Hob Nob
Hob Nob.. a funny sounding phrase when you think about it!
No.. I DO NOT hob nob with the rich and famous on a regular basis… I was invited to a couple parties and took pics! 
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I met a few personally in bars or hitch-hiking and Roadied for KISS on the Island. My Slimy uncle hob nobs with the local millionaires but like politicians they are even shadier than I’lll ever be. But to HOB NOB wit you would be da ultimate.
Yes! Have mingled in the past with one or two celebs before. Locally, many faces I kinda recognise but names escape me always. It’s not LA but we have our moments! No air brushing stood in news paper shops so wouldn’t know a regular Joe to A list vouge! Not so long ago, I helped a band who were having a skin full in a pub to find there way back to the recording studio. Was much fun until fire alarms sounded as the west wing of the Mannor lit up! Booze, rock stars and fire just don’t mix really!
Hob Nobs are biscuits too! Many crumbs!
MXO)
rubbing elbows
despite the rude comment below, an interesting lesson, Marina…my surname is Hobbs, so mayhap someone will have me one day…
oh, wait…i’ve already been had…(-;
Did you ever hear of a hobbs meter?
hadn’t until you mentioned them…although Hobbs is (or was, ’cause i don’t pay that much attention anymore) seen quite a bit on mud flaps where i grew up in Indiana…thanks for the interesting note!
Hmmmm. Joining the slut mill, are you? Too bad.
What an utterly stupid comment.
what an utterly PC troll.
Another rude choad wallowing in internet anonymity.
Well, well, well! Looks like I hit pretty close to home! The nut never falls very far from the tree, does it?
Hello Marina,
You omitted to mention that this word has a relative bad,disapproving meaning so don’t use it much
Kisses from Athens,Greece
Dimitris
I did eat lunch once with Claude Akins, Rosie Greer, and Ken Norton. It was back in the early (mid?) ’70s. Closest I ever came to hob-nobbing.
Hello Marina! Please tell me why walking across an intersection diagonally from one corner to the other is called [jaywalking]. And if you can work in why the diagonal corners are referred to as being [catacorner (some say catty-corner)] to each other I would further appreciate that! THANK YOU! MMMMMMWAAAHH! (Do that just for me)!
hey hotforwords i have three navy terms that i hear all the time on ncis first is [scuttlebutt] or [scuttelbutt] i’m not sure second is [cluster ****] and last but not least is [semper fi] please read this comment and do a video i love watching all your videos you could do all three in the same video if you wanted to it would save some time you could make it navy style this request is also on this video on youtube
Oh, yeah, cluster flop. I remember that from the sanitized version of Heartbreak Ridge.
‘Then there was this dusky little gal in Bangkok, a real cross-way breezer, I swear…’
[Tool Time] and [Tool Shed].
Heard a radio personality using the term “tool shed” on his show to describe a person who I guess doesn’t have their act together or maybe a loser in referring to his co-host whom he dubs the “king tool shed” it’s probably referring only to guys. Even his callers use this term. I don’t know, with me I still just use the old terms dumbass or fuckhead.
I know this is way off the subject, but check out this insanely gnarly trailer from the movie 2012 coming in Nov…crazy!
That looks AWESOME! But if such a thing happens the question remains WHY MAN, WHY!
(Did you know that Soylent Green were PEOPLE!)
I love those Sci-Fi Blockbusters…have you had any luck taking Women vs the standard Chick flicks?
Me say…rarely…
Perhaps it might be interesting to compare the movie trailer for 2012 with 1973’s movie trailer Earthquake
Marjoe Gortner was the BEST action star of the 70’s! How did Arnold become Governator over him…better connections I guess…
The good Lord works in mysterious ways
Whoa-thanks for the heads-up, PageDoll.
Dear Marina:
My Russian and Ukrainian friends have problems understanding the word [hornswaggled]. [Hornswaggling] doesn’t translate well to my foreign coworkers as well. Sometimes Freya and others think I’m cursing at them-despite my explainations–could you help?
Like when I’m using the phrase [I'll be hornswaggled].
Thank you so much.
Douglas DeTurk
[hornswoggled]
[jejune] and [twit] What are their meanings? Love you on the O’Reilly show. I think you make him a bit nervous, though. Ever wonder what goes through Bill’s mind?
Whatever it is, it’s 3D and in color.
a new one 4 me
So a nectarine should really be called a Pleach.
good one
As a frequent poster at http://ourlocal353.ca/forums/index.php , a site for Union members to discuss issues, I find myself asking the origin of the term [scab], in the context of strike breaking. Myself and others at that site are interested in your opinion regarding that term.
Thanks,
As a scab works when the strikers don’t, you would think that they would choose a different term, because a scab is part of a wound healing.
