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Ferrari F1
Sorry about Massa hope you make a full recovery.
Michael is coming back :razz
And i have this theory that Michael only steped down to give Massa his seat, and now he is going to keep it warm until Massa is back.
So now i am a big fan M.S. in his little red car, i can hardly wait.
TV-series DLM, DAM why did they have to cancel that one, didn’t really like the move, but it was better than nothing. (Hi Ellen, Jasmin, Callum, Laura Mandy & Christine). Hope you get the chance to team up again.
Rest of the stuff is hobby or an interest.
I am a fan of being an American.1 1,)[generic nation]
Lesson reminder to the HotForWords….******MARINA*****
….The Sweet – 4th of July
7four…USA…used-suckers of an.thro.PoLoGy 
Hmmm… things I am a fan of include:
HotForWords! Of course.
Mystery Science Theatre 3000. And all the related shows since like The Film Crew, Rifftrax, and Cinematic Titanic.
Columbo. Sadly, Peter Falk is in a horrible state these days as he rapidly descended into severe dementia after having a weird reaction to dental anesthesia a year or so back. It’s so bad that he doesn’t even recall any of his acting history, including Columbo.
OTR. Acronym for ‘Old Time Radio’. I love a lot of the horror radio dramas of the past, and a lot are online for listening/downloading. A few show titles that come to mind are ‘Fear On Four’, ‘CBS Radio Mystery Theater’, ‘Nightfall’, ‘Darkness’, ‘Halls Of Fantasy’, and the list could go on and on…
Bobby Conn. An over-the-top singer/songwriter based in Chicago who is usually a bit too much for most listeners, but is very very skilled musically. I started out as a fan of his in 2002, met him in 2004, and have been a friend ever since. His last album: ‘King For A Day’. My album: ‘Here Comes The King’. Mutual appreciation, perhaps?
And then there’s a few musicians I am a fan/friend of because I worked with and befriended them… Jon Brion, Damon Gough (aka Badly Drawn Boy), Nerina Pallot, Rhett Miller, Jackie Greene… I’d also list Eleni Mandell, tho I never worked with her and instead met her through mutual friends. I’d list Tracy Bonham too, but she and I kind of had a minor falling out over a slight romantic entanglement a few years back, but I still like her music. And I no longer list Michael Penn or his wife Aimee Mann as friends as I had a major falling out with them last year over Aimee’s own fanaticism, but I guess I’m still a fan of their respective music. Aimee’s next album should be interesting to hear…
I think that sums up most of the people and shows I am a fan of. Thanks for the interesting lesson, Marina! Peace, Errin : )
p.s. And for any potential fan of mine out there, you can listen to my music at http://www.myspace.com/errinfamilia .
Actually, recalling Tracy Bonham made me think of a word request. Anybody out there ever heard of or been involved in a [nomance]? Tracy and I used to call it ‘the grey area’, somewhere in-between friends and lovers, but without any title or officialness. Probably would have worked out okay if I didn’t get fed up with the neutrality of it all. Oh well… c’est la vie!
Tracy Bonham – Mother Mother: Euro Version…is that U on axe?
You must be an old guy too…
Wow that was a fast lesson. I had to rewind it three times to catch up.
Hi, I would like to request the word [GOD]. And hell, well were at it, [Heaven] & [Hell]. Thank you and look forward to watching and hearing your response!
Regards,
ATB
.
[Бог]
[Gott]
[Dieu]
[Duw]
[Dios]
[Diva]
Nice compilation on The Factor. Always great to see you, Dear Teach.
i would like to request the words [artist] like rappers and rock bands and [chivalry]
Is [chivalry] the way you feel when it’s cold out?
no its a mideveil term that supposed to mean honor and loyalty
Is a mideveil halfway between a maxiveil and a miniveil?
Is a [caballero] supposed to be [chivalrous] ?
English is so difficult.
Mae’n well gyda fi fy mamiaith! 
[medieval]
Don’t mind me, I’m just horsing around!
Ref: Equus caballus
.
[cavalry]
[Calvary]
Are they related, or is this just a spoonerism?
I'm not really that stupid, just trying to stir up some discussion.~Would You be able to explain Your positin on the [ juxtiposition of the cause of it, denoting a fix too it? ].~
wow, a smart 1—one of won of ton done UN…cool and H*o*T
Wow! Didn’t know I was on O’Reilly tonight!!! Arrggghhh! Website might need to go into lock-down mode in about 2 hours!
[Lock down]…sounds like [marshall law]
Арефьева Ольга “Театр”…:P Rep. Brad Sherman says Congress threatened with Martial Law if bill is not passed …free love for a dollar 
I would like to know : What the difference between Burning man and the Wicker man ?
The Wicker man isn’t on fire yet?
[ OSCULATE ] {OSCULATOR}
[Osculate] exemplifies the utilization of Latin vocabulary to affect sophistication.
Using the Latin word for “kiss” is how some folks try to look smart.
Since your so good with words, I was wondering if your any good with math?
[EQUIDECOMPOSABLE]
[PUMMEL]
The best of the phrase “Only In America”: Marina Orlova’s story.
The worst of the phrase “Only In America”: Al Franken in Congress.
Don’t forget the Waxman-Markey Bill(cap and trade). Arguably the worst piece of legislation this country ever tried to pass.
What do you mean they ain’t done yet!
Hello Dear Marina,
I would like to request the origin of the word [naughty] . I believe the word naught means nothing so possibly things that are [naughty] are worth nothing?
I hope to hear my word on an upcoming lesson.
Your faithful student,
VoxSteven
I would like to request the phrase [same all, same all] or [same old, same old].
