Snafu

FUBAR!!!!!!!

I didn’t see the +18 warning on this video.Why ? Is it to hard tobe politically correct ? As an adult i enjoy learning here,and would give 5 stars.But was glade to veiw this before the kids did.Sorry but for no +18 warning i give 2 stars. :sad:

fubar—–fucked up beyond all repair
sop—-standard operating procedure
sos—same old shit
so-so—–same old same old—–refer to sos

Sounds like a good name for a nightclub in Bangkok :grin:

Didn’t the caption for the video give you a clue?

Yes,but by not making it an +18 it can be seen by my kids.luckaly ,i was up early this morning and cought this before my kids seen it.

I cant find the unsubscribe link for this channel.marina can you tell me were to find it please.Thanks

That’s Great to learn that Marina; Keep it my Dear. :wink:

An Admirer,
Billy
TX

Parangaricutirimicuaro.

Understand that it could be the longest Spanish word but what are its roots?

Cheers !

:idea:

Another great lesson! FUBAR!

Alias “airz93″ on Digg.com, just so you know.

Congrats Kiddx!! :mrgreen:

Well I was going to bow out of this assignment because I posted the meaning of the two words but can’t seem to find it on this site anymore. But since a few of you have already answered it, FUBAR is correct. :wink:

Fucked
Up
Beyond
All
Recognition

When I served in the Navy I had an ‘IN’ box called my FUBAR box. Above my desk was a mini poster with the words
US Navy status is: SNAFU
Interestingly enough is most of the officer did not know what it meant. I told them it was just the name of my IN box.
My ‘OUT’ box was called: ’77 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 75 63 6b ?’
The question mark was not encoded to make people question what the numbers mean. Lets see if some smart student can decode my OUT box. :twisted: Successfully decoding the message might also give you a clue of what my job was in the Navy.

Marnia, I did notice years back when people started to make words politically correct (or the P.C. phase in the US back in mid 90′s ) they substituted ‘Fouled’ for ‘Fucked’ in the SNAFU. Policeman became Police-person, Weatherman became Weatherperson, etc. Thats the day when I thought pussification took hold of society.

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Sos… Hummm. Anyone know when the first time SOS (…—…) was used? Or what it means? I bet your first guess is wrong. :twisted:
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fubar.
2 theories:

1) Fucked Up Beyon All Recognition/Repair.
OR
2) As it originates in WW2, some people say it’s derived from the german “furchtbar” meaning “awful”.

or a little bit of both.

Marina, you even make the word military sound sexy :lol:

Many of us voted that Marina is allowed to use +18 words. There are a large percentage of adult HFW fans using profane words here on this blog. Sorry to see you go tdwnarrows :sad: Marina can delete your account here but your kids can still google it. You should use some kind of website filter like NetNanny or something so your kids are unable search for profanity.
As for the YouTube part. I think you have to log in to YouTube and select unsubscribe.
I would recommend you have separate login account for your family members if you all are using the same computer. This way it would be like every family would have just their own part of the computer. Any you won’t have this problem again. :cool:

Im sure Marina will contact you for your request.

Thanks for your contribution. We’ll miss you.

I don’t know when it was used for the first time, but it means Save Our Ship (some say: Save Our Souls) Three shorts, three longs, three shorts ( . . . _ _ _ . . . ) in morse code. Besides that, I’m stomped, Captain!

I’m going to put a Hex on you! :lol:

Fubar

01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110111 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100011 01110010 01111001 01110000 01110100 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110000 01101000 01100101 01110010 00101110

in credibly blue :roll:

as captainjack said, same old shit is not the meaning of SOS

Save Our Ship is the real one, it comes from the morse code used in the Titanic telegraph when it wrecked.

Since you are already in it, what about the word “fuck”? I know it’s a bit of a dirty word, but I would like to know: I’ve been told it was an acronym for Fornication Under Conscent of the King… I find it a little far fetched, myself… Is it true? Thank you!

And BTW, I know you’re getting this compliment a billion times a day, but still, here it is again: you look lovely. A feast for the eyes, I say! Have a nice day!

Word request: sideburns.

They are on the sides of a person’s head, but do they burn?

FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Repair

TARFU Things Are Really Fucked Up

I disagree that the use of profanity, particularly profanity that is isolated and appropriate to the topic of discussion, requires an 18+ “warning.” First of all, even PG-13 movies have been known to have isolated uses of one or more of the seven dirty words.

Second, “R” rated moves are “17 and over not admitted without guardian” and those movies can not only say the word “fuck” but can display it in simulated form.

Third, this is a linguistics-related site – not a “politically correct” linguistics-related site. Discussion of word origins should not be self-censored to sanitize anything. We don’t see Marina being gratuitous in her use of language.

Fourth, it’s a bit hypersensitive to be concerned about the word “fuck.” Children know that word, in our society, from about the age of 5 or 6 on. They use foul language among their peer group, and sanitize their language around adults. Adults also use this kind of language around their peer groups and sanitize it around children. Neither adults, nor children, explode or become criminals because of their respective use of this kind of language. If your kid happened to see the video, he or she would survive and likely would not end up twitching in a corner psychologically scarred for life.

Fifth and last point – you are asking for an 18+ warning on Marina’s educational site….yet you haven’t blocked youtube from your computer altogether? Just go into the search box on youtube and search using the word “fuck” and see what comes up. I think if you are allowing you’re children access to the internet, you have far worse things to worry about than Marina using the word in a linguistically appropriate manner.

I once heard of mashed potatoes & gravy served on a slice of bread referred to as SOS or shit on shingle.Without decoding and just to be silly, I’m guessing you were a captain, HA HA!

The word fuck in the context Marina is using it (non-obscene, etc.) is constitutionally protected, by the way. I know you’re not talking of government censorship here, but just as an example of how the word is not something that has been or should be erased from the English language, note that in the Supreme Court case of Cohen v. California, wearing a jacket with “Fuck the Draft” on the back (in public) is expressive conduct fully protected by the First Amendment. If you search the net you can find the audio recording of the oral arguments before the supreme court where the Justices of the Supreme Court and the lawyers involved discuss (in a public forum) the use of the word.

Applying an 18+ rating system here would seem to warrant, also, 18+ ratings on books that use the word. You should run down to your local and school library and make sure that nobody under the age of 18 is reading Lady Chatterly’s Lover or A Catcher in the Rye, not to mention many works of James Joyce and Henry Miller.

I wonder what word encore means?:)

Hey Marina -

You’ll get a kick out of this youtube video combining the word “snafu” with a previous word you’ve done, “booby trap.” It’s one of a series of WW2 cartoons that were shown as instructional videos to soldiers, staring Private Snafu (who sounds suspiciously like Bugs Bunny).

Nice vid :)

What puzzles me, though, is why “Fucked Up” is used to describe something bad… :???:

As for the homework, maybe SOS?

I don’t know, but why is it that every time I write “F” you see “K?”

Actually, my guess is that it derives from the two points-of-view associated with the act. One person is doing the F-ing. The other person is getting “F-ed.” The person doing the F-ing is typically viewed as in the power position, no pun intended, and the one getting F-ed is viewed as serving the needs of the F-er in a subordinate manner. So, there is a negative connotation with getting fucked or being fucked, as opposed to doing the fucking. So, when a situation has been fucked, it has then become fucked, or otherwise known as fucked up. Just a guess…

Answer for todays homework: Fucked up beond all recognition…
And I would like to request a word as well: “Tandem”.

I would like to request you the word “suck”.
If you want to meet me, I´m available by now jajaja.

FUBAR…..enough said

FUBAR….that is self explaining

FUBAR lol used it alot when i was in the army lol your still hot

BOHiCA is another one that you might have missed lol it means

BEND OVER HERE IT COMES AGAIN LOL HOPE YOU GET A KICK OUT OF THIS ONE PS; your still hot

How about bohica? If it’s a snafu, it can also be fubar, but if it’s going to happen again, is it bohica (Bend Over Hear It Comes Again)? Well, fido, I guess (Fuck It, Drive On).

A funny one is “DAN” – if a soldier hasn’t showered for a while, he might be said to “smell like DAN” (Dick, Ass and Nuts).

Another one is BCD – Birth Control Device. A soldier wears his BCD’s on across the bridge of his nose, as they refer to his glasses (army glasses not being known for their attractiveness).

FUBAR!!!!!

as a word request I would love to hear you discuss the origin of the word Liberty.

how about this one “swag” it is a little easier but it should be from about the same area and time homework : FUBAR

RED

Nice find :smile:
Leave him alone I thinks, nuf’ said
What’s up with the latest poll? Can’t figure out the reason Marina wants our opinion. Not like her to not say what’s on her mind :?:
NFG gets written in chalk on all FUBAR parts & tyres at the shop.
Have a reasoable day!

