Gird Your Loins (Answer)

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  • pennsyltucky9

    I knew it!

  • chatty

    I didnt get an email notice

  • pennsyltucky9

    A girdle is a piece of women’s clothing designed to flatten the belly and slim the hips.

  • hersheyam

    I got the wrong answer, what a shame! Oh well. I do have a word request. Or really a phrase.

    Where does “Mind your P’s and Q’s” come from?

    Or, if not that one. I’ve also wondered where the phrase “arch enemy” came from.

    Thanks so much for making interesting videos, HotForWord! :smile:

  • loskeem

    GIRTH – It’s girth. There’s got to be a lot of English words that come from that same root.

  • http://captainjack.ws captainjack

    Damn I wanted to be the first post. Darn reader!

  • Bob

    Once again I answered the homework question before she even asked it. :roll:
    I’m such a smartarse; taking the rest of the day off.

  • http://captainjack.ws captainjack

    Congratulations MeanMarine! :mrgreen:

    Marina what a good lesson today. Love the blue top. It now is tops of my list of great tops. I like the shape of the yellow top you wore awhile back but don’t care for yellow. I guess its because everyone give me yellow things. If I could only turn yellow into gold. :mrgreen:

  • http://captainjack.ws captainjack

    How did you do that Bob :?: You must be clairvoyant or something Bob. Your one clairvoyant bird Bob :!: :twisted: :mrgreen:

  • Bob

    I’m a helicopter pilot so I’m cyclic (psychic?). :lol:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/stokesjrj1 stokesjrj1

    I too think its girdle

  • Bob

    Yes, congratulations Jarhead/Bootneck, er … I mean Marine. :lol:

  • kaibanator

    my guess would have to begirth? that word is mentioned in the australian anthem :O

    by the way looking SEXY as always marina! excellent video :D

    p.s. I was gutted to get the loins answer wrong…TWICE lol (there’s always other games :) )

  • http://captainjack.ws captainjack

    I just got back from flying my RC Heli. :cool: It was my last meet up with them for a long time cuz I’m moving south for the winter. I’ll have to find a new indoor club to fly with.

    Some photos of the hanger I fly at. The little red heli is mine and the little yellow one is mine. I hate yellow. Waiting for the blue canopy to come in. The red heli is no longer red, its blue also and now has navigation lights. I’m waiting to buy a computer RC simulator so I can bone up on flying my yellow Blade 400 inverted. I don’t want to blow a grand on stupid crash.

  • http://captainjack.ws captainjack
  • Bob

    Gird also means :-
    1. A sharp stroke or blow.
    2. A sudden movement or jerk, a spurt of action.
    3. A spasm of pain.
    All of the above might result if origin #1 had been true. :roll:
    4. A sharp or biting remark, a gibe, a dig.
    or as a verb :-
    1. To strike, smite or to touch sharply.
    2. To impel or move hastily or rudely.
    3. To move suddenly, to rush, start or spring.
    4. To jest, gibe, sneer or scoff.
    All of which happen in here from time to time. In fact there are so many girders here we could build a bridge.

  • hook112

    hello miss HotForWords, I have a phrase that i like you to investigate. I have always wonder about the phrase “Carry coals to Newcastle” witch means that you do something pointless i think :???: why Newcastel? And why coal?

    HotForWords please investigate

    //hook112

  • oysterfrond

    Excuse me miss;

    I have a question: as a Brit I’ve often wondered why some of my American friends call me a ‘limey’. As far as I know we don’t grow any limes over here!

    HotForWords, any ideas on how we ended up as ‘limeys’? Thanks!

  • nighteye

    I’m going with girdle.

    Now, another request, while still waiting for Double Dutch and the other expressions involving “Dutch”: The word “jaded”, does it have any connection to “jade”, the gemstone?

  • prospero811

    girdle?

  • prospero811

    Weird – I never knew that “gird” also meant, “to gibe or jeer.” Did that word evolve independently of “gird” as in gird one’s loins? Or did it evolve from gird one’s loins?

  • prospero811

    girder – support beam

  • canadadan1971

    girdle

  • Warren

    That happens with me too.
    Give it time, you’ll get it sooner or later.

  • ReeQ

    good morning

  • Warren

    Thanks Marina.
    Looking beautiful as ever.
    I think the “Guess the Word” game is a great idea and I hope that you have many more planned. It’s a bit of a challenge and fun to participate in.
    4 in a row!

  • Warren

    Wierd….is that the same as Wyrd?
    Ever see that before?
    I’ve seen it used in a couple of different ways while reading.

  • koalabear

    Hi Marina word request follows :-

    Since there is a lot of pirate movies currently around, what about a video on the origin of “buccaneer”.

    It appears to have something to do with barbecues or something, but how did it get to be synonymous with “pirate”?

    At least it would be a good chance on a video to dress up in fancy dress and wear an eye patch etc. Also throw in a few references to “walk the plank me hardies” or you’ll be “keeled hauled”.

    all the best

    kb

  • greenbush

    Dear Miss HFW: Girdle: to tie things up: nylons to the legs, and make a womans waist seem smaller, example, corset. I heard (my grandma?/read)somewhere that some ladies had their lowest rib removed surgically on both sides, to get that hour glass figure. Cher comes to mind. I have an 1865 Victorian Fainting couch, which I guess was named after the popularity of women of that day. They tightened their waist to attract the opposite sex, then came home, took off the above item and fainted for lack of air. Girder/construction, and grid/network are not really the answer.

  • prospero811

    Not the same, but maybe they have a relation. It seems “wyrd” means
    “fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters” (a.k.a the Norns or Fates). So did “that’s weird” as in “that’s strange” begin as “that’s wyrd” as in “that’s a strange fate?”

    Interesting……That may be worth Marina’s attention!

  • koalabear

    I guess there is no chance of a “wardobe malfunction” on these videos.

    But how about a video on the term “wardobe malfunction”?

  • mczak342

    hey HotForWords your looking georgous as ever! anyway i have a word request for you:

    discombobulated
    i would appriciate if you could do video on this
    cheers zak
    xxxxxx

  • hotshiz

    hey HotForWords!

    People use the word SATIRE a lot and I never understand it :evil:

    Could you explain it for me?
    PS love your lipgloss!

  • hutchiee

    Another word based on gird is girdle.

    Conversely, could a word based on grid be griddle?

  • prospero811

    Obversely, could a word based on garb be garble? :grin:

  • capman911

    Yea mine always comes about thirty comments late too.

  • bangsok

    sorry, i think you didnt like the way i said it. but nevermind..
    i was thinking about the word “bullshit”. if it doesnt bother you,
    please i wanna know the origin =P

    still love you, marina!
    one day ill marry you =DD

  • capman911

    Nice helos Capt. I bet it does take a lot of money to keep them going.

  • yourexsilly

    hey! I was wondering where the term ‘caucasian’ comes from. thanks so much!

  • capman911

    Do you stay up all night just waiting for the new posts to come out.LOL

  • capman911

    Well I got it right but I just wasn’t first. Nice class Teach. I learned a new way to look up the answers instead of using Google.

  • BillyB

    Finally got to see the video everybody was fussing about… sex & violence, in a pool yet…all good.
    Hey I got one right #2, whoda thunk it

  • koalabear

    oops spelling mistake – “wardrobe malfunction”

    Marina’s top seems to be one size larger than usual or do
    I need glasses.

  • geronimo

    Yeah and why do you limey’s call us Yanks? :mrgreen:

  • BillyB
  • Богдан

    Steel girders are beams that connect or bind together other beams. I’m not in construction so that’s all I got.

  • Bob

    Obviersely :!:

  • klekkus

    I would like to request the word “fuck”

  • Bob

    Get to the back of the queue, bangsok, there’s 60,000 of us waiting already; or is it 60,000,000?

  • Bob

    Russian mountains.

    What?

    No I’m not fixated on Marinas…
    Well, not much, anyway. :oops:

  • Богдан

    oysterfrond
    Back when Brittania ruled the waves, sailors in the Royal Navy discovered that eating limes during long voyages was a way to ward off the disease “scurvy”. Scurvy (stretchy skin, bleeding gums) results from severe Vitamin C deficiency. The English, who will try anything if they can mix it with alcohol (just kidding, oysterfrond:-), invented the Gin Gimlet.
    So, if an American saw a sailor with lime juice dribbled down the front of his suit, or heard someone order anything with “a twist of lime”, he thought, “Aha, one of the Crown’s Subjects, a Citizen of the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.”
    “The lime is the givaway”.

  • prospero811

    obviously. :eek:

  • prospero811

    Inversely, could a word based on grab be grabble?

  • Богдан

    klekkus,
    It is [F]ornication [U]nder [C]onsent of the [K]ing.
    pass it on

  • roadrunrnch

    What he hell , Youtube is making people prove they are 18 to listen to Marina?? Piche Jues.

    What next , A blur on Her chest? :roll:

  • prospero811

    Did you get that answer right by occident? :lol:

  • http://www.myspace.com/mprokin markopalace

    can you please give us the origin of the word POPULAR?!

  • prospero811

    There are some people out there that find sexually attractive women to be offensive (even when fully clothed). My theory is that the same video made by an unattractive, overweight woman (or a man), would not be objected to (and it’s those objections/reports from viewers that cause youtube’s system to mark it 18 and over).

    I have dubbed this theory the “Hooters Principle.” Everywhere Hooters restaurants try to go, there are protests and objections levied by morality police. However, put unattractive, overweight women in the same garb, doing the same things, and I am positive there would be no protests or objections. Logically, therefore, it is not the garb or the activities of the women that is at issue, but their attractiveness.

    Hey…that’s good! I think I’m going to write a piece about the Hooters Principle. I like it!

  • rattyz

    I’d like to find the origin of the word “Sneakers”

    if possible what were “Tennis Shoes” called before Tennis?

    generally, what the shoes we use to run were originally called

  • Bob
  • Bob

    Yes, he sits there sucking his pencil. (pencilsucky9)

  • Bob

    No, that would be based on Betty.

  • roadrunrnch

    girdle, girder, …griddle? Marina, You tell youboob, FFck and die. Give them something to bitch about. :shock:

  • prospero811

    Wouldn’t that be a Rubble?

  • Bob

    Any more cheek from you, Proz, and I’ll do a Jethro Gibbs and slap you on your occiput.

  • prospero811

    Hot for Warts? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYHCw0ePRQM

    How do you get the hyperlink into the words like that, Bob?

  • Bob

    No, that’s a unit of Russian currency.

  • roadrunrnch

    Marina, How do you get up so early. Or is this a late night? Are you just an old fashion gal?. Or NOT. What sort of ….Fun do you like? Cars, Horses, anything?

  • Bob

    Like this, Proz.

    words you want to appear

  • http://ru.youtube.com/user/ifranquito Hitman

    She did such lesson.Take a look in Maxim Radio Show, I think is the second show, but I am not sure.

  • prospero811

    Doesn’t it depend on whose ox is being gored?

  • http://www.myspace.com/jeffsstress jeffsstress

    Marina, I would like to know the beginnings of the word “scosche” as a unit of measurement. I hear it a lot from older people here in the Midwest. Thank you Marina.

  • Bob

    Rats! How do I show it without it working?

    First type “” (without quotes) then the words you want to appear without quotes and finish with “” without quotes. Note there is only one space between the initial “a” and “href” and only one set of quotation marks round the url you want to point to.

    Fingers crossed.

  • Bob

    Sod it :!:
    Ask aLx, he showed me in a post a long time ago. :roll:

  • pennsyltucky9

    There was a bounty on the capture of brigands: two dollars, or a buck an ear.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Now cut that out!

  • turtlewax

    A: girdle and girder

  • pennsyltucky9

    Obliviously. :cool:

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx


    <a href="http://hotforwords.com">
    text you want to appear
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  • turtlewax

    I think you’ve got the makings of an anthropological or sociological doctoral thesis there. I’d love to read what you come up with!

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    it’s supposed to be written without breaks, but the automatic word wrapping won’t work with this. don’t ask me why. just write it without breaks.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Moccassins.

  • turtlewax

    obliged to obviate the obfuscation of a lovely word anymore. sorry if that seems obtuse. :lol:

  • turtlewax

    :lol:

  • Bob

    Thanks aLx.
    On the ball as ever.

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    We all know that you’re not in construction Bogdan, because you have been around for ages and can’t send emails until you are complete.

  • cimska

    Excellent show again marina. you know i want to believe that you look exhausted you must be working alot, Allow me to recomend that you don’t smoke or drink and get lots of sun light, R&R also no late night clubbing, yes I am 100% serious, If you want :?: :?: :?: :?: some exotic fun buy a pole for your house and invite a bunch of friends for pole dancing and strip poker, be sure that you don’t invite any family members or evil twins it would put a crimp on the whole exotic fun and time to .. ( you know what I mean…)..
    :lol: I am a follower of a few words: dopamine, tenure, curse, hex, supersticous, superficial, begger, tease, ect.. words of these caliber quiz me… So please educate me and strengthen our moral, you keep up the good work all the shows have been great.

