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Let’s clear up this whole FTW thing!

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  • leonard

    wow I like…the wind…games..WTF…lol..lots of love..Marina is the BEST*****

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/capman911 Capman911

    MOM

  • vic_rattlehead

    an internet word?
    HOLYWTFBBQSAUCE! :mrgreen:

    but i’ve got a word request:

    So the word is [Harlot].
    I heard it in some songs and it appears to have several meanings.

    In …uhm i think The beast and the Harlot I think it stands for a beauty (in german “Die Schöne und das Biest) or just a woman in general.

    But in “Diadems” by Megadeth it stands for Babylon (the “bitch” in the bible)”The Harlot puddles (what does “puddle” mean by the way :smile: ) for her lies, from where she speaks”

    so thats all i guess, i’ll wait for any answers :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    Hey Marina :smile:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/capman911 Capman911

    I have heard or see WTF which is backwards than FTW. :lol:

  • benmorrissey

    Very nice video. Can I request the word ‘Research’. It is used as an expression for finding out new information, most commonly data. I mean in the context of Research and Development, not as in the research for homework. This is because Re is a common prefix meaning ‘again’, and search. But how are you finding new information is you are searching again?

  • leonard
  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    Homework :cool:
    [lol] :lol:

  • amnoaweegie

    First time I’ve ever heard of FTW. Are you sure you are not making this one up? :lol:

    FUNEMNX?

  • leonard

    OMG…ii…BLT…a&e&i&o&u..[assimilated] :razz:

  • http://www.youtube.com/mountainboy32 mountainboy32

    Its another fine lesson by Marina she is a genius!!!! :lol: :razz: Dame sexy too :razz: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :razz: :razz: :razz: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    hehe.. I [pwn] any [noob] on DotA!
    [gg] to me, [gf] to you, [hf] to us.
    NO LEAVERS PLS, PRO ONLY, BL ON!!!
    :D

  • leonard

    DAD

  • amnoaweegie

    Check out this sketch from The Two Ronnies (UK comedy duo) :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    SON

  • hs4mm

    .

    Marina,

    DO NOT PRONOUNCE F-T-W AS A WORD IN PUBLIC PLACES — it might be mistaken for certain evil pronouncements such as Ayatollah Khomeini’s 1989 pronouncement of a death sentence on Salman Rushdie for having written a book (The Satanic Verses).

    –Hs4Mm

    .

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    no [zerg]!
    should party a [tank] and a [nuke]

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    KID

  • hs4mm

    PS: For many people, the sound made by the word form of F-T-W is synonymous with the pronouncement mentioned above.

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    “fatwah”?
    Dude, it’s FTW, how do you read it like that? :)

    I say it like: FeTeVe
    I know it’s wrong, as the letter is actually W, but at least it sounds more like FTW, than “fatwah” does! :D

  • http://www.youtube.com/mountainboy32 mountainboy32

    pretty good comedy!!! :razz:

  • leonard

    r.e.s.p.e.c.t aretha franklinGood God…[M.L.G] or i.e. or [ibid]…NWA…N/A :lol: B.R.good..

    City: The Capital of the Republic of Lexicon

    Hometown: Etymologia :roll: :roll: :roll: internet words in need of exploitation!*!*!*!*!ABBREVIATIONS

  • amnoaweegie

    Wouldn’t it be Ef Te Double U? :grin:

  • http://www.youtube.com/xxstokjrj1xx John

    Marina,
    ……Well this is going to be a learning lesson for me;…(I will read the comments as most here are more willing to show off their intell. than providing wou lessons words) I don’t know any abbreviations that you probably don’t already know.

    brb
    gtb
    afk
    kiss or kis (too keep it non offensive)

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    I think it should sound like “eftew”… that’s funny, because that’s sounding like a phlegm noise.

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    No wait, you don’t actually read “w” as Double U, in a word!
    But that is funny! :-)

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwO6kIdgVSU PageDoll

    Watching a movie trailer here in class was pretty cool. :cool: :grin:

    If you can do it,you should have movie trailers all the time. It makes for a fun little break while reading comments. :smile:

  • killermike2178

    Marina, all over the internet, as well as the last Administration of the Presidency of the United States, I have seen, listened to, or read comments by people who I later declared to be [charlatan]s. I’m just curious, where does the word [charlatan] originate from?

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwO6kIdgVSU PageDoll

    …and now its been replaced by the “1 rule” ad. :mad:

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    In my view, none of the abbreviations mentioned on the internet would make for a decent lesson. Not even FTW, but Marina pulled it off. I don’t know how she does that, but I guess that knowing what an abbreviation means, and knowing it’s origins, are two totally different things.
    Now, anyone for DotA? :-)

  • http://www.youtube.com/xxstokjrj1xx John

    ???????[medifaction??????] The word you use to describe DotA . I have never heard this word.