If you are the F-er and you are F-ing correctly the F-ed should be enjoying being F-ed as much as you are enjoying F-ing,,, But this is merely my personal opinion :cool:

And by having a history with the military I understand the meaning of being F-ed up beyond all repair

I FIGMO-D out and now everything is hunky dory :grin:

I’m not exactly sure but Steve Wynn has it in huge letters on the side of his brand new casino over on the Las Vegas Strip :cool:

It’s like this,,, it’s SNAFU today so break out your BMFH and make it all FUBAR by tomorrow :evil: :twisted: That’ll teach;em to complain :twisted: :arrow: :evil:

Dear Marina, here’s my word request which I hope you will find very interesting.
I was thinking of the origin of ‘holy cow’ or ‘holy crap’ or even ‘holy s**t’ ??
And keep up the great work! You’re awesome ^^

tdwnarrows, unsubscribe from what? My website? Do you want me to make it so that you don’t receive any of my holiday cards? Do you receive email notices when I make new posts? What exactly do you want done so that I can take care of it. Sorry to see you go, I enjoyed having you here.

I loved that lesson Marina! But it only scratched the surface of the subject

There are much deeper reasons why things get FUBAR and SNAFU is SOP.

It’s because true communication is only possible between equals and there are none in the military with the different ranks.

The seargents that have to carry out the orders only tell the officers above them what they want to hear out of fear of reprimand and the generals don’t get the true information they need to make effective decisions since the farther up the chain of command you go the more yes men there are telling you what you want to hear out of fear of reprisals.

This is the essence of the SNAFU principle, because it leads to an equal and opposite burden of omniscienceupon those at the top, in the eye of the pyramid.

All that is forbidden to those at the bottom—the conscious activities of
perception and evaluation—is demanded of the Power Elite, the
master class. They must attempt to do the seeing, hearing,
smelling, etc. and all the thinking and evaluating for the whole
pyramid.

But a man with a gun (the power to punish) is told only what
the target thinks will not cause him to pull the trigger (write the
pink slip, order the court-martial). The elite, with their burden of
omniscience, face the underlings, with their burden of nescience,
and receive only the feedback consistent with their own preconceived
notions and reality-tunnels.

The burden of omniscience becomes, over time, another and more complex burden of nescience. Nobody really knows anything anymore, or if they do, they are careful to hide the fact. The burden of nescience becomes omnipresent. More and more of sensory experience becomes unspeakable.

I hope this helps fill in the gaps of your lesson.

Would that be located in Phuket?

I have a word request, well not so much a word as a phrase. The phrase that I would like to know the origin of is “like a bat out of hell“. My grandmother uses the phrase a lot to describe someone or something that is out of control. I am curious as to the origin of the phrase. Thank you.

Very true, bad doggie, very true. However, enjoyment is different than other perceptions of the act. The submissive role has always been seen by men as not a good thing. I.e. to be on the “receiving end” is not seen as advantageous, to say the least.

In old Roman times, noblemen would sometimes F male concubines – and it was acceptable to “pitch” but not “catch.” I.e. it’s o.k. to “F” but not “get F-ed” in that sense.

Also, in traditional western society, the perception is that men “take” something when they are with a woman. And women “give” men something when they “give it up.” They also “lose” something when they do it for the first time – they “lose” their virginity. The concept of a male being a “virgin” is a relatively new byproduct of our egalitarian culture.

So, men do the “F-ing” usually – and women “get F-d” and in doing so they either “lose” something that men “take” or “give” something that men “get.” That’s the terminology that has traditionally been uses. So, if you “get F-d” then that implies you’ve lost something or had to give something up – it’s a negative. And if you “F-d” someone (did the “F-ing”) then you got something, stole something, or were given something. That implies something positive.

So, if a situation is “F-d” – it’s mean it’s lost – it’s given up – it’s been taken. There’s a short leap from there to mean that it’s all “screwed up” or “botched.”

This is all just personal speculation.

It wasn’t Meatloaf? :lol:

yeah, it’s kinda hard to find older posts on the site. most of the time google helps. try googling (?) “site:hotforwords.com fubar”. always use “site:hotforwords.com” to get only results from … well … hotforwords.com.

huge bats could be devastating.

Touché.
Except that it’s pronounced Poo Ket.

Bat out of hell: http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/Bat_Out_Of_hell.htm

display it in simulated form

what does that mean? fucking through your pants?

a lot of shit out there, bob, huh?

77 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 75 63 6b
w h a t t h e f u c k

Simple ASCII Hex.

In the Navy, you were either in Communications or Intelligence.
That’s my guess.

Thanks ArgonTheAware! Also.. when you look at the actual phrase “Situation Normal, All F’d Up”.. the “Situation Normal” part is a cut down to the superiors believe.. meaning that NORMALLY things are messed up, right? Meaning that those in charge are not doing a great job? Something like that?

Yes something like that, since that’s what makes it Standard Operating Procedure. The people at the bottom that have to carry out the orders expect it to be Fucked Up as a matter of course so they count on them not making any sense.

That’s one of the reasons that discipline is so important in the military, they follow the orders by reflex without having to worry about whether they make sense or not. As they always told me when I was in the Air Force “We don’t pay you to think”

Without the correct feedback and accurate information, it’s no wonder those in charge can’t do a very good job.

very interesting concept, one question, are youe ver going to let us meet yoir sister, since we hear her almost every day in your lesson?
Good work!
Keep it up
thank’s mate!

are you ever correcting my text

Nice pun, aLx, but you’re quite right; all that used to be fun is now only a spectator sport.
Shame! :sad:

I am new to this so please i hope i don’t mess this up =-)

I would like to request a word, the word is Alien
as in space invaders heh
thank you and Mmmuwah hugs and kisses to you, awsome lessons

Why do people say “10:4″ when talking over radios to confirm hearing a message?
What is this code for and how does the code work?
Also, why is “roger” used for the same purpose?

Where do “roger” and “10:4″ come from?

Love yah,
Mike

I don’t even want to know what that last one means…..

Simulated sex.

Yeah – I like how in the beginning the word SNAFU comes up one letter at a time with a slight hesitation as the letters come up… you KNOW that the writers knew what snafu meant and the intended audience knew what snafu meant – but the average person wouldn’t know at the time.

TEACH US SOME RUSSIAN!!! :smile:

F.U.B.A.R.- A little Chinese dive in El Segundo, CA that serves great egg fu young (all take-out, you order at a counter).

tdwnarrows
Slang is a part of the language, better to discuss & dilineate stuff here, then a person can decide when & where & how to use (or never use) something.

i can teach you some russian)))

it has to be FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond All Repair)
Why did those two guys have to sit out of this homework?

Hey TD. Please don’t unsubscribe. I for one enjoy & respect your comments & opinions. hope you get this. I’m checking in from work today, also checked this out 1st thing this AM (Would have been funny if you were teachers pet today) maybe Ironic, but I digress.
No time now to read all the comments but one could tell, teacher has been tiptoeing around sometimes & I think she did a good job in this video & opinions will fly… great. I may be a little freaked out as to why I would check up on what’s being said @ this page, but my learning of human behavior is increasing as I think about the whole online dimension ‘nuf said… Don’t leave Mr. TDW Narrows ..Sir… I know you’re probably a great dad :!:

TEACH, WHAT IS THE EQUIVALENT WORD IN RUSSIAN FOR FUCK?

:wink:

FUBAR is the acronym you are looking for.

Thanks for a wonderful lesson today on SNAFU.

A word I would like to see you check for the derivation and meaning is ‘Gawdelpus’. I know what it means but have no idea where it comes form.
(It sounds like if YOU had one it would be BEAUTIFUL!)
Thanks for the lessons,
Peace,
Frog

That place has such slow service, I ordered egg fu young there once and by the time it got to my table it was egg fu old.

trahatsya… (i hope that marina will exuse me)

Yeah, the kitchen can be a little bit of a Snafu, but they sure are well intentioned…

Marina – thank you for the mention regarding the SNAFU video! :grin:

Isn’t it interesting how at the beginning of the video the word SNAFU comes up one letter at a time, implying its origin as an anagram. I can just picture the WW2 soldiers ready to ship out, watching this short cartoon before the latest Bogart-Bacall flick, and laughing hysterically because they know full-well what the term means.

Can I also be teacher’s pet? If so, may I request that both you and your evil twin announce my status as teacher’s pet, so I can be the teacher’s pet and also the teacher’s evil twin sister’s pet? Fighting back and forth over me would be fine, too… :twisted:

Love your videos and they get better all the time.

Eric

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

Marina;

Another Military Term:

FUBAR

“Fouled or Fucked UP Beyond Recognition!”

ooooh rahhh!

warmly,

Nelson

A computer hacker is what I want you to do the origin of. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Hey Martina, can you explain the phrase ‘that’s the way the cookie crumbles’ for me please?

i want to know where the origin of the word skateboard came from??..kinda obvious but there is probably more to the word than people think?? so please do this??

please do the word Hamburger

can you give us the origin of russian VODKA. I think that it would be very interesting for us… thank you))

this word is kinda profane but i would like to know what the word : FUCK means. please!!!!! :lol:

Decoded binary message, “You were a cryptographer.”
Nope. Sorry Bob Your reading too much into it. :mrgreen:

Lol Bob. :grin: What Bob discovered was my Hexa-decimal message.
Hexa Decimal system was a way to make computer binary language easier for programmers to read.
See the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexidecimal

73 61 69 6c 62 6f 61 74 ___/)___

Awe! Thanks for the tip aLx. I forgot about using that google trick.