  • http://Actionops.com/ti 0WildBill0

    Marina:

    Girdle. Which comes from Gird which comes from the Old English Gyrdan.

    Bill

  • turtlewax

    seem to recall from MacBeth and whatnot that permutations of weird abound and relate to the unearthly (or maybe ultra earthy) nature of the 3 sisters/fates/furies/witches. strange doesn’t do the connotation justice when you think about the imagery of those weird women. Pros, this actually ties naturally (or unnaturally, in this case) to your thesis on the fear of women, physicality, and antifeminism, AKA “the Hooters Principle.”
    Think about that rant a little while ago on the ‘evils’ of breast augmentation. How different is that from the portrayal of furies like Medusa? It’s all about fear and insecurity.
    Hmm. Maybe I should write something on this too.

  • kenneth555

    I am interested in the Japanese word, zanshin, if that is ok.
    Thank you.

  • Bob

    That’s a good one for a guess the word game, Marina.

  • turtlewax

    Богдан, you beat me to the punch. (BTW, how does one pronounce Богдан?)
    Next question: are the French called ‘frogs’ because they eat frogs’ legs?

  • Bob

    I never know if you’re being serious or not, Penny.

  • http://www.youtube.com/labbatt78 labbatt78

    cool! direct hit! It’s #2. Anyways, I believe it’s girder-a heavy support beam used for construction. :grin:

  • cimska

    Marina next time you think of buying a new or used car I want to dare you to buy one of the hybrids or fully electrics, I myslef am in the market for a off road street legal dirt bike and a yacht, so i can travel like captain jack

  • Bob
  • cimska

    I want to hang on the limb again and dare you to buy a fully electric, like the sporty tesla. or at least be so conservative buy a super nice vespa moped so that you can keep your self in check,
    :idea: :idea: :idea: With Love From Cimska :lol:

  • prospero811

    You’ve managed to obnubilate quite obscenely. You are obnoxious, obsequious, obdurate, obtrusive and obstreperous.

  • turtlewax

    I couldn’t ask for a more glowing endorsement! :razz:
    You taught me a couple great words, Pros! Thanks!

  • turtlewax

    Marina, you should wait for September 19th to roll around. It would be great fun to watch you celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

  • prospero811

    She should “remain inactive and in a state of repose” for September 19? Can’t she go about her business as usual until then?

  • turtlewax

    Did you get a papercut from pushing the envelope at the Literalists Conventioin, Pros?

  • prospero811

    I give you obeisance, turtlewax.

  • corky

    This is a legend in the Native American folklore. The legend I’m talking about is the legend of the White Buffalo. Do you know what this is and is there such an animal?

  • wootles

    Marina,

    Please decide to investigate the origin of “tuckered out”, as in “I’m really tuckered out.”

  • wordlover

    There are several cognates here, actually, Marina. The most obvious being “girth”. Others are “girdle” and BION “yard”.

    BTW, you look HOT in HOT pink! Mwwwwwwwwah! :mrgreen: :cool:

  • http://www.nelsonsbeltran.org nbeltran

    :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :cool:

    encircle,muster, BIND, BELT, EQUIP, PREPARE, Fortify, Build up OR Provide

  • wordlover

    Yeah, I told him the same thing awhile back! He never answered me! :sad: I wonder if, by not answering me, he was being serious or not? :roll:

  • http://www.nelsonsbeltran.org nbeltran

    :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :cool:

    Directed To Marina, the Philologist only;

    What is the origin of the word, Stoic ?

    or phrase “empty and meaningless”

    or even “procrastinate ?”

    warmly,

    Nelson

  • wordlover

    :lol:

  • wordlover

    Personally, I wanna know what prospero811 has come down with… :wink:

  • wordlover

    “FFck and die”? That’s a nasty phrase for a less-than-18-year-old, don’t ya think? :lol:

  • wordlover

    I’ll tell you, jeffsstress—in my usually self-professing manner! :mrgreen:

    Scosche, more commonly spelt “skosh”, is a loanword from Japanese 少し (sukoshi), and means “a little” in both English and Japanese.

  • wordlover

    Cimska, I forgot to ask you, where are you from? :?:

  • wordlover

    :idea: psst, she’s looking for words that derive from “gird”, NOT synonyms.

  • roadrunrnch

    maybe 30 years ago when I was under 18.

  • dankupchi

    Dear, Marina :cool:

    I love your videos and I would like you to search the origin of the word “peace”. “Peace” as in when people say good – bye to each other and “peace” as in when countries want to declare it. Do they have anything in common? And how did they come about. Thank – you Marina. I hope you use my word.

    Sincerely, dankapa from YouTube. :grin:

  • http://www.myspace.com/jeffsstress jeffsstress

    yeah, I got that from wikipedia too
    1. Skosh: Just a little. From Japanese sukoshi “a little”
    but also got this too.
    2.Scosch is a unit of measure used in ancient cultures, specifically the tribes of the Indo-Aryans. The particular amount which was designated by this unit is still debated.

    Just wondering what Marina’s take on it is.

  • ragabashmoon

    Homework: Girdle, it’s like that thing for when you have a bad back.

  • http://www.myspace.com/jeffsstress jeffsstress

    I (being a middle age white man in the middle of the USA) wouldn’t usually suggest playing a card, but isn’t this just a prejudice. I mean, what kind of world do we live in when being “Pretty” or “Handsome” is treated like some sort of crime? :cry:

  • http://mediacrushing.com petaunot

    Laughter is the strangest of all the languages and yet we all know what it means no matter your country of origin or your spoken language. I know it is not in itself a language per se but it should be classified as one since it is the only vocalization that spans the globe which everyone understands.

    Your question.. The origins of laughter,laughing,to laugh,etc.
    Please expound on this.

    P.S. I like your nose.

  • http://www.myspace.com/jeffsstress jeffsstress

    or;
    (F)ound (U)nder (C)arnal (K)nowledge
    Fornication Under Carnal/Cardinal Knowledge”
    Fornication Under [the] Control/Consent/Command of the King”
    Fornication Under the Christian King”
    False Use of Carnal Knowledge”
    Felonious Use of Carnal Knowledge”
    Felonious Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”
    Full-On Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”
    For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”
    Found Under Carnal Knowledge”
    Forced Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”, referring to the crime of rape.

    but I believe the past tense (F)inancially (U)nderpaid (C)ooperative and (K)ind (E)mplyees must (D)ie

    aren’t we all! :wink:

  • prospero811

    Yes, jeffsstress, I agree, we must fight this invidious discrimination against extremely attractive and sexually appealing people! Those of us in the “hot community” as we can refer to it have been for far too long treated differently than everyone else.

    As aptly stated by Derek Zoolander, “I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.”

  • prospero811

    wordlover – i’m having a difficult time understanding the innuendo there…. :?:

  • turtlewax

    Prospero, I said come up with, so wordlover said come down with.
    I don’t think there’s much more to it than a paronomastic compulsion.

  • cimska

    Also someone like you should buy the H-1 or H-3 and convert it to 100 mpg what is a better idea than that :?: any general motors vehicles can be upgraded to 100 mpg from 13mpg ask http://www.youtube.com :roll: With Love From Cimska
    Play my requests :!:

  • runawayscott

    Your Thinking of the word Girdle. I was kinda hoping you had left off the habit of always making two the answer, that’ll teach me huh?

  • http://www.myspace.com/therealhuy therealhuy

    first comment ever. may i request the word, “HOT”? thanks!

    -therealhuy (da-real-wii)

  • wordlover

    Just teasin’!

    Seriously, though, I hate redtape! Don’t you? Even iTunes has it! I hate it when practically every site requires a credit card to do business—even if you’re using a giftcard! Damn, that’s crazy! :roll:

  • http://www.myspace.com/therealhuy therealhuy

    or just call me, “kid basik.” :D

  • wordlover

    Oops! Sorry! :oops:

    Good question, though.

  • wordlover

    You mean like a Boston back-brace?

  • wordlover

    Also, prospero811, the way you were talking about hooters made it sound like you had come down with (say) cat scratch fever… I dunno. :roll:

  • prospero811

    Paronomastic – nice!

    …it’s probably just Hooter fever!

  • wordlover

    Bob, at last count it was 68,238,542! But if bangsok decides to stay it’ll bring the total to 68,238,543 :!:

  • wordlover

    Careful, prospero811, the Brits here may think that you’ve got some strange fetish for noses… :shock:

  • donfelipegonzales

    Dear revered teacher
    Well, nill ! ! ! ! My skill in the idiomatic expression is absolutly inexistant ! I thought the one with pigs was funny but of course without google or wikipedia…..
    Dear teacher, are you sure that you don’t want us to use those very pedagogic items? Please! How can I appear intelligent before your eyes without a little help from my friends the internet?????
    Your devoted student
    Don Felipe Gonzales del pais de los nullos in ingles

  • http://classified anand

    Here’s a word “exhausterbate”.

  • turtlewax

    I would have thought skosh was Yiddish.
    Would you like a schmeer of cream cheese on that?
    No, I’ll have a skosh more than a schmeer.

  • donfelipegonzales

    Dear teacher
    I forgot something, is it possible to have the origin of the word “beyond”
    Thank you ! ! !
    Don Felipe du pays des gros nazes en anglais

  • turtlewax

    WL, help me out with the nasal connection there?

  • wordlover

    In British slang “hooter” means “nose”.

  • http://www.late-shift.com slickstuf69

    Here is a word, or symbol rather. The origin of the”@” (at) symbol.
    I am a computer nerd and would find it interesting but I have a sneaky suspicion it did not come from the computer industry.

  • wordlover

    נאָר אַ סקאָש, זײַט אַזױ גוט.

  • pennsyltucky9

    If you want me to answer a question, you’ll just have to learn how to pose it in a reply box that still has a reply button left in it! Basically:

    No emoticons=deadpan delivery.

    It’s been my long-time habit to maintain my composure and communicate using actual words (except where my gravatar is concerned- for it, I prefer to maintain my decomposure). If this is confusing, just ask Dave.

  • wordlover

    I love your self-sobriquets, DFG! :mrgreen:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Hahahaha!
    Nice doube-entendre there.

  • wordlover

    Yeah, but then you won’t know that I’m responding to your previous comment unless you compare their timestamps.

    See?

  • amcgarry

    How about researching the phrase “Bear with me”, why do they use the word bear when they want someone to be patient with something?

  • melikadothechacha

    Canvas deck shoes?

  • svoboda

    How about a girdle? Not that you would have any personnal experience in wearing one :smile:
    As far as rating your videos: on a scale of 1 to 100 (and nobody ever gets 100) you get a 101!!!!
    Can you tell me the origin of the word, or name Arden? I know of two possible answers: 1) from the shakespearian garden of love, peace and tranquility.
    2) derived from the German forest of Ardan (?) where the battle of the bulge occurred (and they didn’t have a girdle to help them win, either)

  • melikadothechacha

    AArr! Hoist me yardarm and shiver me timbers!
    You totally crack me up. :grin:

  • cimska

    I live in the USA

  • Bob

    A Stoic is what brings the baby.
    A Cynic is what you bathe it in. :lol:

  • hachimaki

    how about researching the loanword “smorgasbord” or the word “viking”?

  • wordlover

    Is English your 1st language?

  • wordlover

    :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: Directed To Marina, the Philologist only; :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

    Can’t you read, Bob! OH MY GOD THE WORLD IS GOING TO EXPLODE!!!!! HELP! HEEEEEEEEEEEELP! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES: SHE’S GONNA BLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

    PS—I think he meant, “the only Philologist”, since I don’t count as one in his book… :roll:

  • wordlover

    …and the bulges were bigger, besides. :twisted:

  • wordlover

    Ahem… I said, “See?”

  • cimska

    Yes….. Born in the USA but No I’m not russian like cimska,

  • wordlover

    Marina, please read this (I always forget to add that…)!

    Please do a Guess the Word Origin Game for the word “Lego®”. I think you can do proprietary names legally if they’re used in a linguistic context.

    Your everloving student,
    wordlover XoxOXoxOXoxOXoxO! :smile: :grin: :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    leggo my eggo!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Who ARE you talking to? ( begin Robert DeNiro “Taxi Driver” voice here) You talkin’ to me? Are YOU talkin’ to ME?

  • wordlover

    Что вы… «like cimska»

    Не понимаю!

  • cimska

    what about you where are you from

  • wordlover

    Well, technically, if I answer your Taxi Driver bit, I’ll have to do so down HERE so that you can have the pleasure of clicking the [Reply] button! Awwwww! Ain’t I sweet? :wink: :mrgreen:

  • wordlover

    Just out of curiosity, Marina, you didn’t get rid of paged comments, did you? :eek: There’s some very helpful info in some of the early comments of each page! :shock:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Awww, I’m touched (in the head, but you knew that). So be it ever so humble, whether I’m serious or joking just might have to remain a pertinent element of my weblog persona mystique.

    Can you like, dig where it is that I’m comin’ to ya from at, mon?

