… and so brilliant good!! Presented by Tony Wilson [
style council] 
I think we just have the boring generic “Turn right” and “Turn left”.
Marina,
would you please do a video on the origins of [chop chop].
As in, to do something with haste or quickly.
Thank you very much.
xx
Dang me, dang me, they ought to take a rope and hang me . . . woman won’t you wait for me . . .
[rope] Good one pig-in-a-poke: Henson Cargill – Skip A Rope “hang for me” from a dead friend…“Games People Play” – Joe South – 1969…now don’t get me preaching
“Games People Play” is a song written, composed and performed by singer/song-writer Joe South. In 1968, the song was released on Joe’s debut album: Introspect. It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 
Boxing: swing a left / right
Flying: bank or roll starboard / port
There was a thing popular when I was younger called a “Chinese Fire Drill”. The car would be at a stop light or stop sign and everybody hop out, run around the car and get back in another seat before it was time to go. The driver could do it or not, that depended if anybody else was able to drive. At first, people would look at you like you were crazy, but then it became pretty routine. I haven’t seen it done in a while….
I think they are doing this in a scene of American Graffiti
I remember those. Before Mrs. Somebody and I were married, a group of us had a Chinese fire drill with a twist. She hopped in the driver’s seat, and they pealed out leaving me standing at the intersection –
. She would also do stuff like – as we were pulling through the drive-through at McDonald’s for breakfast, she would throw my keys over the playground fence. I would have to climb over the fence and search for my keys, while everyone behind me honked. She was with her cousin when she through the keys into the drive-through window. Some people have a very different sense of humor. 
I never did think it was funny
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I always liked bust a left or bust a right for a u turn we say flip a bitch but my favorite thing to do in a car is a backwards 180 or a [reverse rodey] I wonder if some people call a normal 180 a [rodey]
What th…? I just posted a reply and it popped to the top of the page and the vid started playing AND THE SOUND IS WORKING AGAIN for the videos after three days (the Windows sounds, etc. were OK the whole time). What th…?
There is supposedly a true story about a controller that asked an airliner to make two 360 turns to delay it for traffic. The pilot replied, “It costs us $350 just to turn around!” The controller said, “Well then, give me $700 worth.”
Hi Marina: Around here I’ve said and heard;make a uwe,or hang a uwe.
I just love the way you do all this.You make everything interesting and fun.I’ve told alot of my friends about you and I hope they have signed up for your site.
My girlfriends sisters name is Marina,they are from Ukraine.My girlfriend kinda looks like you too. Anyway keep up the Great work.
i’m surprised that some of you old dudes haven’t posted this. damn, they made a lot of these beach movies. the surfing doesn’t seem like such an extreme sport nor does the counter culture seem that threatening in these films. times have changed, well… the bikinis are still hot.
Howcumzit there’s no little line on the progress bar in this video and no ads overlayed across the bottom of the screen?
That was groovy!
Was that you I saw in the gorilla suit on the surfboard? 
I’m still learning how to surf, but I did turn some rather nice cartwheels at the beach with my kiddos a few weeks ago. This was shot before my daughter went into the hospital. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_eixbkyER0
yeah that was me, i prefer gorilla suits to sunblock.
to watch your videos is such a pleasant break, i really enjoy them. looks like you had a great time at the beach. i expected to see frankie avalon and annette funicello to do a cameo.
LOL. Thank you buzzword!
I had not heard that your daughter was in the hospital. I hope she is getting well.
Good to see Mum showing the girlie how it’s done
. You even had those toes pointed! 
I have not been to the beach in the last three years – kinda Jonesin’ for it now. We will finally get back in July. I am soo ready.
Hi bsomebody,
Thank you. She is recovering, slowly but surely.
We are keeping a headache log in an effort to determine the triggers. Thankfully, the pain has not been acute since leaving the hospital. 
I’m just glad we made it out without contracting something else!
Many Smiles,
Monica
We went surfing as hoodads in Cornwall once. I looked so
carving up those cruel looking 3 inch tidal-ripples. Then wiped-out heroically on hitting a 4 inch water dune. 
dude, surf can be had in cornwall.
yeah, those Atlantic rollers can awesome, but they’re also inconsistant according to the locals. I probably went at the wrong time of year too. Kneeboarding in Wales was terrific, but not quite like the video.
Hi Marina could you please do a segment on the word Placebo and it’s related “effect”. My mom recently (despite my protest) got scammed by that stupid Lifewave fake-ass “nanotechnology patch system”. I finally convinced her and my Aunt of their quackery but not before she spent some $300.00 on them. Thank you.
It worked! Over 30,000 nanites attacked her and each one relieved her of a penny.