Marina did you know you can place google searching on your website?

My leg shakes like Snafu’s when Marina’s videos start. :cool:

I would like to know the origin of “plumb”. As in that wall is plumb. I have guys on the crew who use level for vertical and plumb for horizontal. Dopes!

FUBAR BUNDY :Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition, But Unfortunately Not Dead Yet

Marina stvarno si najljepše stvorenje koje sam ikad vidio

:mrgreen: Correct pioneering :!: When people would take my paperwork they would always say “What the fuck is this Richards?” (Oh in the military your last name becomes your first name, why this is I don’t know to this day) I would reply” I don’t know but I did all I could do with your request.”
Since this was a common question and I didn’t want to put the F word on my file box (didn’t want it piss off top brass) I thought I would interesting to put the Hexa Decimal on it.

I did work on some communications for the welfare of sailors. It was called MARS (Military Affiliated Radio Station). We used ham radio to patch phone calls to shore stations so sailors could call home. I volunteered for the duty on my off hours.

Intelligence? No I’m not that intelligent. Sorry I couldn’t resist. :razz:
I can not confirm nor deny that I worked in the Intelligence department.

Sometimes the best way to hide something is to put it right under their noses. Making so oblivious that people over look it and miss it completely.

Anymore guesses?

I would like to know the origin of word Beautiful

As Miss Marina is teaching us we have to dig a bit deeper into our research to see if we have uncovered the correct origin of a word. Don’t take the first answer you get as the correct definition. :cool:

:idea: Clue:
SOS was used long before it ever made its appearance on a ship.
SOS had a hard time being accepted was officially ratified in 1908. There was this other code that was used before SOS that meant the same thing.

Keep digging :!:

I’m just resubmitting my request for the word “Vampire” or also spelled “Vampyre” in some European countries–Also would love to be mentioned as a future “teacher’s pet” since most of my teachers in grade/high school highly appreciated my intelligence and some friends called me one…tyvm Marina for your continued insights on words and the tireless research you go through to help us–I’m also sending kisses to your evil twin sis as well*muah muah muah* :wink: :razz:

Its only a dirty word in the English language. Do you know of dirty words in other languages that mean nothing to English language. I’ll get your started with my sisters favorite word to say “Bugger”.

Thanks tayljim, I never hear TARFU before!

like what….

FUBAR–is the acronym for “Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition”

:shock: OMG! Funny video prospero811! Thanks for the entertaining post. Yea I agree it sound like the bugs bunny voice.

learning more and more from you :mrgreen:

I would really like to know the origin of the word:Peculiar

Keep up the lessons!

Hey Prospero811, I used to wear BCD’s. The glasses had large black rims. Very ugly glasses at the time when people where using thin wire framed glasses in the 80′s. I asked the guys how come no girls would go out with me. They said get rid of those BCD’s and see what happens. Later on I ended up dating a very hot model that made a TV commercial for a brand of car soap in Australia.

I believe the acronym you are looking for is F.U.B.A.R. :D

Thanks for the tip. When I move to Marina Del Ray or Long Beach (haven’t decided yet) I’ll avoid the place.

I’m happy for you and all your great success! My kindergarden son asked me what the origin of HAMBURGER was? I made a joke of it but still don’t know the origin. We would love for you to help us find out more about HAMBURGER. We love your accent and your beauty! Stay great!!

Why are you reposting these questions yeeeaahhbaby?

:shock: F.U.B.A.R meaning

Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition

Ah! Well I can help you there! “Encore” is a french word that simply means: Again.

Also The Acronym F.U.B.A.R is said to have been influenced in WW2 from the German word furchtbar, meaning terrible. :grin:

Here’s my request: Taxi, is used worldwide…

My word request is ‘vanitas’, a rather important concept that is all-encompassing, yet understood by so few. A concept that can be used to explain such simple things as why Marina typo’d snafu into ‘sanfu’ above. Sanfu and booby trap? That sounds neither intelligent nor sexy. Sanfu must be a snafu’d snafu, apparently. :evil:

Speaking of intelligence = sex, I can’t help but wonder if the youtube phenom that runs this website is familiar with TED.com, the youtube of intellectual discussion. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design… all words that pertain to our trusty teacher. Here’s a sample of a TED video pertaining to the science of romantic love (i.e. the mechanics of mating), one that can be beneficial to both the admired and the admirers here at HotForWords.com:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/16

It’s a lecture by Dr. Helen Fisher about how love is a drive, not just an emotion. Any philophile worth their salt, especially one worth their sea salt, should check it out. Get to understand themselves and others when it comes ‘the word’… which every Beatles fan knows is ‘Love’.

Glad to see this site has improved since I was here last. I don’t have to call in my muscle after all. Don’t make me call in the little guy from my gravatar… he’s a bit too muscular for most. :twisted:

Peace and love, Errin : )

I may be getting ahead of myself, here, but I believe that “plumb” may come from the french word “plomb”, which means “lead” (the metal). Because if I rely on the french version of “this wall is plumb” (ce mur est d’aplomb) we say “d’aplomb” because the instrument to measure the vertical level of a structure is a “plomb”, which in the old days, was simply consisting of a piece of lead (plomb) at the end of a string, thus the name. I can even go further as to say that it has the same origin as “plumber” (in french “plombier” because of the large use of lead in this trade).

But then again, I could be full of it too, it wouldn’t be a first! :roll:

ArgonTheAware is correct. We would get orders that made no sense. So we where trained to follow orders almost blindly. An officer could not order us to jump off of a bridge per say but we could question orders that threaten our lives or safety.

You see Marina, That’s why I had a FUBAR ‘IN’ box. I would get these crazy request (orders) and I tried to make sense of them. My ‘OUT’ box was the WTF?

LOL “You don’t get paid to think!” was mention many many times. Oh now the flash backs are coming again.

Hey ArgonTheAware. Thanks for your more descriptive post. You did a much better job than I did. Its interesting how similar the military works in all branches. My uncle was in the Air Force and encouraged me to try the service. Then I learned what what NAVY really meant.
Never
Again
Volunteer
Yourself

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Regarding snafus, I wanted to share the lyrics from The Fixx song ‘One Thing Leads To Another’. It is apropos to a lot of things

One Thing Leads To Another

The deception with tact, just what are you trying to say?
You’ve got a blank face, which irritates
Communicate, pull out your party piece
You see dimensions in two
State your case with black or white
But when one little cross leads to shots, grit your teeth
You run for cover so discreet, why don’t they:

Do what they say, say what you mean
One thing leads to another
You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long
But then one thing leads to another.

The impression that you sell
Passes in and out like a scent
But the long face that you see comes from living close
To your fears
If this is up then I’m up but you’re running out of sight
You’ve seen your name on the walls
And when one little bump leads to shock miss a beat
You run for cover and there’s heat, why don’t they:

Do what they say, say what they mean
One thing leads to another
You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long
But then one thing leads to another
One thing leads to another

Then it’s easy to believe
Somebody’s been lying to me
But when the wrong word goes in the right ear
I know you’ve been lying to me
It’s getting rough, off the cuff I’ve got to say enough’s enough

Bigger the harder he falls
But when the wrong antidote is like a bone in the throat
You run for cover in the heat why don’t they:

Do what they say, say what they mean
One thing leads to another
You tell me something wrong, I know I listen too long
But then one thing leads to another
One thing leads to another

:shock: Gees! I should have thought of that one!!!

Snafu is worse than being hornswaggled and bamboozled both together.

mrkabdrvr,
When I teach students how to pass the United States Coast Guard licensing exams. The CG doesn’t expect you to know all the answers to the questions by heart ( for example CFR’s). But they do expect you to know where to find the answers. 3 of my exams are open book tests. Where am I going with this? I’m saying go ahead and use google to research it. SOS never was meant to mean Save Our Ship (or Souls).

As for the Morse code your right. ‘O’ = 3 longs and ‘S” = 3 shorts. CQ is – . – . – - . – or dah dit dah dit dah dah dit dah is how we speak it when teaching it verbally. What does CQ stand for? CQ means ‘Calling any station’. Now look up CQD. You might get a clue about the origin of SOS.

:!: air-z, My dad used to make SOS for us kids. Yea I forgot about that. Oh that was good stuff.

Nope I was not a captain in the Navy. Not even an officer. The Uniform in my avatar is my merchant marine uniform. Its an outfit you would see on cruise ships. Remember the 80′s TV show ‘The Love Boat’ (btw the TV show is coming out on DVD soon)? This is kind of the dress uniform for a captain of a cruise ship. Good guess though. Anytime you start on a problem you first have to make some educated guesses to get you started. Then do research or fact finding to get the correct answer to the problem. :cool:

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hi can you find the origin of the term ‘wet willy’? thnks

Thesaurus
Is there another word for ‘Thesaurus’?
Where did it come from?
Большое спасибо.

I wonder how old the kids are. I don’t see Marina’s usage of profanity as vulgar at all. I’d object if she was, it’s not worthy of an academic. But don’t your kids deserve the truth? Should we sugar-coat the world with a plastic icing so no bad words, images and actions affect the children? Or should we respect their right to the truth, and deliver it, knowing they can and will deal with it.

