HotForWords » Feat http://www.hotforwords.com Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Handsome http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/03/05/handsome/ http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/03/05/handsome/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:19:00 +0000 HotForWords http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=3106

Here is the origin of the word handsome and its various meanings over time.  They asked Terrell Owens his favorite word last week and this was it :-)

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Here is the Terrell Owens interview.

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Here is a video on the word touchdown.  I made the video for Pepsi for the Super Bowl.

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Origin of the name for the Steelers and their logo.

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In the spirit of the Super Bowl, here is the origin of the name Cardinals.

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Just a quick lesson on some football related words, in preparation for the Superbowl the Sunday :-)

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Guns and women have something in common!

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OK… I got sooooo many requests for this word, I just had to do it!

The longest word in the English language at 45 letters?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Go here to get the book and other books.

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Keeping up with the Joneses is so expensive… just who are these Joneses anyway?

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Nerd.. not geek.. nerd!

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The tabloids.. how did they get their name?  The answer might surprise you!

Here is where I got the Drake Bell DVD :-)

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