[placebo]
Intelligence IS sexy! I love what you do, Your beautiful looks are just a clever way to make people THINK and LEARN, and that is what is truly sexy about you!I just found this site, and I thought I knew my obscure words! But when I saw,
“Floccinaucinahilipilification” was covered the best I could come up with was;
[Apothecary]
KEEP DOING YOUR THING, DO NOT LET NEGATIVE PEOPLE GET YOU DOWN, YOU ROCK AND YOU ARE SMOKING HOT!!
i agree with the big timers on this one; even when Marina our dear teacher is old come on now you would be the kid who would say ‘I’ll H!t !t!” lol…. Sorry but so true!
Sup Marina,
Could you teach our class about the word [Bling]
as in: I’m gonna put on some hot bling.
Thanks,
Sam
Probably onamapa… omanapepo… onmannopeep… it sounds like what one would imagine the light reflecting off the bling would sound like if the light could make a sound. (Is there a word for that kind of mental connection between concepts? Today’s contest: make one up.)
What is the sound of one bling blinking?
Maybe the answer is blinking obvious.
In Toastmasters, the sound of one hand clapping is the response to a poorly-done speech.
We are investigating the sound of what something looks like? I tried to find Bill and Ted utilizing this concept, but I guess I forgot how to spell “schwing.”
Hey Marina,
I would like to request the word [Sidekick]
As in: Robin is Batman’s Sidekick.
Thanks,
James xx
Could it come from adjacent partners riding on horseback? One might kick the other accidentally (or accidentally on purpose).
OK leonard, here’s for you:
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‘Bye, I’m off to [taekwondo] practice!
Me too..
Marlene Dietrich, Live in Rio 1959.
Cool! I need to get back into my Shaolin Kempo karate training. I’ve forgotten many of my katas. I need to keep my skill honed.
Shaolin! Did you study in one of Bruce Lee’s schools? Have you seen his grave in the cemetary on Capitol Hill?
BTW, the new fellow seankim teaches Chayon-Ryu karate in Houston.
No I didn’t train in Bruce’s schools but one of his fellow students that trained right along side of Bruce. Grand Master Archy (One of my favorite instructors of all time) said when he spared with Bruce he had a hard time defending against his really fast kicks. Other than that he held his own well with Bruce’s offenses. They had lots of fun sparing.
Achy taught me how to break board and then bricks. I would like to try breaking river rocks someday among a few other moves like a paralyzing touch. It has the same effect as Spock’s Vulcan pinch. Though very deadly if not done properly.
No I never been to the site. It’s right behind me up on the hill? I need to go see it soon if I’m ever going to see it. Not staying in Seattle for long.
I love your show! I’ve said it to my friends and I’ll say it here: Intelligence is sexy! You’re a beautiful woman with a great head on your shoulders.
Anyway, I have a word request, something that has bothered me for the longest time. I don’t know the answer to this, and I’m a very well-read English major! The word is [uncouth]. Generally when there is an “un” word, there is an opposite, affirmative word, for example: clean/unclean, do/undo, cover(ed)/uncover(ed)… you get the idea. [Uncouth] is an old-fashioned synonym for “unclean” (I’m sure you know that), yet to my knowledge, there is no plain “couth” in the English language. Something can be “uncouth” but not “couth”! That is incredibly odd. How did this come about, Marina? I would be thrilled if you chose this request for an episode!
OK, it is time. I’ve been on YouTube on and off since March 2008. My main “contributions” have been mainly “Monty Python” and MST3K inspired comments and, as of this year, boring nature videos. So, it’s time for me to actually do an appearance on YouTube……………With a video request for a word! OK, hotforwords, describe the origin of the word [INFLUENTIAL]. I recently got the latest “Time” magazine that has the 100 Most INFLUENTIAL in the world. So I figured that would be a good word to describe. Oh, here is the video request:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAc3OIJFD2U
And, yes, “Time” should have placed you on the last!
I heard there are quite a few people in Mexico with the influential.
That last word should be “LIST” not “LAST”
nice brazire ……….waht waht
Marina, I would like to know the origin of the word [Tool] this can have many meanings nowadays. One example is how you use “Hotforwords” forum as a tool to teach origins of words and phrases. Here’s another way it’s used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUXBCdt5IPg
hahah nice maria Do a U-turn
I don’t even know what a Hang-Nail is; but I pulled a “Uie” a couple of times. Can I reguest the word Rastafarianism. I relatively new word I thought originated in Jamaica as a cult/religion; but it’s Ethiopian? Anywho, How is my favorite teacher on the planet?
“Ras Tafari” was the original name of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia in the mid-1900s. Rastafarianism is a cult that grew up in Jamaica around the idea that Selassie was the Messiah. So you’re right on both counts, it’s Jamaican AND Ethiopian.
So what Jamaica that?
One both Jamaican and Ethiopian would be too poor to starve to death.
If that is so wrong, why am I laughing so hard.
Thats like the guy who said he was going to eat at an Ethiopian restaurant and everybody thoght it was a joke
We call it flippin’ a bitch. Sometimes it’s a 180 or a “whoopsie.” We also call the handle above the passenger door the “oh shit!” handle.