I 2nd or should i say’same-all’…:oops: boyannishevich , I’ll tell youi how I think; without a wink or I blink…Guess the Word 2″ Answer and DaxFlame Staring Contest…eye drops needed>…think pink(soul-dry)…P*I*N*K…I’ll finger a thought or (inkling,[utter])…I twinkel with a tinkel…Hats off to You(U)
have a grand DaY
The Ford Auto Air Conditioner
The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees.
The four brothers walked into old man Henry Ford’s office and sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that four gentlemen were there with the most exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter.
Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They refused and instead asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car.
They persuaded him to get into the car, which was about 130 degrees, turned on the air conditioner, and cooled the car off immediately.
The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office, where he offered them $3 million for the patent.
The brothers refused, saying they would settle for $2 million, but they wanted the recognition by having a label, ‘The Goldberg Air-Conditioner,’ on the dashboard of each car in which it was installed.
Now old man Ford was more than just a little anti-Semitic, and there was no way he was going to put the Goldberg’s name on two million Fords.
They haggled back and forth for about two hours, and finally agreed on $4 million and that just their first names would be shown.
And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max on the controls.
So, now you know…
***
Hey Marina, I don’t see any Yiddish words among HFW lessons. How about:
[chutzpah]
[shlemiel]
[meshuggah] (as in ♫ I’m meshuggah for my sugah ♪)
We wouldn’t want any charges of being anti-Semantic, would we?
OY!
Meshuggah for my shlemiel
Bob, your puns are getting exceedingly subtle!
What I meant to say was, “Don’t be [mealy-mouthed]”
bugs
Let’s “putzts” around….Break a Leg…Marina’s sister will tell on U
you are so beautiful
Dear Marina,
I think I subscribed to you on June 3, 2008, so in a few days, I will have been a fan of yours for thirteen months! Although “Go Lakers!” is a much better “handle” than “Hot For Words”, I still want to know you as Hot For Words, Besides the NBA season won’t re-start for several months, and it is extremely difficult for any team to win the NBA championships twice in a row. I’m sure it will be a good, exciting season for the Lakers!
Seesixcm6
My requests are [shrimping] and [tickle torture].
Please do them, thanks!
I like [tickel] or [tickle] too….Marina…(el) or (le)…
It seems every day now when I go to YouTube, there are lots of changes happening. Some are very subtle and right now I see more changes on their home page. I presume that these changes will dovetail with their new user channel page.
Here is the YT New Channel FAQ
Is it true that Rick Astley was found dead today in Berlin???
He is not dead hitoshi. Here is an article explaining the death pranks about him.
Article
Marina, here’s a word that you don’t need to look up, because it’s a word I invented. Back in the days of Howard Cosell’s sportscasting (1960s), it was hard not to notice his excessive ramblings, so one day I came up with a word to describe his style, and the word is [diarrhetoric], a combination of “diarrhea” and “rhetoric”. Pretty much self explanatory. Maybe you can manage to get it inserted in the international dictionary. Keep up the great work, Sweetie, you are the best!!!
By the way, Marina, that picture of you with your tongue and the catsup bottle is just NAUGHTY! BadBadBad! You’re SUCH a tease!
I like a little fries with my tongue.
I am a fan of American land.
My word and phrase request
I am a fan of Marina Orlova for now. I appreciate that you spend eight hours a day researching these two minute videos’ content; so you told THE EXAMINER, And that you are a one woman operation. That is damn impressive. My former mother in law used to play dumb or stupid to my former father in law to seem cute. I guess as maybe the culture of the 1950’s was when they met. But you wish to show that you are smart as well as very beautiful!
Hi Marina,
I have a word request for you, my friend and I have decided that the word thoroughly has far too many letters in it and we were wondering where it came from.
I hope you can enlighten us.
Cheers, Simon.
Obviously the word is an eponym derived from Henry David Thorough, an American writer noted for his meticulous research.
Now watch someone thoreau something at me.
Only if they were in the throws of rage
Don’t make me throe my shoe! Or through my show, whichever comes first.
Take care to duck, lest they hit you in the thorax.
FYI, Thoreau used to live in a cottage right under the wall of the king’s castle, but he had to move away because people were sometimes killed by throne objects.
I remember something about “People who live in grass houses shouldn’t stow thrones” but Bob says that’s a recycled joke.
Words… words!
From pumpkinification to apocolocyntosis, most of them are meaningless! Too many letters you say? Let’s make it throughly then.
Now that we’ve thoro(ugh)ly made fun of your request, are you sorry for asking?
[thoroughly]
To be honest guys I didn’t really care about the origin of the word, I just thought it would be cool if Marina would read out the word I suggested, so I made a submission.
I was more interested in the ‘Hot’ part of ‘Hot for Words’, not the ‘Words’ bit. I hadn’t considered some people are here primarily for the ‘Words’ part.
I should have known better. I think the only upside is that I have no idea what you guys are chatting about most of the time.
I’ll try harder with my next submission.
Simon.
It looks like I need to put my word [thoroughly] in square brackets for it to count.
I’m still hopefull.
Hi Simon,
Apologies – actually we weren’t “making fun” of your request, we were “having fun” with it.
Not surprising that you often don’t know what we’re talking about – half the time we’re just blowing smoke and pretending to be smart. If someone uses CampKohler’s phrase “It’s true, I tell you!” that’s your tip-off.
Here’s a hint re making word requests: First, there are about a thousand requests ahead of yours, so be patient. But Marina seems to like the following words:
– words of Latin, Greek, or French origin, and
– compound words, which
– have changed their meaning over time and
– have an interesting history.
Also, she’s been doing current “topical” words / phrases like “swine flu;” [derivative] might be a good one to request, since it’s been in the news.
She used to favor video requests – less so now, since she’s under pressure to keep her lessons short. But it doesn’t hurt to make a vid of yourself requesting the word.
