That’s Gross!
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Gross Domestic Product.
Difference between GNP and GDP.
[Friggin' in the Riggin']
Looks like roberhor definitely should earn a lot of points with his answer.
excellent job dude
I’m late on this lesson.
[Global--__--awareness]
GDP is the market value of everything produced within a country; GNP is the value of what’s produced by a country’s residents, no matter where they live. 
[rickets]…[cooper]…[stingy] with a shovel for africa
[tact]
[tactile]
[touch]
[touché]
If someone has [tact], does he have the right [touch]?
Yep.
Tact, from Latin “tactus” – sense of touch.
Well, Halloween is next week and I have a word that could be used for a future lesson. Please describe the origin of the word [HORROR]
HOOK ‘EM!
Hello HotForWords
I’ve been wondering this for a while now, and I just can’t seem to get a straight answer on it.
The word is [doodle]
Doodle has seemed to be very common in the English language, but it’s so strange…
Another word is [Sphincter]
Yes, it’s inappropriate, but it’s a funny word regardless of what it means!
[cwm] It is a real word! Means a deep steep-walled basin on a mountain usually forming the blunt end of a valley.
Here’s what it sounds like.
I’m sure the welsh will be relieved to hear it’s real. lol
Dear Hotforwords,
For the last week I’ve had the word “Caucasian” in mind.
It’s a silly word… “Caucasian”….. it makes me smile=^-^=
And so I would like to know the origin of the word…”Caucasian”…..
=^-^=
Caucasian
%…
I request—-[101]….55555 Collage or colleges and all that alledges of that and acknowledgements….alibi
{diarrhea}
I’ve always wondered why…. it sounds SO GOOD to hear it said especially with a foreign accent….. and…. it smells SO BAD!
I wonder how you pronounce the word in Japanese or Arabic?
And finally, I see in google where the origin comes from “milk of the anus”– I thought milk came from the “tit of the cow.” ?
Just thoughts from an inquiring mind…
Dear witty1,
I am under the firm belief that diarrhea comes from the ancient Greek διαρροή, which means leakage. If this is indeed the case, then YOU are the one who pronounces it the wrong way with a foreign accent. Well, let me guess… YOU didn’t ponder this, did you?
As for your mind, it is all too obvious that you possess a very inquiring one.
Diarrhea in Japanese is “hiebara”
Sounds like:
http://tts.imtranslator.net/6RQ6
“Milk of the anus?” That’s a new twist, but incorrect. It’s Greek for “a flowing through or from”
Polizia
Heres one for the road:
A farmer had five female pigs. Times
were hard, so he decided to take them to the county fair and sell
them.
At the fair, he met another farmer who
owned five male pigs. After talking a bit, they decided to mate the pigs and split everything 50/50.
The farmers lived sixty miles apart.
So they agreed to drive thirty miles each, and find a field in
which to let the pigs mate.
The first
morning, the farmer with the female pigs got up at 5 A.M. ,
loaded the pigs into the family
station wagon, which was the only vehicle he had, and drove
the thirty miles.
While the pigs were mating, he asked
the other farmer, “How will I know if they are pregnant?”
The other farmer replied, “If they’re
lying in the grass in the morning, they’re pregnant. If they’re in
the mud, they’re not.”
The next morning the pigs were rolling
in the mud.. So he hosed them off, loaded them into the family
station wagon again and proceeded to try again.
This continued each morning for more
than a week.
The next morning he was too tired to
get out of bed. He called to his wife, “Honey, please look outside
and tell me whether the pigs are in the mud or in the grass.”
“Neither,” yelled his wife, “they’re
in the station wagon and one of them is honking the
horn.”
[FEROCIOUS]
i would like to request the word [meemaw] or [peepaw]
Hey, I just figured out that alt+D selects the URL, so I can ctrl+C and ctrl+V it wherever I want! Slickest trick since I learned how to use a fax machine last year!
[technophobe]
Hey Evan,
There are 3 shortcuts that let you select
the Location / Address Bar.
1. As you already mentioned, ALT+D
2. you can also use F6
3. or you can also use CTRL+L
Since the Copy / Paste keys are already CTRL keys, and since the “L” could stand for “Location”, then CTRL+L makes it easier to remember plus you don’t have to change a key from ALT to CTRL.
FireFox keyboard shortcuts
This guy can drive!
[insouciance]
The Police should give him a job.
I wonder…if he didn’t have tire damage he may have gotten away…
Look at the “viid-ometer” – Dearest Teach is about to just humiliate that 250 million mark. Wow, Marina!
[humiliate]
Humiliating police blunder
Ouch!
[frisson]
Gross?
LORDY, Bob, NOT during breakfast!!!
I wonder, just where did that guy get steered wrong?
If I recall rightly, that sort of behaviour is regarded in some Hindu sects as an act of piety.
Behaviour? I thought you were westernized enough to cut the u?
Oops. Hangin’ out too much with Bob…actually, I live right on the Canadian border, so a few Britishisms enter my speech & writing that way as well.
Lucky for him they didn’t tell him he had to stick those swords someplace else.
I would like to request an expression [vice versa]. Where did we get this expression from?
It’s Latin for [vice verse] .
For example:
Cigs? No high, so what’s the point?
It’s years since I have smoked a joint.
Booze and women? For the birds;
I waste my time on HotForWords!
Where does the expression [Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth] come from?
Well, as a horse ages, it’s teeth start to project more forward out the mouth. You can get a decent estimate of the age of the horse from this. (This also is the source of the expression “long in the tooth” for age).
So, it’s a proverb for saying “be grateful for the unexpected gift”.