I remember in the ’80s I had to work on a modem up in the Blue Shield building in downtown San Francisco and the workers were grouped around the entrance with their signs and so forth, trying to look fiercely intimidating. A Blue Shield management guy escorted me down the sidewalk and into the building (as if one man was going to protect me from dozens of angry strikers if they decided to attack me). As we got to the door, I remember a little old black lady with a sign who yelled at me, “Scaaaaab!” That was sooooo funny. Well, they struck themselves right out of a job. You can imagine what salaries the data entry worker bees got in downtown S.F.; it wasn’t cheap. So Blue Cross went out into the hinterlands of Northern CA, rented defunct supermarkets or similarly-sized buildings with lots of cheap square footage, installed multiple* leased lines back to HQ with our modems on them and filled them with 4-clusters of data entry stations. The housewives and other locals jumped at the chance to get the jobs at a far, far lower salary, and the data entry office in S.F. was closed. Ooops. I imagine that by now they have even gotten rid of the those supermarkets and all the worker bees stay in their respective hives, all connected by the Internet.
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*You can’t have a building full of workers sitting idle if the one and only line went down.
Morning CampKohler:
You are more than welcome to visit the above mentioned Forum to discuss strikebreaking. I started a thread called “scab its origins” there. Here is the link: http://ourlocal353.ca/forums/index.php?topic=4805.msg35979#msg35979
Come join us. Nobody there bites, certainly no “little old black lady” with a sign yelling at you.
Thanks,
HI Marina! I love your channel, I think you’re great
))
I have a word request.
[incorrigible]
thank you
anna
Dear Hot,
for words, I’m lost,
but curious as to the arising of [skid row]
where many more of us are likely to land
before the global economy [takes off] for
[the wild blue yonder].
love,
prh155
I have a vague recollection from some History Channel show of portable logger’s quarters mounted on skids out in the wilderness; a precursor to the mobile home park. Thus skid row would not be held in high regard as a chic address.
Marina might be interested to know that skid row had no restrictions on pet ownership or wild partying. However, Internet access was probably hit or miss.
CK is close. A skid road was a road of logs that the loggers rolled and skidded the timber into the rivers. Since loggers had money, inevitably; bars, whore houses and gambling all flourished around these areas. ‘Skid Row’ came from that.
Capitalism in action
de-capitalizing
[action]…cant-hooks 
Of course, there is always more than one Skid Row.
I would like to request the meaning of the word [shrink] when it pertains to a psychologist. People always tend to refer to their psychologists as their “shrinks”, but why?
I think it comes from African headshrinking doctors
though I don’t know why 
As treatment proceeds, the patient’s wallet gets smaller and smaller.
It’s true, I tell you.
I would like to request the word [English] as in the language. I studied language as an English major in college, but we never discussed the origins of the language we were studying or how it came to be.
Sounds like the students at your college got shorted. Or gypped. Or less than your money’s worth.
[English] derives from the Angles, one of the invading barbarian tribes that stole Britain from my ancestors and drove them into the least hospitable part of the island. At least, south of Scotland — right, Bob?
I would like to request the word [bonkers]. I have heard this before but have no idea where the term first came from..
BTW, love your vids!
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President Obama keeps putting forward czars for this and czars for that. I would like to know the history of the word [czar]. Below is the definitions I found.
czar /zɑr, tsɑr/ Show Spelled [zahr, tsahr] Show IPA
Use czar in a Sentence
–noun
1.an emperor or king.
2.(often initial capital letter) the former emperor of Russia.
3.an autocratic ruler or leader.
4.any person exercising great authority or power in a particular field: a czar of industry.
Up to 32 now. Isn’t that more than Russia had in there whole history?
Czar (Russian Цар) derives from Caesar. The first Caesar, Gaius Iulius, led the barbarian hordes out of Rome in 50BC to massacre a million peace-loving Celts in what is now France. Well, maybe my ethnicity biases my perception of history.
Actually not цар but царь. The difference is in sounding of last letter.
Its logical definition of king. Aside from logic, many russians I know tend to think that king is more a formal leader, maybe possessing charisma, relying on nobility to suppress the peasantry, while czar is primarily a charismatic figure, harnessing the love and/or fear of masses to secure the fear and respect of nobility. This definition is by no means for dictionary, rather for a person who might wish to understand different nations better.
As for what Obama says, well, man, I don’t want to ignite political holy wars here, so lets leave it like: “at the moment he needs to devote public attention to revolve about democratic and non-democratic stuff in the world and any mention of Czar is a soft first step on discussing something which is non-democratic”. I really would not pay much attention to any other meanings of czar in Obama’s speach.
Wax my axe and fix my horse, I have come here, to this battlefield, to kix the dux’s a**.
– Vercingetorix @Alesia (52 BC)
Can you find the origin of the word [octothorpe] please?
Thanks!
Oooh, oooh! A telephone word. Supposedly, when the Bell System was designing the Touchtone® keypad, someone wanted a name for the # sign other than the pound sign. The octo part refers to the eight arms of the symbol, and—here it gets murky—the thorpe part is named after the famous athlete Jim Thorpe. Although it was use in the Bell System, I don’t think it caught on with the general public.
I just saw were the little people are upset at Donald Trump for using the word midget on TV. It got me to wondering. Where did [midget] come from?
from tiny thingys
Why we dont put in a little chilli in your lessons and request you some Mexican words? Believe me, it’s not nasty or something like that, it’s just sound really funny. Fundillo or Chale could be just fine!
By the way, I’m new on this seas, so, could you give me a welcome party?
Nevermind, cheers!
some celebrities might [CRINGE] at the prospect of Hob Nobing with the [PROLETARIATE]
Be careful what you do at 12:34:56 7/8/09
You might never see that moment in time again.
Hi, teacher.
I joined your site last week so i think i should present my self a little (even if not sure this is the right place). Congratulations for the site and for the work involved, and for having this brilliant idea!
Me too i,m a philologist, so i’m somehow involved in working with words. Sure, languages i studied have nothing to do with Russian nor English, but if i can be of any help just say.
Also thank you for sharing your knowledge and the bits of yourself in videos and pics
i will never be declared sexiest philologist, that,s for sure! And, by the way, your little-smallest toes are delightful!
Somewhere i read about becoming teacher,s pet! Probably you have a zoo by now! So i rated 5 a couple of your videos on youtube.
A word request…. as homage to you, i thought of the world [Cyrillic], interesting story behind.
Thanks for reading this. By the way, my screen name not in French, even it looks like.
Time to study now!
Best wishes and have a nive summer! From the Mediterranean Sea,
John
Hey (privet), recently came upon a nice phrase “ditto”, which appears to be relatively new to general speech. Brief info from urban dictionary (google it at will) is pasted below:
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[Ditto] comes from Latin, and means about ‘as has been said before’.
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In same dictionary there are several modifications of this word like ditto head etc.
Guess is you could make a nice short story of it if you manage to discolor politics from [dittohead] and [dittomonkey] so that noone gets agro, or make it sound anyhow funny.
I di not ditto was a Latin word. I thought it was slang. Learn something new…
Even though I do love to browse and learn stuff, friend, I have very little time right now so I just pasted that info as a brief hint for the site owner what might be possibly be the topic with word. I wouldn’t bet anything on that definition, just a hint of what to possibly dig for.
Hello Marina !!
I send you a WORD from germany that sounds english:
( HANDY )
I found your project today and have to say:
phantexy !!!
for more details:
http://www.wanderleben.de
I would like to request the word [hiatus]
Thanks.
Sorry, I meant, [aibophobia]
That’s could make for a fun video! Thanks for the request!
A man, a plan, a canal — Panama!
Able was I ere I saw Elba {attributed to Napoleon}
[ailihphilia]
You were right the first time.
Hi Marina! I have to say I really love your videos and they educate me (my brothers love them too for obvious reasons)! I’d like to request a word, aibohphobia, you know, the fear of palindromes. Thanks.
Peace and love,
Heidi
How about [venustraphobia]?
Hi Heidi! Welcome. You said bothers plural so I won’t go into the whole bit about you putting a closeup photo like M has. That is much to shallow. But it IS something to think about!
Heidi. German. Do you have German in you? Would you like some?
sorry
what the fuck is wrong with you?
LOL! Look at your hair! Is that the style where you live or are you getting ready for a Flock of Seagulls reunion concert?
Do you belong to the ACLU because you seem to fight your freedom of speech battles very, ahh, selectively?
Here is another acronym for you:
Why get all testy? Just list all the things that are wrong with you. What can he say?
ah, one of those idiots who need to pick on people’s looks, judge them by that and try to make fun of them.
speaks volumes. thanks.:)
your post (94.2) is a perfect example of why there are so few girls on here.
oh, and there are a lot of “styles” where i live. diversity is a good thing.
On your (94.2.1.1.2) comment, Yes, diversity is a good thing!
what’s with BV’s bad trip?
Keep it real äläx.
Geez, beevee, we try to get some ladies into this group, and whaddaya do — try to scare the poor gal away?
Criminy.
Yeah, I KNOW.
Poor taste 
. Hopefully the young lady realizes that my foolishness is not indicative of the fine people here at HFW and swings back through.
i wanna request the word (sexy) because thats what you are ^.^ i would pass your class for sure.
I would like to request the word [ Demon] if it could be done.
thanks
Just to give you an idea of how old the book M is reading in her Twitter pic, Loose Cannons and Red Herrings, it was produced on a KayPro 4 PC and printed on a Silver Reed printer, which at that time must have been a dot-matrix. You can read a bit of it here.
I would like to request the phrase [dressed to the nines]. Whenever my neighbor sees my baby boy she always says “He is so cute because he is dressed to the nines.”
Your wish has come true!
Marina does vids very fast!
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/05/dressed-to-the-nines/
This lesson is also a mesmerizing study in microphone placement.
I would like to request the phrase [pardon my french]. Thanks!
Pardonnez-moi mon anglais!
I would like to request the word [technological unemployment]. the description for the rate at which technology replaces manufacturing jobs at a faster pace than people can find new jobs, i.e. the service sector, etc. It would be important to note the significance of the effects on human society as a whole if machines did all the labor, yet humans would have no jobs by which to work and obtain moneys to spend on their economy…food for thought!
[poly] John Miles – Highfly…I hobnobbed with John
I would like to request the word [Atropy] and the substance [Atropine] as an example of the root word connection assuming there is one.
Last night i was watching south park, and i was wondering why a curse word is called a curse word?