Good luck!
You’re looking at it the wrong way, my friend. ‘Words’ are the cake, ‘Hot’ is the icing.
Can I lick the bowl?
Welcome to HFW, Simon.
Don’t pay no nevermind to ol’ Evan, he means no harm. It’s just that the switch has been broken on his pun filter for some time now. It’s stuck on, in the “fool power” position.
[Thorough] is a good request, I’d like to see a lesson on this or any word with lots of [vestigial] silent letters. Keep checking in, maybe she’ll [investigate].
-p9
U threw the towel!!!…3 debates(strikes) you throw mud and it dries thurling and curling throughtout the nightly of kNights baked or sUn
Spacibo, leonard. Nice link. Your thoughts seem [seldom] overburdened by the [fetters] of ostentatious [erudition], my friend. Permit me to [introduce] my esteemed colleague, Catheter the Great…
leonard can be remarkably articulate when he’s on his meds…other times, I wonder if we ought to make sure someone’s around to keep him from hurting himself.
Anyway, I have about half-dozen favorites on YouTube that I first saw in his links here.
I will give one American dollar to whoever can tell me what song from Neil Young this line is from:
Gooseberry was a working man, he used to load that Econoline van
Its about a roadie who ODed right around ‘Harvest’. Thats all I know. Thanx
Add a couple zeros to that amount, Bee. Then ask me again.
Hi leonard,
I heard it as “How much does a Grecian urn?”
And of course if you’re camping and need to power an appliance, you can always plug it into a currant bush.
Fanatic. LOL! I’m almost old enough to remember the first use of ‘fan’ for this meaning.
How about ‘Paint the town red’? It can’t just mean a good time.
That IS a good one.
[paint the town red]
Wait a minute now, mmmmmm I got that one——–Pale Rider nooo Dirty Harry nooo Joe Kidd nooo oh yea High Plains Drifter and he named the town HELL.
Yes wordreet, that is a great phrase request [PAINT THE TOWN RED]. Of course capman already mentioned “High Plains Drifter.”
I guess I’m thirding or fourthing your request?
Hey Vrock, maybe if we get enough requests, M will fast track it for us
There’s a little block of comments for this, it might just be enough to get Ms. M’s attention.
I’m mildly puzzled as to what it has to do with Mr Eastwood, As I’ve been aware of the phrase for around 45yrs. And back then he was just a cowboy actor.
There’s a scene in High Plains Drifter where he orders the town painted red and the people do it.
Yep, What pennsyltucky9 says. Also in that particular movie he(his character) totally has his way with the people of the town he re-names “Hell.”
[Knock on wood] would be great to know, I’ve wondered about its origin and why it’s supposed to negate bad luck or ironic events.
This video reminds me of the Rhode Island state bird. Yummm.
Somebody learns sooooooooooooo much from reading CK’s posts (and all the associated links, of course.) Now the entire Universe is in order, all the random factors are in perfect alignment, I have found decades of lost single socks, and my underwear no longer bunches in such an uncomfortable manner.
I can’t figure out CK’s fixation with red roosters. Kinky.
Hi leonard,
I had some Rhode Island Reds too, for a few years. Smart birds, for chickens. Once when the crows sounded the alarm about a great horned owl in the yard, the chickens refused to leave their coop until the owl left. They didn’t see it, they just understood crow.
[SICK AS A DOG]
I’m a true fan of the New York Mets baseball team. Lately, it’s very hard being a fan of them because they’re struggling to win.
They break their fans’ hearts regularly.
[peanuts]…where we get peanuts?
Out of the dirt. Arf, arf, arf.
Peanuts are nuts the size of peas.
Sorry, but peanuts are NOT nuts; they are legumes, so they are actually peas that look like nuts.
I thought peanuts grew in the dirt. Are they like in pods above the ground? The only thing I really know about peanuts is that they are extremely hard on the soil. They pretty much suck the ground from all its goodies, so a few years is all you can get from a piece of land without rotation or artificial replenishment. I also understand that the root system grows very shallow, thus dirt erosion into the air is also quite a problem (mebbe this is why I thought they grew below ground
.)
Cultivation in China
fromm Wiki…The peanut was introduced to China by Portuguese traders in the 1600s and another variety by American missionaries in the 1800s. They became popular and are featured in many Chinese dishes, often being boiled. During the 1980s peanut production began to increase greatly so that as of 2006 China was the world’s largest peanut producer. A major factor in this increase has been China’s move away from a communist economic system toward a free market system so that farmers are free to grow and market their crops as they decide.[6][7]
[edit] Production
China leads in production of peanuts having a share of about 37.5% of overall world production, followed by India (roughly 19%) and Nigeria (roughly 11%).
Top ten producers of peanuts (with shell) — 11 June 2008 Country Production (tonnes) Footnote
People’s Republic of China 13,090,000
India 6,600,000 *
Nigeria 3,835,600 F
United States 1,696,728
Indonesia 1,475,000
Myanmar 1,000,000 F
Argentina 714,286
Vietnam 490,000 F
Sudan 460,000 *
Chad 450,000 *
World 34,856,007 A
No symbol = official figure, P = official figure, F = FAO estimate, * = Unofficial/Semi-official/mirror data, C = Calculated figure A = Aggregate (may include official, semi-official or estimates);
Source: Food And Agricultural Organization of United Nations: Economic And Social Department: The Statistical Devision
It is related to “hay”
I’m surprised by your assertion that peanuts are hard on the soil, since legumes are commonly grown in rotation with other crops to improve the soil nitrogen levels, thereby increasing yields in the subsequently grown crops.
This paper, indeed, says that groundnut rotation was consistently better at increasing soil nitrogen and decreasing nematode counts in the roots of the following sorghum crop.