Can you tell me about the word “HUMMING” or “Ear-humming”. Its a chronical disease called “Tinnitus” and the other disease related to this is Dizzyness and mindweakness also called “Meniere” in Latin. Could you make a video of that??
HOMEWORK: I don’t know anything about what the Americans call the Gross National Product now (I didn’t want to cheat by using a search engine either). I do know that Bhutan has a gross national happiness. Maybe that will get me some extra credits.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder….
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Beer goggles
Bob: I give you an A+……Know the HotForWords and the geeks and nerds ….[smashing] and [thrashing]…
Be Care-full 
That’s disgusting! :-p
I think it was FZ who said, “I was standing there hoping that it was a girl with a deep voice.”
What, you mean like this?
@Bob
I’d like to think I’d say ‘no’ to that, but….
Hello, everybody. That’s britsh airlines…..very true…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWHdX3wjqg&feature=related
Congratulations to Marina !!!
for producing 500 video lesson on the origin of words.
I’ve watched every one of them, and watched many of
them many many times over. Those are fantastic
lessons Marina and looking forward to 500 more lessons.
When you look at the HotForWords YouTube channel,
you can see the video count on the right hand side
where you see the Uploads link.
If you click the Uploads link at the right hand side,
or the Uploads link at the top of the video, then
you will be able to scroll through all 500 videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/hotforwords#p/a
~
five hundred 
~
Fantastic Accomplishment!
I second the sentiment.
me too
If it’s really 500, I know I lost count
I didn’t see a counter on Youtube either.
Anayway that’s really cool, congratiolations Marina.
Marina,
The story behind “Gross” leads me to think about the phrase…
[Royally screw up]. which means “really screw up”. I wonder if the [Royal] here is actually coming from the French or Spanish word, “Real”? If so, is it the same with “Mount Royal” = “Montreal” or “Royal Madrid” = “Real Madrid”?
What do you think? Thank you.
Heavy heart, dear HFW FAMILY…
We just lost a friend to injuries she suffered in a car wreck. The only reason I write this here is to tell ya’ll that she crashed because she got distracted while USING HER CELL PHONE while driving. Dammit, dammit, dammit, NO freaking call is worth that. This kind, beautiful soul is gone now because of a phone call. Yeah, we all do it to some degree (my worst is always drinking coffee, and my truck has a stick). Make fun of me for this post if you want, but please think about this. Something can happen in the blink of an eye.
Not trying to be a buzzkill, just felt compelled to ask you, my HFW friends, to think about it.
Please don’t respond.
Sorry, have to thank you for your post. Too many otherwise sensible people make this fatal mistake. We have to make driving and phoning/texting just as taboo as
(Sorry again, it’s nothing to get flip about.)
picking one’s nose in public.drinking and driving.No comment
Marina i was wondering how they got the phrase [play it by ear or playing it by ear?] You ROCK!
hEar-ing…you like big cams and loud cars you will dig this clip. Make sure you have a good set of speakers …I would like to request Marina too, “[ to play it by ear]“…weight I hear a train
Tornado Chases Train
…not too gross …play it by fear, oh dear!!!!
Hey Marina,
I was wondering where the word [retard] came from and why it is formed that way, How can you tard again?
Well, I was tardy to work on Monday, and again on Tuesday; I suppose that makes me retardied.
(Where’s Bob? I’m losing my edge.)
Well, retard originally means “to slow down”. The word in italian is “ritardando”, meaning a gradual slowing down (of speed in music).
In latin, the word “tardus” means slow. Add the “re-” you have the latin “retardare” – to delay.
God bless SOUPY Sales….
Soupy Sales – “The Mouse”
Soupy doing “The Mouse”!! At first I was gonna edit this post down to just the song, but I decided to leave the whole segment intact, since I found it interesting watching Soupy stall/ad-lib while someone was apparently cueing-up the record!!
I’ll always remember Soupy’s line, “Be true to your teeth, or they’ll be false to you“…
I remember having lunch with Soupy everyday for about five years. He was always the consummate showman. Another saying of his was “Over the teeth and through the gums, look out stomach here it comes.”
funny skit
Hey GP, are you on Twitter?
I don’t think I ever remember you tweeting.
I’m looking into some twitter issues.
Hi Karl
I have to be careful with that. I have a texting condition. I text too much.
omg, it’s starting again..
Perhaps we can talk on this subject more when my temptations simmer down some.
p.s. Karl,
I keep up with the latest twitter going ons
and, I have to go now, bbl
see, i don’t want to have to edit out text
heard about some Twitter issues going on
I mean, ok, it’s free tweeting, I would
just say to others be cool about it and
work it out
peace out
You’re funny GP.
Dang, you thought you had a texting condition?
I just found out that I’m a regular chatty kathy.
Where the heck did that come from?
Don’t get me started – regular big talker Betty Crocker here.
raw dough on the cookie sheet
bread raising in the oven
raisin bread on the plate
tin foil sheet on the cookie sheet
somewhere in that there’s a poem in the making
lol@chatty kathy!
wowie, another twit pic for us
what is Marina doing now!
Soupy is one of my all time favorite human beings. White Fang is one of my all time favorite doggies. I used to love the pep talks on Soupy’s radio by the window, when the radio dude would refer to the audience as “Boobie” “Is the world getting you down, Boobie?” etc. I think most of the footage is gone. We’re never going to watch them, and it pisses me off. If I ever go to heaven and meet the execs responsible for this, I’m going to kick them in the nuts.