  • wordlover

    Maybe…

    But I doubt I’ll EVER get used to replying to your comments this way! :roll:

  • wordlover

    I, too, was born in and live in the USA

  • cimska

    How old are you?

  • wordlover

    Why do you ask? :???:

  • bobsully

    I got yet another right…could it be your are making me smarter.

    .

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    I made the paged comments sort of go away as it seems to lose pages sometimes, I think? Or does it? What did you want to say about them?

  • http://www.myspace.com/sexiboy 2hot4words

    Gird (also can be known as Gopasetra in ancient times, or Gwalior region later) is a region of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It includes the districts of Bhind, Gwalior, Morena, Sheopur, and Shivpuri. Gwalior is the largest city in the region, and its historic center.

    The Chambal and Yamuna rivers form the northwestern and northern boundaries of the region. Hadoti region of Rajasthan lies to the southwest, Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh lies to the south, and Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh lies to the east. Gird is sometimes considered part of Bundelkhand.

  • fishymack

    Girdle

  • momentai

    ok I’m new.. big surprise…anyways, my sister found you and I thought this was cool so I thought of a word for you. I have a cat and I love her… she has these green eyes and I was looking at them one day and thought iridescent, and that’s my word, iridescent. I have looked up the word and I know it don’t mean green, it’s more like a rainbow, but thought you might like it

  • wordlover

    Oh, just that sometimes people ask a question that’s already been answered in detail in an earlier page/lesson, and that it’s kind of a bummer to have to type it all out again. :sad:

    But if you can’t change it or whatever, don’t worry! :mrgreen:

  • thing

    I would have to guess girdle for the related common word.

  • wordlover

    Not to be confused with GIRD (Gastro-Intestinal Reflux Disease). :razz:

  • http://www.myspace.com/sexiboy 2hot4words

    Most you always comment my sayings lol

  • prospero811

    Are those charcoal sobriquets?

  • preferential_complex

    DIABOLICAL

    I’m interested in the word origin of the word Diabolical. I’ve been using this word quite a bit recently and am curious to know where the word originated.

    Thanks! I like your work. Have a nice day,

    C

  • bobmando

    Hi Marina,
    I got really confused today when playing your video because a youtube video (ad on the right) started playing at the same time as your video… It made no sense till I discovered the ad and turned it off. You may not want that to auto play…. Some sites uses ads with a video loop that plays
    and have an audio button “See this with Audio” kind. I’d recommend that.
    ENJOY!
    -BobManDo

  • rogeriopx

    Hello Marina,
    I’d like to know the origin of the expression Catch 22.
    Thanks,
    I’m looking forward to see you say my name on the video.
    Have a nice day ….
    Kisses !!!!
    Bye !!

  • wordlover

    I HAVE to let these puns out! They accumulate and for every one I don’t release a lightbulb explodes somewhere in the world… Naw, just kiddin’: the world would be pitch black if that were the case… :roll:

  • jimmy24651

    What’s the origin of “Astor’s Horse?”

  • nw2394

    Well, “hooter” singular is a nose (to a Brit anyway). “Hooters” plural – well – it isn’t really Brit slang I think – but most of us know what you mean :)

    Is “hooters” general US slang – or is it redneck – feels like the latter to me – could be wrong…

    Nick

  • x2thebox

    Okay Marina. I got a couple words for you.

    1. nebulous
    2. matriculates
    3. stochastically

    Have Fun!

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=364032608 bad doggie

    Dear HotForWords Teacher,
    Is the name for front fork assembly on an older styled motorcycle commonly called a ‘girder’ front end originated from gird. I always thought it was much like a girder styled bridge. And of course there is the common wrap called a ‘girdle’. :arrow:

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=364032608 bad doggie

    You are looking fantastic tonight :!: :!: :!:

  • wordlover

    Ya still there, pennsyltucky9? :razz:

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=364032608 bad doggie

    Do you mean ‘GERD’ gastroesophageal reflux disorder of which I have been suffering with for over 35 years now :arrow:

  • wordlover

    GIRD (Gastro-Intestinal Reflux Disease) is a legitimate term along with GERD (Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disorder/Disease), it’s just that GIRD (the clinical term) and Gird (the toponym) are spelt the same, hence the pun.

  • astaroth267

    girdle

  • melikadothechacha

    thot it was smorgasborg, as in
    we-are-borg

  • melikadothechacha

    don’t cut the red wire!

  • melikadothechacha

    or a smidgeon of a schmeer?

  • ReeQ

    ok maybe i do want to be the teachers pet lol you guys are funny.. maybe maybe not. im really getting tired of typing i never had my face in a monitor for this long. really sucks. we cant do dinner i just ate, maybe dessert.

  • ReeQ

    honestly today was crazy… i need to rest or try to atleast talk to all of you tommorow love ya

  • melikadothechacha

    Lessee… 68,238,542 at $1 per 1000/hits is… around 60K
    at $3/hit.. now you’re talkin’ Mercedes Benz + insurance.
    Gulp!

  • melikadothechacha

    You may be able to help solve a minor mystery.
    In Austin Powers II, Nigel and Austin converse
    in slang which was subtitled for our understanding.
    “shat on a turtle” is obviously a past tense expression,
    but what does it mean?

  • wikiwikiwee

    i would like to know exactly what the word FUCK means, and its origins

  • melikadothechacha

    Also, be careful not to prefix any characters else it comes out goofy.
    –>http://hotforwords.com vs
    http://hotforwords.com

  • melikadothechacha

    they were called leathernecks, right?
    that’s an interesting story…

  • melikadothechacha

    Sweeeet! The music sounds familiar, too! :wink:
    Must have taken awhile to get so good at flying!
    Fabulous stuff.

  • kcarney

    I don’t mean to be gross, but I am curious as to the origin of the word “lugie” or “loogie”, as in http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lugie or http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/loogie.

  • melikadothechacha

    Bus stop scene: Kyle, Stan and Kenny seen as per usual
    [enter Cartman from stage left]
    Cartman: YOU GUY! YOU GUYS! IT’S INCREDIBLE…. IT’S….
    [cartman background spinning wildly, sputtering incoherently]
    Stan: What’s wrong with fat boy?
    [close up: Kenny gives Cartman the fish eye]
    [Cartman background still spinning around, Cartman: HOT!! WAugh.
    Kyle: I dunno, dude. Should we run? [Cartman background: WORDS!!
    Kenny [muffled]: He was up all night on the computer

    umm… any good? any help finishing?

  • chris7viorklumds

    wow Teacher i was wrong i chossed another aswer
    so i have a new word if u can tell me the origin .
    of word.. EARTH.
    all the planets have names from greek or roman gods.
    but Earth …..

    besos querida Marina
    bye

  • melikadothechacha

    Y’know, Trey and Matt are on hiatus, halfway through season 12.
    If they did an episode where the boys discover HFW – could you imagine it? just sumpin’ I thot of during lunch the other day…

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/stokesjrj1 stokesjrj1

    Hey,that was some of my best work :cry:

  • hotfor-hotforwords-

    Yes, I would like to know the origin of Catch 22 as well :?:
    Thanks Marina xx
    :lol:

  • pairadots

    Vote #3 for “Catch 22″

  • http://www.Jesterz-court.com jesterzusmc

    Girdle

  • http://www.Jesterz-court.com jesterzusmc

    For
    Unlawful
    Carnal
    Knowledge

  • http://www.Jesterz-court.com jesterzusmc

    OR

    Fornicating
    Under
    Consent of the
    King

  • netiux

    Hello Marina, How are you? :mrgreen: mm i like to post the word cinematography i love cinematography i wanna now everyting jejejej :cool:

    Por fis marina, busca esta plabar cinematografia me gusta mucho la cinematografia, yb quiero saber todo sobre la palabra..

    Que Comen Los Pajaritos….. Pues Ma masita. jejej un piropo mexicano.. jejeje

  • netiux

    the word cinematography

  • http://www.Jesterz-court.com jesterzusmc

    NUMBER 2!!
    that’s a Good one!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Speaking.

  • pairadots

    Good evening dear teacher. Tonight I wish to request the word “Truck”. It can refer to the vehicle or vegetables. How did it come to mean two very different things? Do they come from the same root?

  • cej

    ops XD…………………anyway jijiji :lol:

    Another good lesson learned. Thanxs :smile:

    Well ……….. good point………… which is the origin of cinematography

    grretins

  • pairadots

    When the police were trying to catch Jack the Ripper they started coating the bottoms of their boots with rubber so the could walk quietly down the streets at night undetected. They started calling all rubber soled shoes “sneakers”.

  • dayinthepark

    It has to be girdle. BTW Gird one’s loins is a lot like hiking up one’s dress (to run, for example). Way cool topics Marina. I’m imagining all those girding Romans.

  • oojufink

    Girdle…….?

  • http://www.nelsonsbeltran.org nbeltran

    :grin:

    It’s all (your Assumptive, useless posts) are

    “empty and meaningless,” lots of invented stories going on here, so I

    won’t get caught in any useless chatter, joke, made-up or weird

    coaching/training especially Dr. pennsyltucky9

    very, very original cut and

    paste COLUMN(BOB’s “Dr Phil” imitation column) about 2 videos

    back. I feel

    like Matt Damon’s character in the movie, Good Will Hunting where he

    has a debate

    with some History major in the bar over some ugly british woman?

    (He’s quoting some unheard historical narrative??)

    and the it appears NOONE has any original ideas except for me!!

    “How do you like them apples?”

    So any answer from any of you or coaching is one word retorts

    and stupid one-liners?? LOL

    I thought a few of you were real library READERS/Researchers

    because “Leaders

    are readers” according to Tony Robbins. LOL

    I choose the “blue pill” and obviously some of you can’t READ

    fine print, and I wonder about your regular neuro strategies; :razz:

    “How you do anything is How you do everything.” (Harv T. Eker)

    I really wonder if some of you have “thanatos” breathing down your

    necks in the form of judging, assessing and justifications

    and “persistent complaints”(80% of you) about other participants

    here.

    One may imagine learning from Marina, The true Philologist

    with childlike curiousity,

    tenacious resolve and deep profound understanding as you

    watch her videos easily and effortlessly, now or not?

    nowww!!!

    Don’t post anything unless you know the difference between

    “being” something versus just plain “knowing” the word.

    :razz:
    I’m just laughing at those past few posts you guys and gals left

    a few videos ago???

    LOL

  • http://www.nelsonsbeltran.org nbeltran

    I liked what Marina did, and you can even delete some of mine own

    comments to others :grin: AND I did ask some good questions of

    some very, very good words and/or phrases.

    I like watching the videos and your games are tough for me,

    I admit that I’m NOT a Philologist but I love learning something

    new in a whole new way.

    I want to acknowledge you powerfully, Marina for your powerfully

    thoughtful and ORIGINAL

    website

    and it has really made a difference in my life because I’m actively

    researching in the local University Library lately some of your

    hard words.

    warmly,
    Nelson

  • pennsyltucky9

    OMG, you mean you LOOKED at her, uh, upper torso? A guy can get nightmares pulling stunts like that (mostly about excess moisture)!
    Next thing you know, they start asking what masturbation means and other unruly, sociopolitically liminal subjects. We’ll have to get you some prescription x-ray specs right away to address this most urgent situation!

  • subtle_shadow

    i’m sure that as a teacher you have a few “suck ups”…where did “suck up” come from?

  • dvdpage

    Hey thats a fantastic idea! I love those guys.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Ahoy there.

    Beggin’ the captain’s pardon, but space could only be reserved for the most urgently devoted. :neutral:

    BTW, I hope you didn’t mind my chiming in the other day (actually, I held off as long as I could). It was tough watching that other pupil torpedo your hull repeatedly like that. Kind of unnecessary if you ask me.

    Cheers!

  • melikadothechacha

    Yeah, they’re relevant in today’s culture.
    Parody exposure by them would be a dambuster!
    Forget the Mercedes! Think Limousine, baby.
    If Trey makes 22 mil for “Hm’kay” That’s only
    two freakin’ syllables! C’mon! Dream BIG!
    You could have more shoes than Imelda Marcos!

  • dvdpage

    My guess is
    S hit ona S hingle?
    the stuff mom used to serve..
    some sort of chipped meat gravy over toast.
    or.. S.O.S = same old shit
    Loved it, thanks mom.

  • hallidayadam

    Hey can you tell me where the word Caligynephobia comes from. I dont think anyone that has it will see this website though.

  • dvdpage

    Marina,
    I watched the old movie Charade tonight.
    You look alot like Audrey Hepburn!
    Thanks again. +5

  • eddies

    Hello HotForWords i would like to know where the word picknik comes from. I am dutch so i dont get it and i would really like to know.

    Thank you miss marina

  • Bob

    I believe we need a field trip to investigate that properly.
    When are we going to get a field trip, Marina?
    Take us to the beach, Teach, pretty pleeeeeeease.

  • Bob

    Only about 68,238,543 of us (and counting).