Bob is correct. Most cultivated crops such as corn, wheat, and cotton deplete the soil of nitrogen which is essential for their growth. Legumes like peanuts, vetch, peas, and beans are known as “nitrogen-fixers,” which actually replace nitrogen into the soil. Basically, any plant that’s grown in the same soil year after year will deplete the soil of essential nutrients of some sort or other, even peanuts. That’s why farmers practice crop rotation, cycling various crops through each field over several seasons in order to balance the nutrient levels. This also has the beneficial side effect of making the plants really dizzy.
Visualize whirled peas!
Heh-Heh-Heh!
OK, I will agree they are legumes; I don’t want to get into an argume with you.
I would never [argufy] with one as [argute] as yourself, especially if money were involved; it might cost me an argume and a legume.
Where did the word [Booze] originate from?
Hi Marina!
I am interested where did the phrase “blue plate special came from”?
I enjoy your video and blogs. Thank you!
I would like to request the word [callipygian]
Considering the current political climate, I would like to see you cover the word [stonewall]
I 2nd [stonewall]…does it rock?…1st 2 throw me a stone[mason joint] too.
And what does a stone wall have to do with Jackson, anyway?
hay i want to request a phrase [ Cold Feet]. when people are getting married i usually hear it being asked if they have cold feet where does that come from?
-cheers and thanks
I just watched Transformers Return of the Fallen on Watch-Movies.net. It had subtitles in Russian plus a guy stood up in the middle of the movie. Oh well what can you expect for a free internet movie. It was a good move though.
You know when your trying to think of the perfect word, but ya just cant find it? Well there is a word for that.
try [ Lethologica ]…. or am i thinking of some other word?
Probably the same as CRS.
But I would like to see Marina do that word also. 
I’d like to know the meaning of the word[mollycoddler ]
I’ve been around so long I can see the hope and the hopelessness in just about everything.
I like that and had to get it down before I forgot it…
good one beevee
scope the slope of HoPe 
How CHiNa is ruled… 
I immediately thought to Fan the flames; so to speak, inspiring the players in the game. I also thought Fanatic started with a PH, but I’m from PA what do I know. Yet, at any rate I am certainly a fan of yours, Marina!! You Go Girl!
H4ub:
Lol, I always thought the phrase “What do I know?” was actually a durogatory statement regarding excessive alcohol consumption, and not a rhetorical question at all. But then, I’m from PA, so (what a wino!)?
Peace, friend.
-p9
ha! germany vs england: 4-0!
Dear Marina
I would like to request the word [GI Joe or GI Jane]
P – S – D – S
How Boston girls say “pierced ears.”
Hey Rick what do they have for girls who pierce other parts of their bodies. P – M – P
I don’t know, but I’d be willing to perform a penetrating and exhausting investigation into the matter.
I knew a girl who had a pierced tongue. It was, like the song says, “One, singular sensation”
Hi Marina
I am not a plumber. But I am a home owner and as a home owner you become a basic repair man which includes being a plumber. The other day I had to get some items at the hardware store, One item was a “[pet cock]“. I understand on pipes the male end is threaded on the out side and female on the inside. But where did they come up with all the other terms, such as [nipples] and a [pet cock] ??????????
Thanks in advance
Hey bluenoteina you may not want to post your email address with your Gravatar name. Sites have bots or spiders just looking for email addresses to spam the heck out of you. Plus you could get some email just from people who wants to harass you. Just looking out for the members well being.
Mike. TA
too late
Oh no. You mean I shouldn’t have emailed him all my plumbing puns?
The actual spelling in [petcock], all one word. It’s just a simple valve, as I’m sure you’re aware by now. The brits use it more than we do, as far as terminology goes. But every motorcyclist knows that before you kick your engine over you have to start the flow of gas to the float bowl by turning the fuel petcock to the open position and closing your ignition circuit.
BTW, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool blues man myself. The blues are alive and well on the west coast.
Hey, where you from? I’ve jammed in The Blue Note before. Ever been to Beale Street?
Cock usually refers to a shutoff valve of some sort. Another variation is the stopcock. Where it comes from I don’t know.
My favorite is the faucet/hosebib/tap. Why so many names? It’s not like we use those words in poetry.
I have absolutely no idea about why petcocks and bleed nipples are called what they’re called. I’m totally clueless!
“All art is an imitation of nature.”
– Seneca the Younger (4BC – 65AD)
“Boy, put the brushes down and go out and get a job or I’m gonna send you off to Military School!”
-Seneca the Older
Qualis artifex pereo!
Gender Poems
WOMAN’S POEM:
Before I lay me down to sleep,
I pray for a man who’s not a creep,
One who’s handsome, smart and strong.
One who loves to listen long,
One who thinks before he speaks,
One who’ll call, not wait for weeks.
I pray he’s rich and self-employed,
And when I spend, won’t be annoyed.
Pull out my chair and hold my hand.
Massage my feet and help me stand.
Oh send a king to make me queen.
A man who loves to cook and clean.
I pray this man will love no other.
And relish visits with my mother.
A MAN’S POEM:
I pray for a deaf-mute gymnast nymphomaniac with
big boobs who owns a bar on a golf course,
and loves to send me fishing and drinking. This
doesn’t rhyme and I don’t care.
HILARIOUS, beevee!
That is just hilarious BV. I will have to pass that on to some friends if you don’t care.
No worries. Somebody sent it to me and I’m sharing. We all need a little funny
Very interesting. You made Learning fun.
