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Where does the word fascinate come from?   There is some confusion on this one… and sorry guys… it’s not fascination with what some people wish it was :-)

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  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    yo

  • wetsuit5

    Ho

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    a falid god?

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    phallic

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    ah, lol where did you find those umpa loempa’s:P

  • markess

    wow :shock:

  • ragabashmoon

    Phallic gods were usually fertility gods.

  • bmxer

    What is the origine of the word crush, like I have a crush on someone?

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    For gods sake!! I though i was meant to get an email when a new vid was posted…. Bugger

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/smokey36bear smokey36bear

    I can’t think of any gods, but rhey were to increase or improve fertility

  • wetsuit5

    The purpose of necklaces were 2 fold.

    First as a fertility thing. :shock:
    Second as trinket for us to buy with a snicker. :wink:

    Little guy with a big ahhem… :oops:
    Japan has a similar thing. :shock:

    My bubble is burst, I’m not that big. :cry: :cry:
    But I am as big as the statute of David. :lol: :lol:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Phallic? Grow up Marina :lol: :lol:

  • roadrunrnch

    I think that may have been Cтоянка ?
    She was a little too sultry ……
    Ctorhka did say she was going to get Marina back??

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/smokey36bear smokey36bear

    BTW I was just at your YT channel when the new vid popped up right in the middle of ressess. Thought it was a hack because the first words I heard were “I’m watching you!”, and an eye looking right at me. Then I popped over here and here you are.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Phallic gods? How many people on YT do you think will say … HFW is a phallic god.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    you do :P only like 6 hours later hehe

  • elite_panda

    hey marina, you know… if your not taken, maybe you’d wanna get with a panda like meh! call me: umm, dang. i dont have a phone :oops:, Ugh, life as a panda

  • roadrunrnch

    penis :roll:

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx

    ah, what the hell, i’ll just post it again.

    Cтоянка for idiots.

    kinda fits.

  • roadrunrnch

    :twisted:A Phallic God :twisted:

  • pennsyltucky9

    …and up she rises….

  • wetsuit5

    Oh How Phallic!! :wink: :wink:

  • melikadothechacha

    “I’m watching you”, too! LOL!
    do i get detention for using
    Wikipedia? Yay! :mrgreen:
    :smile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_god
    wonder if there are errors of
    illiteration, etc. at this link? :roll:
    thought that dang necklace
    had two heads! real scary :shock:
    5 star x 2 ciao XoxO

  • roadrunrnch

    Goddess!!!

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx

    umm … referring to your phallus as “she” would be … well … weird.

  • melikadothechacha

    what about H4W? heh heh :mrgreen:

  • melikadothechacha

    your half right!

  • melikadothechacha

    thanks for sharing that – NOT! :!:

  • roadrunrnch

    Like thisTWO HEADED…… :eek:

  • roadrunrnch

    Diffidently :twisted:

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob

    Wow! speaks with two forked tongues. :grin:

  • mskov89

    Hey Dear Marina, I use this word for girlfirend.
    I know what it means but where does “Gorgeous” come from :?:

    Thank you

    mSkov89

  • melikadothechacha

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob

    That amulet didn’t look much like a phallus to me – more like an eskimo wearing a parka.
    Homework: For phallic gods, Priapus springs to attention errr … springs to mind, and there must be dozens of them in the ancient and third worlds. Going googling …

  • http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom

    There is a little difference :
    PENIS is Latin and designate any kind of penis.
    PHALLOS is Greek and designate a penis in erection. The Greek root PHAL- is akin to BLOW in English.

  • pankratov_ilya

    Марина, я вас категорически приветствую! Я таки не понял, можно-ли здесь писать на руссом? С выражением Homera “D’oh!” я разобрался, найдя ответ на сайте “wikipedia”. А не могли-бы вы рассказать о происхождении слова “oops” и желательно на русском языке.

    Всего хорошего!

  • melikadothechacha

    the early worm gets the bird
    Congrats #1 :mrgreen:

  • http://www.dictionaric.com dictionaricdotcom

    I will add that the Latin root is FASCIS “bundle”. In French this word became FAIX “burden”. A bundle of rods was the sign of unity and of power in Rome, that’s why the words FASCISM is connected to this concept of UNITY.
    In modern English the word FASCICLE is the diminutive form of Latin FASCIS.

  • sniperskaya

    Marina, sorry posted on the wrong lesson/thread!

    Ok, Marina, now you have to to a lesson on the “Evil Eye”. (Maybe your Evil Twin could help you?)
    And sorry, but he only other phallic god I know is me. I’ve been told I have lot of phallus, see? :razz:

    Marina, Fast-sin-ate? Isn’t that a number between 68 and 70? :razz:

  • iamhotterthanyou

    explain me a word:beautiful(that describes you :oops: )

  • little big man

    Hello Marina,

    did you ever heard of the word “thigamagic” ?

    Like in this text: “So, I came up with this idea of making a Charm-ing thigamagic that can be used in 4 different ways.”

    Or in this one:”…bravo, i thank zagato for making a weird thigamagic out of scrap metal …”

    I heard it often when I was in London

    kind regards
    :wink:

  • toral

    Some research on phallic symbols, and gods came up with the following Greek gods.

    “Phallic symbolism was particularly prominent at the Dionysia, indicating that Dionysos was there being worshipped as a fertility god.”

    “His (Hermes) cult seems to have originated in Arcadia, where he was a god of fertility depicted in ithyphallic images.”

    “Ithyphallic statues of Priapos were often placed in gardens.”

    Aphrodite (Latin Venus) had a magic sash (something like a bathrobe tie which held her flowing Greek garments together). Aphrodite was reluctant to loan out this sash, because whenever anyone wore it, she became irresistibly attractive.” – The sash is like a phallic symbol, creating Venus’ sexual allure.

    Sources: http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/Greekhistory&gods.htm, and http://phoenixandturtle.net/excerptmill/GREEKA.HTM

    I have a world request for one that came up in your video, witchcraft. Recently, I have been looking into the history of witches, and warlocks. For instance warlocks have many different interpretations, both culturally, and in the media. For instance on Bewitched it was a matter of gender, but on Charmed they were the force of darkness. In everything that I’ve read through I’m still stuck on finding the origin of the word witchcraft, and it’s connotations. Like, that person is such a witch. Not you of course, our dear beautiful teacher.

  • roadrunrnch

    The French think He is :wink:

  • ninja_boy

    dare i ask where the fascinating word ‘dildo’ comes from?