  • fastcock

    How about kalashnikov :?: it is interesting word so i think it would be good to explain :oops:

  • june201955

    Hi Marina,
    I had just registered into your website to ask if you could explain where the expression “Gussied Up” came from? I know that this expression is used when someone is all dressed up. Thank you……..

  • lostinhere

    I know two:

    girdle
    undergird

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    so, all comments to one lesson are on one page again, did I get that right? good thing. this way I don’t have to worry about not being able to read some comments anymore.
    maybe you should limit the amount of postings for every poster to, say, 50 posts per day. yeah, yeah, I know what you’re gonna say, you don’t want to be too restrictive and all. and basically I agree. just a thought though. for the record.

  • http://www.thetransformersmatrix.com transformersmatrix

    Can you do the word “Tattoo” Since I am Covered in them?

    my youtube is http://www.youtube.com/TransformersMatrix

  • ragabashmoon

    Well, I guess. never heard of a “Boston back-brace” myself.

  • http://lovewaves.blogspot.com/ tlndofa

    ok it is handcuff but since you girt your lions :wink: it is handcuffs…but i have a request,where did (gift of the gap) come from :wink:

  • http://lovewaves.blogspot.com/ tlndofa

    eddie- to me picnik would mean you pick where to have a niknak ,meaning a break with something to eat.sweet indeed…but i dont know just a guess.

  • melikadothechacha

    chipped beef is what we yanks call SOS.
    Thanks! :mrgreen:

  • http://lovewaves.blogspot.com/ tlndofa

    eddie- to me picnik would mean you pick where to have a niknak ,meaning a break with something to eat.sweet indeed…but i dont know just a good guess. …i didnt know i could reply,just noticed and put above also,sorry marina ,double copy…

  • prospero811

    I had gotten used to the paged comments, but this is fine too. As long as the comments are on here, it’s fine.

    nbeltran – fyi – I’m not sure if you’re typing that way purposefully, but your posts are hard to read with all the disjointed line breaks. Maybe you’re typing them in some other application and pasting them here, or something. But, yours are

    coming out like

    this and

    it becomes difficult to follow

    your

    train of thought.

  • rumpfunk

    Please, please can you tell me where the term ‘Hat-Trick’ came from, meaning 3 of something in sport etc.
    Keep up the excellent work Marina. Thank you.

  • koalabear

    nbeltran does not appear to be a happy little vegemite.
    bad hair day?

  • koalabear

    Looks like no reply from Miss M.

    So here goes :-

    Newcastle in England exported coal to the rest of the world, so It was not a good idea to try and sell/send coal back to Newcastle ( they were probably drowning in the stuff )

  • kenneth555

    The Nuberians original name for our planet was Tiamat. Then 4 of their moons smacked into the planet and roughly split it in half, sending much of it to make the “hammered bracelet” which is the asteroid belt and the rest became comets and meteors that still follow the trajectory of Nibiru. The Sumerians/Nuberians named the new planet EA, meaning water after their chief scientific officer Enki, who created us by hybridizing not apes, but our close ancestor. Many upgrades were made producing all the dead end lines of man.

  • robroy87801

    How does gridlock work? as in cars are all tied up.

  • Jerry

    Word request: “decolletage” (accent aigu over the first “e”). I am reminded of this word whenever I see one of your videos. While I know the meaning, I suspect that it is not in the working vocabulary of many of your viewers, and you might be able to have some fun presenting an explanation.

  • air-z

    I was wrong again!? I need a tutor.Guess I’m too busy FIDDLE F_CKING AROUND! :wink:

  • oysterfrond

    Aah, our old friend scurvey huh? That makes a lot of sense actually – scurvey used to be a huge problem for a seafaring nation like us Brits used to be. I guess I should be grateful that we ended up with ‘limey’ rather than ‘scurvey’ as a monicker!

    Hey there’s one for teacher – (unless she’s done it already, I haven’t checked) – where does monicker come from?

    Thankyou Богдан for your limey explanation.

    -Oysterfrond

  • koalabear

    68,238,543 + 1

  • oysterfrond

    Mmm… curious one. I’ve never heard “shat on a turtle” before – and I haven’t seen the Austin Powers movie, so I can’t figure it from the context. Anyone else shed some light?

    It does remind me of two other expressions we use here in the UK. Apologies, but they’re a bit on the vulgar side. Firstly “shit off a shovel” meaning very fast. As in “the horse that won the race went like shit off a shovel”. Secondly “the turtle’s head” (or sometimes “tortoise’s head) meaning desperate to defecate. As in “I need to get to a lavatory right now, I’ve got the turtle’s head”.

  • oysterfrond

    And there’s also “truckle” – the round piece of cheese. I wonder if that has the same roots? I love the word truckle – it makes me chuckle.

  • roadrunrnch

    MAESTRA, Is it ironic that your name in español [Marina] esta Navy? With thousands of men, Making war on ignorance.?????ha ja ja. :wink:

  • roadrunrnch

    duh. de’colletage, you need to be
    gay of metro to even know this word.

  • jrr2602

    Girdle >: something that encircles or confines: as a : an article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist b : a woman’s close-fitting undergarment often boned and usually elasticized that extends from the waist to below the hips

  • roadrunrnch

    Hey Teach, Can You talk to Putan and tell Him to knock it off? His is making it really hard to keep Iran in check, without nuking them.
    Thank you

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    Well said koala you cuddly little fellow
    I think that our evidently learned potential friend nbeltran is a bit new to the site and hasn’t quite got the hang of the jolly fun time we all have here sharing each other’s literal knowledge and stories where we all exercise the ability to use the cheesiest puns possible so that we all feel nausious.
    Don’t forget that some cultures struggle to understand other ones even when the same language is spoken.

    Maybe he/she will wake up tomorrow on the right side of the bed on a lovely bright and sunny day, smile and look again and see what us clowns are all babbling on about and join in the fun. I really hope so.
    No i am not trying to be smart or patronising I got the wrong end of the stick at the beginning.

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    Phew

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    Are you sure about this buddy because sneakers is not an English word.

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    Shiver me timbers, set the main sail and gird me loins
    Is this national talk like a pirate day real ?
    If so we are not blessed with in in the UK

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    Shiver me timbers, set the main sail and gird me loins

    No WL it isn’t deja vu. It was the parrot

  • donfelipegonzales

    Dear fellow student
    It is of importance to me to be as clear as possible! As my english and spanish are a mix of french, german, italian, spanish, latin and words I’ve heard or that only make sense to me, I’m obliged to make a concise explanation of what I said in my Sobriquets! (Hey this is the longest sentence I ever wrote!) My problem is that I don’t know if the words I use are english or american!
    Don Felipe Gonzales della sentence que sera de 1000000 words

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    From the UK’s viewpoint I thought that it was only the Northern American that were Yanks

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    She will answer when she eventually reaches her destination

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    Can we have the etymology of rumpfunk please oh discobottomious one

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    Poor Marina
    Everyone is firing words at her

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    I will second that motion

  • tattoo

    girder, a support used in building is derived from gird i think, teacher.

  • piratebrido

    For the Gird thing most have went for girdle, but being Scottish I have to go with girder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHFWq-YIOk

  • turtlewax

    Not sure I like that turtle reference. . :shock: not at all

  • piratebrido

    I should have asked in my last message, but I was wondering about something. Why when the word sex is taken on its own it means gender or copulation, but when used as a morpheme, such as in sexagenarian and sexcentenary, it means 6 or 60? I can only guess they have different origins hence different meanings. Am I correct in thinking this?

  • pennsyltucky9

    Yeah! Field trip! Let’s go!!!!

  • turtlewax

    2HFWFC, you can help bring International Talk Like A Pirate Day to the UK! http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
    All you have to do is celebrate it and promote it.
    It started in the US, but it has been adopted by many in Australia.
    I’ve worked with whole teams that observe this great holiday all day long. It’s contagious, though ill-advised on a conference call with India.
    Arrr!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Dave,

    Don’t pull your head in yet, it was just a passing cloud, I think.

  • weldo

    I was wondering what does the word Rapscallion mean. And does it have anything to do with what we call rappers today?

  • jokerwabbit

    My Finland-

  • jokerwabbit

    My Finland-England dictionary says that the word GAME means the same as prey is that a typing mistake or is it true that game means prey

  • sniperskaya

    Ever hear of Mikahail? The family last name of the man who invented the rifle.

  • ct

    Hey Marina! I was wondering where and how the term “bread-winner” came about? Thank you as always! :wink:

  • wordlover

    S. Hingle. Is s/he related to Pat?

  • wordlover

    I think it originally had to do with one’s loins… :razz:

  • wordlover

    Uh… yeah! :shock:

  • wordlover

    Whaddaya mean “sneakers is not an English word”? Where the hell’d we get it then? Ojibwa? ᓴᓂᑲᐢ :lol:

  • wordlover

    Too phew replies from Cimska, it seems…

  • wordlover

    YAAAAAAARGS! :shock:

  • wordlover

    Don’t hold your
    breath, 2hotforwordsfanclub! nbeltran is the
    founder of NLP! :shock: (OMG, I’m so scared! What’s he gonna
    do, bite us…? :eek: ) LOL

    Jeez-Louise, even L. Ron
    Hubbard made more sense than
    nbeltran… LOL :roll:

  • wordlover

    I was bein’ silly, RBM. :razz:
    You said “bad back” and it made me think of some dude having trouble bending over to pick up a newspaper. :lol:

  • wordlover

    :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :razz:
    I agree with Fezzik (rather, prospero811). LOL

    It’s very difficult

    to understand you, nbeltran, because your

    flow is interrupted every ten words or

    so. LOL

    So, please just type normally and don’t

    worry about the text-wrapping, since it

    is taken care of automatically by your

    browser, I think. LOL

    Maybe it’s merely an NLP way

    of suggesting that we look at

    life differently and not spurn other

    systems of writing such as that found

    on the Phaistos Disc or even the strange

    and beautiful writing which adorns the

    Rongo-Rongo tablets. LOL

    Not to mention the eye-wrecking system

    the Greek used called “Boustrophedon”. I

    mean how would you like to have to

    read every sentence like this:

    Hi, my name is Nelson and I’m involved in
    eht ma I .gnimmargorP citsiugniL orueN
    coolest guy on the planet! LOL Thanks,
    tsigololihp laer ylno eht era uoy ,aniraM
    here. LOL

    Not very attractive to me. How about

    you, Nelson? LOL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

  • eri grich

    :idea:

    Marina,i would like to know why does conventionalized heart symbolize love? And where this form came from?

    Thank you :smile:

  • wordlover

    And there’s also “trickle” which rhymes with “nickle” – the round piece of copper-nickel alloy. I love the word trickle – it tickles my pickle.

    Sorry, oysterfrond, I just had to parody that. No offence intended… :mrgreen:

  • BoArgMir

    Marina,

    Why are certain shoes called ESPADRILLES? Do you know? What language is that word? And do you own a pair?

    BoArgMir :shock:

  • jeenyice

    cingular :mrgreen:

  • wordlover

    68,238,544 + 1 (if you include subtle_shadow)

  • wordlover

    Field trip! Field trip! Field trip! Field trip! ~ (sempre accellerando)

  • wordlover

    The rifle. Specifically, the Kalash, right?

  • wordlover

    Putan? as in Владимир Владимирович Путан?

  • oysterfrond

    None taken, wordlover. Nothing troubles my bubble! :grin:

  • wordlover

    What was the Finnish translation? Was there more than one? “game” (»riista») can mean wild animals that are hunted and trapped for fur, etc.
    As the equivalent of »peli» it can mean a fun activity, like a card game, etc.
    Does that help?

  • oysterfrond

    I’ll second that. Or twentysecond that. Or whatever. With a bullet!

  • wordlover

    Check here.

  • oysterfrond

    Yeah but as of this week it isn’t Владимир Владимирович’s problem. He’s not running things any more… :wink:

  • Bob

    OK, Guys, we have a quorum; we’re having a field trip.
    2hfwfc, you get the steaks and some of those fat ASDA sausages.
    Pencil (PT9), you get the beer.
    WL, you get the barbie.
    and I’ll get the charcoal, matches and condoms.

    WHAT!?

    Well, of course we need condoms; how are we going to keep the matches dry if it rains?

    Why, you didn’t think …?
    Well really!

  • spelcheck

    Hi Marina ,my trusty teacher.Could you please do a video on the word ‘Juggernaut’.

  • suishiminamino

    Hello Marina

    I m your Fan number one -(yes !! it’s me……………….. Not too much disappointed ??)
    And your fan number 0ne would like to know the origine of the word… SEX ??
    Can U Help me ?

  • oysterfrond

    Finland, Finland, Finland – the country where I quite want to be.

    Pony-trekking or camping; or just watching TV. :wink:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Like any 2 of us could agree on a brand of beer!

  • senior

    Girddle…..too easy… :mrgreen:

  • Bob

    That’s why I delegated.
    Next trip we all do a different task.
    I’m off to bed now to test the condoms. :wink:
    “night.

  • oysterfrond

    Not meaning to queer the pitch or muddy the waters, but I’m wondering if ‘game’ (meaning hunted wildlife) derives from the same origins as ‘gamine’ meaning the sexy, boyish waif-look for a girl?