I accidentally hit some key combination that increased the type size of text in the window while viewing this page. At the bottom of the page, I noticed that the
1|2|Nextpage menu had not gone along with the program, so to speak. The text overlayed the squares so that it was no longer centered in the squares, as if someone had put a printed form in a typewriter but was unable to “color within the lines.” I wonder if the author of the paging plugin took into account that some people will want to use a larger text? I’d tell you what keystrokes I used to get the larger text, but I have no idea.Speaking of the page menu, I see that it has been restored to both top and bottom of the page. Thanks, Marina.
I just noticed on this Toshiba notebook that there is a NNN% in the lower-righthand corner of the screen that, when clicked, allows the magnification to be changed. The more you magnify, the more the page menu is out of whack.
BTW, at 400%, the thumbnail has some interesting areas to be viewed. You would think that some things are big enough at 100%, but no, at 400% they are better. Well, perhaps not better, but it more easily concentrates one’s attention on M’s “beholdments.”
To hear Go Daddy Radio of AriZona—go daddy radio 4 us FaNs
Besides being a fanutter of HFWs;Sunrise always gives me a buzz. Paul the postman I am a fan of, as he ‘tries’ to tip toe quietly past me as I meditate in the garden. Music as with foods are varied. Fan of the voice Marina does right at the end of this video, encore!
I would like to request the phrase [on your six]
thank you
kss
With respect to describing the position of other traffic in relation of an aircraft, a clockface is used. Twelve o’clock is straight ahead and six is directly behind. It’s that simple.
…[blocks]…[cement]
GREAT…Quote…
“I don’t even butter my bread – I consider that cooking.” – Katherine Cebrian …is the bread ever not processed?…oh baby c00k my BOOks
Lotta book-cookin goin on, hoss. Dicky Betts is underrated.
JMHO
Back Where It All Begins Dickey Betts & Great Southern
Say you want to be a rolling stone
Get your sail out in the wind
Get out on the highway and let er roll on
Roll on back to someplace you aint never been
Hey, hey
When I was younger I was hard to hold
Seem like I was always goin
Which ever way the wind would blow
Now that travelin spirit calls me again
Callin me back to where it all begins
Moon rise and sun go down
Turn my whole world around
Little star up in the sky
Tell my sweet baby please dont cry
Please dont cry
I’m a fan of many sports, bands and people. To me that is a word I’ve heard my whole life and never thought to ask why.
I am a fan of Formula 1. I hope “they” don’t break it.
The Bikini bathing suit was named after the Bikini Atoll ( a location that nuclear test were made durring 1948-1956).
Marina,
Curious to the origin of the word [bikini] , I think you are just the right person to uncover this for us viewers.
thank you
I was wondering if you could figure out why they are called [white lies]? I looked in google and I couldn’t find anything.
Thank you!
- Maggs <3
When a successful band adopts a phrase for it’s name or the phrase is applied to other than the original meaning and that phrase becomes popular, these flood out the original meaning in a Web search. What you have to do is dig down a few Google results pages until you get to the original meaning, such as this one. Software will have to get a lot smarter to weed out the undesired meanings. It will probably not happen in our lifetime.
Dear Ms Marina Orlova,
Can you assist in finding the story and origin of this wicked word “[Malevolence]“. Thank you.
Your dearest student,
mal2012.
P.S. You are an awesome hot teacher!
Marina, I am watching the Most Viewed board very carefully. iJustine is on it with 8K views with a video she published today.
The video above has 12K views which was published today and is not on the board yet, but I expect to see it get on the board any minute.
Even though the Popular board is more important, the Popular board actually mimics the Most Viewed board to some extent, but the Popular board is more complex to track due to videos being rotated in and out of the board. The Most Viewed board is an excellent indicator of how well a video is doing, even though it it does not promote as well since it is no longer the default.
Right now there are only 13 Michael Jackson videos on the Most Viewed board, which is a huge decline from 60 something.
Update: June 29 6:16 AM
The above video has been on the Most Viewed board
for the last four hours which is good.
The video is now at position #89.
A quick review of the data says things may be back to normal. A few hours ago, the data looked really weird.
I don’t think things are back to normal. Things look very broken to me.
Yes, correct Marina. See my comment over here.
Please keep us up to speed on the shenanigans. As much as you feel comfortable with, of course.
I’m a fan of Antonín Dvořák (pronounced “Дворжак”.
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One might say I’m “Smetana” by his music! Czech it out!
Oh, speaking of which…[robot]
I’m a true fan of ‘Star Trek’ (yes I am a nerd) and of corse Hot for Words
I’m a fan of Marina!
I was looking for the word origin of [Reload]. All I could come up with are definitions. I didn’t give it too much effort. Besides I would like to hear it from you. What if I just use the word reinstall every time I want to say [RELOAD]. Sometimes it sounds funny. Sooo…please please please.
My dear professor can you please tell me where [RELOAD] came from?
saigon…walls closing in, pushing in on themselves…charlie…waiting for a mission…not here nor there…saigon…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEgqIY7xgtE&feature=related
my boyfriend and i were remembering our elementary school years and the thought of “noogies” came up… you know, rubbing your hand, wrist, or elbow vigorously on someone’s head. we have nooooo idea where the word NOOGIE comes from and we immediately thought of you. =) please do a video on a NOOGIE!!! =D
“Noogies” were invented by Bill Murray on ‘SNL’. He used to do the ‘Noogie Patrol’ on Gilda Radner. I forgot her name in the bit but he was Todd. He would basically grab her in a headlock and rubbing/punching her in the top of the head!
But that was just revisiting what happens in kid’s horseplay. I don’t think he invented the word.
You are absolutely correct, sir, and I should NOT have said that he invented the noogie. It was the first time I had ever heard of it, which is a completely different thing.
Yep, we had ‘em in my neighborhood when I was a kid, but not before the spoiled rich kids from Brockton moved in.