I wanted to find out the answer to the question [WHY DO WE PARK IN DRIVEWAYS AND DRIVE ON PARKWAYS] ? im sure there’s an actual reason they are named these things but it is a little funny that we park in driveway and drive on parkways.
There’s also the question [WHY ARE BOXES IN CARS CALLED SHIPMENTS and BOXES ON SHIPS CALLED CARGO]? cars=shipments and ships=cargo. another funny coincidence.
Kennedy’s secretary was named Lincoln; Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Top that.
Locally, many people say “Hang a Uie,” pronounced like you-ee, when describing a U-Turn.
We say “Pull a Uie,” pronounced the same way.
Every one of you should check out Monica’s Channel on YouTube – she’s really Hot too!
GOD! – I’m so embarassed…but she has a great message – so I’ll be able to sleep with myself…again…
Darlingj,
Thank you so much! That was very sweet of you.
I am no Marina (I more resemble a ballerina.:mrgreen:), but I like to think we each have our own beauty.
I greatly appreciate Marina allowing me to join in the fun on this site. Some women can be quite catty and competitive and would not consider helping another female YouTuber. I was so pleased to learn that she is not that way.
Thank you Marina!
Many Smiles,
Monica aka
CoolLikeYourMom
love that photo of you in that red dress. is that a surfboard you’re on?
how about the word [metropolis] ?
I’m deaf! The audio on this laptop won’t work on YT. I can hear all the Windows sounds, the virus update announcements, etc. but not any video. Checked all the usual stuff… yuk.
Anyway, it struck me that this site is not very friendly to the deaf. There should be a version of the video with subtitles (annotations?) that allow them to understand the lessons. I mean, the Internet is the perfect thing for the deaf, being as it is a visual medium, but not the audio part of the videos. How much more work would it be to go that extra step? Maybe volunteers could produce the second version, even if it has to be delayed by a day or so. This deserves some serious condideration.
Right ON
Marina, I don’t know if you know this but this is amazing, I just tried it out on one of my videos, if you put yt:crop=16:9 in the tags, it will make it widescreen… I think I will start doing it to all my videos.
Thanks for the info James, that’s good to know.
I’m glad you liked the couch video, thank you for the comment!
We call it our “Happy Red Sofa.”
Why do some people say “couch” and others say “sofa” anyway? What’s the origin of this piece of furniture?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imAYHt79EVc
I’m not sure of what the origin is but the difference is about $300 dollars.
LOL! Good one!
What about a love seat?
So fa, so good!
And what about davenport and chesterfield?
I remember my Grandma yelling at us when we were wrestling in the house, “Not on the davenport! Not on the davenport!” That was probably 35 years ago, and we still pull that one out.
My grandma used to holler upstairs, “You better stop the monkeyshines!” which is now a saying that I use. And Yes, people look at me just the way you’re looking at your screen right now.
Also, did you ever notice you have a nice grandma and a grandma from hell. We did. Monkeyshines was the nice grandma. She would let us have pop! An unbelievable treat.(We didn’t have money for things like Pepsi) As a matter of fact, we didn’t have enough for whole milk. My mom would take 1 gallon of milk and mix it with a gallon of Carnation Instant into this huge 2 gallon pitcher and that was our milk. Being a little kid, trying to pour 17 pounds of liquid, it could become an adventure in a hurry!
Hang a Hughie.
When my girlfriend and I were driving to election rallies we called left turns an, “Obama”.
Now you can say that every time you go down hill!!
Politics= Nyet
sorry
when someone finds something they’re looking for they say “I’ve hit paydirt. so i’d like to request the meaning of [I've hit paydirt]
That’s an expression from gold-panning. Often gold dust occurs in black sand, so that was also often called, “pay dirt.”
You see, California had a gold rush and consequently San Fran got a pro football team that beat the Bengals twice in the Super Bowl. If I hear Joe Montana combined with 92 yard drive, I still get a tic in my left eye. But I’m not bitter, no! Why, does it sound that way?
Thanks for that nugget of information.
I thought I condensed it nicely
Hey Marina, Would you etymologize etymology? Or would you simply enunciate etymology for me please or just enunciate “enunciate”? Thank you This is so much more fun than my OED.
Hard to Starboard! & Come About!
CJ should be in on these nautical terms
I have thought about it. I had been studying nautical terms since about the late 90’s as a hobby to use in my charter work. It helps pass the time with the passengers and keeps things interesting. I have learned from Marina that not all origins are correct. I’m in fear of telling any passengers about nautical terms for I’m not 100% sure that I have the correct data.
Humm Maybe I should do some videos. Might add some flavor to the program. What do you guys think?
Go for it, Jack. Add a bit of salt to complement Marina’s hotness & spice.
Hi Captain,
I assume you have Admiral Smyth’s (RN) lexicon. Do you find it to be fairly accurate? Also, do you have any knowledge about the true origin of “brass monkeys” and how that then became a term for an alcoholic drink?
Regards.
“Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey”
I have a few books that talk about the origin of the “Brass Monkey” story. I have not found any reliable documented evidence that brass monkey story is true. On fact that I know of is that most tall ships would fire off their small supply of cannon balls rather quickly and they were left with forks, spoons, spikes, nails and other sharp metal objects that could be forced down the barrel. Many sailors have found that these objects to be more effective than the ball for it’s shot gun effect. Also it’s unsafe to store balls on deck in rough seas. There is also the issue of the balls rusting.
Know one knows how this phase came about. I would venture to say it’s from the old Usenet days.
As for the drink.. Well people name drinks all the time with common phases.
No I do not have Admiral Smyth’s book. I have a few others to refer to that are very reliable. Too many to list here.
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It’s an anagram for what happens to you if you drink too many: broken my ass.
I have heard of another way “Brass Monkey” is used, most notably in conjunction with “Funky”. I think this originated around the Brooklyn Naval Yard.
Well it all depends on Marina. I offered before but she didn’t reply. Maybe nows the time to ask again?
Captain Jack,
I’m sure that your “studding nautical terms” will go well with Marina’s “Intelligence Is Sexy” and “You will be nautified” catchphrases.
Damn I knew I misspelled ’studying’!
I know we get our naval terms from England and army terms from France but thats it. And that might not be right, so I say: Go for it, Captain! Tie that scurvy dog up to the yardarm!(Unfortunately, all I know of sailor-speak was learned from Cheech & Chong albums)
I learned all mine from Navy boot camp, so yours is probably more accurate
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I think that would be very interesting to many, and it suits your background and skillset perfectly from what I’ve read and seen in your vids.
Sounds like just the right ‘Branding’ for a Captain!
Those of us with little familiarity with all things nautical would learn some basics from the comfort of our homes…maybe enough to feel comfortable in venturing out and actually seeking to do something we always thought about, but weren’t adventurous enough or felt too ignorant about to take the first step.
All I know about is fishing from VERY small aluminum rowboats with a 20-horse outboard on them – sitting and fishing for crappie or sunfish in the 10,000 tiny lakes in Minnesota. Biggest waves were 4″ on a windy day -never exposed to ‘real seamanship’.
I for one would LOVE to see some educational basics of seamanship in bite-sized vids…and that could really be a ‘niche’ for you I think…
AND…you can hold the beefcake factor in reserve and pull it out later to boost your views for the female audience (you know – those shirtless, saving the maidens from distress, rippling pecs shots) for when or if you need to!
I have videos? Oh those are old test vids I use for testing. I also uploaded them for I had people ask me about the ISS and what heli setting I was using on my Blade 400. I have more videos I wanted to upload but the HD crashed on this loaner machine and I have to get a new computer to recover the files. I have the new dual core machine on order just waiting for it to arrive.
Thank you for your support. I was referring to maybe doing a few vids of commonly hear nautical words that fit the theme of this site. To teach seamanship would not be appropriate for hotforwords. I have a new project in the works that will cover what you are describing. My goal is to knock the socks off the armchair sailor (btw I worked at a book store called armchair sailor). I’ve seen some of the weirdest things that even the master yachtsman has never seen before.
About the beefcake factor, I need to work on getting some color to shed off my white winter coat. I also need to dry up my web feet from all the Seattle rain we had this year. I can’t see my washboard abs right now. I need to get those back. Shouldn’t take me long. 90 days max!
learning how to change this gravatar is a pain.
Hi Sean,
Click on the Help/FAQ link at the upper right or click here
http://www.hotforwords.com/help/
and scroll down to the picture of Marina. She explains how change your gravitar.
If you need further help, you can reply to me.
thanks so much, karl. i’ve been racking my brain all night. i can’t believe it was as simple as changing my email address. you guys here at HFW are the best!
Annyong hashimnikka, seankim!
Are you related to Grandmaster Kim Soo?
Evan
Why do you have to change the E-mail address? You can upload any new image and assign it to the same old address (or switch around between all uploaded images at any time).
in houston, texas, it’s “turn yur wagon round.”
Dear HotForWords,
In Utah a U-Turn is called “Flipping a Bitch.”
Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire
I like going round in circles in the intersection at night when nobody is around.
For u-turn, a common variant is hang a huey. I’ve heard this phrase used, make a u-hand turn, but it was understood to be a humorous way of saying it. Another phrase that’s been altered is, You can drag a dead horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.…which was used to describe impossibly stubborn people.
I may call that a bend over. BTW Go blackhawks!!!!!! Just 8 more wins to go!
Bring on the red wings if they get past the ducks. Detroit sucks!! Detroit sucks!!!!
Possibly, in Vancouver, an about face (UTurn) might now be called a “Bobby Lou”. ouch … did I mention… OUCH.
Hey really, May the Hawks live long and prosper. Great team your city has, young, & a very bright future. Kaned the Canucks tonight, have to go all the way now
Take the lock off your twitter updates if you want more followers, you meet some neat folks that way, just don’t follow back everyone, some are annoying. If you don’t unlock, it’s cool too, thanks for the follow.