I don’t know you, and I’m hesitant to jump to any conclusions, but I feel as if you’re selling your kids short. You may bring up facts which change that, of course, but as it stands there I sit. Unless they’re 5 or 6, I think your kids are capable of handling this. One, you’re obviously intelligent and well-regarded by others, including Marina, so I assume your kids are as well. Two, the more you hide the “juicy bits” of life from a kid, the more they crave it. It’s basic child psychology.

It’s good to protect them from physical and emotional danger, extremely disturbing imagery, etc., but if they hear the word “shit” or “fuck” it is not going to harm them. If, when they hear it, you react with scorn, you are only making it more powerful in their minds. So eliminate these words’ power in your kids. Be frank about language, and empower them to never be overpowered by it when others choose to use language to bully, control or assuage.

aLx, what was the xhtml code you used to make that nice quote box? I failed to get it to work here.

Don’t anybody do this word please.. I’m going to make a video shortly. Thanks pepito! Great one! :smile:

Oh we still have our constitution? I thought the government passed amendments to make it voided.

Oh I have to run. I see some G men chasing me down. :mrgreen:

Hello Marina,

I am a leech. But which leech am I. I hope I am a Celt or a Slavic or an old English leech. And sometimes I feel very comfortable acting a bit like an aquatic worm. Maybe you can help me to fix this. Solve the mystery of
leech.

And there is another thing, but this is quite easy for you I think.
Can you or someone else tell me and thereby others about the abbreviations: O.Dan , P.Gmc , cf. O.N. , O.H.G.
Ir. , M.E. , Gk.

Bye dear Marina

o.dan. = old danish,
p.gmc. = proto-germanic,
cf. = confer,
o.n. = old norse,
o.h.g. = old high german,
ir. = irish,
m.e. = middle english,
gk. = greek.

Sounds disgusting. :neutral: But why am I so attracted to learn something disgusting? :shock:


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Situation Normal: All F*&@^d Up

Most of us enjoy them, i want to know about the word ‘cocktail’.
thanks and hope to hear about this soon.

Well, that is a good explanation – very plausible, and a good speculation.

:mrgreen:

you would be exhausted because you have many students!, but my note is about “Things are in a mess”… i consider that your introduce to this video is funiest that i remember, and consider too that you are very good teacher really… greetings from colombia my dear teacher!!!!

Hahaha!
That old cartoon was cheezely funny!
Umm I have a request about the phase,the bottom line.
That or the final straw.
Both confuse me alot.
Thanks teach!
<3

I’ve never heard you curse before it was shocking :shock: . Well, not really.

Anyways, Marina–the other night some friends and I were drinking and trying to create a drinking game that related to your show (we couldn’t figure one out, maybe some suggestions?). So that brought up a word idea, could you do an episode describing the origin of the word Alcohol, or drunk, or booze? Or perhaps another word in the same category? Thanks! :smile:

Oh yes i forgot these:

Acronym Definition
SOS [not an acronym] a common misconception is that SOS means Save Our Ship/Souls (a distress call); the letters don’t actually stand for anything
SOS MAYDAY (logging abbreviation)
SOS Sibling Over Shoulder (chat)
SOS Sack Of Stuff (polite form)
SOS Sacramento Orchid Society (California)
SOS Samaritans of Singapore
SOS Same ‘ol Situation
SOS Same Old Situation (Mötley Crüe song)
SOS Same Old Song
SOS Same Old Story
SOS Same Old Stuff (polite form)
SOS Sarasota Orchid Society (Florida)
SOS Sarcoidosis Online Sites
SOS Save Often Stupid
SOS Save Our Sailors (Sailor Moon anime)
SOS Save Our Saucepans
SOS Save Our School
SOS Save Our School, Share Our Shores (Ontonagon County, Michigan)
SOS Save Our Selves
SOS Save Our Service (Scotland)
SOS Save Our Ship (distress call, common but incorrect)
SOS Save Our Shoes (Santa Cruz, CA)
SOS Save Our Shoreline, Inc. (Michigan)
SOS Save Our Shows (TV Guide)
SOS Save Our Society
SOS Save Our Sons
SOS Save Our Souls
SOS Save Our Survivors
SOS Save Our Wild Salmon
SOS Save Outdoor Sculpture
SOS Science of Speed
SOS Science of Spirituality
SOS Science of Survival
SOS Scoot Over Some
SOS Scope of Services
SOS Scope of Studies
SOS Scope of Supply
SOS Sea of Slime (publication)
SOS Second Order Statistics
SOS Secretary Of State
SOS Secular Organizations for Sobriety (Council for Secular Humanism)
SOS Secure Object Store (Lotus Notes database system)
SOS Security Overseas Seminar
SOS Seek Our Savior
SOS Self Opening Square (paper bag)
SOS Send Out Service
SOS Sending Out Signals (album by group Garrison)
SOS Senior Operations Specialist
SoS Servants of Shade (Halo gaming clan)
SOS Service on Site
SOS Service Oriented Software
SOS Services Of Supply (WWII)
SOS Sex on Stage (band)
SOS Share Operating System
SOS Share Our Strength
SOS Shoot on Sight
SOS Shoot on Site
SOS Shot on Sight (band)
SOS Si Opus Sit (Latin: If Necessary; a prescription indication usually implies the drug is to be administered only once)
SOS Sick of School
SOS Sign of Strength (Wyckoff trading theory)
SOS Significant Other Strike
SOS Silicon On Sapphire
SOS Singapore Organisation of Seaman
SOS Sink or Swim (Super Nintendo video game)
SOS Sink or Swing (band)
SOS Skagway Outlet Store
SOS Skits Outreach Services (theatre troupe)
SOS Skydivers Over Sixty (social club)
SOS Slop on a Shingle (chipped beef on toast; polite form)
SOS Smör Ost Och Sill (Butter, Cheese and Herring)
SOS Snowboard Outreach Society (Avon, Colorado, USA)
SOS Soap on Steel (SOS Pads)
SOS Socialstyrelsen (Sweden: national board of health and welfare)
SOS Society of Separationists, Inc.
SOS Society of Singers
SOS Society of Stranders (shag/beach dancing group; Grand Strand, South Carolina)
SOS Software Operating System
SOS Solar Optical Telescope
SOS Soldiers of Satin (gaming clan)
SOS Somali Shilling (ISO currency code)
SOS Some One Special
SOS Son of Sam
SOS Son of Satan
SOS Son of Sevenless (enzyme involved in the signal transduction pathway)
SOS Son of Stick (fishing)
SOS Son of Stopgap
SOS Song of Solomon/Song of Songs
SOS Sons of Samoa (gang)
SOS Sons of Satan
SOS Sophisticated Operating System (Apple /// OS)
SOS Sound On Sound
SOS Sounds of Silence
SOS Source Of Supply
SOS Source Off-Site
SOS Southern Ohio Sanitation, LLC
SOS Southern Oxidants Study (North Carolina State University)
SOS Space Operations Simulator
SOS Spawn of Satan
SOS Special Operations School
SOS Special Operations Squadron
SOS Special Operator Service Traffic
SOS Spectrally Optimized Smart (Camera)
SOS Speech Option Selection
SOS Speed Of Service
SOS Speed of Sound
SoS Speed of the Shissar (Everquest)
SOS Spirit of Selling GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)
SOS Split Option Soldier
SOS Spørgsmål Og Svar (Danish)
SOS Sprint Office Support (Sprint)
SOS SPRINT Operations Shelter
SOS Squadron Officer School (USAF)
SoS Staff of Shielding (Everquest)
SOS Stamp Out Smoking
SOS Standards & Open Systems
SOS Standing Order Service
SOS Stars Organisation for Spastics
SOS Start Out/Off Slow (driver’s education)
SOS State Operated Schools
SOS Statement of Sensitivity
SOS Statement Of Service
SOS Stop OverSpending
SOS Storm of Swords (George RR Martin book)
SOS Story of Sadness (song)
SOS Stragglers Orienteering Society (UK)
SOS Strahl-On-Strahl
SOS Straight Off da Street
SOS Strategic Office Support
SOS Strategic Operating System
SOS Strategic Options Study (India)
SOS Strawberry on the Shortcake
SOS Street Outreach Services (San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium)
SOS Strength of Schedule (sports statistic)
SOS Struck Off Strength
SOS Structural Operational Semantics (computer science)
SOS Structural Operational Semantics (theoretical computer science)
SOS Stuck On Stupid
SOS Student Ombuds Service
SOS Student Online Support
SOS Student Organization Support
SOS Student Outcome Survey
SOS Students for An Orwellian Society
SOS Stuff On a Shingle (polite form; common military chow hall meal; meat/cream sauce served on toast)
SOS Sub Ocean Safety (medical rescue of underwater divers)
SOS Subscriber and Operator Services
SOS Sultan Of Swat (Babe Ruth)
SOS Sum-Of-Sinusoids
SOS Sumatra Orangutan Society
SOS Summer of Sam (movie)
SOS Summer of Service
SOS Supervisor of Shipbuilding
SOS Support Operating System
SOS Supportability Online System
SOS Surveillance of Space
SOS Surveillance Operating System (Hekimian)
SOS Survival Optics Sunglasses
SOS Survivors of Suicide
SOS Swamp of Sorrows (gaming, World of Warcraft)
SOS Swedish Obese Subjects (study)
SoS Sword of Skardsen (Neopets)
SOS Sygate Online Services
SOS Symbian Operating System
SOS Symbolic Operating System
SOS Syndicated Office Systems
SOS System Of Systems
SOS System Operation Status (Sprint)
SOS System Operational Specification
SoS System-of-System

and the final two

sos—same old shit …is for us landlubbers

sol—shit outof luck

Hi there!! I was wondering where the word “but” came from. As in “I wanted to go the to the movies BUT I had to do some house cleaning.” Thanks a lot and havea great day!