My brothers used to put there knees on my arms while I was on my back and rabbit punch my breast bone. Or, because I am claustrophobic, they would put me in the bottom of a sleeping bag , roll it up, and then throw me in the closet. I’d go bananas. We had good times, too. Lighting farts comes to mind. Its fun seeing that blue flame but it is HILARIOUS watching your brother try to beat out the flames on the peach fuzz in his nether regions!
[horse-play]…drama and wheel-barrows…Horse Play – Saving Horses From Slaughter
taze
…haze and graze-4 know the
noogies were given out by the greasers or later called ‘rednecks’
Have you ever heard of an ‘Indian Rub’? Its where you put both hands close together on somebodys wrists and twist in the opposite directions. The pulling of the skin and friction make for interesting reactions!
I wanna say something….insurgence-I pass
…many ways to say an ‘indian’ rub 
no brag, just facts
I am a big fan of college (American) football. I am hoping for a better season from my team this year.
I have noticed that the worse a place is to live the more rabid their fans are.
Everybody has to have something to give them hope. It used to be Jesus. Now it is a Hail Mary!
i m a true fan of iPhone3GS now.
Me too!
This will not last long. The 4GS system will be out soon, which is what all the cellurlar companies have always wanted. There is no phone, charger or hardware of any kind; all you will get are bills in the mail.
We’ve all heard the term ’swashbuckler’, usually in the context of pirates, but what exactly does it mean? And how does one go about buckling a ’swash’?
Fellow at the local Highland Games explained it thus, that it came from swashing one’s buckle (not vice versa), i.e. beating one’s sword against one’s shield (which buckled on) as a challenge to a fight.
I would like to request the word [cockeyed]
Hello I would Like to no the origin of the word earwig.
[general] electric fan is COOL
I have to agree. I had a GE unit-bearing table fan, the only one I had ever seen from any manufacturer. Instead of a bearing on each end of the motor shaft, one bearing ran the entire length of the motor, making it practically indestructable. (Refrigerators and cooler/freezer cases in stores all use this construction, else there would be repairmen constantly being called.)
It was stolen in a burglary. I guess they knew quality when they saw it. I hope
a blade slings off slicing into the new owner’s jugularsomeone is still enjoying it. That was twenty years ago, so it should still be running.GE+green=$$$$$
Hum. I’ve been mis-hearing “fanatic” as [thanatic], i.e. someone willing to fight to the death (from Gk. θανατοσ, “death.”) We learn something new every day here, don’t we?
I would like to know the origin of the phrase [deader than a door nail].
I am a true fan of you, Marina.
[bingaling] — a new “nerd word”?
Naaa. I’m your original technophobe — don’t even carry a cell phone. But Marina’s been doing a “nerd word” series, and has been on the lookout for good new words to discuss, so I bracketed yours to call her attention to it.
Fan? Don’t get me started. It was 106°F today, so I moved a very nice box fan from one part of my shop to a little office space I wanted to clean out to have a bit cooler place to work. It actually was a bootlegged room that a guy three tenants ago built for his body shop business. So I plug the fan into an outlet in the office and away it whooshed. But after about two minutes I noticed a burning smell, and, before I could get it unplugged, a cloud of smoke issued forth. Fried fan! I got out the old DMM and found 216 volts instead of the normal 125 or so. That was a booby trap worthy of a terrorist. I could have plugged by $3500 oscilloscope or my new HD TV in there. Yikes!
Well, now I will have to keep an eye out for a junk box fan that has a good motor I can cannibalize. People throw them out all the time when the plastic grille gets cracked, the box gets rusty from being out on the patio, or the cheap-ass switch bites the dust. They never oil them, so another reason they get junked is that the oil gets sticky and they just stop turning even though they are still good electrically.
Canned rats! Canned cooked rats!
My apartment isn’t air conditioned, so I have 3 box fans I’ve collected at thrift shops (you’ll find them very readily in November). When the evening comes, the box fans go up into the windows to bring the air in from the cooler north side and push it out toward the hotter south wall.
In 20 minutes all the air in the apartment is replaced. If it’s really going to be hot, we sometimes get up a couple hours before dawn to run them some more and get the place really cold just before sun-up.
In the summer, we block the direct sun from shining in our windows by placing short awnings over them, and keep everything closed tightly during the day so the cool night air remains in our place until the sun gets low in the sky. Outside it’s 94 degrees in the shade today but it’s a chilly 65 in here at 4 pm! And our place isn’t even insulated.
Our neighbors that occasionally visit always ask whether we’ve secretly installed AC in our apartment, but it’s really all about conserving what you have for as long as you can instead of having to manufacture everything on the spot by relying on push-button technology. Using appropriate timing and simple fans instead of AC saves hundreds of dollars in utility expenses every year. Maybe thousands, the way pricing has risen lately.
Not a fan of Motorola DSL modems
as mine died. Now to get a real
modem.
I’m a fan of motor sports, motorcycle racing mainly. AMA Superbike, World Superbike, MotoGP, Supermoto…
ive been really curious as to where the term [pee] came from, as to urinate. i didnt know anyone who could give me a straight answer other than “idk” so i figured i’d ask the best teacher
thanks
p = short for piss?
“Pee” is probably short for the French word pissoir, a common public convenience in a country where turning one’s back while urinating is considered modesty enough. (Although the same is apparently true in the Netherlands, where this pic was taken.)
I saw a woman pee standing up like that with the front of her pants open. She had a special technique that I want discuss here but she could pee like a man.
I have a couple of stories I’m dying to add here, but DAMN! it isn’t the place.
I suppose next you’re going to say that it wasn’t appropriate for ChaCha and me to discuss the merits of men faking orgasms!