You’re right. I better unlock my twitter updates. I forgot to take it off. It’s rare that Bobby Lou gave up that many goals plus a hat trick by any player. I hope the canucks give Luongo an extension. He’s in his final year of his contract next coming season. He’s been good all year.
FYI: — This expression hang ten and hang five was also used in skateboarding. Hanging the toes of both feet off the front of the skateboard while balancing the back wheels up in the air… is called a Hang Ten!
Hallo Marina! I’ve been wondering where the words , [War] or [Battlefront] might have come from… also what is your favorite animal? mine is the [Lion]
, bye bye xoxo
Marina just posted on 12seconds a few minutes ago.
Kisses back to you Marina
http://12seconds.tv/channel/geekout09/161464
…
thank you and very good and nice of you…
In Michigan we call it a michigan turnaroud because of how we do it compared to other states. me personally have always called it flippin a bitch
Hey Captain Jack,
What’s Marina trying to pull on us, saying “Illinois” and then flashing a picture of the Space Needle and Mount Rainier?
Evan
It’s all about attention to detail. She gave the term for Illinois while showing a map, then flashed the Seattle while giving that term….a Rachael.
Oh yeah, she DID say Seattle, faintly…
World Wide Words (Michael Quinion, a British writer) discusses variations on “hang a left / right,” including the “Seattle” variation “hang a Rachel,” which I never heard in over 20 years of living there.
Why, of course it is a nauticle term.
Reverse
About
Course,
Helm
Eased
Larboard.
It’s true, I tell you.
Your right Evan. Seattleite never say ‘Hang a Rachael’. That’s not part of the culture here. I don’t know where Marina came up with that information. She never asked us. I guess she just made it up. I have a friend that says ‘Bang a Right’. I don’t know what city that is popular in but I like it. Though that would never be something a Seattleite would say either. It think that would be something you would hear in Chicago or some city like that. But what do I know? I’m no declared expert in language.
Speaking of Seattle linguistics, do you ever hear any Chinook terms anymore (right skookum, salt chuck, hyas muckamuck, etc.)? I gather that the Seattle waterfront was the last holdout of the old jargon.
Did I ask you this before? Pardon my Alzheimers’, if so.
Ya, I’ve been hanging around this website here and there as well. There’s usually something interesting going on here. Like today’s lesson. Pretty thorough, and I never quite knew exactly what Hang Ten referred to before. Thanks, Marina!
As for the homework, I see people refering to ‘flip a bitch’ as a way of saying U-turn, but I guess nobody has yet added the cruder term ‘flip a sh*tter’. I’ve heard a few people refer to that. On occasion, I’ll refer to a badly executed U-Turn as a J-Turn, one that ends up incomplete with the car blocking the intersection. Haven’t really heard all that many funny phrases to do with turns. Then again, Marina might turn heads if she were to wear one of those t-shirt that say ‘Danger: Curves Ahead’. That’s turn humor, right?
Peace, Errin : )
p.s. Music at http://www.myspace.com/errinfamilia
Hey Errin, Glad to see here. Been wondering where you have been hiding out at.
Hey, Jack. I’ve been guilty of being a harmonic hermit under my own musical rock for a bit too long, and all just to get a very rough lo fi album done. But now it’s done, and I’m attending to few different opportunities I have. I’ve always been a big fan of this website, so it’s nice to check in a little more and not be so wrapped up with my music. I’m also slowly working on becoming Twitter-savvy as well. Thanks for following me there. Peace, Errin : )
When I lived in New Orleans we used to call a U-turn a Louisiana Left. Many intersections restrict left turns so you have to go through the intersection and do a U-turn then turn right in order to go left.
Did anyone bother celebrating Mother’s Day? I didn’t.
Here’s a couple of other Mother’s Day videos I found:
runawaybox
TheFineBros
I can’t remember.
I didn’t either. I’ve become an ORPHAN.
I’m cold, wet, hungry. Wishing spring would start. Calendar say it is spring but I don’t believe everything I read. Nor the planets alignment with the sun…..
I’m lookin’ out our office window & there’s fresh snow atop Cultus Mountain (el. 4000 feet) east of Mount Vernon.
What’s with the weather? You know we should make some snow balls and ship them to Marina then have one of her friends though them at her! hehehehehe
I feel guilty telling you that I’ve already suffered my first sunburn of the year. Gets down to mid-40’s at night though. Still to chilly for bonfires, camping out and…. SMORES
Yes! I admit it freely that I am a Smores addict. I can only handle one anymore but when you get that marshmallow done just right….heaven.
We’re at the low point of solar activity in the sun’s 11-year cycle. Despite global warming, I’ve heard that average global temperatures have dropped in the last couple of years. But solar activity including sunspots and storms will be increasing until 2013, with possible disruptions of satellite communications & even land lines.
My! could that disrupt the Internet, and especially our HFW time?