[blue]…For many years, Sales had a standing offer of $10,000 to anyone who could prove he worked “blue” on his kids’ shows. Nobody ever took the offer, although the rumor persisted. Sales states in his autobiography:
After many years, I think I finally figured out how these ridiculous stories got started. Kids would come home and they’d tell a dirty joke, you know, grade school humor, and the parents would say, “Where’d you hear that?” And they’d say “The Soupy Sales Show,” because I happened to have the biggest show in town. And they’d call another person and say, “Gladys, did you hear the joke that Soupy Sales was telling on his show?” and the word of mouth goes on and on, until people start to believe you actually said things like that.[8]8.^ a b Sales, Soupy; Charles Salzberg (2001). Soupy Sez! My Life and Zany Times. New York: M. Evans and Co…..also Records
One of the fans of the Soupy Sales show was Frank Sinatra. When Sinatra started his own record label, Reprise Records, he signed Sales to a recording contract. Two albums were produced with Reprise, “The Soupy Sales Show” in 1961 and “Up In The Air” in 1962.[9]
Sales’ novelty dance record, The Mouse, dates from the mid-1960s period of his career, when his show was based in New York. Sales performed The Mouse on the Ed Sullivan Show in September 1965. He appeared on the Sullivan show several times, once with The Beatles.
Sales signed with Motown Records in the late 1960s, releasing a single, “Muck-Arty Park” (a play on the 1968 hit “MacArthur Park”), as well as the album “A Bag of Soup”.
So your sister has some bad habits like not bathing regularly and picking her nose and eating it, does she also [burp] and [cut the cheese]?
GNP was replaced by Gross Domestic Product or GDP The total market value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a nation during a specified period.
something Gross… my family had a dog when i was in high school and it had a painful death from pneumonia (on my porch) …the gross thing was that my dad couldn’t take him to the pound for about a week after he died and wouldn’t let me bury him… The sad thing this the news paper boy who had to be about 8 saw it and was whispering to his dad about our dog being on the porch he didn’t know tuna had died so to calm his fear i said its ok he’s sleeping and the boy went on with his job not knowing the truth.
Hey HotForWords!
My sister and I were discussing watching all of the TV series “That 70s Show” and it got me thinking. Could you do the origin of the phrase [one fowl/foul/fell swoop]?
Keep on keepin’ on!
Hello:
I would like to request the phrase [Coolidge effect]
“Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow. ”
“Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.”
– Calvin Coolidge
What would you say, Bob, a fiscally conservative Buddhist?
I would say that sitting meditating can make ALL of our troubles disappear.
{Except maybe the one you’re – or were – married to.}
“Trouble,” as in “trouble and strife?”
[Cockney rhyming slang]
My ex-, a fundamentalist Christian, believes that meditating opens the mind for the Devil to put thoughts in it. (This comes from the woman who said God sent her a message in code over the radio that she should get a divorce.)
[mantra] (Not a type of ray-fish.)
[mushin] (Not to be confused with dogsledding!)
You got it.
How the hell did you get mixed up with a dingbat like that? Sounds like you’re well rid of her.
She’s blonde and [stacked] like Marina!
Obviously NOT!
Stacked may be sexy, and Intelligence is sexy but stacked is not intelligent.
i think you should analyze the word [BAMF] because it is all lot of cool wrapped in one word
i would like to know the meaning of [hockey] thx.
I would like to request the phrase [man up], and the words [man] & [manhood} and why the reason most guys and others in general use that turn to describe guys that aren’t men because of what they like or don’t like along with their personalities and ideas on things. thanx.
This video from HotForWords might help….Marina O’s take on female-vs-male
understanding…METRO
peace man of boy
slutsEx[yoga]
[yoke]
“Hatha yoga is better than none.”
(Ooo — BAD yoke!)
…
Not Bob Marley and the Wailers
By the Rivers of Babylon in Makedonian!
…Marina type music?
I would like to request the word [mana] and how it originated. Thanx =)
Hey Captainjack are you out there? How do you add ppl to Twitter list? Just got sent a Beta but not sure how to add.
Hey Che,
Try this article to see if it helps.
I just skimmed the article and it may help you out.
My man Karl always has my back, thanks amigo.
Hey, it IS Che Volay! But why the identity change?
I already explained it to you Evan, for comedic value of the other Che on Twitter.
de nada
You are so getting a bottle of Mescal, if I can slip it through customs.
I would like to request the phrase [off the pec]. Thanks in advance! take care!
what is the meaning of the word [ "snuchy"]
what is the origin & meaning of [ perplexing ] ?
what the origin of the word [ peculiar ] is?
People who eat their boogers… Oh, here’s a BIGGIE… The way kids treat their food. God, That’s GROSS!
On a related note: Fast Food Customers… That’s why I don’t eat at McDonald’s, Burger King or any of the others…
I can think of a few things that gross me out,are someone puking,or hair in someone’s food,another is someone going to the bathroom without washing there hands!.Marina nice black top with pink lace,and heart earrings very cute,and sexy!Thank you for your time
Peace
what the phrase [ trick or treat ] means ?
I will be doing that phrase on the O’Reilly Factor next week.. it actually has a funny origin.. as if you think about it.. why would it be Trick OR Treat? Shouldn’t it be Trick & Treat, meaning I do a trick for you and you give me a treat?
Yes, very interesting….i did learn from your lessons A LOT!!!
Her sister did Trick or Treat!
October 30, 2007
I always thought it meant I’ll scare you to death (”trick”) if you do not give me a treat! So here “trick” refers to doing something bad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%89douard-Henri_Avril_(8).jpg …Etymology
Portrait of Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1761)
Leopold Ritter von Sacher-MasochThe terms “Sadism” and “Masochism” are derived from the names of the Marquis de Sade and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, based on the content of the authors’ works. In 1843 the Hungarian physician Heinrich Kaan published Psychopathia sexualis (”Psychopathy of Sex”), a writing in which he converts the sin conceptions of Christianity into medical diagnoses. With his work the originally theological terms “perversion”, “aberration” and “deviation” became part of the scientific terminology for the first time.