    :twisted:

  • roadrunrnch

    What other kinds are there?
    I have, of course heard of different colors and sizes but?? :wink:
    Other kinds?

  • californiachelovek

    Phallic god — wouldn’t that be John Holmes? :-)

    Word suggestion: “can” meaning a lady’s derriere

    I have heard this as far back as the late 1920′s in a song by Blind Willie McTell, called “Your Southern Can Is Mine”. Why would the word “can” possibly suggest a nice female rear-end? Почему???

  • okay4now

    Well, there was a Roman Goddess who was believed to incite the passions of a woman: Stimula <—Wonder if we get any words from that :idea: . Anyway, the homework’s not hard (ummm) just point your engine to ithyphallic gods, there are a bunch–good reading too.

  • californiachelovek

    An interesting tangent to the word “dildo” is that in Naked Lunch, William Burroughs referred to a dildo as a Steely Dan, from which the band got its name.

  • melikadothechacha

    instead of bursting Bubbles…
    hears how Marina chooses her pets

  • roadrunrnch

    Guys
    I found this from Marina’s sister Cтоянка.
    What do you think.

    Cтоянка replied on August 4th, 2008 2:44 pm:

    That was not Marina. But Me.
    The fact that you can not see any difference is telling.
    I have told you all it is I that have the Brains .
    She is just fluff, And now you all know the truth.

  • prospero811

    The Norse had a god called Freyr. http://www.runewebvitki.com/FreyrHorn.jpg

  • prospero811

    Err…. that would be “yonic” goddess…..

  • melikadothechacha

    tightly packed, fully firm and round
    perfect description of a can! :mrgreen:

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx

    stimulate?

  • californiachelovek

    “So round, so firm, so fully-packed”

    If you are old enough to remember, (not that I am :-) this will remind you of Lucky Strike cigarettes rather than a can!

  • okay4now

    A stimulatingly fast stimulus :!:

  • jbyrdcaw

    Hey I was wondering if you could enlighten me as to why one drives in a parkway yet everyone parks in a drivway? Perhaps this would be a good lesson

  • chris4782

    hey marina i would like to know the origin of the saying “just came out of thin air”. Why not thick air? Down here in Florida the humidity is so thick so i guess nothing can pop out at me. :razz: thanks for doing all these videos and good luck on all future videos. BYE!!!

  • melikadothechacha

    L.S.M.F.T. :mrgreen:
    Lifeless Sunday Means Funeral Tuesday!

  • martin_b

    Hi Marina!

    A word came to mind -

    “COCKPIT”.

    Since it can be divided in to “COCK” and “PIT”, it at least to me as a non native English speaking person, sounds funny.

    /Martin B.

  • prospero811
  • sirstep

    I have a good word! (actually two)
    Cheesy/corny
    They pretty much mean the same thing so thats why I combined them.
    I would really like to know why and where they came from!

    ~Thank you!

  • prospero811

    flaccid?

  • prospero811

    What do you do with a drunken sailor?

  • seesixcm6

    Dear Marina, For your homework, there were many phallic gods in ancient civilizations, such as India, Greece, Rome and even some pre-Columbian tribes. There also were religions about women’s sex organs. It’s not proper for me to name such religions. As for your question, “What was the purpose of these religions?” It was to make women appreciate men better and to make men appreciate women more. A religion would teach it’s not nice to hurt anyone in those parts. I rated your video five stars (the 7th vote), because you delivered your speech very well, your hair and makeup were wonderful and you were beautiful in your black, strapless dress. :-)
    I also hope you make peace with your sister. Understand, if you posted a video of you and your sister having a big fight with lots of wrestleing, hair-pulling, arm-twisting and kicking, you would quickly exceed 100 Million views on your sites. But I vote against it! I don’t want it! Neither of you should get hurt! As you say, “Be Good!” :-)
    Your dear student, Seesixcm6

  • noudownt

    Here is a challenge for you. I’ll bet you can’t get it. If you win I’ll write and sing a song just for you. If I win, you have to do a YT video looking like a New York bag-lady with really greasy hair. Okay?

    Here’s the word: Ustafish. (yoos – tuh – fish)

    I’ll bet you can’t tell me the useage of this word, and the community of people that it is indigenous to.

    A little hint, this word is slang, and the community of people that use it is fairly small, and getting smaller all the time. But, it is a real word and can still be heard today within the community of people that use it.

  • melikadothechacha

    A one sided bet with a loaded question? :roll:
    abuse-the-fish? :mad: Kick his butt, Marina!! :mrgreen:

    Captain Jack knows this I bet

    found this in two clicks!

    Ustafish – (1) General term for a previous submarine command one has served in. Often used as “That’s not how we did it aboard the USTAFISH.” Generally followed by various short, forceful comments from others present. (2) A rogue virtual submarine manned by members of the sci.military.naval newsgroup.

  • melikadothechacha

    chick fight? got Jello? :mrgreen:

  • noudownt

    :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

    Cheater!

    :grin: :cool: :grin:

  • jgmclovin

    linguistically
    I bet thats a word only Marina could get
    Hey Marina, can you make a video 4 this word?

  • panten

    Hi Marina!

    I’m a student of English and i’d be quite interested in the origin of a word one of my teachers used recently:
    - “topsyturvy” / “topsyturvication”

    Thanks! :)

  • melikadothechacha

    Have you checked the words list?
    Marina is a wampire, y’know?
    http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/07/11/vampire/

  • seesixcm6

    I’m only thinking of peace and harmony between Marina and Natalya-Anna-Svetlana-Nadja-Ludmilla-Olga-Alina-Anastasia-Raisa-Veronika-Valeria, or whatever her sister’s name is!
    Besides, aren’t wet T-Shirts better than Jello?
    seesixcm6

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

    “i ustafish, but now i liketahunt.”…

    annudder :cool:

  • milesplrsn

    I have been wondering, where does the phrase “a little long in the tooth” come from?

  • melikadothechacha

    You can Google anything, man!
    if it has “fish” in it, I’m on it :mrgreen:
    in fact, it’s time for a fish song – ta da!

    Help! I’m a fish!
    (the girl’s got good pipes)

  • Haarg

    A Phallic God? Well that would be me!

    Let the flames begin. ; ^ )

  • roadrunrnch

    Phallic Gods in Religion This is a good source if you care at all about this stuff.

  • cruorsanctus

    Hey! I have a couple words/phrases i would love to have you do phrases on

    here they are!:

    To each his own
    Anarchy
    Comprehesnive
    Continent

    and as a bonus, since this is such an odd word that was mentioned to me

    supercalafragileisticxpalladocious

    yes that is the correct speclling too :lol: :lol:

    Thanks in advance and i LOVE your videos!!