Oh that’s right! I totally forgot about that. Shame on me!
Me being a ham radio operator should be more aware of that. I remember that peak cycle was to be around 2009 or 2011. So it’s 2011? Ok good to know.
As for it effecting land lines it’s should be an issue. Most of the Internet is on fiber optics. Phone lines might have some issues with older equipment. I see most of the issues will be with satellites. GPS, TV, Sat phones, etc.
please show me ur toes
Do you ever make a uie?
most memorable u-turn i ever made was during a road trip in my punk rock days with two friends in my dad’s cadillac fleetwood brougham through a gap between concrete barriers dividing a highway in atlanta, georgia. i do believe jesus drives a cadillac because i swear those concrete barriers parted like the red sea did for moses. that and all the drivers that swerved to miss me found jesus.
Ah… the old punk rock days. Bif has a new love song BTW
I like that top gear photo, it’s where he says “my epiglottis is full of bees.” Nothing beats the Ariel Atom, for hanging Louies & Ralphs… not even a motor-bike.
A couple or so years ago, on the way home from the race track, on a saturday night, I got a little help (more than a little) from an angel, I’m sure. The trailer with the racecar on top started to swing behind me, grabbed the back end of my tow vehicle. Car & trailer slid sideways for a bit, swung me into involuntarily “flippin’ a bitch”, as it were, & slammed me sideways into the cement abutment at the side of the road. All I could think of, as I steered the front end (all I had control of) away from the cement was, “Damn, this is gonna take way too long dealing with the cops” etc. I still had to go back & get another car. Got out the car, expected the race car & trailer to have tumbled or at least the car to have fallen off or something… Minimal damage… & on a busy two lane, fast section of highway not having hit another car in the proccess of a big sweeping slide/spin was nothing short of a miracle. A helpfull witness held up traffic as I turned the rig back around. I sheepishly took the next exit & towed home via thebackroads. Had to replace end of hitch, fix a dent in the car, replace a tailight & straighten a rim on my tow car. Couple other minor things. When I got home, felt about 2 inches tall as I said a prayer of thanks.
Please ask Gorby what [HANG DOG] means
Man, that is one smart puppy.
He said a hang-dog is a fake rock climber who relies predominantly on anchor and belay protection instead of using technique, physical strength, friction and gravity (balance, handholds and footholds) to traverse a steep surface. The term implies that the climber requires support by artificial means such as safety equipment instead of being fully capable of moving independently up, down, or across the surface freely using only the strength of muscles, tendons, and will. By comparison, your classic hang-dog will dangle by a rope from the spot they fell off, and try to start again at the same place without being lowered back down to the bottom of the pitch. This is often seen as a failure to do the route by many climbers.
hey marina i love your videos, i have been watching for a while and i was wondering if you could do the origin of the [F word]?? like where it came from
I was at a Kaiser lab waiting room yesterday and a teenager said to her mom that she was hungry and hadn’t as much as a F-g peanut to eat. (Her mom chastised her properly I am glad to report.) When it finally becomes an generally acceptable vulgarism and used without taboo, what new word will replace it? Can it be replaced?
Hey Marina, what’s the name of your friend’s Bernese Mountain dog?
[decagon]…I second to know that!! Good one, animalntaz…We need “debriefing” or is that of the under-WHERE?
me too! Arf Arf! I voted for PATCHES because of his color. Who won the naming contest?
Wow, how do you do it??? Every new video I see you look more gorgeous to me!!!
I always love to know about etimologies, but I even love more the beauty manifested in such a pure form. You’ve enlightened me with a new meaning of philology: not to love learning words, but to learn words while you’re loving 
Thank you for being, my lovely goddess 
If you think you can practice hanging your turns to avoid getting caught, don’t forget, the cops practice hanging theirs too.
Cop cars with standard tranny
. Nice 360 they pulled; I thought that first one was unintentional until they all did one. Never seen cop cars drift a turn like that. CHP is pretty cool.
Neat, BillyB. Along those lines…
I grew up in a small South Texas town. In high school some of us put together some pretty potent cars and pick-ups. The police chief lived two houses down from us (meaning about twenty yards). After one of my more memorable acts of road warrior idiocy, the chief was standing in our driveway as I pulled in. As I opened the door to get out, he quietly said, and I quote, “Son, you may outrun my officers, but you can’t outrun my radio.” Boy, was he right.
Dear Marina,
Besides “U-Wee, another term for U-Turn is to “do a one-eighty”, since a semicircle has 180 degrees.
In sailing, “turn to port” means turn left, and “starboard is to the “right.”
Funny terms:
In ships, the term “posh” was from the phrase “port out, starboard home.” The shady, or nice side of the ship was on the port side when leaving and the starbpard side when returning at the end of the day. Now, “posh” also means deluxe, and it’s also the nickname for Victoria Beckham, one of the Spice Girls.
“Southpaw” is a slang tern for a left-handed pitcher. That’s because baseball diamonds were arranged so the batter faced to the East. The pitcher faced West, so his left side was South.
Seesixcm6
Hi seesixcm6,
I don’t know if you were aware of this fun and
interesting video Marina did on the word “Posh” way back in July 2007.
How’s it hanging?
U turn…
Flip a huey…
I think after “make a uey” it would be “flip a bitch” and after that just a plain ol’ “turn around dude”.
Isn’t it weird how almost every time you need to make u turn you can’t because there’s no room or its not allowed on that particular stretch of road you’re driving on? Whats worse? When you drive to the next light so you can turn around only to see a “no u turn” sign!
Phrase request: [ sitting shotgun ]
Why do people call “shotgun” when they want to ride in the front passenger seat or next to the window when riding in a truck with a bench seat? How and when did calling shotgun start? Why?
At some point in history did someone actually have to man a shotgun in order to make a safe passage?
It sounds like something that would have come from the Pony Express, maybe?
HFW must investigate! …and PageDoll too.
Re: your latest tweet. I didn’t know who “The Woz” was either.
Apparently he is also known for his dance moves
Well it takes maybe about 4 months before an answer to a word request to come up, so we may see it with this video request really soon (…..or somebody else request).
Without bothering to Google it, I believe “riding shotgun” came from the Wells Fargo wagons, where a man with a shotgun would ride next to the driver to deal with bandits and hostile natives. It would not have been the Pony Express, which used solo riders.
Pony Express also discouraged their riders from carrying any sidearms. Apparently it was a weight issue.
Evan, Funny you should mention this term. I have a guy that heard of this term before for he works for Wells Fargo. I had scheduled three origin request interview with him but had to cancel due to weather or he had the day off. Next time I go over there I’ll try to get the interview. I also have a second interview to cover on a friends yacht.
I did some research on this origin and found that it’s not from what we think it comes from….
I believe Evan is right.
Soul preety in orange
HANG me 
U turn me ; a U-Turn leads to universal strength***^***
I was wondering, where does the phrase [A glutton for punishment] come from?
Hmm…How about [CUSP]: The [CUSP] of the moon; [CUSP] of something new.
[POP]: [POP] a top; [POP]= father; [POP] your…you know.
[ALUMNUS]: Marina is an [ALUMNUS] of KGB – U.
Thanks, Marina.
I was working out today busting my gut, when i thought of you and the medicine ball i was using. I began to wonder who on earth would name a ball used for fitness “medicine ball”. Would you be so kind as to find the origin of the phrase [medicine ball].
A U-turn has been a 180 as long as I can remember, although I did once hear someone say, “Lets do a quick 360 and get the hell outer here.”
I think he was Irish.
Hi Bob,
As long as we’re razzing the Celts, check this out: Extreme Sheep LED Art from Wales!
Mwynhewch!
Evan
Really enjoyed that. Never knew sheep could be so clever. Must be Welsh Halfbreds (Baa-studs).
.
Bob’s comment inspires a request for [Irish Bull]:
An Irishman is never at peace except when he’s fighting.
An Irishman would rather die than to be buried outside of Ireland.
More:
A lot of people in these empty pews are watching the game.
–Robert K. Oglesby, at church on Superbowl night
A lot of people my age are dead at the present time.
–anonymous
Accept me for what I am — completely unacceptable.
–Ashleigh Brilliant
According to my best recollection, I don’t remember.
–Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes” Alo
According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.
All my friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane.
Anarchy may not be the best form of government, but it’s better than no government at all.
Still more Irish Bulls:
You mean the Irish can stay then?
Loved it, Marina! You can be so funny.
HW: I’ve always heard and said “Hang a u-ey”.
Thank you.
HW: ditto on “hang a u-ey.” Except no-one can agree on how
u-ey youie uie yooy ueeis spelled.I sat staring at my screen for a couple minutes wondering how I should write it.
So, bung a left, hack a right, spank a ueee
That’s a nice surfing outfit your wearing in that opening screen frame.
Marina, speaking of hanging, Horse thievery is a hanging offense in the State of Texas.
Dear Marina,
I was checking out your lessons from the past and I put something there that you might get a good laugh, it’s from Trick R’ Treats Past! Even though it’s May, not alot of comments there though. And if you don’t find it amusing,Oh well you’re still the sexiest geek of them all.
Hang it in, baby
Sookie sookie!
Hello Marina,
The only other word I’ve heard used in lieu of a U-Turn is a “uey,” pronounced “yoo-ee.”
Have a good time in France, by the way. Bon voyage.
And voilà, [Bing bang badabing], another squid hits the asphalt, turboshafted, o-ring chain tightened around the sprokets, knowing almost nothing about state of the art protective gear like the corona tank top developed by the best scientists and geeks from the best universities and businesses in the world..
Heck.. What can one do…
I would like to request the meaning of the word [ innocent]. I thought my girlfriend was innocent.
I always thought that to hang originated from being stoned out of your mind
I would like to request the origin of [inveigling] You should know…..