  • amnoaweegie

    Well you do in acronyms, not words. FTW is an acronym :razz:

  • http://18wheels.mevio.com/ Warren

    FTW has another meaning that I’m used to and it’s not For The Win.

  • hs4mm

    Marina, I just assumed you were pronouncing F-T-W correctly and did not think about it. Now that I think about it, there could be other ways to pronounce F-T-W that result in a sound that is distinctly different from the sound that should be avoided.

    (By the way, I doubt it but if someone talked you into pronouncing F-T-W the way you do in the video, I would double-check their intentions — they might not be your friends.)

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    ac·ro·nym (kr-nm) n.
    A word formed from the initial letters of a name

    So it is a word! :D

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    By the way, your gravatar is awesome-cute!
    Who does it represent? :P

  • amnoaweegie

    Chemikal, I don’t think you can take take an acronym and pronounce it like a word, not really. FTW is a perfect example of this. It’d be fitwe. Well known acronyms like CBS, BBC, ABC and the like are all the letter sounds, why on earth would you want to pronounce them as words? :shock:

    Further investigation is needed :grin:

  • amnoaweegie

    Just a wee friendly face, looks nothing like me :razz: :mrgreen:

    Glad you like it though

  • nighteye

    Internet slang? How about [fnord]? :D

  • thoughtonfire

    HFWFTW

    HotForWordsForTheWin

    Woot!

  • hs4mm

    For the homework, I just googled “internet slang” and “internet acronyms” and came up with lots of hits.

  • thoughtonfire

    The Last Administration pretended to be dumb. Charlatans pretend to be not dumb.

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    w00t :-)

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

    I know that abbreviation (WTF) better than FTW. :mrgreen:

  • seesixcm6

    Dear Marina, I’ve used the Internet for many years, so I know some Internet slang and text messaging slang are the same.
    ^5 means “High Five.”
    LYSM means “Love You So Much.”
    ISLY means “I still love you.”
    XOXOX means “Hugs and kisses.”
    831 is “I Love You” (Eight letters, three words, one meaning).
    (Marina, you may send these slang terms to me, anytime.)
    831, Seesixcm6

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

    F*** That Woman?

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    Uh, uh… cool,
    then I’m waiting for you to reply to this thread : http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/show-your-face

  • http://18wheels.mevio.com/ Warren

    No, it’s slang for “Fuck The World”.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/animalntaz animalntaz
  • hot-dog-lincoln

    ABC-123… I’ve seen this one and I still can’t figure it out. It is something that has boggled my mind for the last… WKHL. :shock: :razz: :grin: :lol:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    :???: Fix The Window :?: :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/mountainboy32 mountainboy32

    Mountainboys word request of the day [perverted]. :lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  • http://18wheels.mevio.com/ Warren

    Find The Waldo?

  • leonard

    So, higher learning education, e.g. Harvard, Oxford and what are “[DOCTRINALLY]” classed doctors[dr] :roll: of Institutions, ect……are based from their Mohammedan brothers.

    thanks for pointing the law out and its education structure…M O M…schools helps fools,tanks: Hs4Mn

    :twisted:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    DCOI = Don’t count on it

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    :shock: Wheel of Fortune Idiots :lol:

  • neuroway

    What about meow meow, tweet tweet or woof woof? Are these abbreviations too? :roll:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Some further investigation for amnoaweegie and others:

    You can pronounce any combination of letters if you try hard enough, even XRWOJSXC. But let’s face it, the average person would pronounce it uh, unpronounceable. Same with FTW. So it is not an acronynm, but an initialism.

    …BBC, ABC and the like are all the letter sounds, why on earth would you want to pronounce them as words?

    Ed Zackly! Have you ever heard of “speeka”? No, but you know what ess pee cee aay is, don’t you?

    Only letter groups that are ordinarily pronounceable are acronyms. An example is NATO. Most people would not say “N, A, T, O;” they would say “nay – toe.” Thus it is an acronym. PETA, but not PTA. Even HMMWV*, which looks to be just an initialism, is, by common, practice an acronym. (I’ll bet you have never heard it spelled out in your life. Not even once!) Chemikal: You said “A word formed from….” That’s my point. Just any collection of letters is not a word. If it is commonly pronounced instead of spelled, it’s a word.

    — —
    *BTW, what military contractor in its right mind would ever name their vehicle a “Low-Mobility Vehicle.” :lol:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    First link doesn’t work. Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsubvaIj2Cg :lol:

  • neuroway

    I think abbreviations are pants. You never really know what they really mean.

