Gossip

It’s due to human nature! Its’s easy to talk but it’s also boring to talk by yourself :) So people share their feelings with other people and make comments :idea:

Heyya Marina :) I was watching your videos on youtube and a word suddenly comed to my mind :) So i request the word “Platonic”. I hope you like the word and hot for words decide to investigate this word :cool:

how about the word dank :?:

I would be interested in the history of the world “tentacle”, the body extension thing with sucking cups, that an octopus has eight on them.

…and likes japanese schoolgirls.

where does the word “sweater” come from, and why is it called a “jumper” in Britain?

This weekend my best friend and I were driving in Central California just talking about stuff (like guys in their 50s do) and we talked briefly about you and your program.

We came up with a word we’d like to have you teach us about:

conjugate.

A little background about how we came up with that. He’s married (unhappily) and I’m not. So it is not unusual we’d talk about hot women and words with a vaguely “sexual” sound…

I mean, I know what it means, but how did it come to sound so vaguely sexual. How did poor verbs get laden with such a word?

Rscowboy

Hey Marina!

After watching the movie “Racing Stripes” they compare the zebra’s stripes to the striped uniform of a prisoner, and they refer to jail as the “pokey”. I was wondering where this slang term came from for jail. I was also wondering about two other slang words for jail, the “clink” and the “slammer”. Learning about any of these would be great, thanks!

emjay111

Hello my lovely teacher. I have a request for a word, but the only problem is that I don’t know what the word is. For months I have been wracking my brain trying to figure out this word and I am hoping you can help. Is there a word for something that is the exact opposite for what that something represents? I will give an example. Say, for example, that the button used to start a nuclear war had a smiley face on it. Or, a sweet and lovely song is used as the theme song for a horror film. I am fairly certain that there is such a word in the English language but I just cannot place my finger, or mind, on it. If you could help I would be grateful and forever loyal to my favorite teacher. Thank you … :smile:

I noticed you haven’t philolog-ized any words that begin with the letter ‘V’. That being the case, please do ‘Virtuous’ or ‘Virtue’. Better yet, do both.

Hey Gossip girl :mrgreen:

I’m requesting the word DIZZY.

Thanks!

I was wondering where the noun bow, as in one used in archery, and the verb bow as in to bend at the hip in a sign of respect. Also, the word bough is sometimes pronounced the same. Are the connected? Thanks your terrific!

I think I sent this request to the wrong place earlier… and not sure if it technically is a valid request, as it is a phrase, not a word, but what it the origin of the phrase “the whole nine yards”? I have heard – but can’t confirm that it has/had to do with the lengths of the gun belts on the big guns on planes in WWII. Can you (or other commenters) tell me if I am on the right thought track?

Hey where does the word babysitting comefrom? what a wierd word.

for my homework assignment on “why do people love to gossip” i submit one German word: schadenfreude.

i’d love to see you do the word ecstatic. that word just brings me such joy. =P

I agree people just love to “dish” and share the scoop! :lol:
I would like to submit a word request for the word Nympho or Nymphmaniac. I can imagine the origins of those words would be interesting. :wink:
I just discovered your site and I’m already hooked :!: :roll:

Gossip has been around as a word for a Thousand years? Really? I would have never guessed! :shock:

Have you picked your Valentine yet? Keep me in mind, beautiful! :wink:

Send me one and I’ll send you one back, too!!!!!! XX OO

Hi Marina,

I request the word “scrutinise”.

Thanks!

Where does the word “Lego” come from. Like the building blocks.

You’re right about men being gossips. I work in a boatyard where we build large yachts.A number of us show up 30-45 minutes before the shift starts to drink coffee(koffeeklatsch), peruse the newspaper & gossip.
It seems that most gossip centers around embarrassing :roll: or stupid situations :lol: others(usually not in the group) have gotten themselves.
So, I guess gossip often serves to let us feel better about ourselves at the expense of others.
Thanks for another great lesson
Your Faithful Student

gossiping is a bonding mechinesm. It makes people, friends and strangers feel closer to one another. This closeness is corrolated with a time factor. bonding for a moment in time or long term bonding. both resulting in the same feeling of mutual agreement and oneness. gossiping also helps to establish sides of an issue or create a click. did i spell that right?

Hey Marina :grin: !
ive got a request for the word, “extraordinary” and why does it seem to mean “very ordinary” but actually means the exact opposite (“unusual”)? o.o i dunno if that made any sense but :shock:
Thanks! :mrgreen:

Heya Marina,

I like to request the word “Nihilarian”.
What does it mean and where does it actually come from?