FUBAR stands for Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition and was at least a weekly occurance during my time in the Army.

Hi Marina,

We named our company Rhimba. We invented the word or so we thought. We’ve been told by some people that it has been around for a long time. I haven’t been able to find any record of this. What do you think? Can you guess which words we meshed together to create the name? You can see our company at http://www.rhimba.com

FUBAR…Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition

and SSDD :)

Oh, for some reason I thought that the R in FUBAR stood for “relief”. I suppose “recovery” would work too. Whatever.

The traditional word for fuck in Russian is «ёб» (yob). The verb is «ебать» (yebat’).

I have a theory on the origin of the word “fuck”. Let me know if you want to hear it.

what is the origin of the word “Taboo” and thanks for the video very enlightening.

i always wondered the origin of the word “whine”

Now that was funny Marina and I enjoyed it.

Not to worry about the profanity in the earlier post it was appropriate my Dear not too mention HOT.

An Admirer
Billy
TX :grin:

FUBAR … Fucked Up Beyond All Reason. :mrgreen:

Marian you are such a naughty girl, but your teaching is very instructive. You never have a snafu. That little wink at the end makes me wonder if you are a coquette. Who is coquette and when was it first used to describe one? :wink:

Word suggestion: how about “computer bug”? or “glitch”?
Thanks!

Love your outtakes

As I am sure many people have already said, I think the term you are looking for is FUBAR.

However one of my personal favorites and another common term in the United States military is BOHICA (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again) which is usually used when your commanding officer is reaming you out (ream or reaming being my suggested word) or under similar situations.

Your use of slang was really meaningless and detracted from this video. I do not understand why you introduced the other woman yelling to you. The animals were cute until you used them too much.
I don’t think you were feeling good when you did this one.

The answer is F.U.B.A.R. Fucked Up Beyond All Repair. I still would like to know where Stool Pidgeon came from.

I still have my T-shirt!!!

Of course, unlike the Private Snafu movie, we aren’t fascinated by big, round boobs these days… :wink:

I’ve always wondered about “dirty sanchez” myself.

I’ve heard that after the plague in order to repopulate England the King would turn a blind eye to the law that prohibited fornication. Fornicate Under Consent of the King. I don’t know how true this story is though.

Hello,
My sister used a word the today and I had no idea what it means. Can you help? The word is “Infatuated”. Thank you

Justin

Would you like “french fries” with that?

Is it true that “yup” in russian means sex?

Hello Marina!!!!
Wich is the origin of the word “cameo”?
Kisses from Argentina.

Hi Marina. What’s the origin and meaning of the word “the”?
Thanks :smile:

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge????

“yup” doesn’t mean sex it means to fuck… and “trahatsya” (трахаться) also means to fuck

Don’t forget SOS-Shit on a Shingle (aka creamed chipped beef on toast)

That answer is FUBAR Fucked up beyond all repair…..

how about the word “corny” :arrow:

Fubar=
:::::::::::::::::
F.ucked
U.p
B.eyond
A.ll
R.epair

What about the word “Snitch”?

Hate to see you leave due to this , but I believe that you can take care of this yourself by setting up your computer with an account made especially for your yougsters…This site has never had a Rating system and it certainly has had it’s share of words that you would call profanity or not suitable for your kids in the form of ‘word requests’ for as long as I have been a member here. I think the responsibilty lays with you not Marina with all due respect, Best wishes to you and yours

I’ve always wondered the Origin of the phrase
“Dropped the Dime”
like to snitch or to tell
I mean what the heck does that have to do with dimes
Forreal

That origin is actually false; I think she talked about that word on her first Maxim radio show appearance.

Hi Marina,

Acronymph request… higurkejudusavogegadfahenimixajeki :arrow:

:lol: k??

Well, I though I would throw it out there since VanHalen/Hagar used
‘ For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge ‘ as a Title to one of their CD’s that included the song – Poundcake and some other great songs too..
It was only a thought so oh well. Thank you for replying and showing me the error I made now I will have to try and find Marina’s Radio SHow library so I can learn what she taught at the time. Thannks again….

“Computer bug” would probably make a good game because I’ve heard multiple origins about it.

:lol: another 10 ther that blue blouse and ur eyes really excited everyone in my household wow ur mmm sooo awsome lov tht cartoon lol :lol: lov and kisses

Do the video from the “Cash Cab” – syndicated trivia game show. http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/cashcab/cashcab.html (discovery channel – website o.k. and rated G).

that was just a joke…albeit a bad one…i’ve never been there.

The phrase “Dropped a dime” dates back to when it would cost a dime to make a phone call from a pay phone. So a snitch would “drop a dime” to call and inform to the cops on someone. The phrase didn’t change when payphones went to twenty five cents and then later to even more, the phrase just stuck.

Hi Marina, I am curious as to the work bologna. My Belgium Grandma pronounced it just as its spelled, while the rest of us call it bolonie. And why does it refer to a flat piece of meat that taste like a hotdog and can also be used in response to what someone has said to you and you respond back ” Oh Bolonie”
Thanks for the learning experience on enriching my work power.
Splinter808

And for tdwnarrows, maybe you should learn how to use the parental controls that can be used for blocking sites for you children? Or you can screen the videos 1st and then let the see the ones you want :smile:

Two suggestions for future words.

Cookie, and “y’all”.

Would really love to learn the history of the word y’all!

I’ll try this 1. what’s the origin of the word “May Day”. :?:

Ahoy Ahoy. I have 2 words to choose from. Boogeyman & Unbridled.

Thanks, and keep ‘defining’ a new era in teaching.

Please please tell me the origin of the word “nemesis”!

Kthxbai.

Hello Marina,
How’s it going my favorite teacher!! :razz:
Hey I’m a new student here, and I was wondering what do I need to do to become the “Teacher’s pat for the day”?
Oh and my word request is “Love”
What’s origin of the word “Love”

Hi teach

A “great tit” is a bird found in Africa.
A female friend has a number of these birds in her avery.
When I said that she had “great tits” she slapped me.
Was she offended by my grammar???

Maybe HFW should investigate?
Why does the bird – “great tit” have nothing to do with “t.ts” or “titillate”.

lots of love
from australia.

I actually know this one its FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Оно изумительный что большая смотря и говоря русская повелительница smogла быть настолько полезна к гуманности в этих день и время. Я салютую вам. Простите моему плохому русскому, но я пытаюсь улучшить на том больше. Вы воодушевляли меня выполнить более лучше и стать более лучшей персоной. Пожалуйста держите вверх по хорошему слову.

Я также имею один запрос для слов.
«lethologica», пожалуйста расшифровывает для меня начало и причиняет этому явления. Спасибо и объятия и поцелуи… Фред

old cartoons are great

It works for more than just the military unfortunately a lot of corporations have the same structure than invites the SNAFU principle also with a rigid top down hierarchy. This lightly adapted version of a fable dating back to the early 1960s illustrates the phenomenon perfectly:

In the beginning was the plan, and then the specification;
And the plan was without form, and the specification was void.

And darkness was on the faces of the implementors thereof; And they spake unto their leader, saying: “It is a crock of shit, and smells as of a sewer.”

And the leader took pity on them, and spoke to the project leader:”It is a crock of excrement, and none may abide the odor thereof.”

And the project leader spake unto his section head, saying:
It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide it.”

The section head then hurried to his department manager, and informed him thus: “It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength.”

The department manager carried these words to his general manager, and spoke unto him saying:”It containeth that which aideth the growth of plants, and it is very strong.”

And so it was that the general manager rejoiced and delivered the good news unto the Vice President. “It promoteth growth, and it is very powerful.”

The Vice President rushed to the President’s side, and joyously exclaimed: “This powerful new software product will promote the growth of the company!”

And the President looked upon the product, and saw that it was very good.

After the subsequent and inevitable disaster, the suits protect themselves by saying “I was misinformed!”, and the implementors are demoted or fired.

That was tooooooooooo easy…………FUBAR Fucked up beyond repair!!!!!!!! LMAO

Hello
Word request: “malaise”

Hey Marina,
My roomate and I were debating the origin of the phrase “rubber match”. this refers to having a third match between two people if they each won one of the first two matches. Or a best out of three concept. Please tell us where this phrase came from. thanks, I love your lessons.

d-bo

I believe air-z said something about this one up higher

http://www.humanthermodynamics.com/RP2-Love.html

hotforhfw what is this ratebeer stuff? Oh no i quit drinking beer when the bad days after, felt worse than i felt good the night before. :lol: oh yea haven’t heard of SSDD, please explain? Interesting properties to this s to this name.