October 30, 2007
Our sexy gardener, digging for potatoes in the wrong field.
My first familiarity with gross was as a 10 year old making his first solo cold sales call in New York City. “Get outa ere kid!” was my greeting. My definition of gross was the noun version. In the wholesale business 12 dozen or 144 items is a gross primarily because when items are packaged, they are in rows of 3X4. I was selling items by the gross. I didn’t get the sale, but it was a great learning experience, as I politely stood my ground against a tough New York businessman.
[potato]…Digging My Potatoes “Live”…[sweet-potato]…and [jerusalem-potatoe]…and [pan-cake]….night-shade…egg-plant
I was really grossed out a couple of weeks ago:
Click me.
I don’t know about “gross,” but anyone who can write a 2400 word article about researching the meaning of “labia” has too much time on his hands.
warning
[research] from the [guardian] angel…Labia piercings are a type of female genital piercing.…There is little direct evidence of pre-contemporary practice of labia piercings, outside of anecdotal reports of the use of these piercings as chastity devices. Like many genital piercings, the contemporary origin of labia piercing resides in the BDSM culture that gave rise to the resurgence of body piercing in contemporary society. In contemporary practice, these piercings often simply fill a decorative role, rather than a purely sexual one.[economics and healthy scare] 
PS….BDSM is a compound acronym derived from the terms bondage and discipline (B&D, B/D, or BD), dominance and submission (D&s, D/s, or Ds), sadism and masochism (S&M, S/M, or SM). 
ajaxofsalamis: your site is excellent and soul much more than …
…500 *************…+[stars]+ 2 U________I follow the [flower]-power….A Great-Lakes**jack-in-the-Pulpit 
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Bog onion, Brown dragon, Indian turnip, Wake robin or Wild turnip) is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a corm. 
my mothers favorite…thanks
Homework
Alexander Pushkin originally entitled his famous play “Boris the Excellent;” but as the character didn’t seem to live up to his name, Pushkin retitled the tale “Boris Goodenough.”
Hmm…I try to think of something gross, and all I can come up with is more bad puns.
Know any good “lap” dances?*Nnorway – lappish joik songs….or….Marina-look-alike___Sami singer Sofia Jannok “Liekkas”
Sofia was born in 1982 and comes from Gällivare in the top of Sweden. She has always been singing and yoiking and when she was about 11 years old she stepped onto the stage. Since that day she has been performing a lot with her music and also taken part in CDs, music for film and TV, musicals and other nice events. In the spring of 2006 she went out on tour with Rikskonserter throughout Sweden and southeast Europe. Her solo project on cd with producer Svein Schultz was released in February 2007 and is called White / Ceaskat. Now she is working on an album with her band. Enjoy Sofija’s Jannok lovely song “Liekkas” with the English translation further from the album “White” / Ceaskat.
Check out her websites:
http://www.myspace.com/sofia_jannok
You’re right, leonard, there is a certain resemblance. Is Marina a closet Lapplander? (The jokes are too obvious, so I’ll refrain.)
[Lapp]
[Sami]
[endonym]
[exonym]
Sofia Jannok “Irene”
Exhuberance in the snow!
[why do we call dissertation a research related word]
It’s called a [dissertation], because by the time you’ve finished reading your dissertation aloud to an audience, the room is disserted.
I would like to request for a few words [BRA], [BREASTS], [NIPPLE], [AREOLA], [VAGINA] and [PUSSY] as in the slang for womens’ vagina
Dude! Go take a cold shower!
Hello dark07,
Enjoy !
Before you take that shower, you will want to
review these fantastic HotForWords videos first.
They are right up your alley.
Boobs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O8rWViCixQ
Ass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjhnGjppWUI
Vanilla vagina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HKVM1GWTH8
Call this a random post to Marina Orlova’s website.
I am a meager businessman who rejoices when important people take notice of my offererings.
HorforWords is now atracting attention from MAJOR powers in the entertainment industry. She did it by interaction this Summer.
Marina is indeed a Major Talent – my opinion.
I think that she is ‘At the precipice of a major crossroad’ per the Sopranos.
Yeah, I was just thinking that Hollywood is going to recruit her for a role in a major motion picture. She can certainly act, and she has the looks.
I was wondering how she would have been as Lara in Dr. Zhivago.
I think either ABC or FOX should set Marina up in a talk show in the time slot just before The Jimmy Kimmel show to take market share away from the Letterman and Conan O’Brian, neither of whom have as much talent as Jimmy Kimmel. Letterman has worn thin and is seldom funny, anymore. O’Brian never was funny (Sorry Conan, but I like you as a person). Marina doesn’t have to come on as a comedian, since she has her hot looks and her philology angle, as well as her personality, which is at once sexy and educated and her Russian accent which is delicious. Ask yourself, who would you rather tune into and watch, Letterman, O’Brian, Oprah, Ellen De’Generes…or Marina? Just think of it, a sexy talk show hostess. As if there’s somebody in the television viewing world who wouldn’t tune into her show., if not just to see what
new dress she was wearing tonight.
Hey Evan, you must have been
reading the crevices of my mind.
I am in the middle of developing
a modern rendition of Dr pedanticKarl
and Lara, played by guess who?
The story is based on mainly true
stuff, with massive twists and turns.
And I mean tear jerking surprises.
Hi PK,
Next time you have lunch with Marina, tell her I think that’s a great idea!
What do you mean next time?
There wasn’t a first lunch, yet.
What’s interesting is that recently in an interview, Marina said that “Gone With the Wind” is one of her favorite movies, while mine is “Dr. Zhivago”.
I wished I could give my story line away because it is a zinger. I think it will surpass Twilight and I think it will be the killer romantic story of all time. I would hope Marina would play the leading role. She can pick the leading man, but I might even recommend you.
Anybody picking nose grosses me out, bleh. But sticking your tongue out by the end of thevideo does not gross me out at all. Tasty!
Love the site and your videos!
I would like to request the word [MATCHES] as in those things that make fire.. also.. what is it’s relation to the word [MATCH] as in a pairing of similar things or to [MATCH] a competition.
and stop picking your nose, it look gross
Hello Marina, I hate to disagree with you and your colleagues but, I believe you have it all backwards. Our country depended on its Gross National Product (GNP) since from the early 1800s just after the Embargo Act through up until just after WWII. We depended on goods and services produced in our country alone and called it our GNP.
But now with today’s global economy we depend on our Gross National Product (GNP) with a slight difference in interpretation, this includes our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) plus everything produced abroad in foreign countries. Our GDP plus everything produced in other regions makes up our “Gross National Product.”
TO say that “to use the term Gross National Product is no longer used” the statement is somewhat misleading without explaining that it is no longer used as the principle measure of the US domestic economy due to the globalization of the economy. Now they use GDP to measure that part, but they still use the term GNP it is just interpreted differently than years ago.
So, the US GNP includes product developed by US workers producing in countries outside of the US?
All I was aware of was that the news stopped using GNP many years ago when reporting the economy and it was replaced by GDP.
Thanks for giving me a glimpse into why that is.
News articles can be so misleading, but here is an interesting one about smart Muscovite dogs who use Moscow’s subway system to get around. How accurate is this, Marina?
GNP = GDP plus goods and services produced in other regions less foreign labor wages.
Roberhor,
We should all understand the financial terms, but when our government’s professional economists control our banking system in secret, I have grave concerns about our freedoms being threatened internally, as opposed to externally. See FRONTLINE’S article The Warning
pig-in-a-poke
The abridging of our civil liberties is an extremely complex issue and we could argue back and forth and go on and on between socialism and capitalism, or whatever leadership approach is better than the other until Marina kicks me out for being an asshole.
I believe my homework assignment was specifically about defining gross national product as per our teachers instruction.
Anyway, about your grave concern, our country has always been threatened and probably always will be. As for the warning video, just one more example of the liberal media and politicians avoiding the real issue. Point out the bad conservative to make the liberal look like a hero, with I told you so using smoke and mirrors.
Alan Greenspan was in a position to have the most extraordinary view, he was both Chairman of the Federal Reserve (that’s power to fill the banks with money during recession and cut off the money supply during inflation period) and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors (that’s power to lower interest rates during recession so people will borrow money and to raise interest rates during inflation so people will stop borrowing). That’s a lot of power for one man to have and he is the only man in our history to ever have that.
The problem was (even though Brooksley Born did actually specify exactly what toxic assets were) at the time nobody knew but we can see now when we look back upon, is the Legislature and Bureaucracy were borrowing money during inflation periods. That’s when the Federal Reserve cut off the money supply and the Council of Economic Advisors raised interest rates the government would continue to borrow money at high interest rates for investments.
That’s when Toto ran over and pulled the curtain and the wizard said “pay no attention to that man behind the curtain” then Dorothy said “I wanna go home” … oh wait, that was a different story, sry…
Today there are two separate people Ben Bernanke CFR and Christina Romer CCEA as you can see the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.
The real issue today is the fact that our country is vulnerable because of our lack of manufacturing capability. Without it we have no balanced economy. That thing about the banks, that was just a smoke screen to lead us away from the truth. They are using fear to weaken us into giving up our liberty, both internally and externally.
New technology is a freedom trade-off.
Good observations. The threats from Wall Street and Main Street (formerly consisting of manufacturers) is a monster with many heads when you add politics to the mix.
I was a manufacturing manager, then returned to college to get my degree. While at university, I enjoyed attending our campus’ annual economics* lectures by prominent Nobel laureates. I’m no economist, but one PhD spoke of how each country should stick to what each does best, thus adhering to Adam Smith’s, The Wealth of Nations model from 1776. The Nobel laureate was Pres. Clinton’s economics adviser. After he said that the United States is supreme in education and that we should stick to this and let the Chinese have our manufacturing, I wondered how many people would be employed under this system. A minority of teachers, then many highly educated hamburger flippers was my thoughts. After the lecture I was able to challenge this notion, and he flippantly replied that the education industry did okay for him. I sunk in my seat and thought, oh, sh*!, and he is advising the President!
* Sucking up to Teacher: from the Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomia, “management of a household, administration”) from οἶκος (oikos, “house”) + νόμος (nomos, “custom” or “law”), hence “rules of the house(hold)”
Goes to prove; that just getting an education is full of [b.s]…you said: schooling was a leisure thing, for the rich and real education is measured from having parental respect and a family for instruction instituting civil society
now lets prey for food and let the grossing of [BM], happen!!….oh-sh_t…pee and vomit is a mixed kind of health education 
I understand your views, as I know education from different perspectives. Schooling was not a leisure thing for me, though it might appear so. It was my job and I worked hard, long hours to learn new skills to make myself more employable. Education is more than what one learns, it increases one’s didactic* reasoning. Sadly, some highly educated and successful learners miss out on the second part of education, but none the less are promoted because of their GPA or their school’s background.
* Etymology: Greek didaktikos, from didaskein to teach
Date: 1658
1 a : designed or intended to teach b : intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment
2 : making moral observations
I hope for more learning before the abortion thought.
I believe what you say…Desired results
Cognitive : Through immersion in primary and secondary sources, students will cultivate analytical skills necessary for historical research.