  • roachmeistercom

    girld girdle gurdle.

    Something like that.

  • roachmeistercom

    Yes, I want some help with sex as well.. … …. … .. .

  • turtlewax

    oh, that we could all be happy little vegemites!
    2HFWFC, I applaud your use of the olive branch. (that’s a switch.) :roll:
    I think nbeltran fits right in with us flunkies. Look at how much thought he put into his tirade! sure sign of love.

  • sails4play

    girder

  • sails4play

    garter, girdle,

  • Jerry

    I asked the renowned statistician, Marge Innovera (of “Click and Clack, the Tappett Brothers”) to conduct a survey of male YouTube viewers, aged 18 to 65. To the question, “Would you like to see HotForWords explain ‘decolletage?’”, 83.25% of those polled answered, “What, are you crazy? Of course!”. The rest were gay.

  • pennsyltucky9

    What happens to the ones that pass?

  • nettitus

    Hello

    -> For Marina

    CAn you help me about word “Titanus” – ??

    Is a latin world .
    In english there are 2 words similar : Titans and Titanium.

    English is a language with many latin words.

    I dreams many times this word, I think that is many important.

    The titanium is for eg. the metal + strong of the universe.

    so the mean ot Titanus is at the base of the world ??

    Can you help me ??

    Ask me other details about this word.

    Tanks,
    Alex

  • wordlover

    I guess they’re know being handled by Сам Дам Санавабич…

  • wordlover

    (Erase the k in “know”. Sorry..)

  • wordlover

    Or does “gamine” derive from Ganymede, the buggered choir boy cupbearer to the gods of Greek mythology?

  • wordlover

    Uh… I’ll pass on the passed condoms… :eek:

  • wordlover

    Take a number and wait in line…

    # 68,238,545 for suishiminamino
    # 68,238,546 for roachmeistercom

  • melikadothechacha

    You know why Smurfs are blue?
    There’s only one Smurfette

  • wordlover

    Back in line, melikadothechacha!

  • melikadothechacha

    and I thought disco-bottoious was a hyphenated word :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    Aargh! I have a gremlin that steals letters if I type too fast!
    disco-bottomious

  • pennsyltucky9

    Okay, then it’s Rolling Rock.

  • melikadothechacha

    The plane! the plane! – Herve Villachez

  • wordlover

    Type s-l-o-w-e-r, melikadothechacha. :mrgreen:

  • wordlover

    I’d thought you’d've chosen King Cobra…

  • melikadothechacha

    Shotgun! (more guns!)
    a word derived from wagon trains,
    Used to call dibs on the front
    passenger seat. Is Marina doing
    the driving? What kind of field
    trip will this be? (Had to work so
    I’m “out-of-the-loop”)

  • sniperskaya

    Da. Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, “father” of the rifles that bear his patronymic. Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947. With over 100 million of the AK series and their variants produced (RPK, SVD, Tygr, Saiga, shotguns, etc.), he has been twice named “Hero of Socialist Labor” (Герой работы социалиста) and awarded the Order of Saint Andrew the Protoclete (Заказ священнейшего Андрюа Protoclete). He even has a vodka named after him. I think at one time Russia even had a brand of Kalsahnikov or AK cigarettes. So with either with the rifles, vodka, or cigarettes he’s gonna get you!

  • melikadothechacha

    What an extraordinary story.

  • cmacfamsc

    How about the origin of the word pissant?

  • wordlover

    LOL :lol:

  • wordlover

    Extraordinary? It’s old hat! Everybody knows that! :wink: :razz: :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    We are all non-matriculating students,
    except for wordlover and 2hotforwords.
    As residents TA’s, I think they have a
    room out back somewhere. LOL!

  • melikadothechacha

    Astor? Didn’t he go down with the Titanic?

  • porksl4ve

    what came first the color orange or the fruit named orange?

  • BillyB
  • BillyB
  • melikadothechacha

    sax and violins – Gabba Gabba Hey!

  • wordlover

    I heard that, melikadothechacha! :evil: / :wink:

  • wordlover

    Wait, what’s the “Gabba Gabba Hey!” reference? Sorry, I’m a n00b—I mean I’m n00d… :oops:

  • melikadothechacha

    booty-licious!

  • wordlover

    Q: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
    A: Neither. The rooster came first.

  • melikadothechacha

    Be afraid – be very afraid LOL!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Hey Bob,

    What the heck are ASDA sausages? Not sure I really want to know, but break it to me gently.

  • melikadothechacha

    treacle? we could have some pancakes at St. Alphonso’s :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    I played hooky (hookie?) that day, I guess

  • melikadothechacha

    No hotplates allowed! LOL

  • melikadothechacha

    welcome aboard, the coatroom is over there —>
    pick a desk and make yourself comfortable.
    this is more like a rollercoaster ride than
    school, but you’ll learn quite a lot!
    Wanna buy a hall pass?? LOL

  • http://www.FantasticStoneS.com rshoover

    ok, here’s requests regarding three phrases… “Mind your P’s and Q’s”, “Sleep tight”, and “Wet your whistle.”

  • melikadothechacha

    i umopap!sdn w,I

  • melikadothechacha

    I’d rather have a free-bottle-in-front-of-me,
    than a prefrontal lobotomy

  • melikadothechacha

    Discorporate your mind, this is a forum!
    It’s give, and take here. If you want to
    sound like an effitist, by all means;
    this is your opportunity.
    Glad you like the posts and funny business.
    Join in, have fun.

  • melikadothechacha

    Fellas, it’s easy to take cheap shots
    but we’re better than that!
    Don’t you remember your first
    day at school? Besides, I was
    intimidated at first. Didn’t post
    nuthin’; didn’t know anybody.
    Now look at me. Addicted.
    He was pretty brave hanging
    it out like that, even if we
    don’t agree. I say we don’t
    kill him, just yet LOL!!

  • wordlover

    Well, we ALL would, chacha! :roll:

  • wordlover

    Run that by me again… :???:

  • wordlover

    I was bein’ fæcetious! :razz:

  • wordlover

    Mickle a pun here, y’know! :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    Dude!! Get a Bio-diesel catalytic reactor.
    Synthesize diesel from cooking grease.
    Recycle a resource without raising the
    price of corn in the process. Al Gore’s
    kid could only do 100 MPH in a hybrid.
    By the way, he got caught by a gasoline
    powered car, try that in a hybrid!
    Biodiesel doesn’t require
    any conversion to your engine.
    You could drive your Mercedes
    with a fuel cost as low as 80 cents
    per gallon! The price includes all
    but the time required to collect
    and process used cooking grease.
    And you can still travel and burn
    regular diesel. Electric cars are
    notorious for having limited range.

  • melikadothechacha

    sneak IS an english word! Therefore;
    one who sneaks is a sneaker, right?

  • melikadothechacha

    caucasian and caucus seem to be from the same root word.
    as I learned re. male/female lesson; this is not always the case.
    what’s the story here?

  • melikadothechacha

    60K makes for a nice Lexus +, though
    even kick in a pine tree air freshener
    for that price!

  • pennsyltucky9

    See? Like I said, moccassins.

  • melikadothechacha

    oh boy… :roll:

  • melikadothechacha

    ow! i cracked a rib laughing! :!:

  • melikadothechacha

    satire, as in parody?
    or half man half goat?

  • melikadothechacha

    Just lika penguin in bondage, boing!

  • melikadothechacha

    Lash yer tongues ewe scurvy dogs, Aar!
    no emoticon=as written
    Bwak! Pieces of eight!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Have to admit, the mention he gave me felt vaguely akin to to an almost purposeful snub of sorts. I’m, shall we say, touched?

  • melikadothechacha

    Awesome! (it was “B”, right?)

  • melikadothechacha

    what about the lions?

  • melikadothechacha

    Who’ll carry the mail?

  • wordlover

    Yeah, a day later! :razz:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Trudgin’ across the tundra mile after mile.

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    My hand is up I say ‘please miss’

    Exceptionally good choice of phrases
    I will second your nomination (but I bet someone else answers before I do so still I have to wait to be teachers pet Jeeh….Shucks as they say in the US)

  • melikadothechacha

    gotta get these pineapples to Hawaii – Robin Williams

  • wordlover

    (annoying child’s voice) The former, sillygoose! The latter is spelt satyr and is pronounced like Saturn except without the “n”. Y’know, Saturn, the planet! It’s a BIIIIIIIIIIIG planet. Not as big as Jupiter, which is the largest object in our solar system next to the sun. Next to the sun meaning next in measurement, NOT next to in space! OW that would hurt! Ih-he-he, ih-he-he!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Hear, hear. Besides, there’s nothing wrong with inner-city bus and train operators being jubilant once in a while!

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    You are punning to an exceptional standard tonight

  • wordlover

    Wow! You responded EXACTLY twenty-four hours ago in this post! Good timin’, chacha! How do you do it? :mrgreen:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Not me. I want some sex with the help. But it’s so hard to find good help these days!

  • wordlover

    Then make that:
    from Ojibwa ᒪᑭᓯᐣ

  • melikadothechacha

    Here. Try this. It won’t bite
    Motivational Tips for Teens
    http://www.geocities.com/webb_wilder_2k/

  • wordlover

    Are you SURE you meant to put that? :roll: / :razz: / etc.

  • wordlover

    Especially during their jubilees, no?

  • wordlover

    How humble, pennsyltucky9. Or were you NOT talking about masturbation? :wink:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Mind your P’s and Q’s and sleep tight are good ones. Wet your whistle is an easy one, but these will be a great lessons nonetheless.

    Sure, I know these but my silence can be bought for the price of a brief mention by the pulchritudinous one.

    But be happy with a mention ’cause teacher’s pet is quite a longshot. Bloody hell, as they say in the UK.

    Nazdorovye.

  • wordlover

    Where exactly is your hand up, 2hotforwordsfanclub? :lol:

  • melikadothechacha

    wardrobe malfunction? :shock:
    Marina? not likely. :sad:
    Janet Jackson…? :oops:

  • pennsyltucky9

    One man’s cup is another man’s thimble.

  • melikadothechacha

    You remember every frickin’ detail doncha??! :shock:
    I can’t breath am laughing so hard!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
    its all there… :!:
    latter, former, spelt – thanks for reminding me why of i do this

    ergo: satyre is a parody about a half man half goat from …space?

  • fastcock

    i registered just to ask you about the word ‘Kalashnikov’ it is Russian and i would like to know more about ‘Kalashnikov’. :?: :?: :?: :oops:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Location, location, location! Where are your manners, wordlover? Now there’s no need to discuss personal pathology here, is there? After all, lots of us have things we don’t tell others.

    For example, guess what John Wayne Bobbitt changed his name to after the failed reattachment surgery?

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Science finally decided the chicken came first. Roosters are chickens, just as are hens.

  • wordlover

    One man’s gong is another man’s cymbal.

    One man’s alphabet is another man’s symbol.

    One man’s surely another man’s temple.

  • melikadothechacha

    Ye Olde – Ramones
    Joey Ramone et al

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Well, it’s certainly in my working vocabulary. I try to keep abreast of common French words! Décolletage was first used in 1846 and was derived from décolleter, which originated in 1265. The verb décolleter stems from collet, which is the diminutive form of col (collar). My source: Le Petit Robert.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    I’m an Audrey Hepburn fan, and I have that film. I hate to rain on your charade, but I don’t see the resemblance. Although Marina has made a funny face or two. And she’s worthy of our love in the afternoon. I have a heart of gold, and maybe she knows how to steal a million. And pehaps she drink a cup at home, and takes two for the road. Especially if she’s going on a Roman holiday in order to hear the nun’s story. Unless she’s off to Paris when it sizzles. In any event, she’s my fair lady, more enchantress than Sabrina. I’d like to be Robin to her Marian. I’d follow her to the gardens of the world. Or just have breakfast at Tiffany’s. Nope. Don’t see any resemblance.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Oysterfrond, I didn’t know cheese had roots. How extensive is the root system? I suppose the roots come from the nursery wrapped in burlap, which is to say, a cheeseball.

  • wordlover

    Uh oh… deadpan delivery! :shock:

  • wordlover

    Yeah, but lividemerald didn’t get it… :roll:

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    I think she’s 28 years old, or maybe 29. She has not reached the pinnacle of her beauty yet.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    According to historical records meticulously kept by Neanderthal scholars, the Nuberians were full of it.

  • wordlover

    Full of fæces?

  • pennsyltucky9

    nettitus,

    “Titanous” is listed in my biggest dictionary (the Webster’s Illustrated Encyclopedic 1987).

    But I want Marina to define it!

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    What do you get if you drop a waffle on the beach? A San Diego.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    I think there is an Arden, Nevada.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Les Johnson!

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    I would rather have Marina do “bare with me.”

  • wordlover

    Look at Br’er pennsyltucky9 des’ sittin’ dere waitin’ fer de noo viddy-oh ter pop up so dat he ken be de fust wun fer ter ‘spond!