FUBAR

Fucked up beyond all recognition (relief, repair)

Nice work prospero811

http://www.io.com/~jlockett/Grist/English/ulysses.html
http://ftp.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/doc/fourLoves.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhEt5IF2JTs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYI5bKZMes&NR=1
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. but in that casket – safe, dark, motionless, airless – it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell.” CS Lewis, The Four Loves

No one has ever been there :mrgreen: just like Mars.

Very interesting. :cool:

Who are you kidding? My neanderthal instincts might argue that point.

zug zug.

I too would like to know since I programmed computers for many years. I’m curious what the OED says.

Where are you captainjack?

WORD REQUEST: Luxury
Hi Marina, Hi All. I wish to know the origin of word Luxury because it is strange: Luxury is the word used to describe the best style of life, super cars, yatch, armani, versace etc… but “Lux-” is a latin word that means light. Why is there this association between these words?
In italian language Luxury is Lusso and Lust is Lussuria, they have same origin “Luss-”, is there another association between Lusso and Lussuria?

Marina, here is a good word to philologize on “inklings”. Oh i got too work tomorrow . Bye

Hey,
Word request: fiasco

Word request: LOLLAPALOOSA I think this is one fucked up word and i would like you to tell me where it came from lol

Welcome back Errin. :mrgreen:

_/)_

Oh I was making a two hour presentation on the word Taxi. :roll:

Ok Marina. Thanks for letting us know which words your working on. I would have to made Prospero walk the plank if he answered it. :twisted:

_/)_

How cool :mrgreen: I will never see the word ‘Yup’ as naked as I have see before. Thanks pairadots & russianboy for the lesson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldrxR9X-a3o&feature=related :?:

I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, “I drank what?” Oh you two are horrible. :mrgreen: Now why would I want to go to West side with you two clowns in town? Unless your buying the beer!

Russian! Of course. :twisted:

She never does.

Bad teacher bad. :twisted:

That may not have been your job but you were an amateur cryptographer. :smile:

For those who are interested, there’s a handy encode / decode tool at this site.

You just have defined how the US government feeds us propaganda!
Am I the only one that sees this?? :sad:

Love the post ATA :mrgreen:

You really know you’ve got what it takes when you pull even though you’ve put on BCDs to have a quiet night. :shock:

Ok, I was a computer programmer and installer for ships supply division.
Xerox 860s and SNAP II systems. I enlisted as a deckhand and striked into the supply department.

Thanks for the encode decode tool. It beats starting up my terminal shell. :mrgreen:

I am an Army Reservist currently seeing the world using the Uncle Sam travel agency. The other commonly used acronym is FUBAR, as stated above. There is another one: BOHICA, pronounced “bo-he-ka”. What it means is below.

Can any guess, or tell, where the phrase “spring loaded in the dumb position” came from. A hint is: ask a rotorhead. :wink:

Lostinhere

PS: BOHICA – Bend Over, Here It Comes Again (we’re screwed!)

:lol: :lol: :lol:
I’m surprised no-one has come back with that riposte before.

hotforhfw I’ll let you expain SSDD. I bet you have heard it before stokesjrj1.

Probably the same origin as FRANKFURTER. :???:

BTW, did you know that the absolute best BCD for women is an Aspirin?
It’s true; take one tablet and hold it tightly between the knees. :lol:

–Origin of SOS–

Excerpt from
The Telegraph Office Magazine
Volume II, Issue 1
“‘SOS,’ ‘CQD’ and the History of Maritime Distress Calls”
by Neal McEwen, K5RW

] Mystery, intrigue as well as misinformation surrounds the origin and use of maritime distress calls. The general populace believes that “SOS” signifies “Save Our Ship.” Casual students of radio history are aware that “CQD” preceded the use of “SOS.” Why were these signals adopted? When were they used? Why did one replace the other? What is one likely to find by digging a little deeper? [

]The first recorded American use of “SOS” was in August of 1909. Wireless operator T. D. Haubner of the SS Arapahoe radioed for help when his ship lost its screw near Diamond Shoals, sometimes called the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.[

]It is well documented in personal accounts of Harold Bride, second Radio Officer, and in the logs of the SS Carpathia, that the Titanic first used “CQD” to call for help. When Captain Smith gave the order to radio for help, first radio officer Jack Phillips sent “CQD” six times followed by the Titanic call letters, “MGY.” Later, at Brides suggestion, Phillips interspersed his calls with “SOS.”
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Not the Titanic as everyone believes.

To save space on HFW blog please read the whole store at:
http://www.telegraph-office.com/pages/arc2-2.html

Yea its a long article but if you keep reading you will find out that ‘XXX’ was used as an urgent signal. I wonder if there is a link to the movie rating X,XX,XXX?
May Day, Pan Pan, Sécurité are still used today. Morse code is no longer used.

~~__/)__~~

What a desolate place you come from, Billy. That is a very self centred conception of love; I know – I’ve been there.
The quickest way to mend a broken heart is to IMMEDIATELY go out and find someone or something else to love because hearts don’t break from the outside; they rupture because the love inside them can’t get out. Moping and grieving hardens the surface and prevents the love from escaping and they eventually burst.
This is why women are more susceptible to broken hearts than men; they have this fixation that one can only love one person at a time. Men are wiser in this regard and can love more than one woman.
Who says we men cannot do multitasking? :grin:

Some functions or systems in an aircraft that have a critical effect on the aircraft’s behaviour are protected by a spring-loaded switch which has to be held against the spring’s force to arm or enable their use.
However, as a lifelong rotorhead, I can’t think why this should particularly apply to helicopters unless it has something to do with the sloppy link between the cyclic and the collective controls.
(Don’t worry if you don’t understand the sloppy link joke; it’s a technical reference only the smartest rotorheads will understand)

For a very funny list of other terms for stupidity go to this site.

I is here. Where that might be? Across the 7 seas. In search of true love, a tall ship, and a magic compass to steer them all by.

“May the Winds be at your Back and the Stars to Guide you by.”
~~ _/)_ ~~

Oh, where am I? Exactly? Ok, you asked.
47º38.10′N by 122º20.35′W
You can visit my website for a map of my little sailing yacht.
Just click on my name. Why do you ask? Are your the paparazzi or a G man?

You referring to black hat or white hat?

I never heard of the term sloppy link before. But im still new in the field of that spiny thing over head. I fly RC helis and my models have sloppy links in the control rods to my fly bar.

I still believe in the very old saying that helicopters can not fly, they just beat the air into submission. Oh and yet they can out glide an F-4 phantom any day of the week.

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Word Request:

I was at a large retail hardware/garden center recently and it to brought to mind something that has always troubled me.

Why are “annuals” plants which only last one season and “perennials” listed as those who return year after year?

I though “annual” meant every year, as in The 12th Annual Webby Awards. (for which this site should be a nominee :grin: )

What’s up with that?

Thank you,

Scott

Hey Marina, This sound like an interesting word. Any thoughts on this word?

You know, I tried to find my old BCDs when the geek look was back in style. Never did I find them. Damn. :cool:

You’ve got it, Jack; a sloppy link is a mechanism used for translating a control input into a hydraulic output. There is no such link between the cyclic and collective in the helicopter’s hardware; the reference is to the pilot’s hands. :lol:

Co-ordinates entered in fire-control system, Sir. :grin:

Hi,
I don’t know what an infidel is. I asked soo many people, but they don’t know what it means. :cry: So I thought it would be a good wordrequest. :wink:

Hello all stations (USCG says hello all stations when getting our attention on channel 16), Check out my friends blog posting some basic origins regarding MAYDAY, PAN PAN, SECURITE. Not very detailed but it gets the point across.

http://captrichardrodriguez.blogspot.com/2008/04/hello-all-stations.html
Also Marinas video about the term 3 sheet to the wind is on his site.
http://captrichardrodriguez.blogspot.com/2008/04/nautical-terms-three-sheets-to-wind.html

Oh I almost forgot. Captain John Baird asked me to post his word request. He wants to know the origin of the word ‘NEWS’. He says it comes from the compass points North, East, West, South. Makes sense but is he correct? I know the answer to this request but I don’t want to spoil the video if you plan to make one.

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Some nice boats in that MARINA, Jack, but I was wondering how you were going to set a spinnaker on that motor cruiser. (Until I went to your web site)

Out on Sunday with some family and got thinking about the word, family.

(F)ather (A)nd (M)other (I) (L)ove (Y)ou.

:cool:

i can say the translation of any word you want

you are welcome CAPTAIN! :smile: anything else?

I had to google ssdd then i slapped my forehead for being such a dummy :smile:

I recognize that I did not know this word (Yes, i know, one more). I’m really happy to learn a lot of expression on your site.

It’s funny because, here in France SNAFU was the name of an association of students “Super Neurones Associés pour la Finance Universelle. ” It means something like “Super Associated Neurons for Universal Finance”.

Just for kidding, (but it’s true).