Cya,

Fulgore

My dear Teacher,
I very much enjoy your lessons. I heard a fascinating story about how the word “QUIZ” came about. Would you care to investigate and share your discovery about that word’s origin?

Hello Marina,

As beauty is said to beholden in the eyes of the beholder would you be so kind to find out where the word: ‘Beautiful’ came from, as I can’t help but notice how delicious you look.

i believe some people like gossip cause when they are part of the gossipers then they know they arent the gossipee

That one is easy to answer, most people live boring and uneventful lives.
Through Gossip they are able to feel as though they belong to something larger than themselfs, atleast when it comes to celebritys. :wink:

Ms Marina HFW,
I would like to know where the phrase “down the tubes” came from? Everyone around here says it and i heard George Carlin say it as well….its a weird phrase…gracias Roberto

Gossipers find it easier to talk about other people’s problems and situations that to talk about their own. Whether it is a celebrity, a family member, or a good friend, there is always something happening in people’s lives.

Plus, it makes for conversation when there is no other common ground. Everyone has opinions about other people.

Take Care,

Birddogger

My word request today is “Redonkulous” – It is a “neologism.” Let’s see if you can figure out who just invented this word!

Hint: A very funny YouTuber – not so famous, but recently featured by one of your other very famous YouTube friends.

I was more familiar with the “go-sip” etymology, but I see that it has been dispelled as a myth. Not everybody is interested in gossip. Small minds talk about people. better minds discuss things, great minds discuss ideas.

A love of gossip is a good indicator of a small mind. It is also a good indicator of not having a life of one’s own.

People with a full, well-balanced life have little time for gossip, let alone any interest.

So, to answer your question, I would submit that people love gossip because they have empty lives.

I found the (corrected) quote, and citation:

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

The production on your videos is fantastic.
Can you do a show on the word “reckless”

The show needs to focus on etymology (single words) instead of linguistic urban legends for common colloquialisms (phrases).

Keep up the good work!

My word request for today is the word “word.” If you can, teach us the origin of the word “word”. :?: Thank you.

Where does the word tuition come from? I know it used to mean something very different than we think of today. What is its relation to the word intuition?

The word ‘gossip’ could be categorized as a form of talking. It is not necessarily what someone does while publicly speaking, unless they would want to be called a ‘blabbermouth’ or a ‘grandstander’. Another reason why people gossip is because it is just an easy uneducated form of speaking a language to someone, rather than an educated lecture. :roll:

Yeah Marina. What about the word DanK? :evil: :grin: :idea: :oops: :mad: :!: :!: :?:

OK, as for as thiis word gosip. no worst word has ever been contribde it has the power to turn friend again freind, lover again lover, brother again brother, and man again god! TRULY THE POWER OF THE TONUGE!!!! THE STRONGEST MOUSE IN THE BODY. so I guess I would like to know the meaning of the word again or against.
The you my dear marina.god bless!
carpenderant.

Garrulous…to babble
:smile:

palaver….

Dear Miss Orlova,

Perhaps it was like:

Tell about your Godsib.

Godsib?

Oh….blah blah blah…blah blah blah…Godsib…Blah Blah…Blah.

YS,
TOF

Random lesson—We all like to socialize like and that is how people acquaint. Gossip is cheap talk. Like the wind, sunshine and the temperature[word rquest]. How hot is it? :wink:

Random great…patti smith(rare)

I love the random lesson…

Nerd Word of the Day: Vajayjay

<a href="10 bad wordsProgramme documenting swearing on UK TV. This section covers the Today Show featuring the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and Steven Severin …

the big bad word that I hear the women folk most complain about is [cunt]…why is a cunt such a dick?

we like to communicate :-) :P

Read this and you might get some answers. :???: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Anyways how about that Today Show :razz:

“I’m not here for your amusement. You’re here for mine.”~Johnny Rotten ;-)

They showed him what’s up! hehehe [Classic] :cool:

Found a couple of classics…um well they are to me. By any chance have you heard of these?
VIOLATORS – SUMMER OF ’81
VICE SQUAD – YOU’LL NEVER KNOW
Not much on the pics or video footage with these particular songs though.

we like to see that top ten get to top twenty with ten new bad words added to that list. (bunch of blowser sogwallops)

:cool: Sex, Stereotypes and Beauty:
The ABCs and Ds of Commercial Images of Women …n-ever.o-ver.w-ish :razz: