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I’m intrigued by some phrases that use the word ‘nine’. For example, “the whole nine yards” or “she was dressed to the nines.” I always thought that these phrases had something to do with football. BUt I’m not at all sure about that. Can you help? Thanks.

Thank you for your site. I am often brought to outright anger at the misuse of the term “I couldn’t care less”. People, even public announcers, say, “I could care less”. It just drives me crazy. I would love to have you set these people straight by explaining the term. Thanks a lot.

I enjoy a hobby called herpetology, although I know what it is i was wondering of the words origin and why it encompasses so many species. Thank you for your help. Diamondmick

I am at a loss for words :-) But at this juncture I can come up with, but one feasible – DAMN!
It drives me nuts when I hear or see people misuse words…for example there was an email sent from way up high in our corporation and they had my bosses, bosses boss, listed as the moral champion…when I read the email I was in complete shock…I thought to myself this has to be a joke…this email had been passed around by a lot of people…so I send back…tell me this is a joke…I am certain you meant MORALE champion…well needless to say …it wasn’t a joke just a company filled with Dumb, and vengeful people :-)
Found you on youtube, subscribed and look forward to see in u again…GREAT WORK. keep this site going! I see some of the vids got flagged, and others are missing…so keep em all here!!! BTW has anyone mentioned ur HOT? ;-) Have a great day. Me

Hey hotforwords, would you be able to comment on the origins of the phrase, ” it’ll all pan out in the wash”?! Even though my Dad has explained the meaning of the phrase to be before, i’d be curious to see where it originates from, and the context in which it was first used. Also, it’d be interesting to see where the origins of the term “dark tourism” came from!

Thanks!

Pretty cool that you got this website running. You are a wonderful beam of “refulgence” in this crazy world of ours!!! Your fan, Jan Z :cool:

Great site. Great concept Marina. You make my day!

Congratulations on setting up the site! ;) Best of luck, look forward to seeing more.

Great job – keep up the good work. If only more of us were as energetic at chasing down the facts. Maybe this world wouldn’t be so loose around the edges. :smile:

:cool: Nice work on the site, its supercalifragilisticexpialidocious like the owner :wink: i really hope to see this improves as much as the youtube’s hotforwords cyaaa

oh btw maybe this has been brought to u already, but how about making a vid about ur name “MARINA”

I love your videos! Thank you.

:smile: To learn from such a Goddess is a true honor. Thank you very much Ms. Marina :wink:

You know i am a girl, it’s so much fun to watch this. I have in my podcast. love it to learn about the words, plus english in my second language

What about the word “otomotapia” what does that mean. Please check into it. :?:

Love your videos … so much fun!
You mentioned in your “Penny and Dime” video words that we should spell differently, specifically you mentioned “hors d’oeuvre”. English speakers typically pronounce that “ore durve”. I’m not certain that would make a good alternate spelling! The word is French, “hors” (outside) “d(e)” (of) “oeuvre” (work, labour, job). The translation, “appetiser”, doesn’t really work in this context, since the French don’t consider it as something to whet the appetite so much as they consider it an adjunct to an otherwise lengthy meal. They consider it “outside of the structure of the formal meal” (a pretty good transliteration) and so “snack” might be a better translation. In formal French dining, grapes or figs or cheese are not hors d’oeuvre; they’re not substantial enough for that. Clams with bacon and onions or calves’ liver with foeta and olives are. There you go … use it as you wish! Cheers! –ckr

Babe! You are the best! I remember you starting from “nothing” with 1 video, and now you have zillions of fans and starting up a site with your name on it.
Baby, you are going to be sooo big!!!

Could you please do the word retard?

Hi! Just want to say that I absolutely LOVE your vid’s and I couldn’t agree more, Intelligence is SHEXAY

If you’re in the mood for making a new video, I was wondering if You could do your own name (marina, something to do with the sea? no idea) anyway, I subscribed and I’m waiting so see more of you!

(and yes, you are HOT )

I work in the medical field and would like to know the origin of vigina comes from.

Hello, glad to see that finally got a website. I have this small blog and I did this small post about you and your YouTube Videos, You will not believe the amount of visits I got after that; people is really crazy about you (me among them) we all want to know more about you, you should see the amount of google searches that end in my blog with things like “whois hotforwords” “hotforwords website” “hotforwords mail” etc.
So please make us all happy and give us a bit more information about you, we all love you, lots of kisses.

the word karaoke comes from english and japanese.
kara = empty.
like karate.
kara=empty +t e=hand.
karaoke comes from kara=empty + oke=orkestra.
name me please (OKUMOTO NITO) from lima peru
if you use this word on hotforwords

Great site. I am referring it to many people.
I listen to books on CDs/tapes when I drive long distances. Perhaps it’s just me, but you would not believe how many words are mispronounced by professional actors and readers. I know I’m a bit sensitive but the mispronunciation of a single word can ruin my day. I may have to consider therapy. Incidentally, Edward Herrmann (for the younger readers, he is Lorelei’s father on “Gilmore Girls”) is the best reader, especially when reading books by David McCullough.

well i do appreciate what you are doing for helping us understanding the real language we speak and use , and i think i could help a lot in this field .
thx,

Marina, why do you post so few comments here? You must have had hundreds of legitimate ones come in to you? The one I submitted never showed up. Do you have me blacklisted for some reason?

Marina, I really love your site and your videos. You have a very unique way of educating me on the origins of words. I have a word for you that I would like to find the origin of, it is “marriage”,
Oh, by the way…would you marry me?

I would like to know the origins of ‘to’ and ‘too’. They are often switched by accident. Perhaps you could wear a tutu while discussing those two? :twisted:
I really enjoy your ‘outtakes and bloopers’ at the end of every episode. Keep up the good work.

Marina,I’m from Holland Maybe you know Amsterdam?
I know you verry well we have met severall times in my dreams :wink:
I really like to watch you half of the time I don’t even know where you are talking about but nevertheless your beautiful eyes makes worth it.

I hope you will continu making this interessting films.

Yours sincerelly,

Jean

I hope you will continue doing this

You are GREAT! You’re very hot and very fun to listen to.
Thank you!

Marina this is a great site very educational could you please give the origins of the word pontification?
Thanks keep up th good work.

Could you tell me where the expression “balls to the wall” comes from?

can you please talk about the word “trivia” and “trivial” and what they really mean? :arrow: :smile:

thank you- aafrophone

Marina I fell in love the first time I viewed one of your lessons. Anyway, I’m a Pisces and I was wondering where the term “Ides of March” originated and what it means.

hi, i’m a new user in this site and i realy enjoyed , and i think you are the first one in his topic , good luck.

thank you

all best wishes
:wink:

I just found this site via YouTube.

“Awful” can be used today in a positive sense; Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (1999) gives the following phrase: “the awful majesty of alpine peaks”. “Awful” here means “solemnly impressive; inspiring awe”; in this sense, it is practically synonymous with “awesome”.

Oh, and the advent of “awful” or “awfully” as an adverbial intensifier isn’t an “awful” (bad) thing or an “awesome” (good) thing; it’s just a reflection of the fact that a living language is constantly changing, and words often lose old meanings and acquire new ones.

As I was unable to post on YouTube; this is a response to Candidate:

A word that changed its meaning drastically over the years is “silly”.

Thomas Pyles in The Origins and Development of the English Language (1964) wrote that “silly” (Old English “(ge)s

Folk etymology (in response to An Unmarried Degree? What?):

“Crayfish”: in reality, this word comes from the same source as the French word “

I love the feedback and research ljublju_slova! Thanks so much!

Marina

The Whole Nine Yards reefers to a ww11 ammunition belt pr-loaded onto aircraft. If you “gave” an enemy the whole belt, You gave hime the whole nine yards, Capish?????

:mrgreen: How come I don’t have teachers like you when I was in highschool?!!

Great job, love your videos.

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Hail to The Capital of the LEXICON Republic and the homies of Etymologia :lol:

Interesting

Hello world? Hello weird!
What is this?

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I love the trees on earth, you?

a test back to you LeoNaRD!! HOT LIPS……….A tribute to Grady Martin one of the most unknown and underated guitarists ever, yet one of the most influential. A productive member of the Nasville A-team until the late ’70s he played with all the greats, Elvis, Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly ect.

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There you are, or where it is saying 3 hours ago now, so maybe your not around anymore, but just in case, or when you do, I’m living wild and dangeriously, I’m trying a reply, How you doing brother. What’s up with you as of late? I have been try many times over to reply and communicate and talk with you, and others, with very little luck, Do I feel lucky? The luckiest I’m going to feel and be, lets have a go at this, and see, all the beautiful nature, and trees! Well I was trying to talk to you and a few others in VenomRock’s Rock/Metal forum, I know there is no direct way to respond, or anyway to get notices in there, but for awhile I was busy, and I finally got it to work to post and reply in a way, , I was trying to help or reach you, and communicate, and talk with you and my friends, I’m a very emotional, have and possess and can’t help myself with my very strong and personal feelings, I have and use them. It is just part of me, sort of in a way to describe or define me in a kind of way. Well just saying hi and wanting to talk, it’s me! It’s Me! Neo! Hope to see you and everyone sooner than later. Peace!

Yes I do my friend I love trees, and you my dear brother! Peace. Good seeing you, I found in the resent comments, that PageDoll had made a comment and it so happened hear, and stumbled upon some of you posts here! Well and yours looks to be even fresher than PD’S. Well see you soon, I tried replying to you in another lesson as well, I hope you got it, and that replies are hopefully working and functional, once more I hope. Neo Out! Peace!

How do I get out of this forest, I looks like right now the replies are coming up to the top of the page! Well just thought I would document it, jut in case you or whomever didn’t happen to notice or see it. Well Bye for now! Really how do you exit this Hello World Page, it looks and seems so very different than the other lesson pages on a normal day anyhow! Later! Now get me out of here is there a guide, or spirit of the forest about, I’m really lost, no recently posted box to be able to jump from here to more current pages, or the forum, if I so choose or desire to do so. I’m not so sure I feel up, or would do any good, or make any difference, if I did anyhow, the only one that seemed to notice or care, and find the time, and express his so wonderful, and much needed words of friendship, and encouragement, It is my lifes blood, and it is really true, no happy, or glad, or saying I’m different or special, just having loving caring friend is the most important thing ever I think! And that is real and true to me! No matter what people, do or say, or think, or act, you will never change me on that!I can’t help it, it is just a part of the real me, that I just exposed and shown, that is only a fragment or part of the whole true, real me, temping fate, and exposing myself for my great friends, nothing is ever to good for you all! Peace! Help!

The house in the trees…a while back I left a comment(reply) and did not see it…and it happened again....MARxISTs!!!haha….sugar shack-– baby!

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