  • diniscarlos

    Hi Marina. I am portuguese and maybe thats why i am asking now about the origin of the follow words:
    “freak”
    “enthusiast”
    and
    “behavior”

    big kiss for u all.

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

    Bob already mentioned Priapus ..and if you are stuck without an outlet, one of the modern ailments is priapism…stuck at full mast, so to speak to help Captain Jack understand…

    that is the one i would think of most commonly…

    i suppose Pan could be considered one – half-man, half-randy goat…

    others? not so sure…but i think they all had various uses or meaning: creation, fertility, harvest…

    and some of the sculptures/statuettes/talismans look as though they might have had not-so-religious uses, to boot…say by some looking to have that one-on-one’s self experience that brought them closer to their deity…or at least the center of their pleasure…

    say, wasn’t Odin the one-eyed?… :shock: :?:

    by the way, speaking of gods, how about Shiva and his lingam…could that be the origin of shive?

    annudder :cool:

  • makingfamous

    i’ve always wondered where the term wacky or the phrase out of whack came from

  • geo2123

    i want to know where the term fallatio comes from :oops:
    i did not learn what it mean until i was much older but it always struck me as a funny word.

  • runawayscott

    This may be corny and someone probably already said it but, Marina you fascinate me.

  • melikadothechacha

    “Umm-Diddle-iddle-iddle-iddle, Umm-Diddle-Aye!”

    This was on the words list for
    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
    http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/11/16/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious/

    :arrow: top of the page, second pulldown menu,
    far left menu button (words/lessons) – enjoy :mrgreen:

  • danielpool52

    good video marina 5* :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: how about a goddess i was reading about not to long-ago Persephone in America we say one nation under god but Persephone is on top of the capitol queen of the underworld she who destroys light there is all kind es of funny things going on

  • rocketfire22

    I am obseesed with polar bears. what does the word “Polar” derive from?

  • melikadothechacha

    Better than this?

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Damn I thought I knew everything. :oops: :oops: So this is new to me. :cool: You’d think I would know this, even though I have a few submariner friends. My uncle severed on a few u-boats too.
    Orion might know of this word since he hunts for them.. :wink:

  • blueskies13

    i am fascinated by the picture of marina on the top of the home page with the studded leather collar and beutifull eyes and blonde hair

  • blueskies13

    marina i wanted to remind you that you have one month to get birthday cards out to all you september babies like me on the 27th and a lot more you people know who you are send your reminders

  • plexusmaster

    Dear Marina,
    Why do they say “boot” for when we start up a computer? Always wondered that. Also the word “modem”; where does it come from? Thanks.
    Plexusmaster

  • blueskies13

    that is one i often wondered about who is the cock in the cock pit to me a cock pit should be a bbq pit for chicken or a pit for fighting rooster and i live in the only state that rooster fighting is still leagle and we have converted pit bull fighting to pit bull weight pulling events by the adba and i am really happy i love competing at weight pull events with my pit bulls

  • leonard

    My 2 cents worth—kokopelli—amulet—fetish===FE CUN DATE :idea:

  • icebreaker

    Marina,

    The main phallic god would be Priapus, a Greek fertility god that was the proptector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male gentiles :oops: .

    We get the medical term priapism from his name. Also, some folklorist belive that garden gnomes are based on ancient depictions of him (the garden gnome guards the gardens).

    His Roman equivalent was Mutinus Mutunos also a fertility god that women would pray to when they wished to have children.

  • http://cargalmathbooks.com jmcargal

    I believe the porn industry has produced several phallic Gods.

  • melikadothechacha

    [it's done with mirrors] :mrgreen:

  • roadrunrnch

    Me too….
    I have some really good recipes :grin:

  • braveheart

    i would like to know the origin word of french fries

  • melikadothechacha

    Look to the right :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:
    first column – Recent Posts
    bottom of the list says “french fries” :mrgreen:

  • http://www.unicorncomics.com tazman

    My word for you is ‘NOTORIOUS’
    Thanks Teacher. :wink:

  • http://www.unicorncomics.com tazman

    how about “OBLIVIOUS”

  • melikadothechacha

    Things go better with Coke

  • http://www.unicorncomics.com tazman

    ‘Cock-of-the-walk’

  • melikadothechacha

    word request – dirt
    dirt bag,
    dirty laundry,
    down and dirty,
    Joe Dirt? :mrgreen:

    [there's always mooseandsquirrel!] :twisted:

  • http://www.unicorncomics.com tazman

    ‘KIBITZER’

  • melikadothechacha

    Marina’s sister’s YouTube site
    is available for your requests!
    The trick is…can you find it?
    http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/08/03/recess/

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/smokey36bear smokey36bear

    ??Ron Jeremy?? I hear he can XXXXXXXXXXXXX

  • danielpool52

    :?: are next stop is the twilight zone marina whear is the twilight zone and what is it :?:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/smokey36bear smokey36bear

    This is What we do

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/smokey36bear smokey36bear

    I hear they are great with garlic mashed potatoes :grin:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/smokey36bear smokey36bear

    It’s over there and looks like that.

  • igor.kh

    Yahwe, from the Old Testament, was pretty obsessed with foreskins. I’ll chuck him into the phallic category, as with most ancient customs related to fertility.

  • melikadothechacha

    Pray to the Garden Gnome for fertility :?: :?:
    Must be why they’re so popular … :mrgreen:
    sometimes, they travel

  • igor.kh

    Hmm, some computer terms are pretty technical. I don’t know if Marina is planning to cover some of them. I won’t say too much, but these two are simple. “Boot” is short for “bootstrap” from the common expression “to pull yourself up by your bootstraps”. “Modem” stands for “modulator-demodulator”.

    A great resource for computer related terminology is the The Jargon File.

  • melikadothechacha

    “twilight zone” zippo lighter trick :mrgreen:

  • roadrunrnch

    maybe if ya spell it right she might know …….Fellatio :lol:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/smokey36bear smokey36bear

    I Thing Golen Earring found IT

  • http://www.laserradio.com wyo550

    The American political god, DICK NIXON comes to mind.
    His purpose was to screw Democrats

  • pennsyltucky9

    Okay, okay here’s all my homework from the last several lessons.

    No, I don’t trust Wikipedia but I do use some of the sources it references if they’re documented well enough by reputable scientific journals.