I had my ass blown off the track at the “old” Texas World Speedway by both Freddie Spencer AND Doug Polen back in their [SALAD DAYS] before either became world champions. The hob nobbing came post-race at my expense.
I would like to request the word [eggplant].
Celebrities can be complete unknowns depending on the crowd.
Here’s my homework: I once recognized Pete Seeger hanging out at the Greyhound terminal in Chillicothe, Ohio. My friends had no idea he was there until I made the mistake of pointing him out as he sat around reading the news with a paper coffee cup, waiting for a bus during a summer downpour. Of course, Pete was famous but not rich (hey, he was riding the bus). My 2 female friends immediately rushed over to him, clamoring for an autograph, which he reluctantly signed. I watched their interaction from across the lobby, not being one to jump in with both feet until I’ve had time to consider the scene from another’s point of view.
I felt bad about pointing him out because he clearly didn’t appreciate that kind of attention, even from 2 young beautiful girls. After awhile I had a nice opportunity to chat casually with him about music stuff (I had my guitar with me, and he was traveling with his ever-present banjo), since both our buses were late in arriving. He had some good advice about performing that I still use today, and it has served me well.
I was happy to shake his hand, thank him for his great musical contributions to our culture, wish him well and NOT ask for his autograph.
I’ve also met and conversed with Del Shannon, Johnny Costa, Dave Grisman, Scott Thunes, Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci), Steve Kimock, Jose Neto, Royal Robbins, “Petch” Pietrolungo, TM Herbert, Rick Sumner and Doug Robinson. But a lot of these people are only famous within certain subsets of the population, like I said earlier. The last 5 are famous climbers and mountain guides.
Another great lesson, thank you.
I’ve worked with some famous people, but never really socialized with them.
Marina you did a video where you were standing on the side walk or next to a street talking to a reporter about the word Pu**y. This has been quit a while ago, but you were standing next to I think was a car and you were telling the lady reporter not to be afraid to use that word in daily speech. Have I got this mixed up with a different word or is this true and do you still have the video?
Hey Mike, I don’t know if you saw my link below.
The video that you described is from this video @1:14
Russia Today Interview
Marina does compare the word pussy and pusillanimous which are not related, other than coincidental meaning such as lacking of courage.
And of course, Marina also does a video lesson on the word pusillanimous
Thanks PK I knew it existed some where, but could think of what it was called.
You didn’t get this reply 43.1.1.2.1? If you saw that reply but did not get my point, any suggestions on how I might have worded it so that you would have gotten the link? Thanks!
We haven’t heard from HotRocky yet. I bet he has hobnobbed with a lot of celebrities. Being he is a music celebrity himself.
Word request: [Revolution]
Word request: [encore]
word request: [fnord]
Yeah, but often times it’s their Hob and your Nob.
Word request.
[FART]
Hey dear teacher, look what i found arround the net: http://www.anastasiatoday.com/celebrity_spotlight/hot_past_words.html?utm_source=at5_070709&utm_medium=email
my teacher is famous,great
WORD REQUEST: [ trivia ]
HOBNOBS
[stone]…CANDLE FOR BRIAN… On July 2nd, 1969, Brian Jones, the founder of the Rolling Stones, was found drowned in his swimming pool by his girlfriend, Anna. Remember Brian and his legacy with a candle and 1 minute of silence. Why not listen to some Stones, too! We should all remember the gift of talent Brian had, and what he did for pop culture and music alike! For more info please go to the Brian Jones Wiki …”[stoned] to be Jesus”…
I don’t know if this is hobnobbing. I met JFK jr. as a child, George Soros–I helped teach him howto swim, Bill Clinton (when he was governor–he played in my D&D campaign(Still have his character with me)); and a Supreme Court Justice. They’re not entertainers, but does this count?
Most Recently, Kirk Franklin
How about looking into the word “firm?” Why is a law business called a “firm” and why are some other white collar companies called “firms?”
This is the one, true FIRM for me!(Don’t get too close)
Urm well, as I am an actor I have hob nob .. ed with a few brit celebs
Mathew Kelly
Michael Medwin
Tracy Childs
Justin Fletcher
And some more people
Hi Marina
When people are annoyed they tend do use the word [Bite Me ]. Would it not make sense to say ‘Bite you’ instead? since if you was to bite me it would hurt!lol
And another word [ Shotgun], when people call to be first.
Thanks
Varina
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That is a good one.. must investigate!
ask buffy the vampire slayer
http://www.rolostore.com/images/medium/TS-VMPMTS_540.jpg
WOOHOO
Can’t Wait !!
I prefer to ask you, since buffy might mistaken me for a vampire
Aloe_Veera_Varina
xoxox
Just guessing: “So bite me!” is a dismissive remark meaning “Go ahead and do your worst — it won’t bother me at all; I won’t even notice it!.”
We used to say, “They can kill ya, but they can’t eat ya”, so I agree. Basically, “BT,DT, so do your worst”
What do BT DT stand for?
Been There, Done That
4 the fact, The [gypsy moth]
has four distinct developmental stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Each life stage looks and behaves very differently from the other stages. Eggs and pupae appear lifeless, but undergo dramatic changes internally. Larvae eat and accumulate fat that is used when they are adults to find a mate and reproduce.
