HotForWords » Lessons http://www.hotforwords.com Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:24:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Happy Hour Appearance http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/07/happy-hour-appearance/ http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/07/happy-hour-appearance/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:23:29 +0000 HotForWords http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=8476

Here is my second appearance on Fox Business’s Happy Hour Show.  I approached some of these words a little differently this time :-)

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Why are mug shots called mug shots?

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Happy Halloween Everybody!  Here is my appearance on the O’Reilly Factor last night with some Halloween word origins.

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Help me kill the zombies!  From the creators of the “I Am T-Pain” App comes a new game starring yours truly!  It includes me in various states, my voice (”Hello my dear students!”), me dancing, and, well, LOTS of me trying to destroy the world!!!

You can get the full version of the game here.

A free version with a couple levels can be found here.

Click here for a full-version of the trailer.

Check out the reviews:

Gizmodo, Mashable, MobileCrunch and Huffington Post

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In celebration of my 500th video.. here is a little piece a Russian show did on me.

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Why does gross have different meanings?

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Jaywalking!  Who is Jay?  And did he get busted for walking across the street?

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A job.. why does it sound a little different from a career?

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Here I am in my various jobs!

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Look who was picked as the #1 Hero or Villain (however you choose to look at it) on Rude Tube’s top 50 show!

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An October Films LTD production.

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Placebo.. to please, you know, to placate someone? :-)

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