    My favorite French fries are freshly-cut whole potato fries made to order at In-N-Out Burger.

    I save fuel by driving an old Toyota Corolla with a tiny 4-cylinder 1600cc powerplant, never use my car if I can ride my bike instead, and do not have air conditioning in my home or my car.

    My favorite spoonerism is from an old National Lampoon magazine. It’s a 2-beer story, so grab a couple cold ones and settle back because it’s paraphrased here:

    “In 1926, when the last great cattle drive had nearly reached the New Orleans railway depot, the trail boss found to his dismay that the cattle could not be driven to the loading point because the street was blocked by a Dixieland band. I seemed that “Lame Melon” McKinley, the noted clarinetist (or “licorice stickster” as they are called in the jazz argot) had just snuffed it, and his fellow musicians were bearing his remains to the cemetery while they played “St. James Infirmary,” “St. Louis Woman,” and “When the Saints Come Marching In.”

    All too aware that the last train to Chicago was due to leave within the hour, the trail boss (or head drover, as he was referred to in cowboy parlance) approached the bandleader and asked if he might interrupt the funeral to drive the cattle through to the other side of the street.
    The bandleader replied, “‘Fraid not, boss. This here’s a solemn occasion and we don’t want those cattle muckin’ about!” Not easily put off, the trail boss offered the bandleader money, a gold watch, hand-tooled Mexican boots, and even his autographed photo of Bob Steele if he might be allowed to drive the herd across the street but the man could not be swayed.

    Finally, the trail boss said, “Listen. I know all you jazz musicians are into drugs. Now, packed away in my saddlebags are every narcotic you’ve ever heard of: smack, snow, redbirds, yellowjackets, angel dust, DPT, THC, STP, black gungi, the works! I’ll give you the entire stash if you’ll tell your musicians to step aside and let me get my cattle to the depot.” 

    The bandleader shook his head and replied, “I’m sorry, but I got an ample supply of those there already and you’ll just have to cool your heels until we’re done here.” The trail boss played his final card. “Hold on half a sec, brother,” he persisted. “I’ve got something you don’t have, something you never even dreamt existed! I’ve got (and he paused here for emphasis) MARIJUANA SUPPOSITORIES! Yes, you heard me right! Marijuana suppositories! Shove one of these little babies up your ass and you’ll be high for a week! I’ll give you a dozen if you let us pass.”

    The bandleader fell silent for many moments. At last he spoke.
”Shee-it! Marijuana suppositories! Don’t that beat all! That’s the wildest thing I ever heard of! Mister, you got yourself a deal!”
The trail boss quickly unpacked his saddlebags, removed twelve suppositories, and gave them to the bandleader, who instructed his musicians to step aside and let the cattle through, which they did, allowing them to be driven to the depot, arriving just in time to be shipped to Chicago (or the “WindyCity” as it is known in meteorological circles). Moral: “A herd in the band is worth boo in the tush.”

    There you have it. Yeah, I’m just a bit behind on my homework, but better Nate than lever. As for phallic gods, I’m at a loss. I’ll go as far as to say they most likely represented the attributes fertility and virility, though.

    Peace!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/smokey36bear smokey36bear

    That reminds me. Why is Dick short for Richard?
    and why is Bill short for William?
    and why is Bob short for Robert?
    Shouldn’t they be short for Dickard, Billiam, and Bobert?

  • brettbread

    can you look up the term CAJUN?
    please

  • pennsyltucky9

    LS/MFT: Loose Straps Make Floppy Tits

  • pennsyltucky9

    Thingamajig? It’s the same as a thingamaob, a whatchamacallit or a doohicky.

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Wow! :shock: You spent some time doing your homework. :mrgreen: If you turn in a note from the doctor I think Teacher should give you full credit. Are there any doctors in the house that can help PT9 with a note :?:

  • Haarg

    Ok, so like . . . I’m one of the lesser love gods, eh?

    I can’t think of why I never saw that movie; It looks great!

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Thanks Annudder. I is not smart. My momma says I is very spechel. Does your momma says you aR specichal too? Watch wat I can dew!
    __/~~\__ see me run and jump?!
    :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

    I am sofa King Re Todd did. r u a sofa king? U named Todd?

  • mitchtheman

    There actually is a “Billiam.” :smile:

  • mitchtheman

    Hello Marina.
    I am asking yet again, but could you please investigate the phrase “break the ice”? Where did it come from?How did it come to mean to talk with somebody? Please investigate.
    -Mitch

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    You you can’t google anything! Try google my brown eye!! :twisted:
    |
    |
    If you succeed with that then try my other brown eye. I have two of them!!!! :razz:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    It depends on the altitude your at. In the mountains its called thin air.. Here at sea level its call just air. I guess you can all it thick air. But you have to watch out what you call it because Air Jordan might have something to say about that. :razz:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Welcome to Hotforwords. Oops sound like a good word to learn. I use this all the time but I don’t have a clue where it came from.

  • xxmadmoexx

    these is my first comment :grin:

    i guess (fascinate) come from?..i couldn’t find the answer. :cry:

  • mannotikitia

    My friend was talking about a mutual friend of ours and how she had
    such a big “ego”. So, Marina, what is the origin of the word ego, or egotistical. Just signed on this site….I enjoy your poscasts!!!
    Mannotikitia

  • rebelwolf72

    Hi Marina , I was wondering where the phrase ” beating around the bush ” came from. How did those words come to mean talking about something indirectly ?

    Your newest student :mrgreen:

  • 1der

    Hey Marina! I was watching the news the other day and they were talking about the olympics and it got me wondering where the origin of the word came from. It would be greatly appreciated if you could answer this one. Thank you. =)

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

    It’s been a while since we had an origin game. Is there going to b a next origin game some time near future or is it retired?

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

    mea culpa…should have known better.

    oh, i don’t own a sofa…

  • elf-man42

    Hello there marina, i saw the ad “make your teacher look like a rockstar” you were holding a guitar. I also play guitar, and i know that many others do as well… but i would love to learn the origin, to know how it cam to be.

    anyway, thanks a million and i love all your videos (especially the snipers episode)

    -Elf

  • http://youtube.com/user/dstrott raven62

    Shoot I thought it was a redneck word, :grin: “Ya I ustafish now I just drink beer.” :lol: :smile:

  • pennsyltucky9

    No matter, Captain, sir. You can plainly see by my gravatar that I’m already dead. But I do have a note from the coroner, though.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Don’t get the wrong idea, aLx. I’m referring to the first 2 comments: Yo and ho.