Kisses from France…

Bibul

Marina,

The other acronym is FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition)

XOXOXOXOXO

George

FUBAR. For computer systems, most of the demo or learning material usually uses Fubar as the name of a program or object or sample.

I have a request for the word Dopamine

@#%! ! oh!cool! :roll: @#%! hugh thats fine! :wink:

situation normal,
all @#%!ed up.

cool!!!!!!!!

Hey Bob, I’m mostly a happy guy, I work hard, am thankful my wife has put up with me 25yrs… thats love.
“Love” The word is hard to define without context, so sorry if you got me or CS Lewis quote misunderstood but that happems alot I find in written communication, especially when space & time limit context.
The 4 loves simply put, can be confused & redifined into many subcategories….ah it’s too complicated. Somebody more famious than me said “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” Nice simple statement, explored, studied, rumminated upon, embraced… for centuries. i love reading the quotes that pop up on this site. Random or Marina picks? anybodies guess eh. cheers
PS best advise I ever got “Be tender hearted and thick skinned”

hello,
i have a request for the phrase “to be frank.” wht do people say this when they aren’t frank? is there some famous frank guy that everyone wants to be?
thank you

Word Request: Shoplift

FUBAR

What is the meaning and the origin of the word “boondoggle”. In Canada at least, they use this word when talking about government. I almost don’t believe it’s a real word, it might just be something that stupid politicians and reporters started saying one day :P

WORD REQUEST

I know it is a little difficult to track down etymologies of slang expressions, but I am hoping you can help in this case, as my research has come to a dead end. I write a lot about the sport of boxing and run a website http://www.cyberboxingzone.com and am constantly asked the origin of the following two words that are used in boxing:

Palooka
Tomato Can

both mean essentially the same thing — a lousy fighter.

Palooka was taken by Ham Fisher for his “Joe Palooka” comic strip, but it existed certainly as early as 1923. I have narrowed it down to two theories (both might be wrong) — Palooka was a dance during the Roaring 20s similar to the Charleston. Or, it was simply created by a sportswriter Frank G. Menke circa 1923.

As far as Tomato Can — I don’t have much beyond theory — urban children used to play a game called kick the can (guess the rules!). I suspect Tomato Can was applied to a fighter who usually got “kicked around.”

Help me teacher! And if you need me to send any sources for my prior research just let me know. I think you could deal with these in one knockout of a video! (Yes, lame pun intended).

it’ FUBAR

I agree, it´s not fair just letting us hearing her sister voice whitout seeing her, since her sister is as smart as Marina, probably is also as pretty

The acronym FUBAR stands for Fucked up Beyond All Repair…
AceTheBathnound
atbh

What?

My granddad was a fighter pilot in the South Pacific in ww2, and his plane was called the “Miss Snafu” XD

No, although I would word it “Forced Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”.

Rather, I think its origin suggests not “banging against” but rather “breeding”. In Dutch, there’s a strikingly-similar-sounding word for “to breed”: fokken. Note, however, that this term is not considered offensive in Dutch. So, a (well-known) sentence like “Ik fok parden.” doesn’t mean, “I fuck horses.” but “I breed horses.” Which, in turn, could perhaps suggest “I make horses fuck.”

Love is not selfish, nor is it self centered;
but the pursuit of love is most definitely both. :idea:

andrewbean90, according to the Hacking Lexicon at linuxsecurity.com, white hat hackers are:
So-called “ethical” hackers who work with clients in order to help them secure their systems. White-hats can be:
• members of tiger teams
• system hardening specialists
• researchers looking for vulnerabilities (with the goal of finding them and removing them before the black-hats).

See also black hat.

Note, though, that «ёб» is pronounced /jɔp/ and not /jʌp/.

Russian also has a verb for “fuck” borrowed directly from English: «факаться» (fakat’sya; /ˈfakÉ™tʲsjÉ™/).

Hi, fubar is the word your looking for. Another great acronym the military gave us is BOHICA, Bend Over Here It Comes Again….lol.

Thanks Forrest

aleksandar, are you Serbian?

Looka hya, mking3.

FWIW, you could check out “tomato can” here.

It is?

If so, it could make “FUBAR” the product of root contamination. :!:

This is particularly bizarre; especially the part about Screech! :shock:

Hey! Captain Jack! I resent that! I can only remember answering one, maybe two word suggestions…..this board is rife with my comments, but generally I leave the etymology to the expert – our trusty, as well as lovely and talented, teacher – Marina.

Wordlover — the wiki is totally useless as to the history of the word– and the guess at the underlying meaning (One characteristic which may account for the use of the “tomato can” metaphor for a bad boxer is the tendency to leak red fluid (tomato juice/blood) when battered) is the first time I have heard that! But thanks for the post — it proves once again how lame the wiki stuff can be.

Hopefully teacher can shed some light on the origin of these synonyms.

boondoggle Look up boondoggle at Dictionary.com
1935, Amer.Eng., of uncertain origin, popularized during the New Deal as a contemptuous word for make-work projects for the unemployed. Said to have been a pioneer word for “gadget.”

Thanks for the definition. This doesn’t seem to be the context in which it is used in the media. On the news and in Parliament, it is used in a very negative way, usually when the government is being accused of having screwed something up, such as a gun registry program that was supposed to cost $1million but balloon to a cost of $1billion.

Is the media using this word in the wrong way, has the meaning changed?

Aye aye, captain. Those fine twin bouys will mark your passage… now we just need a derivation for “zug zug”…
*chortle* :lol:

why is it that most people want to learn the profanities first? I ain’t bitching about it, just wondering.

fuck’d up beyond all reason FUBAR
fuck’d up more than usual FUMTU

that always reminds me of an episode of beavis and butthead.

“would you like some fries to go with that?”
“did I ask for fries … dumbass?”

I guess that’s Buggs Bunny’s voice prior to being associated with Buggs.

How bee-zaaarree!

Two questions , & I’m only curious does the word “trahatsya” get bleeped on Russian TV or even used & is there a hangup over it’s use. people get weird here although bleeping seems to be the norm. as if nobody could figure it out, I also wonder if gay portrayals are commonplace or frowned on or even entertaining. Just curious. That might be three questions, but I am surprised nobody has posted this, it came in me secerataries email. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=sIQrBouWRiE
Although no swearing heard, imature audience only (Revenge)

Who knows? :roll:

The media is(/are) nuts! :razz:

Wiki has some good shit, though; that is, if you can look past the NPOV¹ policy. I’ve done some work there and continue to. WP² gets a bad rap because it is frequently vandalised. For example, someone dissed John Siegenthaler in the wiki article and he must’ve got his revenge one way or another. In short, there are over a million articles, not all of them suck, y’know!

¹Neutral Point Of View.
²Wikipedia.

there is no word such “факаться”

I will use “SNAFU” much more often now! :grin:

A lot of the guys associated with the SNAFU cartoons were also associated with Bugs Bunny and the rest. Mel Blanc – Fritz Frehling et al.

Hi ArgonTheAware. Love readin this little bit of a thread of thought that developed. Having not experienced being in the military I feel informed, having grown up in a military nieghboughrhood I understand a little better why alcohol was a perscription of the military at the time. Having my own business for 23yrs I have had the privilege of working with good people. Have had to train some young guys & lose them to others or competition, thats fine, but I would not tolerate someone not thinking for themselves. I’m the boss but I don’t want to be a control freak or feared, just respected & if real lucky admired. Some of the smartest people on the planet crush steel down the road from me. They throw cars & trucks around like toys & dump them in a big hopper that spits out little bite size pieces & nobody’s died there. The sign on their office wall “Do what needs to be done, not what you’re told”
They make big $$$ there too. :smile:

Што вы?! Yes, there is. In fact, it’s even in print! Dictionary of Russian Slang by Shlyakhov and Adler, check it out for yourself! I’m surprised you hadn’t heard of it before…

For some, it’s ’cause they’re told they musn’t…

For me (and most others here, I hope), it’s because they’re not given their linguistic due; that is, they are hardly ever discussed at length.

«Lethologica»—да, доброе слово!

Oops! Sorry about the Serbian spelling «што» instead of Russian «что»…

Another interesting thing is the “up” in “snafu” and “fuck up”. I’m guessing that the situation must be either standing up or riding on top…

- So messed up beyond repair –
irreparable – irreversible – irretrievable – severe – lasting – irrevocable – irremediable – irredeameable – uncorrectable -unsalvageable
- Botched up -
substandard – poor – spoiled – ruined – bungled – slipshod – inferior

Marina
This is what I conjured up I hope that it will increase my grade if not please feel free to state a battle of words just is or isn’t the game for ye’
Greg

Hello Marina,

In the military we use the term “FUBR”, Fucked Up Beyond Recognition…I hope this the answer you’re looking for!

Hi!!

May be: FUCK = ‘Fornication Under Consent of the King’

FUBAR f*d up beyond all recognition. *bows*

correction: FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition

Snafu: Man that an old cartoon. Never seen it before. You probably had to see it in a movie theather during WWII because of the “sex stuff”. It’s Mel Blanc for sure! :wink:

FUBAR – F@@@ED UP BEYOND ALL REPAIR!