    Ah bes’ run, Ah hears Mars Sleepy-tymbe a-callin’…

    Sinsilly,
    Yo’ Uncle Remus

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Is it related to exacerbate?

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    LOL

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Thanatos breathing down our necks???? I feel a cold chill on the nape…

  • pennsyltucky9

    An’ doan you go on a dreamin’ boud de Bad Pipsisewah!

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    By 1950, Preston was all tuckered out. The long trial had torpedoed his dream car.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Uncle Joe (he’s movin’ kind of slow) told me that Hooters are young ladies from Hooterville.

  • i love you marina

    I have just registered and I did this only for you Marina. I want to know the origin of the word Lip’s. I really really hope that you will answer my question, and then make me your teachers pet.

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Don’t tell Mom the baby satyr’s dead!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Hell, I always thought hooters were your great horny owls off a-courtin’ in the moonlight.

  • bhigterry

    Okay, I’m dying to be your pet….I meant teacher’s pet, of course…so here’s my request for a word: sycophant

    Thank you
    (Girding up his loins)

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Yeah, after all those beans, I’m sycopharts, too…

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    That’s not what my hootin’ nanny told me!

  • pennsyltucky9

    One man’s tack is another man’s phallus

    One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor

    One man’s shack is another man’s palace

    One man’s window is another man’s door.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Hey, come on this guy said he’s dying, lividemerald. Something has to be done, and fast!

    Hold on a sec…

  • dat90

    Excellent video Marina. How about the word juxtaposition?

  • pennsyltucky9

    “9-1-1 Emergecy response.”

    Uh, yeah. I have an urgent situation here. A guy said something about a psychotic elephant sat on him or something, anyway, I don’t know if he’s suicidal or what he said he’s dying, and, so like, I decided to you know, make the call. There’s also an unconfirmed report of some gas, I dunno what’s up wit that, so can you send somebody quick? Jeez, I can smell it…

  • pennsyltucky9

    I thought those were the Chuck Berryans.

  • pennsyltucky9

    BTW, ,,i umopap!sdn w,I,, is brilliant!

  • pennsyltucky9

    I bet she could allemand left and do-si-do with the best of ‘em.

  • Bob

    ASDA is a supermarket chain headquartered in Yorkshire, England, which is why 2hfwfc was allotted the task. It used to be independant but is now owned by WalMart.

  • pennsyltucky9

    The Caucasus Range? That’s where caucasian derives from. Check the map of Eurasia somewhere between the Black and Caspian seas, I think. That’s the start of all this trouble.

    “Caucus” is from the Algonkian for counselor, so no connection there. That’s Native American, from the Northeast Mid-atlantic region.

    Secaucus? A city in New Jersey.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/stokesjrj1 stokesjrj1

    Marina, please open you comment box again :cry:

  • Bob

    1. I was testing the condoms, not passing them; too chewy and the smell puts you off.
    2. If it’s Rolling Rock there’ll be no fishing ‘cos a Rolling Rock gathers no Mossbanker.

  • Bob

    Guys, don’t be too hard on Nelson.
    If you had spent the last 165 years perched atop an erection in a public square with no-one for company but a flock of pigeons, you’d be full of shit too. :lol:

  • Bob

    He didn’t get it from me!

  • BillyB

    Ouch Bob :shock:

  • Bob

    I’ve gotta try some of this Rolling Rock.

  • BillyB
  • jms031193

    could your next word please be pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

  • tdraven

    Hello marina can you tell me where the word NINJA come from :D
    if not i will hunt you with my ninja skill lol :D
    LOL is so great to be a real Ninja :D best word in the world heheheh
    Dont try to search video of ninja on youtube is just crap because real ninja dont post video of your own training is forbiden !!!

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    so where did the snafu lesson go?

  • Bob

    never try your luck with anyone hotter than you

    That puts us all in the S.O.U.P.

  • Bob

    Phrase origin request for Marina.
    To be “in the soup”.
    What does soup, or even hot water, have to do with trouble?

  • Bob

    so where did the snafu lesson go?

    Snafu

    I think what aLx is getting at is that the Snafu link on “The Complete Lesson List” now points to “Golf Answer”.

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    hey, bob.

    so you discovered the blockquote tag, huh? ;)
    yeah, you’re right, it now points to the golf lesson, that’s why I asked. actually, I wanted to take a look at the comments to that lesson on here so youtube doesn’t really help in this case. thanks, though.

  • Bob
  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    thx.

    how the hell did you find it?

  • Bob

    I’m a simple guy, so I simply typed “Snafu” into the search box at the top of the page. :smile:

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    Sorry…. had the wrong link in the lessons page. Fixed it.

  • Warren

    Yes.

  • melikadothechacha

    Jersey? Which exit? LOL
    Good explanation, thanky

  • meehowik

    word request: what is the origin of “bikini”?

  • melikadothechacha

    Keep up the good work.
    You could make the
    honour roll!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/stokesjrj1 stokesjrj1

    Hi Marina,
    Hows the GTA IV going, it must be fun, you’ve been awful quite for the last couple of days, not that you speak much anyway, but oh well.
    Here is a guy,s take on the first time his wife played GTA IV and his thoughts on the experience. All us guys will find it funny, tell us what you think.
    http://theexplodingbarrel.com/?p=181

  • dvdpage

    Happy birthday Audrey (May 4)
    Lividemereld, I’ll Always remember her.

  • ReeQ

    actually i have a word request: “Soulmate”

  • geronimo

    Hey your ‘turtle head’ is like our ‘Prairie dogging’ :shock:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Howi,

    I keep waiting for our buxom blonde bombshell to cover this one also, and it keeps going unnoticed. Must be 20 requests for it over the last coouple months. I think I answered about three of them with the info I had, but I’d love to see Marina do the origin of BIKINI, myself. Let’s wait and see if she picks it up this time.

    If not, d’ you want the long or the short version?

  • oysterfrond

    Where’s Father Vivian O’Blivion? We got a flock here needs its batter whippin’ up…

  • pennsyltucky9

    Naw, it was a lottery win. They come out when she puts them out, I just got lucky (again).

    Okay, that’ll be enough of that, Bob. No Rolling Rock for you if this keeps up. You’ll be drinking Schmidt’s of Philthy Delphia instead.

  • oysterfrond

    I am Locutus of Smorg. Resistance to herring, salmon and eel is futile. Your appetite will be assimilated… we will add your distinctive menu of dishes to our own… your buffet, as it has been, is over…

    From this time forward, you will self-service like us!

  • pagedoll

    I would like to know about the word POPPYCOCK . :) :cool:

  • roadrunrnch

    sorry guys, My fingers can’t spell. GAY OR METRO. not…of…:>p

  • oysterfrond

    Would that be in the frostbite nite with her flaps gone white, shreiking as she spots the hoop across the room?

    (or, if you prefer: “Rennenhenninnahenninnenninahenn.”)

  • oysterfrond

    How come there are no aspirins in the jungle? Because the parrots eat ‘em all!

    (this joke has shuffled off this mortal coil, it’s gone to meet its maker, it’s joined the choir invisible, it has ceased to be – it is an ex-joke) :grin:

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    You really wanted me to go for the OBVIOUS? Come now!!!

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    I want to call 9-1-1, too. What’s the number?

  • http://emmy-de-zelaware.com lividemerald

    Come clean, Bob! :mrgreen:

  • pennsyltucky9

    I figured this subject would raise its ugly head again before long.

    Butt if we all sqeezed off the ones we like the list of euphemisms would be a pantload longer than the Norwegian coastline, so watch out not to start sh*tstream-of-consciousness landslide there, geronimo. A lot of people toil at making up new ones every day!

  • melikadothechacha

    knew you’d like that.
    the poodle bites…

  • Bob

    I ain’t touching that one, mate. :wink:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Shucks, t’weren’t nuthin’…

  • eric812

    i would like to know the origin of the word “bloody” the way people from the U.K. use it.example….it`s “bloody” cold outside”,there way of swearing?

    your future teachers pet….ericou812

  • eric812

    after the bikini atoll islands?

  • meehowik

    howbout you dont tell us and we let her tell us :smile:
    Marina! tell us! :grin:
    and it would be cute if you wore one of ur bikinis while you told us :smile:

  • melikadothechacha

    __
    / \
    /| oo \
    (_| /_)
    _ `@/_ \ _
    | | \ \\
    | ruff | \ ))
    |______| / \//
    _// || _\ /
    (_/(_|(___/

  • melikadothechacha

    guess the BBS art gets compacted
    (s’posed to be a poodle)

  • melikadothechacha

    Great googley moogley!

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal

    — Marina: Fueling the Imaginations of Mankind

    Until the ‘script has catapulted me to a multi-millionaire status, … once a week I will come to visit and to listen to our Marina.

    … for a moment I toy with thoughts that some Grand Purpose didn’t design that “thing” Marina talking and moving on my computer screen right now, and while I watch her for the next few moments …, as if pondering upon a work of art I listen to my thoughts as I sit and stare at our Marina.

    “There is no God?”

    Ha! How silly a thought! Of course some thing made her like that …!~

  • melikadothechacha

    this sounds right, so how did the french turn it into a swimsuit?
    I’m holding out for the tube top lesson, myself :shock:

  • melikadothechacha

    worth a look – funny!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Hey, the 9 was no problem, but it sure took me awhile to find the 11 key on my phone!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Copy that, meehowik.

  • melikadothechacha

    Dudes – sound like de Cajun gourmet dun used toooo much cayerne pepper, I-tell-you-what

  • melikadothechacha

    Good thing! He could have been named Richard Proboscis
    Rolling Rock – yuck! Dutch beir Heineken iss veddy good!

  • BoArgMir

    ANYONE…….who has received one of Marina’s cards….what are they like? I have signed up for them, but was after the last one (April 1 cards) went out. Is it just a photo? Just curious :grin:

  • melikadothechacha

    I come here to get my pun-ishment.
    weren’t oranges called golden apples?

  • melikadothechacha

    au pissant? :mrgreen: or, …nevermind

  • melikadothechacha

    reduced to braggin’ about how big yer dictionary is??!
    (it ain’t braggin’ if’n you kin do it!) LOL :twisted:

  • pennsyltucky9

    Affirmative, eric812.

    But all I covered in my definition was some natural history of the atoll itself and the reason why the bathing suit was named after it. I didn’t even touch on the Polynesian language roots of the 3 syllables that make up the word.

    That’s a job for MARINA! Do the word BIKINI!

    I’m tired of explaining it again and again! Help us out here, dear teacher.

    Maybe she could even demonstrate how to put one on. Something I’ve always wondered about…..Then we can all go to the beach on a field trip! That’s what we need around here!

    melikadothechacha,
    Look in either the mayday answer or the Molotov Cocktail vid for my dissertation on the origin of the bathing suit. I’m pretty sure it’s re-posted somewhere in one of those. If not, it’s further back. Good luck, S.O.U.P.mate.

  • wordlover

    Philthy Delphia? That’s great! Sounds like something straight out of Get Fuzzy! :mrgreen:

  • BoArgMir

    :arrow: BY THE WAY………

    Marina is getting so bombarded with word requests……how can she possibly keep up? If you look at you tube…same thing!! With so many members now…..she must need to get more assistants (real ones) to help.

    MARINA—a suggestion… :idea: ….if you CONSOLIDATE all the requests onto one page listing…..members could go to this one page and scan for word submissions BEFORE they submit to you. This would severely cut down on the repeat submissions.
    You could also have the names of members next to the word to give them credit.

    What do you MEMBERS think?? How about it Marina?? :?:

    BoArgMir :smile:

  • wordlover

    Shh… Don’t tell her it’s me!

    ( :roll: )

  • melikadothechacha

    the way to cook a live frog is to bring up the heat slowly.
    by the time he realizes he’s in hot water, he’s about done.

  • wordlover

    Nevertheless, he reluctantly Preston…

  • wordlover

    Huh-huh, Bob said “hard on”… :razz:

  • wordlover

    Naw, “exhausterbate” is what you car does when it runs out of flabbergas.

  • wordlover

    Didn’t they back up the Small Fæces? Or was it Chuck & the New Berryans?

  • wordlover

    OIC…

  • pennsyltucky9

    You’re thinking of the Dingleberryans.

  • wordlover

    One man looks surly at another man’s pimple.

  • melikadothechacha

    don’t know if this violates protocol,
    but what the hay! here’s a link:
    http://www.hotforwords.com/surveythanks/

  • wordlover

    Orangutans can do some pretty mean golden showers! :eek:

  • wordlover

    Cajun? Naw, man, dis is Gullah, sho’ as you’ bawn!

  • melikadothechacha

    Bill? Bill Gates? Is that you, bro?

  • wordlover

    (annoying child’s voice) Ih-hih-hih! There IS no 11 key! You simply press the 1 key twice! Ih-hih-hih! :razz:

  • wordlover

    So, you’re a ninja and you don’t know where the word “ninja” comes from…?

  • melikadothechacha

    Yeah. But how do we get Marina to do a lesson in a TUBE TOP???
    (trying to focus on the important stuff)

  • wordlover

    Whoa! Neat gravatar, dude! :mrgreen:

  • pennsyltucky9

    I’m sure there are some who’ll say they use the Webster’s unabridged or some other gargantuan tome, chacha. It was a reference to the compactness of the book.

    Butt I still think titanous is subject Man Ray only covered part way, if’n ya catch my drift…

  • melikadothechacha

    Didn’t Joe Walsh do a song like this?

  • pennsyltucky9

    How a canine views the world:

    If you can’t eat it or hump it, piss on it.

  • morroida

    i have a word for ya, “crowbar” crow is a bird and a bar is a bar…

    see if this is acualy something

  • melikadothechacha

    Like a claymore barrage!
    bet her email counter goes to infinity…

  • melikadothechacha

    The beach is too hot today (95 degrees F – new record)
    but there’s a nice little pub across the street with AC.

  • http://www.beccastoybox.com kawaii86

    Girdle!!!!!!!!

  • pennsyltucky9

    If I should be punish’ed

    for every little pun I shed,

    then I’d hide my punnish head

    inside a little puny shed!

  • pennsyltucky9

    Hahahahaha!

  • oysterfrond

    Barf out. Gag me with a spoon. I am so sure! Totally…

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal
  • oysterfrond

    The poodle bites! The poodle chews it! :mrgreen:

  • oysterfrond

    Best of all, stick to Shanks’s Pony…

  • wordlover

    Poodle? :?:

  • oysterfrond

    The spitting image of Frunobulax herself!

  • wordlover

    Or was it the Fartleberryans?

  • melikadothechacha

    By the way… What is the Matrix? LOL

  • melikadothechacha

    crowbar hotel = jail

  • wordlover

    No, these are my lyrics!!!! All mine!—actually PT9 and I cowrote them.

    Joe Walsh, feel free to jump in anytime…

  • wordlover

    Ferlinghetti, right?

  • kenneth555

    Its not a story. I am a research scientist and its written down in the earliest history. Read the 12th Planet series books by Zecharia Stichin. I didn’t want to believe it, and did my best to discount it, but was overwhelmed by the evidence.

    Neanderthals were one of the experimental dead end lines that couldn’t perform math and therefore worked the gold mines of East Aftrica, rather than serve in Mesopotamia. Unfortunately all the lines valued their white god masters and that is why every culture today, values and looks up to white color. They also look up to tall people because the Nuberians were around 13′ tall. Look what happened to the Incas when they saw the white Spaniards, and every other culture the white man visited.

    Thats what I thought at first. Its more like Constipation of the brain than full of feces. History is mysteriously starting around 500AD (because all the original books have “disappeared”) and not 6,000BC where ample written records in stone by the Sumerians exist (like the 40,000 tablets with star systems that are unknown to us.)

    You see, we are all a mix of various capabilities and some are not psychologically able to accept the evident truths, due to their genetic composition. Those with more Australopithecus blood will deny the evidence, being more earth oriented and have a strong motivation to deny they have less “god” lineage in them.

    Funny, but you are correct because you and Chuck Berry are related by some percentage measured with a lot of zeros. And in fact you qualify as an alien, although not 100% by definition.

    Now, I see the same people are replying nonsense to everyone, not just my answer. You are attempting to create a diversion from truth and I assume you are paid by evil forces to clog up a non-establishment learning source (this web site) in order to discredit/diminish/belittle any real intelligence. You are non sexy with your infatuation with negativity, stupidity and the anus. Just remember, what you think and say will come back to you, only more of it.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Just get some new X-ray specks, Chacha!

  • wordlover

    kenneth555, you crack me up!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

  • fatedace

    You should do the word, FLOCCI­NAUCINI­HILIPIL­IFICATION

  • melikadothechacha

    Drift? check this out – views
    shot from my corner (turn 4)
    http://video.aol.com/video-detail/gdnimr0d-drifting-at-homestead-miami-speedway/991252052

  • melikadothechacha

    Interesting, Mac World!
    Snagglepuss had a tag line
    “Heavens to mergatroid”
    kinda like “heavens to Betsy”
    I dunno who betsy is, either

  • pennsyltucky9

    I think that one’s been done already, fatedace.

  • melikadothechacha

    cha cha investigates…
    Joe Walsh, Ordinary Average Guy
    track 1, Two sides to every story

  • wordlover

    I love you fortune cookie-style logic, chacha! :mrgreen:

  • wordlover

    I love your fortune cookie-style logic, chacha! :mrgreen:

  • wordlover

    D’o!

  • wordlover

    D’oh!

  • wordlover

    Gee, thank you, Dr. Seuss! :mrgreen:

  • wordlover

    Yeah. It’s been facedated…

  • melikadothechacha

    not a speck of cereal…
    - wordlover, these are
    lyric bits from FZ and
    the MOI.

  • melikadothechacha

    hold that tiger!

  • melikadothechacha

    can’t claim it as mine.
    it was brilliant enough
    to recycle, eh?

  • melikadothechacha

    “gum shoe” was another
    term for a detective back
    in the day (before my time).

  • melikadothechacha

    purely, luck of the draw

  • wordlover

    I mean I’m wondering what connection it had to the previous comment.

  • wordlover

    Can you explain it? :???:

  • wordlover

    Who’ll ball the cat?

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    wordlover.. people think you are me in disguise! So hopefully you are representing me well!

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal

    Betsy is a horse in Michigan during the 1940′s, … and I just now changed the mother of Mergatroid from Betty to Betsy. Polishing and perfecting the ‘script, I am …

    melikadothechacha, I want to extend a cordial, heartfelt thank you for the “heavens to Betsy” line. Bringing that line to my attention was a good thing.

    Now, … if I could somehow acquire ten words, two sentences of direct quote to use from our beloved Marina, I’d feel like a million bucks …!

    …, hello?

    (and these … damn … dots! I can’t seem to get rid of ‘em …! They follow me around … all the time …

  • donfelipegonzales

    Dear teacher,
    I ‘ve read nearly hundreds of comments in your website. There is a lot of “declarations” (love oriented comments). I was wondering, how do you react? Do you feel flattered? Do you believe in these comments? Do they help you in hard moments? Well, how do you live all this?
    Excuse me for my curiosity (perhaps interest?)
    Amicalement,
    Your devoted psychanalist euh…. student,
    Don Felipe Gonzales Freud of the strange questions land.

  • wordlover

    They do? That’s bizarre! :shock:

    But I’ll do my best! :wink:

  • wordlover

    LOL…

    D’oh!

    … :shock:

  • donfelipegonzales

    Dear teacher,
    OoOops I forgot something as usual, is it possible to request the origins of the word beyond?
    Thank you
    Don Felipe Gonzales of the forgettingmenland

  • melikadothechacha

    she stops by to check things from time to time. you could get lucky.
    You must be thinking all the time; hence the dots. they represent trailing thoughts….

  • melikadothechacha

    These ARE Xray specs! LOL

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/stokesjrj1 stokesjrj1

    Maia Marina,

    Where is our Tome Raider of Words hiding? We are all a famish of your voice and vision.

  • melikadothechacha

    you will want to see this…

  • melikadothechacha

    thought he said sick-of-ants?

  • melikadothechacha

    Ya ya – BUT, didn’t Uncle Remus also hail from the bayou country?

  • melikadothechacha

    That he does, ma’am, that he does.
    I know he’s not Marina because the
    only time she talks to herself is in
    class (when her sister shows up). :mrgreen:

  • http://www.nelsonsbeltran.org nbeltran

    :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile:

    As always directed to the true Philologist, Marina

    and not to the MENSA people here or the Robin Williams or

    the George Carlins, and US NAVY SEALS and the devoted

    Philology BLACK BELTS and the tiny Bob guy who has

    a “morning problem” and could use some Viagra in here…LOL

    LOL, I just love the pure entertainment of the brainy in here??

    LOL

    What is the origin of the words, “handicapped?”

    LOL

    referring to all “the Others” on this Lost type of forum island. :razz: :grin: :cool: :smile: :shock: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :oops: :grin: :cool: :cool:

    LOL

    Vini Vidi Vici

  • melikadothechacha

    Never heard that one.
    Have heard of pretzel logic.
    then there’s fuzzy logic <– go figger

  • wordlover

    What?…

    Wait, hang on a sec’…

    ………

    ……

    Aha! I see! :mrgreen:

  • wordlover

    Don’t worry, I won’t answer your Marina-directed questions, but I think I get it now: you’re just being sarcastic, aren’t you? You’re NOT really a pædophilic asshole, right?…

    Lumme, I was starting to worry there for a moment… :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :cool:

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    you may want to direct your concerns to president medvedev.

    dumbass.

  • melikadothechacha

    You, of course, realize that
    the best soup is stone soup.
    do you know the story?

  • wordlover

    i umopap!sdn w,I

    Am I brilliant now? Ih-hih-hih! :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz:

  • melikadothechacha

    now for the universal question
    (that is; who-what-when-etc.):
    Huh?

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal

    I persevere, steering an opportunity my way = luck …, until the goal is met.

  • melikadothechacha

    and where do ya go to catch a
    train of thought?

  • tiger-the-vicious

    A neuro trainsmittion Station ?

  • pennsyltucky9

    It is what it is. Look at it harder.

  • tiger-the-vicious

    Sorry my foot slipped

    I meant to say a neuron trainsmittion station

  • pennsyltucky9

    The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.

  • wordlover

    Hmm…

    (inordinately long pause)

    Nope! Still don’t get it… :sad:

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    make it spin and stare it down.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Groan!

  • wordlover

    You guys are just tryin’ t’ embarrass me! :sad:

    i umopap!sdn w,I

    Give me a hint: is it an anagram? Is it an acronym? Is it the shape of the text/letters? WHAT?!!! :???:

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal

    I like to think of her in a white lab coat …, the words synaptical, Heirarchical Temporal Memory, … cognitive functions of the neocortex …, paradigm shifts …, juicy words to imagine heard with slavic inflections as I slip off into la-la land.

    I tend to sleep very well at night. Thanks for reminding me …!

  • pennsyltucky9

    No, just disoriented.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Spaten Pils for everybody.

  • wordlover

    This is all I got:

    I’ʍ ups¡dɐdoɯn !

    I’m guessing “I’m upside down !” That’s it?

    But why not write it: iuʍop əpı̣sdn ɯˌI

    Oy, I must pay too much attention to small typographic details, I guess… :roll:

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    iunɟ s! ɓu!uɹɐəl

  • melikadothechacha

    ocipetal cortex (lizard brain)
    or bird brain, if you will.
    wordslover – where you at?
    (window of opportunity to
    quip the train o’ thought) :mrgreen:

  • wordlover

    Yeah, the penny’s dropped—finally! :sad: See my comment below… Some jokes are just too arcane for me to get… :roll:

  • melikadothechacha

    (yeah yeah, I know it’s a lobe not a cortex)

  • wordlover

    Who the hell is wordslover and why is his/her screenname so damn similar to mine? :mad: (which is to say, :razz: )

  • melikadothechacha

    I use it when it’s not appropriate
    to cuss, like at church and such.

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal

    Five years from now, the reality? I dunno. For now Marina is my imaginary research partner, and the paper of Papers is the goal. That face and voice of hers is absolutely cool … to imagine.

    …, …

  • wordlover

    ¡ɓuı̣dʎʇ sı̣ oS

    (Hope that comes out fine on everybody’s browser…)

  • melikadothechacha

    yeah, nobody has one
    using marinas eyes…. :cool:

  • wordlover

    “Gum shoe” also sounds like a Korean dish: 금슈

  • pennsyltucky9

    AKA “making the bucket” in 1960s-era trampspeak.

    “I made the bucket in Seattle one time for pooling; I asked a guy how much he was holding on a jug and he turned out to be a ragpicker and pinched me.”

    -James Spradley

  • wordlover

    (Snickers® snicker :lol: )

  • melikadothechacha

    alright, alright,
    enough with the footprints
    on the ceiling. If I could invert text
    like you guys, it would say
    “Spiderpig, Spiderpig..”
    ala Homer Simpson…

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    isəlnɹ ɐd! ´ɐəɦ ´əɥəɥ

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    iɓ!dɹəp!ds ´ɓ!dɹəp!ds

  • wordlover

    Your wish is my command:

    „˙˙ɓı̣dɹəpı̣dS ‘ɓı̣dɹəpı̣dS„

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    ˙ɟɟɟɟɟɟɟɟɟd

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal

    Marina and I did the research and wrote the paper detailing biological cognition. Marina and I are within all future history books, with the titans … where ever we go, what ever we do, we are so cool.

    At the news conference after picking up our Nobel Prize(s), a reporter asks either one of us, “How’d you two find each other?”

    Pondering an answer, “Please …, please, … please!!!!” are the only words Marina can think of at the moment. I’m thinking of an answer to the question too, and all I can think of is that I knew we could do excellent research together, and that somehow I gotta get to know her better. Get to know her better by first acquiring a couple million dollars to myself, and then I can begin to talk “turkey” with her.

    … to be continued. :roll:

  • wordlover

    ¡əʇɐl ooʇ ¡ɥoˌp

  • roadrunrnch

    So you think Putan is not in common? And you think I’m a dumbass?

    :lol:

    Can you say puppet? But you still believe in the Tooth Fairy and Hilary Clinton.

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    ¡ɹəɯɐl

  • wordlover

    Cool! Free comics! Can y’add pictures with ‘em, mergatroidal? :lol:

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal

    That second to the last sentence should have read, “… and then I can begin to talk some serious “turkey” with her.”

    :arrow:

  • melikadothechacha

    Nothing imaginary about her lessons, Mergatroi! :grin:
    wordlover? in the old BBS days, repeat names
    were numbered, as in: beefcake1, beefcake2,
    and so on. If he had hit on your exact name,
    the interface would have said “unavailable”.
    Hm’kay? so figure it’s just another event
    more cosmic than karmic, not to sweat.
    Whoever uses her eyes for a gravatar… :cool:
    well, let’s hope it works out.

  • wordlover

    ¡ɥsnɥ ʍ∀

  • crazyfreakomaniac

    can i request for the words who, what, where why and how?

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    you learn how to spell “putin” first.

    dumbass.

  • wordlover

    ¿ɥƎ

  • wordlover

    pst, aLx, maybe Putan isn’t Putin, but someone different… Whoknows? :roll:

    (I’m guessing the avatar is from the Calvin & Hobbes strips; don’t know which one…)

  • wordlover

    When? :wink:

  • ReeQ

    Thank you wordlover. i like yours to :mrgreen:

  • ReeQ

    THanks ya

  • http://www.kunstscheiss.de aLx

    that gravatar looks like some mister pukin’.

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    Marina asks that word requests are left on this HFW website and I guess that if I were her I would not lower myself to ‘listen’ to the common abuse she tends to attract from many on youtube.
    I can’t bear to ‘listen’

    It is the more educated fellows like yourself (I know this because I enjoyed your letter and you got this far anyway ) with a vivacious appetite for literary knowledge (and also think that our hero is super tasty) that subscribe here

    If you want people to think that you had a few dictionary pages for breakfast rather that Corn Flakes or just simply have the hots for Marina then this is the right place for you. :wink: :grin:
    And an intelligent lady is much more stimulating.

    So welcome to the feast of etymology (and the most painful pun (play with words) showdowns possible unfortunately). :grin:

    There are many forums with fascinating or just hilarious threads so do have a good look round, SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH US and most importantly HAVE GREAT FUN. Please remember that there are many different nationalities cultures and customs involved that may not understand yours so tread carefully initially (trust me I didn’t and I regret it….sorry proz and WL).

    If Marina (toohotforwords I call her) reads any comments, (and I am certain that she does ) it will most likely be here, but she’s a very busy lady please don’t ever expect a reply but feel blessed with the divine privilege if she does , as I have never been that lucky. (so far )

    I LOVE YOU MARINA xxx

    As for the Teacher’s Pet we all dream of that one day.
    Just to have your name mentioned for nominating that lesson’s word ….sigh dream on 2HFWFC

  • wordlover

    Some guys have a logo on their trucks of Calvin pissing… Never knew what THAT was about… :roll:

  • melikadothechacha

    …started another box – taking too long to scroll
    umm oh yeah, wordlover vs wordslover
    you were noticing my faux pas, er typo.. umm
    Mergatroid, you are really jazzed! Turkey?
    three strikes in baseball is an out.
    three strikes in bowling is turkey.
    turkey jerky ain’t bad, beats road kill

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    OMG , I missed those !!!!
    Hey i’m going to see if i can buy one on ebay

  • wordlover

    Hear, hear! I concur!

    Thank you, Father 2hotforwordsfanclub, that was a marvelous sermon! :mrgreen:

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal

    I have to read and ketchup with all the replies. I’m still replying to …, on catching the train of thought, how to.

    Or like maddog1, maddog2, maddog3, everyone line up? Plurals, suffixes, prefixes, wordlover you have to separate from the pack, somehow, it seems.

  • wordlover

    And speaking of baseball, I belive it is the 100th anniversary of “Take Me out to the Ballgame”.

    I think.

    I believe I think.

    I think I believe.

    I————’ll stop the joke right here… :roll:

  • wordlover

    Okay, I’ll type rightside up! There, is that better? :razz:

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    Melika is not passing the reefer again WL.

  • melikadothechacha

    here it is
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMrk9ea1m0g

    I cut my teeth on this one, popped my cherry.
    A lot of request for this one. I liked getting the
    link for you because it auto starts and there
    she is all smilin’ and junk -If it isn’t love, it’s
    mighty close… :oops:

  • http://www.dearmergatroid.us mergatroidal

    Ten-twenty here in New York. Bedtime for Bonzo.

  • 2hotforwordsfanclub

    The word is bleeding stupid i say ! sorry

    It is considered profane to all God fearing people because it is referring to the blood of our dear Lord Jesus Christ which was spilt for the benefit of mankind

    Bloody clumsy I reckon. :grin: :roll: :evil:

  • wordlover

    No, it’s a contraction of “By our Lady” (i.e., Mother Mary). Leastways, that’s how I reckon it…

  • melikadothechacha

    I love Marina Triple X, TOO! :twisted:

  • melikadothechacha

    Is viagra the “blue pill” i’ve heard about in here?
    de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est

  • melikadothechacha

    aren’t you a little Jung to talk like that?
    she does read your stuff, you know…

  • wordlover

    Cur? Et qui mortui?

  • melikadothechacha

    LOL! that made me think of another polysylablic word!
    Decorum does not permit here.
    Drugs are bad. Hm’kay?

  • eric812

    is there rules for over requesting words?

  • wordlover

    Too many comments in box, chacha!

    …start another box – takes too long to scroll

    Thank you—Mgmt.

    PS—And no reefs about the cracker… :razz:

  • wordlover

    Hell no! I’ve been over-requesting words since I got here! :razz:

  • melikadothechacha

    ok – lemme esplain mice elf
    i was baptized, raised and confirmed Episcopalian. Acolyte, Crucifer the whole shebang. Now, read what I said befor.e

  • melikadothechacha

    zat was zen, zis is now

  • melikadothechacha

    Spaten Optimator, tasty

  • melikadothechacha

    Schoenlings, Hudepohl,
    and Little Kings Cream Ale
    aka Little killers
    all tasty quaffs

  • melikadothechacha

    hey marklar why the marklar don’t you marlars marklar my marklar?

  • wordlover

    Don’t, melikadothechacha, he may take it the wrong way… :sad:

  • roadrunrnch

    Are you kidding? Putin? Not……. It is Putan, Here a news article,; President Putan of Russia declares that if the United States builds a “Super Shield” net-centric “net” missile defense system for allied nations in Europe then Russia plans to point their missiles towards those nations? ……..Putin????????? And I’m a Dumbass?

  • melikadothechacha

    some marklars really marklar my marklar.

  • wordlover

    (Oh, no! He’s speaking in Bork again… :roll: )

  • wordlover

    (Oh, no! He’s STILL speaking in Bork… :arrow: :lol: (formerly known as :roll: ))

  • wordlover

    @roadrunrnch
    Then who the hell is this Putan character? :roll:

  • melikadothechacha

    more of a guideline, than a rule:
    check the lessons list for words
    she has already done. :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    Huh?

  • melikadothechacha

    :arrow: many sidebars, but
    nobody took the bait?!! :shock:
    - the phrase
    “lost my train of thought” :idea:
    how did this string come
    to mean what it does today?
    wordlover, yer slackin’ LOL :mrgreen:
    can’t just give it away, y’know. :cool:

  • koalabear

    Only 1 rule :-

    Rule “36-24-36″ – You have to request the word “bikini” first, before requesting other words.

  • wordlover

    Well, thanks to you and tiger-the-vicious, I’m having to answer two different posts in two different lessons AT THE SAME TIME… :roll: :arrow: :neutral: :wink: :roll: :lol: :idea: :oops: :shock: :?: :neutral:

  • http://www.opportunityandhope.com way2virgo

    My word request is “stemcell”. The answer(s) to your homework question is a word derived from gird is girder. As in a steel girder that is used to bind up the loins of a building, so to speak. Also girdle, which has an obvious connection. Possible third derivation of gird could be guard. A guard is a form of binding up the perimeter of an area. You might even have a guard girdling girders. picture that as you may. School was never like this, teacher! :smile:

  • melikadothechacha

    ok – that was a little murky and dark
    let’s just sum it up this way:
    “Bloody” has more of a pop cultural
    aspect as it is used nowadays.
    The connotations, as described by
    2HFWFC and WL, have been lost.
    Blame the cinema, I guess.

  • melikadothechacha

    She’s got great bones :cool:

  • melikadothechacha

    Bleh! keyboard gremiln
    …great bone structure :cool:

  • wordlover

    For those of you just joining us, the last thing you would’ve seen below the video up top is:

    There Are 666 Comments for “Gird Your Loins (Answer)”

  • melikadothechacha

    it’s just a feeling, it’ll pass :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    Do they still make Frothing Slosh Beer once a year?

  • melikadothechacha

    with my tweezers gleamin’ in the moonlight …

  • melikadothechacha

    planet marklar is a South Park reference.
    on planet marklar, the word marklar is
    used to describe a person, place or
    thing. It is a verb, adverb,etc. as well.

  • melikadothechacha

    Poontang? where in Maylasia is that?

  • melikadothechacha

    so if i say “pass me the Kalashnikov”,
    there’s a 1:3 chance it’ll be vodka?

  • wordlover

    ‘s ‘ matter, pennsyltucky9, cat got your tongue?

  • melikadothechacha

    cool handle – not too shady

  • http://www.asdcashman2.com eyesopened

    Hello Marina,

    I’d like to know where does the word voluptuous comes from?

  • melikadothechacha

    whip me up some dragon lotion

  • wordlover

    0 Online Users? WTF?

  • wordlover

    Did anyone else notice that just a second ago?

  • melikadothechacha

    mi mama me mi mau mucho
    (why do girls laugh when I say this?)

  • wordlover

    C’mon, chacha, put your posts where they belong!

  • melikadothechacha

    bar bar bar barbarians

  • koalabear

    Wordlover disguised as Marina?

    If he is in the “bikini” that we have been requesting , I’m out of here.

    Where is that [unsubscribe] button?

  • melikadothechacha

    Theory #1

    In the time of the Puritans,
    they would put people in
    the stocks, with this written
    on a placard to indicate
    they were guilty, for using
    carnal knowledge.
    Puritans also marked
    offenders with the
    Scarlet Letter, “A”

  • BillyB

    only some & I think its few :roll: Don’t scare the Koalabear :shock:

  • wordlover

    Naw man, he wuz f’um Jawjuh. You ain’t knew dat?

  • BillyB

    sale @ walmart

  • webflyer

    Late, ya I know but this is what I heard.

    A person in the olden days was arested (F)or (U)nlawfull (C)arnal (K)nowledge If they were caught in adultery. So *UCKing was a bad thing. That’s why is has a negative conotation today.

  • BillyB

    Have you ever hit the Digg Button?

  • koalabear

    Marina reads the comments looking for things that “tickle her fancy”

  • melikadothechacha

    an idea,
    John Jacob Astor went down with Titanic on the same date (different year) that Lincoln was shot, April 14. (gee whiz – I used something I picked up on here!). The expression “I found Astor’s pet horse”. or “dolled up like Lady Astor’s horse” is significant relative to JJA.
    The origin? :grin: ! :twisted:
    You’ll just have to check back when Marina posts her lessons.

  • wordlover

    [This reply box for rent.]

  • webflyer

    Before Tennis!!??

    I know they have been playing a form of tennis in England since the 16th century (and probably before that). You’ll have to ask King Henry VIII what is Grandfather called his shoes then you might get a pretty close guess.

  • webflyer

    Just a little less than a smattering. :wink:

  • koalabear

    I think the “bikini request” is dead in the water. :cry:

  • wordlover

    Depends on who’s wearing it? Whose loin is it anyway?

  • wordlover

    Wow! STILL no new video… :sad:

    Wel’, mebby t’morry!

    G’night, fo’ks, I’m outy!

  • melikadothechacha

    You mean Mobile isn’t in Georgia? LOL :grin:
    Just kidding, you’re right! :smile:
    Good ol’ HOT-lanta! :mrgreen:

  • pennsyltucky9

    man who run in front of car get TIRE-d

    man who run behind car get EXHAUST-ed

  • koalabear

    Near Thongcam or Phuket?

  • pennsyltucky9

    Sorry to make light of your research, kenneth555. You’re right, there are lots of silly remarks made here and I must admit I can’t say I never made any. But I didn’t realize you were serious until your second installment. The Sumerians were a subject of recent research for me as well. But Zecharia Stichin is a name unknown to me.
    Nonetheless, I thought I had a pretty good understanding of this type of stuff from my anthropology classes. Of course