    “Yo, Ho, and up she rises” is a line from an old whalers’ song called a sea shanty. Sea shanties were sung to keep all the boys working in a unified rhythm as they hauled lines, rowed, or pushed capstans together as a group. The first verse of the song asks,

    “What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
    What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
    What shall we do with a drunken sailor
    Earlye in the morning?”

    The rest is for Captain Jack to fill in.

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob

    Jack, you’re so full of it your eyes are brown! :razz: My Brown Eye

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob

    How many times do we have to tell you?
    Cokey Koalas are not bears. :roll:

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob

    I am not short! :razz:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Oh, but are you Sofa King Re Todd Did? :mrgreen:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    hehehe Yea my eyes are brown. My daddy said I was full of it. I don’t know what I full of… :roll: :roll: :roll:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Oh Ok, I guess the Coroners report it good. Next time your late for class just call in Dead!!! :mrgreen:

  • burniesaiii

    SYWASH > Came across this word in a book on stories of the gold prospectors in the late 1800′s in the Yukon territory. In the book it is used in reference to a temporary camp on the trail. I have tryed to find out were the word came from and in some references it is said to be a derogatory remark toward native women. That is all i know up to this point. …….thankyou, Burnie from Alaska……..

  • gbcgwt

    Could you please explain where the phrase ( Watch your P’s and Q’s) came from. Thanks

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    What ever you do don’t go and sleep with the Captain’s Daughter. She is not what you think she is…. :twisted:

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobs_your_uncle Bob

    I don’t know if you saw this , Jack – here is another site that might interest you; I remember you asking about RC simulators some time ago.

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Who me???? Naw!!! I suck at singing sea shanties. But I hear thats the point of them.

    Your exactly correct PT9 about why the shanties exist. Their main purpose is to unify the crew in operating the ship. There are shanties for ever job. The lyrics play an important role. You really can’t exchange shanties to other jobs. It just messes things up. I know, I tried and failed.

  • styxway

    hi marina
    you are very fascinating. i like your videos very much.

    i have a word request, which is, i guess, pretty hot. so just the right

    thing for you and all your students ^^

    i wonder, where the expression “blow job” comes from.

    * why is it “blowing” instead of sucking, as it’s more or less an action in

    which sucking and comforting with the lips and the tongue is given to the

    happy one rather than to use the lungs to “blow”. as i am a swiss guy and

    my mother tongue is german i find i rather interesting, that we use in

    german for the same action also the same verb “blasen” as you in english:

    “to blow”. is there a connection, what was first? do people in other

    countries also blow ^^

    * in german, there is no noun like in english “blow job” which describes

    this form of oral sex. there is only the verb “blasen” [to blow]. that is

    used to ask or describe, what a man wants. what is the verb used in english

    for this oral sex? do you blow to give a blow job? in german “to blow” is

    used in this context like: „Gestern hat mir meine Freundin einen geblasen.”

    [literal: yesterday my girl friend blew me one ] and everybody understands.

    on the contrary in the german language there is, as said, no noun, that

    discribes this stimulation.

    * why is it a “job” as to most ladies it’s probably/hopefully not “work” at

    all. is it an action which only was performed by prostitutes and therefore

    the lady did a “job” to earn money for this performance?

    * “blow job”, i think, is only performed on a penis and thus on men. isn’t

    there a similar commonly expression for “cunnilingus” that is performed on

    women? and did they also have to pay for ^^

    i wonder very much, why it is blowing, and with what you come up. a very

    hot question.

    styx

  • Fig Jam

    What is the meaning of the word DILLIGAF

  • horny

    i request fucking

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Do I look like I give a F8ck

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    H4W

    “she uses her modeling pics as thumbnails so everybody clicks them..”

    I don’t like her modeling pictures if this thumbnail is anything to go by.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    EYES!! My eyebrow has been constantly twitching now for 24 hrs

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Homework: Well this assignment is right up my inlet. My little sailing yacht is named the Kokopelli. Here is a little Wiki about Kokopelli.

    Kokopelli is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with a huge phallus and feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who has been venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture. He is also a trickster god and represents the spirit of music.

    Among the Hopi, Kokopelli carries unborn children on his back and distributes them to women (for this reason, young girls often fear him). He often takes part in rituals relating to marriage, and Kokopelli himself is sometimes depicted with a consort, a woman called Kokopelmana by the Hohokam and Hopi.

    Kokopelli also presides over the reproduction of game animals, and for this reason, he is often depicted with animal companions such as rams and deer. Other common creatures associated with him include sun-bathing animals such as snakes, or water-loving animals like lizards and insects. Because of this, some scholars believe that Kokopelli’s flute is actually a blowgun (or started out as one). Alternatively, the “flute” may actually be a pipe for smoking tobacco in a sacred ceremony, or some other device entirely.

    In his domain over agriculture, Kokopelli’s fluteplaying chases away the Winter and brings about Spring. Many tribes, such as the Zuni, also associate Kokopelli with the rains. He frequently appears with Paiyatamu, another flautist, in depictions of maize-grinding ceremonies. Some tribes say he carries seeds and babies on his back.

    In recent years, the emasculated version of Kokopelli has been adopted as a broader symbol of the Southwestern United States as a whole. His image adorns countless items such as T-shirts, ball caps, and keychains. A bicycle trail between Grand Junction, Colorado, and Moab, Utah, is now known as the Kokopelli Trail.
    Wiki

    When I purchased the sailboat Kokopelli, I thought about changing the name. After doing a bit of research I decided to leave the name as is. So far no women that have passed my yacht knows anything about Kokopelli.

    Kokopelli

    Kokopelli tile

    Kokopelli clay knickknack

  • wetsuit5

    Humm, Nobody chimed in. :???:
    I think the term is actually “Mind your P’s and Q’s” and it comes from the study of “Logic” :shock: :razz:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    dude, get a life :???:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    that guy is disgusting :mad:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Thanks Bob, No I didn’t see the post. Thanks….

  • melikadothechacha
  • felicity

    i wondrer how many guys were fascinated by Marina in the provocative black dress and saying “phallic” as a spell a few times on today’s video……….

  • pimpking0827

    Marina,

    This may seem a bit much for hotforwords investigation :mrgreen:. But would you mind finding the origin of this word?:PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS.
    This word consists of 45 letters and is the longest word that is able to pronounce

  • who

    My request for word White Hot. Can this words be used to describe a women. If so then please explain. My example Marina is White Hot.

  • pimpking0827

    whoops thre is no space between I and S :mrgreen: :lol:

  • melikadothechacha

    This girl knows ‘em ALL by name!

  • melikadothechacha

    Whoops! :mrgreen:
    neither do i

  • melikadothechacha

    Your phrase request is
    for … “cock and bull” ? :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    I agree.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Please, and thank you.

    Should be p and t then.. but, i guess it is the thank q.

  • rafiel170

    Marina could help with this one? i want to know what is the origin of the word Philanthropy if you know it plz tell me :wink:

  • melikadothechacha

    Actually, he was screwing the
    Communists, the Democrats
    were just on the wrong side
    of that issue and screwed
    themselves! :mrgreen:

  • suresh

    Hello there Marina,

    What is the meaning of “MIRROR”

    Thank you

    Suresh.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Is the random lesson button new :?: Good idea

  • riprie

    Please, no more screamer type of videos every time I see them my hart stops beating. :cry:

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx

    yeah, i like him too.

  • projeto_rio

    What does “Chinny, chin, chin” means?
    From a music classic.
    Green Jelly, “Three little pigs” – 1992 or 93.
    (MTV music award and Billboard music award nomination)

    Non americans dont use to understand this idiomatic expression.

    Ref.:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNYi6W3v0io&feature=related

    Actually, 15 years trying to know what that means.

    Thx from Rio de Janeiro.

  • nicknj6

    hornswaggle

  • nicknj6

    kick the bucket

  • felicity

    hey, this is felicity from japan. how did you know that i would like that video. and i have to admit i m like that imaginative boy on that.

  • anojansmart

    nowadays, everyone seems to opt for cheaper things, like dvd’s that come out B4 the mOvie is even Out in cinema’s, and free music Thru p2p programs Like arEs or limewire. hotforwords, can u fiGure out what i am talking about? :mrgreen: just in “CASE” u dont get it, study the letters much more carefully…

    ps i posted this in the recess video, but didnt know if u would read it there

  • melikadothechacha

    My guitar looks very similar to the Les Paul
    she’s holding. It’s an Ibanez Custom series 70
    same color, same twin humbuckers. It’s a highly
    prized collectible – Les Paul sued ‘em to stop
    making it because it was too exact a copy.
    Mine’s a “work machine”, Grover machine heads,
    filed to a “fretless wonder”, raised the bridge,
    filed the nut – sustain up the wazoo!
    The only noticeable difference is that the
    fret board dots are replaced by full size
    mother of pearl inlays. U2′s “The Edge”
    plays one on “rattle and Hum” :mrgreen:

  • geronimo

    I just means chin, but in a teasing way. They were letting the wolf know that they weren’t going to do what he wanted.

  • felicity

    Does a chicken have lips?

  • geronimo

    It’s like saying “my army arm arm” or ” my leggy leg leg”

  • grandexandi

    i’d like to know the origin of the word KISS, s’il vous plaît

  • geronimo

    Hello there Marina,

    What is the meaning of “MIRROR”

    Thank you

    Suresh.

  • geronimo

    :grin:

  • geronimo

    This word is requested constantly. It was a made up word solely for the purpose to be the longest word. I have never looked it up, but just by breaking it down, it looks like it would be a condition of pneumonia like symptoms caused by ultra fine silica from a volcano. Now I am going to have to look it up to see if I am right.

  • geronimo

    Whats a “fatek”?

  • geronimo

    I hate hearing a guy talk about blow jobs and his mothers tongue in the same paragraph. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx

    geronimo, you might wanna ask pt9 about things like that. he uses words like “shasteriskt”.

  • melikadothechacha

    Mine is older than this one.
    has the original black volume / tone knobs.
    This one has Grover’s, too! (not stock)
    http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1976-IBANEZ-CUSTOM-LES-PAUL-GUITAR-MIJ-JAPAN_W0QQitemZ160267408800QQihZ006QQcategoryZ118985QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    yeah, I saw that katiesopinion vid:p she sure named a lot of small ones, maybe that’s somewhat of a personal problem :P

  • http://www.bikengruvin.com David

    Hello Marina,

    A lot of people like music and I was wondering… where did the name JUKEBOX come from?

    I built a music table with light effects and some customers called it a FASCINATING JUKEBOX… then thought… who invented this word – JUKEBOX? hmmm? PLEASE INVESTIGATE. :arrow: :shock:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Ytk1b8MeI
    http://www.youtube.com/bikengruvin

    Cheers!
    David

  • geronimo

    Great spoonerism joke Penn. Please look up my comment on why we shouldn’t conserve gas in the piggy back lesson. Then get yourself a decent car. :wink:

  • melikadothechacha

    :grin:

  • geronimo

    In what world was Nixon a political god? The whole purpose of both main stream political parties is to screw each other.

  • geronimo

    I agree with your comment on The Dem’s but I don’t see how Nixon screwed the communist. He ended the Viet Nam war and opened up relations with China.

  • melikadothechacha

    Marina mentions the word in this lesson :mrgreen:
    http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/07/02/floccinaucinihilipilification-huh/

  • melikadothechacha

    Good eyes! :mrgreen:
    never noticed it before…
    Captain Jack did say he was
    adding a few new things… :cool:

  • melikadothechacha

    the full expression is:
    (Little pig, Let me in)
    “not by the hairs on my chinny-chin-chin”
    pigs got beards? :shock:

  • geronimo

    The purpose of circumcision was one of cleanliness, since his people would be wandering the desert with little water. It then became a tradition among the Jews. The God of the so called old testament is the same one as the new testament, where he pointed out that the need for such a practice was no longer needed. There was no obsession.

  • geronimo

    LOL awesome answer. What is obseesed?

  • melikadothechacha

    Nixon opened up China to the west,
    in terms of trade and dialogue.
    China was developing nuclear
    weapons technology.
    “Keep your friends close and
    your enemies closer”
    - Sun Zu, Art of War

  • melikadothechacha

    another phrase is quite similar
    “beating the bushes” has come
    to mean searching for all possible
    sources / resources.

    “grasping at straws” is similar, again,
    but indicates such a search is futile.

  • chief

    Absolutely fascinating!! You are the best.

  • nighteye

    Priapus is the most well-endowed one. He’s a male fertility god, I think.

  • uss_starchair

    New word request:

    cummerbund (personally hate them but not as much as ties!)

    tuxedo (interesting origin but wondering what a professional can make of it!)

    :smile:

  • melikadothechacha

    Excellent links, Capt.!
    Worth a look-see! :mrgreen:

  • juan0724

    new word request
    the word is bmx.
    thank you in advance :grin:

  • http://fire.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/ Capman911

    Miss M. when you get your blue or green screen have you found a site for background drops. This site here is copy write free and has a 1000 or better of pictures for your back ground.
    Mike

    http://www.sxc.hu/category/9001/1

  • ninja_boy

    bmx? british motor cross – the sport which spwaned these awesome bikes

  • juan0724

    well i found out the meaning is bike. moto. cross. but it doesn’t make any sense to me since the bikes have no motor.. So I’m guessing the word came from England?

  • ninja_boy

    hi

    i’m in coventry , :shock: , on a course for work, :cry: and going out of my mind with boredom. :mad:

    The saying ‘to send someone to Coventry’ keeps springing to mind…

    I was wondering, what is the real root of this saying?

    i even did a video to ask you my question… let me know if you can help!

  • ninja_boy

    Hi

    I’m in Coventry , :shock: , on a course for work, :cry: and going out of my mind with boredom. :mad:

    The saying ‘to send someone to Coventry’ keeps springing to mind…

    I was wondering, what is the real root of this saying?

    I even did a video to ask you my question… let me know if you can help!

    If not, I have no choice but to turn to your sister :twisted: for advice!!!

  • http://fire.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/ Capman911

    Don’t forget the biggest and the best John ” the wad’ Holmes. :shock:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    He can do that?

  • http://www.myspace.com/leopleurodon leodalion

    New Word Request
    word is=Quixotic
    thanks

  • yankeegato

    Phallic gods? Myself, of course! :twisted:

  • maxwell

    Hi there!
    I’m new at this, I just found about HotForWords, and I’m enjoying it a lot! err… as dumb and ironical as it may look, I’m sorry any misspelled words, for English is my second language too.

    Well, I’d like to ask for the origins of the use of the word Anno Domini, as the years, like “2008 A.D.”

    Thanks in advance and congratulations for the hot site! :)

  • emjay111

    Hey Marina, I love your website. Too hot to ignore! I have a word request for you. Where did the word BAIL come from? Thanks, keep up the super sexy work!

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    That wasn’t my idea. :neutral: Teacher is thinking on a much higher plain than we are. :mrgreen:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Good job James. Your on top of that one as usual. :mrgreen:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    I believe someone covered that. Was it the pints and quarts at a bar? :???:

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx

    children … writing … p and q similar …

  • roadrunrnch

    Capman
    This is the only kind of picture we need Her to use. The best back grown pictures :grin:

  • http://www.tficast.com tficast

    Osmosis?

    As in reverse osmosis and learning by osmosis.

  • http://fire.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/ Capman911

    Thanks RRR I need a boost for today and that picture did it. I added it to my picture folder. :wink: :smile: :smile:

  • dyonisos

    well I’m a phallic god
    as is my roman friend Bacchus

  • roadrunrnch

    This is easy, read Captjack’s posts to Marina. Quixotic… :cool:

  • bickaa8012

    Where does the word pornography come from?

  • roadrunrnch

    Hi
    You may like a product Marina advertises on this page, WhiteSmoke, It helps with English grammar and spellings while you type. Check it out with a Free Down load >>>>>>>>>

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx

    don’t mind that whitesmoke crap.

    in fact, their banner ad is photoshop at its worst.

  • pennsyltucky9

    Bullsh*t!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    lol :P you mean like those hands :lol:

  • soonerdave

    Bill O Reilly comes to mind when you mention the word Phallic

    :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  • arcieri14

    word request: “have their cake and eat it.”

  • pennsyltucky9

    G-man, I can’t afford the one I have now on my meager student loan. Plus, (get this!) the last time I filled my tank was the third week of May, and it’s still half full! I also haven’t used mass transit since 2006…. That may serve to illustrate how much I really NEED to drive my car when classes aren’t in session. Sure, I miss my pickup truck, which needs costly repairs. But I’d rather pay the rent and have enough left over for a grocery or two and a couple beers in the evening than drive around on the credit card pretending I’m flush. Thanks for the thought, though.

    I’m glad you liked the spoonerism. It took me days to find! That’s why it was so overdue. I think it was worth the wait, however. LMAO when I first read it!

    I’m going to re-read your post on piggy-back now.

  • roadrunrnch

    maxwell, this is the definition of a ; aLx
    cantankerous, cross, difficult, fanciful, grouchy, irritable, ornery, surly, crotchety, cranky, obstinate, aLxhole :grin:

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx

    yeah, foxbow, saturation, proportions, boobs (my guess: filter –> liquify) … those hands, they don’t match in color, tone, saturation, size …

  • http://mentalgrammarhasbeensetup.blogspot.com aLx

    oh yeah, go to the start page and compare the ad with the pic on the left which should be the original.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    hehe yeah,they kinda overdone the liquifying on on the “chest” area :lol: and they added a realy weird glow,

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/foxbow15 foxbow15

    the first add was way better I think.

  • ferret67

    how about telling us about “threshold”? I believe I know the etymology but want to verify it. Thanks!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesingtonthethird James

    Oh SHIT!!

    I downloaded a trojan called zlob.. Popups everywhere.Fake windows still trying to get rid of it 2 hours later!! MACAFEE WILL BE HEARING FROM ME! :mad:

  • http://fire.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/ Capman911

    Hi Maxwell, welcome to the site. The misspelled words are no problem. All of us misspell words here a lot. Sometimes we have a little fun at the new members expense it’s like hazing, but don’t take it personal. You’ll fall right in with the rest of us in no time. So enjoy and comment to whom you want to. Just keep it friendly. If you feel like you need help then get up with Captain Jack he’s the Teachers Assistant or myself or any of the regulars and someone will try to help you. :smile:

  • roadrunrnch

    This is a good word for Her TA, it is a nautical term , AS, to bail out a boat.

  • timehazex

    Where does the word “Universe” come from? i would very much like to know!THX! :mrgreen:

  • zenmonkey

    I think since we’re into August, it’d be cool to find out what, “The Dog Days of Summer.” really means, and where it came from!

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Try reading this article.
    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080803/1834441874.shtml#comments

    “Yet, as we pointed out at the time, anti-virus companies don’t have the greatest track record in actually stopping viruses “

    Macafee really doesn’t care, nor they are any good of stopping them. Same thing goes for Norton. They are such resource hogs the mess up computers more than help them. This is one very big reason I only use Mac OS X. I have only been infected twice since 1979. Even the US Army uses Macs as a first line of defense on their servers. I have found removing Norton and MACAFEE you’ll get a speed improvement and less conflicts. See what other people are using in place of those programs listed above…..

    zlob is easy to remove. Just do a good search on zlob.

    Your friendly computer hacker… :mrgreen:
    Jack

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Thanks for the reference RRR.

  • drumrchik

    nice episode. I was wondering if you could explain where the word Luke Warm came from. also, did it come before or after the name luke?

  • suprstock

    way to go on the 100,000 YEAH!!!!! : :wink:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    I can answer your question in the Nautical sense. Only Marina can confirm that it originates further back in time and in a more general term. I suspect it was used further back than 1600s.

    Bail, to empty water from a boat, usually by hand. Sometimes erroneously spelt ‘bale’. Confusion of the two words can lead to ambiguity, as in one recorded instance in which the command ‘bail out’ led its recipient to jump overboard, thinking it an order to ‘bale out’, as when jumping by parachute from an aircraft.

    From the French ‘baille’, the word originally denoted what is now known as a bailer (implement, not it’s user).
    First attested in the nautical sense in 1613 in Purchas, Pilgrimage.

    I don’t have any OED references for ‘bale’ or ‘baille’ so I can’t add any more to that.

    Hope that answers your question. :smile:

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Greetings maxwell, Welcome to HFW! If misspelling of words was compared to being handicapped, then I would be in an electric wheel chair with the joystick in my nose! English is my native language and I struggle with it every day. But my sister says I have improved greatly. I think HFW was a large part of my improvement. I use google tool bar to do spell checking for me. It’s pretty good so far, and its free. Marina uses White Smoke which does much more than spell checking. Take a look at that. Marina will be posting a new 30 day trial ad soon.
    I like your word request. I thought B.C. was Before Christ and A.D. was After Christ. The ‘D’ confused me…

  • canadiankyle

    So i have a word request why do they/we call it french kissing did some american see a french couple kissing and assumed it was a french thing hahahah just kidding but yeah why is it called french kissing/making out ??? hope u answer this one…xx :lol: :idea:

  • http://www.markcbradley.net sweaterhugger

    I’m wondering if the Roman god Mars, which my name, Mark, comes from, would count as one. His symbol is the symbol that is used to represent the male gender, because of its shape as a shield and spear, or as an erect phallus. Does that count?

  • duke veritas

    MIn is depicted as a ramrod-straight, well-endowed god of fertility from Egypt…his wife was considered Godess of fertility…not much of a surprise :roll:

    Mahayogi is an Indian God of Fertility, but also of meditation. There may not actually be a tie in between Indian meditation and sexuality, but Tantric mediation DEFINITELY gives space to enhance sexual pleasure :eek: :!: There’s all kinds of stories online about Mahayogi.

  • http://www.palomarventures.com vc-companybuilder

    Marina,
    Congratulations! I just saw you went over the 100,000 mark on YouTube!
    Phales, the Greek satyr, celebrates!

  • http://captainjack.ws CaptainJack

    Your funny RRR. It was easy to forget to laugh. :roll:
    Trying to remember a quote I read not too long ago.

    “Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.”
    – Chinese Proverb

  • roadrunrnch

    I will assume you do know the definition.
    Just encase I don’t, It means to be poetic and romantic in speech or writing??

  • emjay111

    Yeah I’m interested in both that and in the sense of bailing out a person, i.e. bail out of a bad situation, or jail, or like you say a plane, etc. Hopefully Marina will enlighten us further! Thanks!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ggpjstokesjr1 stokesjrj1

    A bailer is a tool used by water well drillers to remove water from a well after its been drilled to clean the dirty water out after drilling.

  • animalntaz

    :neutral: I find nothing fascinating about Oompa Loompas. The first Charlie and the Chocolate Factory creeped me out when I was a kid. All those kids disappearing while unusual stuff is happening to them, is not a good movie for children to watch.
    That Family Guy parody was alright, where Peter won a Silver Ticket to that Beer Factory. Especially when Peter requested a sing off and one of the Oompa Loompas just kicked him in the shins. :lol:

  • davecodave

    I spelled that word one time in a game of Boggle. I think it was worth 5 points.

  • prospero811

    A baby seal walks into a bar and sits down. “What can I get you?” asks the bartender. “Anything but a Canadian Club,” replies the seal.

  • http://fire.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/ Capman911

    Alx I couldn’t find another place on the present video to comment back to you.

    aLx replied on August 7th, 2008 12:33 pm:
    umm … she does look pretty young

    8 to 80 cripple, crawling or crazy, if she can’t walk drag her, turn nothing down but a boyscout and turn him face down. :lol: :lol:

  • davemarkwz

    “Fascinating.”

    “Shuddup, Spock! While all these Phallic Gods are distracted by the
    arse on the blonde cocommentarian, Jim’s going to beam ‘em apart!”

    “Are you certain he won’t fall into the same trap, doctor?”

    “Pusillanimous pointed earred punk.”

  • qiyun1021

    Hey Marina, I love your website.I wanna learn English well through your web.Thanks a lot .

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

    My shirt has nine buttons, but I can only fasten eight.

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

    Wasn’t there a phallic god named Viagrus?
    Which reminds me…
    If Niagara Falls, what does Viagra do? :roll:

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

    KISS, s’il vous plaît , , , was originally said by someone who was begging for a kiss. Or else, he when his father asked him if he wanted to go see Steppenwolf…..

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

    Is that Geronimo in my looking glass?

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

    There are lots of Kokopelli items in tourist ships here in Southern Nevada. I even have a Kokopelli magnet on my refrigerator, and I sent my sister some Kokopelli coasters a couple of years ago. Well, she makes flutes, so that one was a no-brainer…

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

    Okay, so there aren’t that many tourist ships here in Southern Nevada! :razz:

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

    Did you want to suggest a direct object? Not that your verb is necessarily transitive. But, you know, I was curious!

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

    You mean caca de la vaca?

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

    Geronimo, that is the funniest retort I’ve heard in a long time!

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

    I’m such a suck up! :grin:

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

    My buttons actually talk. They are always saying, “Please, Fascinus!’

  • thicepecin

    I love her random pictures. The evil eye in this one is perfect. Or her in the costume shop or wherever that is. Personally I’m fascinated by women like Marina and hotforprofits.

  • leonard

    Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) – The Swingin’ Medallions…play -off of bands name*****keep up the good work

  • wojciech klim

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leonard

    Who needs health care when we got :razz: :smile: GODS….the gland in the brain and of cows too

    what is the object?…

    FaSC.nAtIOnsee this one__hotforwords___[crazy]

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