WTF? :eek:

Dear teacher
the new addenda was great. Thank you for the piece of old time american cartoon.
Amicalement
Don Felipe

We all figured out that the word is FUBAR. One of my all time favorites is used to describe someone who likes to toot his/her own horn: FIGJAM. That acronym means: Fuck I’m Great, Just Ask Me.

Good day all!

FUBAR

today you got your wish, mayday.. Your Favorite cub Sammy Sosa eh? BTW you should ask Marina if she knows who is the Russian Rocket or better yet How he got called that (name origin). Do your Chicago Teams ‘ fans do the wave. I know where that wave thing started. Do you? Cheers

Almost I did but I did not mention why.Not quite Sammy Sosa. My favorite now is Koske Fukudome. I have not a chance to her about the Russian Rocket yet. Yes I we Chicago fans do the wave but I have no idea where? Tell me when you get a chance. Hagn!

http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/5668656&category=hockey-cards “Soccer” Vancouver Whitecaps. I used to go over to Vancouver Empire stadium & yes the wave was started before 1980 to taunt the opposition as the whitecaps wave at least a year or two before the Oakland A’s claimed to have started it. with crazy George Henderson in April 1981.
Is Kelly P. your regular singer in the 7th inning stretch http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=T0r9hAfGSnU&feature=related
You think your man Koske is better than Seattles’ Ichiro Suzuki… its close? Went to seattle & saw Randy Johnson pitch a game. he mowed my team (Toronto) down all nine innings.power pitching wow. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MwYYSd7Sgbs

ic, I would say Kosuke is just getting started. Ichiro is a excellent hitter. Yep, Kosuke is already a fan favorite. What is your you tube name?

i am russian, and i know that факаться is not a word “fuck”

I edited the video tdwnarrows, and will no longer use any profanity in my videos… so you can come back if you choose. It was an experiment… and I think it’s funny to bleep it out the words anyway. So hopefully you come back.

oh, come one. I mean … really.

I applaud and welcome your decision, Marina, and congratulate you on your display of leadership.
May we know what it was that influenced your decision in the face of an almost overwhelming vote, in your poll, in favour of you using profanity?

Hi Marina, you’re way to nice for your own good. I enjoy watching you learn as you teach & react to folks. I posted something when I was teachers pet on Coleman, little boy in a life & death struggle. He seems to be doing well at this time. The family is posting new stuff on him. I thought this could look like a word origin request. You might want to check it (Them) out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azFslh5lCco
I think their Mom is a good teacher too. Check with them if you think you could use a couple of “difficult” words.

Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition ,
Tango and Cash – movie…means what it says,nothing else ….thats its place

Wow!
I think this is FUBAR.
I’m getting confused.

my girlfriend wants to know where’s the woman’s version of Hot for words?

yep, FUBAR it is…

Marina, your sister is hawt… :mrgreen:

SNAFU – SITUATION NORMAL ALL F*UCKED UP
like FUBAR and BOHICA

Marina, I think you should explain “booby trap”, lol. I always thought it was the hook and loop system that they put in the back of bras (and just when you got used to that they moved it to the front!). Great old cartoon, BTW. Mel Blanc doing Bugs Bunny’s voice as the soldier. Probably meant for the troops being shipped to North Africa at the time from the desert environment… The Great Patriotic War aka WW2.

First you let them tell you what you can and can’t say (I noticed my joke about the “Jehovah’s Witless” cult disappeared too), next they’ll have you wearing a burka and forbidding you to speak to any men not in your immediate tribe! :evil:

I tried to repair those @ signs. Didn’t work.

what is BOHICA??

:smile: If Marina does that one, fonzie62, then happy days are here again!

I have an uneasy feeling about that request….

What are you inslimuating?

Another military acronym: Bend Over, Here It Comes Again!

Did you start out as a buoy scout?

I hope Marina gets her taxi video in gear soon. The meter is running….

A hop and a skip south of Kansas City, Missouri is the town of Peculiar. I always thought it was a strange name for a town.

Marina, why do we never get to see your sister? Is she your evil, raven haired twin? Was she horribly disfigured in the plane crash? Did her air bags pop? Does she hold the secret to where the family jewels are laid? Are you Siamese, er, Russian twins who were seperated at birth? Will she ever be able to play the piano again? Or do you simply suffer from a split personality, like that nice young fellow Norman, who ran the Bates Motel just off the main highway??? So many questions, so little time…

I think you’re right. The modern spelling of plomb (lead) goes back to the 15th Century. The original French word was plum (first used in 1119). It derived from the Latin word plumbum. The word plombier (plumber) is based on the more modern spelling of plomb, In 1266, the word appeared as plunmier (yes, the spelling is correct). In 1508, with plum now written plomb, plunmier became plombier, Everything you said about the instrument that measures verticality is correct. Great work!!!

Curly fries, please.

FUBAR…but how about Spiro Agnew. Not the Vice-President under Nixon, but the military term. Or Charlie Foxtrot….

Hmm….also FIGMOH.

So what does a yuppie do???

I love that one…now, “Shut the f*** off” JK!! :lol:

Loves it!!

You woke me up again.

All those questions you sound like a scientist.

scientists thieving bastards but only after he decides to let them have it.

Not only is her absentminded evil twin sister as bright as a pilot light, she’s also a raven lunatic! (And I thought ravens could fly…)

I’m going to go back to bed now

I have two potential answers:

WTF – What the fuck?!
FUBAR – Fucked up beyond all recognition

Another great video, oh teacher of mine.

I had a question for you – What is the proper usage of WHOM versus usage of WHO?

When do you use which one, and why?

reruns? Is it Summer already?

I miss the rating stars :sad: :cry:

Thats what I thought! :shock: But when I watched it I notice something different. Its a new video. Check the upload date on YouTube. :???: Also the video has a few changes in it. Watch it again as see if you notice what she changed. :mrgreen: I noticed two of them.

Thats what I thought it was until I watched the video then I noticed it changed from what I remembered it to be. Its not the same video as before. The video was uploaded on May 10th. Notice our comments started on April 28th. So what was changed? Two things. Can you find them??? :?: :?: :?:

Bobsully, Thats what I thought it was until I watched the video then I noticed it changed from what I remembered it to be. Its not the same video as before. The video was uploaded on May 10th. Notice our comments started on April 28th. So what was changed? Two things. Can you find them??? :?: :?: :?:

Marina, The Reply is not working. I reloaded and still the server refuses to post replies on this blog page. :sad:

I only noticed two also…love the eye roll after, …”and your sister”

I can only come up with a cat and a dog in the intro and a beep for the curse words and maybe the word “censored” on the black box? Its all a big maybe for me!

Ok this page is really messed up. Big time FUBAR!!!!!!

Yea it used to say ‘fouled up’ and not ‘f**ed up’. The censor box. The bleeps. I didn’t notice the cat and dog was different. Must have missed that one.

Ok now the reply boxes are working now. Hummmm… strange…

Bob, thats not my motor boat. Its an old photo from Google.
You like the nice boats parked in that MARINA hu? I’m getting very good at parking my boat in the slip. I try to practice as much I can. One weekend I slip it in and out of the MARINA twice in one day. I tried to set the spinnaker but broke the spinner so I only have a naker. Its a bit naked without the spinner. :roll: :razz: :mrgreen:

Lividemerald, No I never was in buoy scouts. I wish I could have joined, but my step mother was very abusive and supportive. She would not let me join. :cry:

Presumined, Red buoys are called nuns and Green buoys are called cans. We have some of the best looking cans in the Pacific North West. One day when I was sailing my boat, I came to close and I touched a can. The boom on my boat slapped me on the side of my face. :shock: I learned my lesson on that one I think. :oops:

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

A more censored version? I still don’t get the point.

The Word you’re talking about is FUBAR. Fucked Up Beyond All Repair. and the Canadian Army Strikes again.

FUBAR I have been there many nights!

The word in question is “FUBAR” F***ed up beyound all reason. or
F***ed up beyond all repair. Whishever one you prefer.

Free Milk—Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free? This was my random lesson and until the next one peace out :razz:

Yes FUBAR…fu..ed up beyond all recognition.

This origined from GI’s fighting in Germany during second World War 2. They heard the Krauts say “Furchtbar” very often, which means as much as CRUEL.
And because Americans weren’t very skilled and talented in german language they said the word incorrectly and this sounded like “FUBAR”…and because this soldiers didn’t know the right meaning they just sais that from now on it should be a shortening.

I hope you did understand me, because i am not very talented in english language either^^

Would your acronym be “fubar” or f***ed up beyond any repair?

F.U.B.A.R. = “Fucked Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition”

Oh no!! My eyes are hurting…. I’ve been watching every video first to last! Only half done… Keep making more so I can go blind!! (On second thought just make more please!!) :mrgreen:

I hear ya @VenomRock, I love the older vids. :smile:

Ya, I’m pretty sure this is ONE of my all time favorite lessons.
Sweet Madam Blue eyes.

I got a bad feelin’…something is off, discombobulated
Something is happening…
There’s a disturbance in the force.
Nothing would make me feel better than knowing I’m wrong.

nous deux!.

awesome cartoon !*

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