The most common I’ve heard round the country is “Let’s pull a Uey” or “Do a Uey”
[whore]
The three point turn is sometimes called a “K-Turn”. Yes, I know, the car doesn’t really make a “K” pattern when doing the turns and backup. We also say, in Jersey, “bare left or right” though “hang” is used as well. The U-turn is also called, as seen on this board, a “U-ey”. Oh, I may do a possible VIDEO RESPONSE Request sometime this week.
We call the three-poniters “Y-turns.”
You mean bear left or right.
Right, someone spiked my Poland Spring with Lisanova’s “Dumb Water”
I guess this allows me to join the club for using the wrong spelling for words that sound the same but have different spellings for their use. Some say “there” instead of “their”. “Your” instead of “you’re”. “Steak” instead of “Stake”. My biggest goof was in a chatroom about 2 years ago when I typed “Jester” when it should have been “Gesture” 
Homework: a U turn is phrased as “Flip a Uy” or “flip a bitch”
sometimes my friends say trun that way or head that way without pointing. Very aggravating when they get mad at me for going the wrong way. Guess I should learn to read minds.
Dear Marina,
“You look gorgeous, beautiful, like a peach!” Quote from Oleaginous Orlova, used car salesman. (Your red dress was very exciting!)
You probably didn’t have a bicycle as a child, or you would know we would just lean to the left to make a left turn, and lean to the right to make a right turn. Kids would call to each other, “Hang a left” etc. to give directions. To return to straight travel, the bike rider would lean until he was riding upright, again. The phrases used when riding bicycles carried over when we drove cars.
Please don’t start riding a bicycle now, because you will develop thick thighs and calves, instead of the beautiful, slender legs you now have.
I hope you have a wonderful trip to Cannes and Nice, France and a safe return back to us in California.
Seesixcm6
friends riding with me use the terms “holy shit!” for right turns, “god damn!” for left turns and “no fucking way!” for my u-turns.
I’d like to check out that u turn, sounds like fun.
Funny ending Marina
For U-turns… “Let’s head back to Kansas!”… meant to go back to where we just came from… Wizard of Oz would be its origin.
We used to say “Hang a Yoo-Ee” back in my neck o’ the woods.
To make a u-turn, we say “Hit it 180″ or “Hit a 90 and straight”
A u-turn…Judas Priest – Breaking the Law
Hey Marina
B.B. 
back in the old days
we usta “hang a huey”
for a U turn
BTW congrats on the 200,000 subs
That’s how I heard it, “huey”. I think it morphed from hang a u-ie. Huey has a better sound, is slightly easier to say, and relates back to the command, “hang”, with the “h” sound. Plus, and I’m surmising, during the ’60’s, the Huey helicopter came out, and that sound was in our consciousness. I don’t know if we can give Huey of the Huey, Dewie and Louie fame any credit, but who knows? Hugh Hefner? Somebody stop me.
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They’re coming to take me away, ha-ha, hoo-hoo.
pull a ue, but be sure any of the terms used you have a valid drivers license in your possession or your vehicle is not supposed to be there at the time of a collision.
I think there’s another expression borrowed from Golfing terminology. Hook (slice?) a left and Swing a right. I’m not 100% sure though.
Homework:
We just say “Do a U-turn”. Boring huh?
It might be Hook a left and Slice a right. I think its probably restricted to golfers. Other than that, we just say swing a right or left.
Or did she say that? Swing!
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Video not available in your (my) country
Oh, it’s Judas Priest’s music video, “Painkiller”. I don’t know why the YouTube limitations of some videos from country to country. They all should be worldwide (unless the user’s private consent).
You are as beatiful as usual, I will remember how to turn left or right …
Matsrg from http://hotforwords.se
HOMEWORK:
“Oh my god, do you not know where you are going? turn around idiot”
[SMART] U R James
Nope, no one around here calls a U-turn anything but a U-turn
May I request the word [QUINSIED] I played it on a Scrabble game without any idea what it meant. It sounds cool, does it have a cool origin?
TY
Loved this lesson Marina… It was one of the ones I know I wont forget.
When I was a young boy going to football matches with my father I was fascinated by the unofficial car park attendants. They just put on a green cap for the day and collected money by directing you into a spot on the side of the street and promising “to look after it”, i.e. not damage it. A phrase they used was “lock hard to the right”.
Hi Marina,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHtMDUTV0Hg
Pull a Uuey!
Hard to Port!
Damn my twitter thing told me someone just pposted but i ignored it because I had just turned my laptop on.., Oh well..
Homework
2nd
U-Turn: I call it a “Ubee”.
cool*****My GRANDPA got killed with a U-turn*****the same day UncleJoe Stalin died*****B 4 my time, not cool
Yeah, but did he take 7,000,000 of his countrymen with him like Uncle Joe did?
Did an agency…1953…war sucks; countrymen turned into city-slickers
David Byrne…h.em.p