Yeah, and you see ANY Sign of the Gypsy Queen, please don’t hurt her. I need her in April!
(Wine)
Homework
I never really got to talk to him, but I got my picture taken with him and got his autograph! It was so 
I cruised with Rusty Wallace two years ago!
i pre-ordered her book now. i cant wait to have it!! did you???
I was thinking in a word when o looked to my laptop
So….i wanted to request the word [Laptop]
Thanks and I like your vids
I wonder who the hob goblin hob nobs with? Does this imply there are two definitions of hob? Not to be confused with F.Z.’s Goblin Girl….
when she’s a-goblin’
there ain’t a prob-a-lem,
when she’s a-goblin’
I get to bob-a-lin’…
Cyber space is “hob nob” enough 4 me…
Quote
Gipsy Kings – Volare (Patchai) 
“Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.” – Voltaire 1694-1778
[ARCTIC Circle] and it is Hawaii birthday…Hula HOOP
[arctic]
[ride Shotgun]
Hi, Marina! Oh wait, you’re the teacher… I’m sorry, Ms. Orlova. I saw that Bad Grammar Music Video on youtube that JamesAtWar made. You looked great in it! Anyways, I noticed he made a lot of parodic music videos and thought of the word parody. I’d like to learn the origin of the word [parody]. Please investigate! By the way, my youtube account is UntimelyEnd. =)
Ha! You’ve got NO chance. She won’t want to come to an untimely end.
Or, I suspect, a timely one, either.
[Charm]
But how exactly did it become Hobnob from Habnab?
Shakespeare used it yes – but is that the only reason it changed?
Why did Shakespeare change it to Hobnob, I’m sure he wasn’t just misinformed, and decided to do it for a reason?
Regional accents, I guess. Americans would pronounce it Hub Nub.
Cindy Crawford touched my nose once. True.
Spielberg hired me on a Friday and fired me that following Monday.
I never did get my SAG card. I think I’ll call him to see if he still has it.
You haven’t yet told the story. Were you supposed to be the guy playing the tones on the keyboard, or were you replaced by Francois Truffaut and he stole all the limelight?
I was up as an extra as one of the aliens…
My nose was completely scabbed over from bad sunburn at the time – also true.
Wow
Was it a jab or an uppercut?
Actually, it felt more like a playful tickle…at least compared to the knee in the crotch!
Hwk: yep.
I’d like to request the word [butter]. As I made myself a peanut butter sandwich for a snack, I wondered why peanut butter is called butter. Then I wondered why butter is called butter. I hope there is no connection to “butt” and don’t have any clue where it might have come from.
The only connection I know of is Last Tango in Paris.
rofl!
I’ve hobnobbed with jazz musicians and radio and TV personalities.
Full Moon, who’s up?
When I was very young I met Santa Claus, several times.
moon is full of itself
Little Mermaid…Was St. Nick still living up North? Did he change his name? Santa Claus is the one that drinks Jesus juice with the kids and shares his bed? 
Santa Claus is the one that drinks Jesus juice with the kids and shares his bed?
I thought that was MJ?
Did he catch you swiping his cookies and milk?
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Who is up
…Peter and Dick 
Marina you are so beautiful! And i pay attention when you give your lesson… maybe i should have a teacher like you and i would get all A’s. lol
Once upon a long time ago, I was boarding a plane and walked up to the entrance to the jetway. Standing (seemingly by himself) was presidential candidate George McGovern. He looked like he had been rode hard and put away wet; he could have absorbed a good, solid week of sleep. I offered my hand and he shook hands almost robotically and I got on the plane.
When I worked at NSA, Vice President H. Humphry came to visit and walked the halls and greeted all we little intel drones. He was very pink.
When I was very young, my uncle, who was a Carson City Shriner and politically connected, took me into meet the governor of Nevada. The office had a very thick, deep blue carpet. Not knowing even what a governor was, I was immediately drawn to his credenza, which had a collection of metal aircraft models. I suppose he was a pilot, but I don’t remember saying a word to him. That’s a kid for you.
PS: Great lesson (see how wonderful you look, so happy and open and young and happy)! Homework answer: Around this part of Wyoming, I’m kind of a celebrity. Right this moment I feel like I’m hob-nobbing with “early adopters” of Hot For Words! That’s very cool! Very “analog-to-digital” and “So last century- meets the 34th Century”!
Homework answer: Around this part of Wyoming, I’m kind of a celebrity. LOL
That is Funny! Keep ‘em comin’!
OK per your request http://www.laserradio.com/4russia.rm
Hi Marina!
Gotta ask re the thumbnail…has that photo been doctored to make the two of you look more alike?
We can still tell which one has the brains, but other than that, the similarities are unnervingly striking.
I was thinking the same thing:
Blonde hair: check
Well-defined, arched eyebrows: check
Twinkly, blue eyes: check
Well-shaped, slender nose: check
Big smile: check
White, even teeth: check
Full, pink lips: check
Good cheekbones: check
Dimples: check
Small, cuddly dog: check
$30,000,000 inheritance: uhhhhh….