Affective : The medium of drama (listening, seeing, and acting out) will allow students to establish emotional connections with the material and to understand the information through multi-sensory perception.
Behavioral : To focus the student’s energy on his or her personal experience of the activity in an effort to develop learner autonomy. As a result, students should become more confident with asking questions and standing before the class…from…new deal/old deck of cards
right on friend
Hey Everyone.
Marina is going to be filming/taping/videoing/digitalizing…whatever…Like her 10th O’Reilly appearance next week on Halloween Words over International Television. By far the biggest Cable News Show here in the States.
She is SOOO close to crossing the 250 MILLION total views mark for her lessons at the rate she is being viewed – a little nudge right now just might do something.
If we, as fans, could do a push to tell everyone we know to at least check her out in the meantime, she might be able to make that announcement for the show.
I think that would be very cool for her and historic.
I know she’s my favorite Teacher – what say we give it a go?
Hell, yeah!!!
calendar for listings
Yes, Doctor – that information didn’t escape me! Thanks for noticing!
Hwk: GDP – Gross Domestic Product has replaced GNP it’s more finite and less influenced by Global Trade figures, it seems; but, I think some countries still use GNP.
Extra: Rude pushy obnoxious stupid people eating chili, anyone can be sloppy but when they don’t even care…I’d just as well they choke on it, makes the same sound anyways.
Hey U2 fans
U2 is appearing at the Rose Bowl this Sunday, Oct 25
and the concert is being streamed Live on YouTube and if you have a slow PC, it will be archived for later viewing.
Sunday Oct 25 LA 8:30 PM PT
During the concert, lets hang out here (Latest Video)
and discuss how U2 is doing.
You want us to hang out on a site with a picture of a lady picking her nose.
I have CRS PK so keep us abreast on being here.
Hey, maybe Marina will do the origin of U2 before Sunday,
so that would be the latest lesson.
I wonder if she is going to be there?
The concert is sold out at 95,000 people.
What a party.
That would be nice if she did a cross feed to her site about U2s performance that day.
Hmmm – YEAH – there IS a lady picking her nose here – and she has black fingernails too!
Wouldn’t have noticed that without your help Mike.
When I looked – all I saw was an Angel.
Sorry to have ruined your day JD.
And yes she is an Angel. 
You’re right, Capman. She does have her finger in her nose. I didn’t notice the first 3 times I watched the video.
I wish I had checked by sooner. Too late, now. I am a huge U2 fan. Oh well, I was probably at work anyhooz…
Hey U2BsomeBody,
Sorry you missed the U2 concert.
It was a blast. I commented on this site during the concert.
It’s on the From Russia with Love page.
I started here
Then, check my comments during the concert here
The concert was great and U2 can relive it.
The official U2 YouTube channel is here.
YT will post the concert soon if they haven’t already.
I also watched the re-broadcast 2 times after the concert.
http://www.youtube.com/user/U2official#p/u/
My friend and his wife had bought tickets back in March and had seats just outside the 360 degree ring. Inside the ring, the seats were $1000 whose proceeds went to Bono’s charity.
bsomebody,
I posted the video of the U2 concert on the Forum
On YouTube, the U2 concert is located here
Thanks a bunch, PK. I’ll watch it 2nite.
Junk food is Gross.
Hello Everyone,
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Mashable fixed the automatic HotForWords text insert,
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Keep VOTING every day for the nomination until Nov 15.
Marina, you are HILARIOUS!
Very informative lesson, too. I’d actually wondered about this before (the word, not the booger-eating.) Thanks.
HW: GDP
I think tonyb won the gross out contest. Way to go tony.
It’s grossly unsanitary when people put food in their refrigerators without covering or wrapping it up first. Many chefs on TV do that and should know better. Also, it’s gross when chef’s squeeze lemons with their bare hands. They get very clean hands as a result, but the human grease and filth and infectious disease residing in the cracks and fissures of their skin gets washed directly into the food. Gross
Get a squeezer for heaven’s sake.
Yeppir, I’d say that’s where the trophy should go alright.
Excuse me while I whip this out!
Hey, hey, keep you minds out of the gutter, kids.
I was just referring to this large handkerchief
I was going to provide to Marina’s sister.
Just being gentleman, you know.
Quiz:
Anyone remember a reference Marina made
in a previous video to a handkerchief (pocket square)?
And, no, I wasn’t referring to this video
which happens to be about Booger
An extra twenty stars for Marina mentioning
that I am not groß.
But, I do have a groß heart.
Evan and Damiana will get it.
HW:
GDP Gross Domestic Product or
GDI Gross Domestic Income
LOL Karl
I think it’s safe to say (as in safety pin) that this site is mostly visited by an adult crowd.
The only kid I’ve seen on this site was too busy doing other things like signing autographs on books & wearing diapers and a bib cap.
What, that you have a big heart? I’ll buy that.
(When I was a kid, I thought that German double-s was a “B”. Finally figured it out from context.)
Thanks Evan.
I told you Evan would get it.
BTW what’s up with the “Find” function? I search for keywords that I KNOW are in the comments, but come up with nothing. I’ve even gone out to Google to locate past discussions on these pages, and found what I could not with this site’s “Find.”
Evan, don’t quote me on this, but I think it may have to do with the paginated pages. There is a plugin that is supposed to restore the ability for Google to pick up what is on the other pages. You can click on anyone’s username and you get directed to a page of recent comments.
What is the word that you are looking for
and let me see if I can find it.
Well, for laughs, try “Checkoff.” I get no results.
If I Google +”Anton Checkoff” +HotForWords I get exactly one result (one of my posts under “Handsome,” i.e. “Who invented the To-Do list?”)