I’ve heard of women who could do that. It would be intriguing to watch, just from clinical curiosity.
1. Nossir.
2. Yessir.
I saw it from the rear and it was interesting to see a stream of water like a man’s watering the ground.
Not the same woman
Watch this video it has no sound but you will get the idea. I don’t think thay had these when I saw the event happen.
I seen a hot girl do that right into a urinal, we were all naked in the sauna and she just went to the boys room to pee.
(Che thinks she follow him to impress upon him her talented vagina.)
Yes, I know what your thinkin’ & yes I did.
You LOOKED.
can’t blame you. 
i am a fan of screamo
I am a fan of good music, good times, and happy people.
mean people suckI’m truly a fan of big juggs, and while we are in to juggs I have to tell you that I am a big fan of yours. So guess what word I want the origin of? [JUGGS]
Dont take this the wrong way, I just trying to be amusing.
No fault in trying, I guess
Well, that was productive. Is this how you usually talk to a lady?
If you have to explain it afterwards, it probably wasn’t the right thing to say in the first place, wouldn’t you agree? Just a suggestion.
Don’t take this the wrong way, just take it a long way (away from here). Have a nice day, melonface.
Way to go, Dearest Teach! I echo Evan Owen. I felt like it was 2 minutes or more. Thanks!
HW: Good times with good folks
Good music
Good dogs
Good guns
You, obviously
what am i a true fan of?….. you
but i am a dragon fanatic
Make that two of us dragon fanatics!
Bah!
Every fanatic has its berserker, just like every resource has its worker, just like every rose has its thorn, just like every mass has its ballot, just like every hammer has its nail, just like every cycle has its motor, just like every gun has its bullet, just like every Hubris has its Nemesis, just like every cow-boy sings the same sad, sad song, just like every careful has its I don’t care, just like every blah, blah, blah, and yodeleideiiiiii, yodeleidoooooooo, and yeah and yeah, and etcetera.., and et ceterae.., and etc… etc.. etc…..
Just like every bing has its bang, just like every pif has its paf, just like every mouse has its cat, just like ever dog has its niche, just like, like… zzzzzzz…. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….
Hmmm. Left-handed user of a three-button mouse.
Just like every big has its bag, … just like … wow… This upper zzzzzzzz (etc.. etc..)…. sure crosses some border of some sort, says I.
Um, time for a sunshine and fresh air break?
What? Time for a sunshine and fresh air? So soon? Last call already? Party’s over? But it just begun!!!
OK! I’ll have a last shot of darkness, ignorance, hurricane and smoking thunder then!
I would like to know the origin of the word [wherewithal] please, I know what it means, but it is an odd looking word ^_^
Great interview of Marina by the Examiner.
I saw the article early this morning, but their server was down.
Great, PK! Thanks.
“IF looks could teach”?
I still wonder if M. understands what the sight of her in a mini-kilt does to us Celts!
Sure gives me a “kilt-tent.”
Good one Rick
Man, Evan’s right. Marina IS amazing in that.
And my people are from Scotland, for what it’s worth. I find kilts a little too breezy, though.
That’s my point, kilts are traditionally worn without underwear. One as short as Marina’s would be VERY breezy.
Marina, are you a “traditional” kind of gal?
Hi, I would like to request the word [fall] as used in [fall asleep] or [fall in love].
Why do we use fall because we’re not literally falling. Thank you.
I am a fan of music(Metal,Rock,Pop), The Boston Bruins, The movie “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” and anything else that’s good, bad or ugly. And of course I’m a fan of yours Marina, and HOTFORWORDS!
Fanaticism for the the right thing!
and, of course, The Great Escape
I am a fan of everything in general and nothing in particular.
“Law of Probability Dispersal: Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.” – Roger Angell (1920 – )
contains explicit language
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmRXLBuDv8c
I already knew that fan was short for “fanatic” ever since I saw that Doctor Who episode, a few years ago, where he meets Charles Dickens.
I missed that episode but thanks for bringing it up.
***Homework***
Fan? That’s easy! I’m a fan of HotForWords and her lovely pair of, um, blonde lookalikes in the thumbnail for this lesson!
WR: [au pair]
BTW Marina, in this lesson you seem to be coping better with YouTube’s pressures to shorten and “dumb down” your lessons. You managed to pack a lot into a short period of time on this.
Hey Evan I found you a nice pair.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHGAAAAGMEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
hey Cap, her
& bill 
B.B. 
both wish
Harper’s [Bizarre] is right!
Dang! she changed the thumbnail! The two other blondes are gone! Now my post makes NO SENSE AT ALL!
I’m fan of fans .
Dude! and I thought I had too much time on my hands…
Very funny video.. I hope YT doesn’t screw up again.
I’m a fan of Mohandas Gandhi, Alan Watts, Chief Seattle, and the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King. I’m also a fan of artistic geniuses M.C. Escher, Paul Gaugin, Michelangelo, and Daniel Parsons just to name a few. And I couldn’t leave out musical geniuses Igor Stravinsky, Joe Pass, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cobham, Jaco Pastorius, Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, and Billie Holiday (again, just to name a few). There are clearly too many to list, but this is a start. In case you were wondering, I’m also a fan of Marina Orlova.
I met Joe Pass at a clinic he did while I was at UT. Never forget it. Talked with Billy Cobham, too. Definitely neat!
Nice, Rick. I wish I could have studied under Joe. I go see Billy whenever he’s in town. I’m sure glad I got to see Jimi, Miles, Jaco Pastorius, Leonard Bernstein, and Oscar Peterson perform before they moved on, too.
I missed all those. Price paid for growing up in the sticks, I guess.