Miss Orlova, dear teacher, nice person,
Please excuse my comment the other day about your beautiful and simple makeup (you asked for feedback) I didn’t mean to be rude saying that the underlined eyes was JUST “goth” or was “kiddie”. I didn’t mean to be rude, because your more dramatic eye makeup (when you go out clubbing, etc) is well done by you for being seen in lower light levels and your skill in doing various makeup looks is real testament to the joy of being an ever-changing woman on the go!
It’s just that the new makeup you invited comments on is so simply wonderful and opens your face up… making you SO much more approachable as a performer (doing an interview show for example). You’re going to have as many years in teaching as you want and I think the softer, more approachable makeup look- no lower eye liner and subtle lip liner- will enhance your long-term potential as a “Mr Rogers/ Captain Kangaroo/ Sherie Lewis”-style performer and “intelligence is sexy” lifestyle artist.
In fact, here’s a “marketed personality” for Marina Orlova: She’s the the HotforWords internet teacher AND “intelligence is sexy” LIFESTYLE ARTIST. John Guthrie in Wyoming says, “Marina is definitely 34th Century as near I can tell, based on the unbounded dark energy we’ve detected (with z-meters) already surrounds her as a result of the shared human consciousness she’s created on the internet. She gets all the credit for creating the shared consciousness which binds that dark energy and makes her face glow from within…even when she just looks like another Paris Hilton on a yacht at Cannes Film Festival…
“THAT’S OUR MARINA YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT BUDDY!”
Marina’s fans know there’s a a lot more to Marina than “being hot” and more than even her incredibly intelligence media from her HOT FOR WORDS web site! Marina is a simple, open, happy, SMART and good person…with a family she loves and friends and a fluffy cloud of a snowflake cute doggy..and that open, smiling, simply yourself makeup and life is what we are loyal too and always will be.
The simple makeup creates the happy open face which any child of any age will always want to run to learn the meaning of lifestyle and intelligence from… and a few word meanings to share at a party some time. Go Girl! Live that simple-to-exotic lifestyle you do SO well and thanks again for sharing it with all of us! We love you for it!
Mirina you certainly make learning interesting and fun. It seems like every time I thought of word it was on the list. So it seems that you do an excellent job of getting to popular ones. I’m sure you have had lots of request already because of the double entendre. You are probably still trying to figure out how to politely to handle [pussy].
But the more I think about it the more uses I have for [pussy]. 
Like [pussy cat] and [pussy willow] and the derogative use [pussy whipped]. I see how they are related but where did it come from. And, BTW stop [pussy footing] around and make your [pussy] video for utube.
She did a small segment about the word pussy. It was with a reporter standing outside by the road at her apartment. I don’t know where to find the video but maybe some of the other members would know where to find it. I did find this video she did on pusillanimous. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qyHS4met7c
Seriously? Do you recall the date roughly?
The only video I know of that fits the description of “reporter standing outside by the road at her apartment” is the recent “behind the scenes” video for snob magazine http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/06/22/interview-for-snob-magazine/ .
Russia Today interview
No sorry. We may have to ask Marina if she still has the video on that segment. I went through the archives and couldn’t fine it.
The link PK gives in 43.1.1.1 has her discussing pusillanimous on the street. You are recalling a video of her discussing pussy itself? In a maxim radio show, she discussed poontang, putenda, or some such word — it was the first time I heard it and I have no idea how to spell it. I do not remember, but would not be surprised if she mentioned pussy in that radio show.
Russia Today interview – look under Blog link at top.
Well thanks to every one. You guys are super fans to answer quickly and with good links. Hope one of you win the lunch with Marina. I think those two videos basically cover it. Although Marina seems to think that pusillanimous is not the root of all uses of [pussy] .
I don’t give out my phone number due to the incessant calls from celebrities day and night. They want to hang with me, I’m too busy, y’know how that goes. Seriously though, I have never really spoken with a celeb, except the semi-famous Jeremy Slate, whose most famous role was in True Grit (Emmet Quincy, the outlaw who chopped off Moon’s fingers). He picked me up hitchhiking on Santa Monica Blvd in his Mercedes Benz. He was a regular guy. He has an admirable bio at IMDb.
nob on the [cob] will be robbed
hEar …Jeff Beck and Imogen Heap – Rollin’ and Tumblin’…an early bird from the [YarD]
Yeah, hard to imagine a band that has such great guitarists that Jimmy Page plays the BASS?!
ERIC: Sorry, old chap, I’ve got lead.
JEFF: Hands off, mate. I’ve got rhythym, you can play that 4-stringed thing over there
playing the bass ain’t nothing to sneeze at
slap&pop
Debbie Harry & Chris Stein, Mark Mothersbaugh “whip it good!”, Henry Rollins (many times), met Slash from Guns & Roses and his bottle of J.D., partied with members from Fleetwood Mac, I love Stevie Nicks! met Tommy Lee, hung out with members of PIL (public image limited) Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth, Courtney Love, members from band Christian Death very cool ppl, and lots of other bands
mostly famous musicians
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Hello Marina,
Paris Hilton should feel privileged to hobnob with you. It might actually boost the public’s perception of her intelligence!