Yes, I get the same results as you, but doing some slightly different searches.
Yeah, I remember the “handkerchief” lesson — she quoted one of my goofball comments, so I got to look like an idiot in front of the 611,000 people who’ve viewed the lesson.
I may as well add that the Welsh for “Silent Night,” Tawel Nos, is sometimes mis-translated as “handkerchief,” possibly due to the connection between caroling on cold nights and runny noses.
Now, is that sufficiently {gross} for my homework?
James,
I know you meant you were going to have a cigarette with the window open.
But do you know what your Tweet means in American Slang?
Just lookin’ out for you…
http://twitter.com/jamesington/statuses/5057481216
It’s 2:36AM where James is, better go knock him up so he can read your post.
(Do you know what that means in British slang?) 
A ‘gross’ can also mean twelve dozen, or 144 of something.
Gross Domestic Product? I cannot reach into my crack with toilet papter; so I have to run a moistened hand tall between my crack to wipe my butt after I go poo-poo. Muscle stiffness, obseity, who knows. But that is gross. I have to wash a waste bucket of soiled hand towels every day. when I did a personal study of the Millennial Kingdom from the Bible I asked god WILL THERE BE TOILET PAPER IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM? And then I had this trouble wiping my butt. Was God showing me something? I guess we might be living like life in the 1800’s. I used to say that flush toilets and toilet paper are one of the few redeeming virtues of life in america!!! Ha! HA! HA!
,The Frantics – Kiss My Ass
lawyer and accountantdual nose pickers[creative sharing] 
…what part of America?…open [sewer] of tax and law
Man, I’m ROTFLMAO here.
I have to say that’s the best post of the bunch!
bunch, as in handfulls of two-ply toilet paper(?)
No. I found the way he wrote it quite funny, that’s all. That is why I said the best of the bunch. But it got me thinking that the man is perhaps serious, in which case I should sincerely apologize to him because it is not a good thing to make fun of someone’s problems.
You probably don’t exercise alot, do you? Your muscles are probably atrophied more than anything. Do some light stretching. You will be surprised how much better you feel. Drink two glasses of water when you get up. Power flushes all of those toxins that have built up. You’ll be using those hand towels(well, maybe not those hand towels
) for their intended purpose in no time! 
Quote”I worship the quicksand he walks in.” – Art Buchwald …Did you know that the California governors wifes grandaddy gave initial money to this?….McCarthyism is the politically motivated practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term specifically describes activities associated with the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents. Originally coined to criticize ……also, Arnold dads was in what nations army??
who was more famous and born in german-Austria? 
Senator “tale-GuNNer JOE” also dated two of President Kennedys sisters…. 
The most famous examples of McCarthyism include the speeches, investigations, and hearings of Senator McCarthy himself; the Hollywood blacklist, associated with hearings conducted by the House Un-American Activities Committee; and the various anti-communist activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under Director J. Edgar Hoover[roosevelts-boy]. McCarthyism was a widespread social and cultural phenomenon that affected all levels of society and was the source of a great deal of debate and conflict in the United States. 
love america or…. 
So what does two degrees in philology, which is the study of languages, have to do with Hollywood dick teasing anyway? *Note: that was a rhetorical questions. If I had any real brains I would stop following Hotforwords and go get myself a real life… anyway!
Word request: [stat] in medical usage
From Latin “statim” – immediately.
Picking your nose is one thing, but eating it that’s Nasty
I heard that boogers taste Salty. yuck.
may I REQUEST one two words,,,
lux prima omnis noqtisque
L Y
Who’s pickier, you or your sister! Picking your nose might be a way to get a man to not hit on you.
It is an interesting word Marina, I had not stopped an thought about it.
GDP is still used I thought?
Keep Up the Good Work Gorgeous.
Dear Marina,
Gross National Product was replaced by the term Gross Domestic Producy. Also, gross as a term for “sickening” is frequently used. It is also a term for a quantity of 144, or twelve dozen. Previously, commercial items such as pencils were solod by the gross.
In your Twitpic, you asked if you should carry Gorby in na carrier slung on your back. Please don’t. It ian;t very comfortable for the dog, and it could cause serious injury if you slipped on something and fell. You’d squash your dog!
I was told you shouldn’t pick your nose because it would make your nostrils larger and you won’t look as good as you do, now.
Seesixcm6
hanukikanker? Be careful Marina, Kanker is dutch for “Cancer” (vulg. and n.) and “fuck”
You can’t eat crabs on Hanukkah, they’re not kosher!
It is now the Gross Domestic Product. I think it’s gross to watch someone blow their nose at the eating table.
This lesson is EXACTLY how I said I would love to see again. It’s perfect.
LOL I have just started to randomly say gross with a thick welsh accent.. Marina, don’t you mean coarse not course?
I have a question about your book.. The word honorificabilitudinitatibus may have been tangled. Shakespeare was English, so that wouldn’t mean it would be spelled honoUrificabilitudinitatibus, making it 28 letters, and also detroying the thing about every consonant having a vowel after it…….
No, honorificabilitudinitatibus is Latin and the spelling keeps the original Latin spelling.
honor4Ytiabiltyus the ver y same as lumen pro omnis noctisque
Marina I’ve change my user name here, have you notice? Formally Che (Volay) is now Che Mero.
Because the Che V is becoming more of a character on Twitter.
Just for more comic affect.
K
The still lovable Che
Howdy…
Aaah yes, I get it now, I got it as ” longest word in Shakespeares work” so I thought it meant that Shakespeare wrote it… See its 12:10 am here. Your book is too clever for me.. I need to be in a frame of mind where I can understand things and right now I am kinda falling asleep at the computer…. Hmm I wonder if there is a word for that like Comsnoozer……
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca
love Y
Helsingborg Danmark thats the city where shakesp,, justdid take place
Beth ydy “gross” yn Gymraeg?