Haha, yeah everyone called my little home town “the sticks” and “the boonies” but I was really only 20 miles outside Pittsburgh. I love the wilderness, but I’m actually most comfortable living in outer suburbia where it’s rustic yet I can still access cultural events. Plus, my mom is an accomplished pianist, and she inspired us to seek out excellent performers and experiment with music and art in any way we could. I’m truly blessed (even though I’m funny-lookin’).
I wish I could live in the sticks like Tennessee. I like being out in the wilderness. About like PK9 far enough but not to far from cultural events.
Great list of greats. I could c/p and make it my own.
These are yours, actually. I copied your homework.
I admire your taste in heroes.
BTW among the Coast Salish, it was taboo to mention a dead person’s name, because they believed the person would roll over in his grave. Chief Seattle was extremely distressed when the city was named after him.
With luck, we’ve altered the pronounciation (originally “Sealth”) enough so as not to bother him.
Skookum tumtum kopa Tyee Sealth!
Sshhh! He’ll hear! The same general rule holds in most native American cultures all along the West Coast, that using the name of the departed out loud distracts them from their journey along the pathway of stars (Milky Way). In some areas, it’s okay to use it again after a certain time has elapsed. In others, it can be used again when a new child is named. But usually they will take very careful precautions to avoid using the name of the departed and only refer to them in very roundabout ways. They do this out of respect.
BTW, North Coast language similarity is apparent in that the Klamath tribes called their land of the dead ‘Cheek-cheek-alth.’
OMG! The chain of celebrity deaths is getting ridiculous. Now Billy Mays dies?
RIP Billy Mays
Take care big guy, gunna miss your pitch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuJphkgWtqQ
I have heard it comes in threes. Or is that Deja Vu from someone on the site.
“Hi” Capman911
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45zluRt5a7c
I see what you are talking about. There are quit a few on his site that has listed groups of three celebrities that have died with in a short period of each other. So sad.
But wait…if you call now, we’ll triple the number of celebrity deaths, just pay shipping ‘n’ handling. Call now.
I wonder if anyone has thought of the idea of taking the photos of all the celebrities that have died in one year and morphing them together to create a composite. What would they look like? Wouldn’t we be astonished if every year’s photo look the same?
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Earth has circled sun once more,
The solstice fast approaches.
A shadow of what lies before
Malignantly encroaches.
Whate’er it is we may achieve
And what we leave undone,
With kings and paupers, saints and thieves,
In death we all are one.
–Evan Owen y Bardd
I am not really a fan of anything except maybe you and Hot For Words. I haven’t seen or been involved in anything that would capture my attention enough to be a true fan. I like certain things, but not enough to be fanatic about. I take that back I am a true fan of God.
I’m a true fan of you Marina!!
Oakland Raiders, Oakland A’s, and the Golden State Warriors.
Oooh! There’s another place where the apostrophe is used to create a plural and nobody objects. The “Oakland As” would look funny.
I would imagine it’s origin is in the headline of an article on some sports page in Philadelphia at least a century ago. Pr’bly, the inventor of the apostrophe didn’t envision such usage. I don’t know how old the apostrophe is, or who invented it, or whether the inventor is rolling in his or her grave because of this “new” usage, we’ll n’er know. [I wonder if the origin of the different punctuations is in the venue of philologists?]
Well, I was going to answer fans is short for fanatics, but it took so long for verification email I missed out. Oh well!
Well, welcome to HotForWords anyway, Danny. See you ’round the campus.
-p9
Homework
I’m one of your biggest fans 
I’m fan of NASCAR 
GO BIFFLE#16 
I’m also a big time fan of HOOTERS 
Biffle, OMG I think I am going to throw up.
I used to pull for Dale Earnhardt SR. But I kinda fell out of favor with Dale JR. I don’t think his whole spirit is behind racing. I am not sure of any one driver right now, will need to wander on a driver for a while. Peace friend. Now Hooters is a different matter, will go with you anytime there. 
Plenty of Michael Jackson fans out there in the news right now.
the folding kind…right!
HW. Well first the obvious… YOU, then of course SCUBA.
Survivor, Hell’s Kitchen.
Good eatting, Working off the good eatting.
Riding the motorcycle and driving the boat.
The Fanatic
very cool…new to me
I guess I have the piece on vinyl…’83 was bad year…m pop muzik
…i’M a fAn of p0p M.usic
woot! woot!
I had that pop muzik song on 45rpm vinyl! I think I wore the grooves out.
You mean that after playing the record over and over, the grooves finally disappeared and there is now only smooth vinyl?
Technically, you wore out the undulations in the grooves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE1eup3DOkQ&feature=related
…get my little camera, take a pretty picture…
Great song.
Rapid delivery compared to previous posts. Bearable. (Unlike that bucky guy who is unbearable.) But wouldn’t removing the outtake have enabled normal paced delivery? Or does pace of delivery relate to theme of lesson, viz., speaking rapidly as a fanatic would?
Clarification on the last part: ravings of a fanatic would be incoherent; although delivery in this lesson is rapid, it is still coherent and not so rapid as to be unintelligible (that bucky guy is unintelligible).
PHRASE REQUEST: [ something fishy is going on ]
smells “good”…Hot Tuna – Genesis – Roma, 13-7-2008…BLUES
I was thinking about fans lately as well, I will get back to you on this subject at a latter date.
I guess that I appear to be first on a Sunday morning…it probably implies something…
and i was slow
Teenage Fanclub “The Concept”…sounds like “minniesoda-rock”…
Out of my door…wow…I got this great big Fan from JAPAN, I call it my “air-condition”
hot**FOR**words is fantastic
You’re quicker at the keyboard, leonard!
[[pet-rock]]
teenage fanclub “pet rock” live!!!!!tv appearance after “bandwagonesque” was declared album of the year (1991} by spin magazine.. 