It would until she climbed out of another car without panties on.
I have not hobnobed. But I would take the time to hobnob with you.
Homework:
The closest I’ve come to hobnobbing with anyone rich and famous was being a HFW teacher’s pet.
Well, more seriously, once I hitched a ride for an hour with a British Member of Parliament from Wales (Ron Davies), and we discussed strategies for the Welsh Home-Rule Movement (for which I was a foreign propagandist.) His campaign (with a little help from me) resulted in 1997 in the establishment of the Cynulliad Cymru / Welsh Assembly.
Dear Marina,
No, I’ve never hobnobbed with any celebrities. When I was a waiter years ago, I did serve many celebrities. When I taught class at purchasing and business seminars, I met many City, County and State of California officials. But your definition of “hobnobbing” means more than serving food or teaching class.
I’d like to “hobnob” with you, so that it includes many hugs, handholding, and crossing our legs together.
Seesixcm6
No, I have not really “hobnobbed”… although, I have met a number of well-known, wealthy people.
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Yeah I was part of a little jam session with Kirk Hammet and Lars Ulrich of Metallica at a so called speakeasy in West Seattle, Met Jeff Hanneman and Tom Araya of Slayer and back in the 90’s before these “artists were big”Motherlovebone who became Pearl Jam and Soundgarden( I didn’t really know them personally) I always ran into these guys at social gatherings and witnessed the good things and the soap operas with their girlfriends (My best times).
I did some work for a company called “Foam Tech” and we built sets for movies and T.V shows, so there was the movie Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie I got to see her upclose and talk minor things with her but it was not a very good experience, I don’t know if she was not feeling well or something personal was going on in her life but she treated people like shit, And if you see her early in the morning without makeup She’s Fugly.
Man, makeup and camera work really can deceive one’s eyes, I realize we don’t look our greatest in the morning, but I’m tellin ya with her you would trip out bad and if you’re a serious fan you might be disappointed. Also the cast of the T.V. show Northern Exposure(Great People!). When the show got cancelled that was the end of that job. and that’s all the celebs I’ve hob nobbed with. Maybe too long on this comment or too much info Oh well
Later…
Pretty good lessons on the last few and you’re getting more info in under two minutes excellent job!
the time and content thing might not be an issue anymore, or was it?
Take Care Marina
I have a friend named Beth Holmes who worked on the set of The Unit. She was one of the prop masters. She called a while back and said they had canceled the show. She is doing prop jobs now for other movies. Great story Venomrock67.
I don’t know if you could say this a good story, just something personal but thanks Capman.
Tell your friend Beth if she’s got steady work(and that’s what she likes to do) in that field that she’s fortunate.
This is a pretty and a good lesson too. I learn two new words today. Thank you.
Strange…
I always thought a HobNob was an oaty biscuit…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HobNob
(I’ll get my coat…)
i sort of hobnob-ed with a celebrity. im not sure he is rich but he is known. it was Brian Harnois from the show Ghost Hunters, TAPS, and know is a part of Ghost Hunters International. i met him at AdventureCon, http://www.adventurecon.com, and conversed about a few haunted areas i heard of around my home state.
You may look into http://www.foxparlor.com
thats my littlesister who is great in layoutdesign and also summa cum luade (maybe misspelled) in antropologhy – useful within above.
Me – no patience in micro – but great in macro
Anyway she loves me as I do love Her,
Sincerely Yours
>T<
I really like the way you’re composing your lessons lately, Marina. It’s obvious how hard you try.
HW: Yes.
I would like to request the word [recoil] if its no trouble
You know, looking at Paris Hilton… I can’t help but think of her sex tape. Even though it was an amateur video that was poorly done, and that guy being a dick………….. where was I going with this?
[Contribupendence Day]
Getting friendly with celebrities? …I guess that depends on your definition of “celebrity”. I met porn queen Jenna Jameson a few times at a strip club, a decade ago in the Portland, OR area. I guess you can say I was… oddly friendly at the time (or a bit of a dumb ass), but she was friendlier. Nothing really worth looking back on or bragged about.
Motley Crue stopped by one night for one of her shows. We passed by each other a few times, but I never talked to them. I didn’t even recognize who they who they were until Jenna told me.
Another celebrity encounter was when I was standing in line right behind Jesse “The Body” Ventura at an airport terminal, in Louisville, KY (This was shortly sometime before he ran for governor of Minnesota). I wasn’t even paying any attention until some random guy behind me pointed him out. He was accompanied by a couple of overweight WWF staff members (with WWF logos on them and suitcases). We almost took the same flight together until our plane had some kind of mechanical failure. I never talked to him and we just parted to different planes after that announcement.
I guess there could have been better celebrity encounters, if I bothered to attend concerts or shows… especially with the Iowa State Fair coming up. But I don’t really care to go out that much.
Now that the Hob Nobing is settled…
Does surpassing 20,000 follows on Twitter start to qualify Marina as ‘Twitterati’?
http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/03/02/nerd-word-of-the-day-twitterati/
I can say my son and I talked to Richard Petty NASCAR driver of car 43 at a luncheon and picture signing. I don’t know if this could be considered hob nobbing or just a chance at meeting him and enjoying his company.
I don’t know if it’s Hob Nobbing or not – but I’ll bet it was a really cool experience for you and your son?
Who do you hob nob with? You mentioned your sister had a site before yours. What is her site? How many siblings do you have?
Sadly, no.
Well if I talk about who I hob nobbed with then people will think I’m a snob. Ooops too late. (gawd I hate that word ’snob’ with a passion) Now everyone thinks I’m a snobbish, uppity, yachty, silver spoon fed, upper class, snoot, smug, self-righteous, narrow-minded, arrogant, chesty as a peacock, conceited, lordly, assuming, proud, swaggering, pompous, pretentious, stuck up, cocky, contemptuous, blustering, imperious, overbearing, haughty, scornful, puffed up, egotistical, disdainful, self-important, presumptuous, high-handed, insolent, supercilious, high and mighty, overweening, immodest, swollen-headed, bigheaded, and damn I know there was one more…
I have a list some where because I keep forgetting who I met. It’s kind of a hobby of mine. It’s like getting the chance to touch the real person than to just see them in photos and video. Have you ever seen a place in a post card and then visited the place? Everyone says the post card doesn’t do any justice to actually being there. The Roman Cathedral and the Colosseum did that for me. The Sidney Opera House and the big Coat Hanger also took me back when I was able to touch them. The world shrank when that happened.
Hey you want to know a little secret? Well it’s not a big secret but some celebs get just as excited to meet other celebs as we do. Remember they are people just like us. Funny thing is some celebs are bigger fans of other celebrities than some of their fans. (did I say that right?) Well you know what I meant and not what I typed.
What I really find amazing. Some of the people I meet that are not celebs and should be. I’ve met people with so much talent, I can see it leaking out their ears. Yet they have never been on any kind of media. Sad to see though. It would be nice to see them on the TV once in awhile. I think the world might be a little bit better place if they were to share them selfs a bit more….
Yeah, Captain Jack, we know you’re cool and in a line of work where you meet celebrities. But a snob, no. You very conspicuously avoided dropping any names. Now that’s class!
You left out ‘elitist’
hoy poy, hidy tidy might be from the same grouping?
Hoi polloi (the many, the masses) comes from a different source (ancient Greek: οἱ πολλοί), but maybe there’s something in people that likes to make rhymes about people congregating.
Maybe we can start a thread on funny synonyms & related words for hobnob — I’ll lead off with [schmooze].
Hey, thanks for the info.
hoping to hobnob a little with David Tennant at Comic-Con (^_^). Maybe get his autograph (fingers crossed)
No I haven’t, but my dad does almost every time he goes to Vegas.
This word has an interesting history — it changed its meaning in different ways!
I knew what knob meant, but did not even know nob was a word! And had I been told it was a word, I would have guessed it was a slang word.
Does twittering count as HobNobbing?
Hi, Marina
) and suddenly when i was in dream-land i started wondering for.. some reason, why is a [G-String] called a [G-string?] 
when i see you, i sometimes thing of naugthy things (don’t judge me, that’s what’s happening when i see beautiful girls
please make a video-response!
[verdant]
Would that be the same as rubbing elbows with bigwigs?
Shootin’ the breeze with the fatcats? Or chewin’ the fat with the high mucky-mucks?
500 rublej za butylku vody — eto skol’ko v dollarah
REad the latest issue of Bolshoi Gorod a Travel Guide for Obama in English
http://www.bg.ru
I only saw the Russian part.
I still can’t get used to people using “ты” to address strangers — especially someone with the status of the American President.
my bad initally I saw only the english version click on july 2009 that should take you to the english version also the online magazine has an english side вы ты is a problem вы is formal unknown person or group ты is informal family children lower status also to change from vy to ty involves a ceremony ‘davai poidem ty’ lets go to ty if they agree you drink vodka and eat cucumber.
With my people, it’s beer and raw leeks!
Dearest Marina!
Iwould like to HOBnob with you
MatsRG
Myiphone
Homework: As a helicopter pilot I worked with some well known TV personalities, and even appeared on television myself a couple of times; also I’ve been the personal pilot of the Royalty, Nobility and Gentry of Europe as well as lesser celebrities such as racing drivers, DJs, jockeys, footballers and beauty queens (in descending order of interest). I’ve lunched with Lords, dined with Dukes and partied with Princes but discretion forbids me to drop any names.
i would like to request the phrase [to call for shotgun] like when you want to sit in the front seat you call for shotgun.
i would like to request the fraze [as sick as a dog] please can u use it…
That takes the biscuit!
Cute! (For the benefit of Americans, “biscuit” is British for “cookie.”
puppy love is CooKie
Hey Bob! Did you hear about the Scotsman who drank Glenfiddich and got Gaelic breath?
Do you know why the Welsh have never produced a good beverage?
Too many leeks in the factory.
And if you insult an Irishman, you get a howling Gael.
cool; Nob is like JACK…ok…have or not ….shake a take… I gossip with WEST of California ….ok …oneida west and…ROB schie(N)der
ok…n after the HHHHH….guest of big [shot]
they know you 