Where does the phrase [from the top] come from? As in when performers rehearse and then start over from the beginning. Don’t things usually start at the bottom and then finish up at the top?
From the Italian phrase in music “Da Capo (al Fine)”, which means “(Go back) to the top (of the music and play) until the end”.
What is the origin of the word ’sheriff’?
***LossForWords presents another Fractured Philology lesson: Sheriff / Sharif***
“Sharīf (شريف) is a traditional Arab tribal title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets…”
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareef) (E.g. Omar Sharif)
Crusaders brought the title back to England from the Holy Land, having learned the term from the Arabs.
It’s true, I tell you.
Isis I worship You!
Isis I love You!
Isis I am Your slave of eternity.
Wow! She must have really put one on ya to earn devotion like that! Good Luck with all that
“Isis” 2 be or not 2 be?
by elsewhere ,,, Isis is my mistress and pointer where to…
Hi Thomas. How goes it
Thank You,, all goes by ,,
Hopefully the same to You.
I give You the very best of the best!
did you notice the video fron moscow above,,,
Thank You
Doing alright here & sending you shared protection
I will have a look again (moscow)
if You missed ,,, http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/nyheter/utrikes/article5967496.ab
[arm-pit]
Here some local….Grossology exhibit
….Appleton is where Mcarthyism is burried….
Good ol’ commie huntin’ Joe. He is not only rolling over in his grave because of current events but is actually inventing new yoga positions!
(Our Founding Fathers are just shaking there heads sadly 
)
Here, I’ve been watching Fox to get my news for awhile now and then I find out it isn’t even news they are showing! Bummer…
I hear you, beevee. Sure hurts to find out how stupid I’ve been lo these many years.
I can’t quit watching just yet, though. Theres a new Acorn video(Episode VI- “Fostering Felonies In Philly”) out and this time that fine female is wearing a black leather top!
BTW: Did you ever notice that the females on Fox are fine? But then, so is Rachel Maddow in a she-male, flannel shirt wearing sort of way
Cha Cha ain’t here. He’s in Somalia building schools for the underprivledged & net neutrality is coming and well, I had my say. etc. & whatevers
I still love <y
Marina,
I care 4 Y
You should all thank me for
1 waiting
2 patience
3 not being rude
I am Satan ! beware of that!
Thanks for what?…you SH_T your pants?*****!*****natas-satan““””’dEvIl=LiVeD…gross me out in morning
health-care….Hip and Belly Piercings… 
devil art 
pretty chick 
Your thoughts , Your thinkings,,
me just are
leonard, I testify and attest that watching that piercing vid made my testicles ascend.
The Shariah-
The following reference to Shariah law comes from Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, Reliance of the Traveller – A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law. This book comes with the approval al-Azhar University.
e4.3 Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the clitoris (this is called khufaad).
[holy-book] The Bris
Hey, GP, I had BBQ brisket for lunch today! (Oh, the irony…)
Ok, Sister Words picked a winner!!
Where does grotesque come into play?
Sister Words is still being Laconic.
tourists or pidgeons
no smell ,,, I am Satan
why bother else if <you dont ,,,
me is Satan.
Love Peace Understanding
Marina, care for You,,, care for You 100% of heart.
So there was this Satanic cult on the Isle of Wight, which had a class of membership known as the the Knights. Which made them the “Knights in Wight Satan.”
(James will get it.
Or maybe Bob; James may be too young to remember the Moody Blues.)
OMG what a pair of sis!
Now how are we going to know who’s the good and who’s the bad one?
Another
one for Marina of HotForWords…“All the Words You Can’t Say” by Laarks (CaitlinHill, Hill88)
you rock Greatest*!*Potential
…pretty “school-girl”
also, your nose looks funny
why do your youtubers leave such Gross and vulgar comments…Hey! that’s a weird world where does it originate from …Germany?
I stretched out once on the sofa and put my hand under the cushion, this where I accidentally found where one of the nieces was hiding her boogers. That was *gross*
Gross Domestic Product (while it lasts). When I was in the 5th grade, I had a teacher who would pick her nose and absently flip boogers around the room during quiet study periods. I looked up at her from the front row one time, just in time for one of her errant semi-solidified snotmissiles to land on the right lens of my eyeglasses. I’ve witnessed grosser [sic?] things, but I am loath to share them with a lady. BTW, I’m the new kid; have you ever done the origin of the word “booger”? Love to Teacher.
Hi (k)new Kid…got any goats 4-sail….Marina did booger—booger ….[][BOOGY][]
have a “gross-out” 
Well hello, Leonard. Thanks for the heads up on that; I’m still getting caught up on past lessons. BTW, ‘tho this is more easily done verbally than written, the goat pun was “Baaaaad” if you get my drift……Love sick puns. Cheers
dc
Grossly Informative lesson!
@HotforWords
Hi Marina! I was wondering what the origin of [lackadaisical] is.
soon we will know were Alexander went ..
no one dared to answer so we take the answer
http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/nyheter/utrikes/article5967496.ab
and me
Iam Satan , be sure of that! http://blogg.englunds.info/#post84
Homework part 2: This
And somehow you still made yourself look pretty while engaging in nose mining. lol
Homework:Gross domestic product
I only know three 1) something bad 2) the total so something 3) as someones name
Hey! I want to the origin of the word [kudos], like when you GIVE someone kudos if they do something good, or a kudos bar. Thank you!
Nose picker
Without Googling “Gross Domestic Product”
What I win????
That was gross
Joey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:(