  • logischabbaubar

    A fatwa is not necessarily an evil pronouncement. Generally, a fatwa is an opinion of an Islamic scholar whether a behavior is allowed or forbidden under Islamic law. Most fatwas deal with things like dress code, rules for the Ramadan, how to pilgrimage corectly to Makkah, etc. I would say that an islamic fatwa is similar to the pastoral letters in some Christian churches. In Sunni Islam, a fatwa is definitely not more than that – it’s simply a recommendation for good behavior for the followers of that religion.

    The Wikipedia article you’ve mentioned addresses mainly some of the extremest fatwas that are AFAICS ;-) not representative for fatwas in general.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    How could you tell?

  • mukmika.

    FTW was a slang expression in use long before the internet, beginning with a four-letter word, …. the world. Nice to see the computer age has brought a little class into it.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    :lol: :lol: :lol: TOO FUNNY :!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm6Ca0SnEsw&feature=related :lol: :lol: :lol:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    What would they stand for? No, they are just approximate spellings of the sounds.

    It would be interesting to find out how other languages spell these sounds. One would think all cultures would come out with the same sound (no matter how they spell it), because, after all, animals have but one sound per species. Hey, look at this!

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

    [WTF !! OMFG n00b haxx0r !! OWNING !!!]
    Pick any word you like , my brain can summon these few words for now , just woke up ==

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

    Dota’s pretty boring for me , anyone play Left4Dead ? :mrgreen:

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

    the way Marina pronounced it , it sounded like an Arab word . fatwah

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

    Wow , I’d like to see someone [zerg] in dota , seeing one only control a character :mrgreen:

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

    [ROFL]
    oh yeah , what about [ROFL chopper] ? Don’t really know who started it , last I heard it was a machinima video (Arby n the Chief)

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    To what do you refer to, ABC-123 or WKHL? The latter callsign is an obvious fake, because it is a known fact that nobody in Indiana has an FM radio. A young Hoosier, as a right of passage, will build an AM-only crystal set using a Quaker Oats oatmeal box for the form to wind the tuning inductor. If his work meets muster with a panel of wizened experts, he will use it exclusively for radio reception until his death. Any outsider bringing any other kind of receiver into the state is summarily condemned and buried up to his neck (to form a good ground) in the yard of a Hoosier who is getting poor reception due to the nature of local soil conditions. Be warned: these people are purists and will not tolerate heathen sets!

    It’s true, I tell you.

  • http://calling-muggins.blogspot.com/ muggins

    Oh, damn. All these years, I thought FTW meant fuck the world. I think miscommunication happens a lot. In my case, probably more than average.

  • hs4mm

    My smattering of knowledge of history: A long time ago, for quite some time, the Muslims were the most advanced civilization: they had discovered Aristotle and had made significant advances in fields such as Astronomy and Mathematics (e.g., we use Arabic numerals today (except that 0 came from India), Al-Khwarizmi invented Algebra). But soon, they started emphasizing religion, and this led to their collapse into a primitive civilization (which they are to this day). Some of their books were saved from destruction (e.g., burning of libraries) and found their way into Europe. Europeans used these books to discover Aristotle which led them to start to flourish and eventually end up with the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top MeLikaDoTheChaCha – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek!

    WHOA !!
    Wrong!
    Super-mega-WRONGO!
    Uh uh, that sh*t don’t flush :roll:
    As Muggins states, FTW means F*ck the World and has been in use by military personnel since the 60′s, maybe even earlier.
    I had that one on my hardcover, in Germany, during the Cold War.
    As word origins go, you missed on this one, BIG time!
    The attempt here to PC it up and attribute the origin to others (Penn and Teller???) is soooo lame!!!!!!!
    WTF! (Wait ‘Til Friday, perhaps?) I don’t think so….
    Where did you go to research this? Wikipedia?
    And by the way, a fatwah is an edict or decree, in Islam.

  • neuroway

    Funny one CampKohler. :smile:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top MeLikaDoTheChaCha – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek!

    I don’t know what Marina is smoking …. :roll:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Just got your msg. I’m back barely.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top MeLikaDoTheChaCha – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek!

    I don’t get it. Marina is usually quite competent at word origins and philology. She fell all over herself getting this wrong. Hope she does some real research and issues a retraction! :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    I’m back but having problems downloading a new flash player.
    Virus/spyware knocked out two computers in household.
    Had to send the CPU out to be cleaned up.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Having a tough time logging in.

  • hs4mm

    For most of the video, it looks like a braided bunch of hair has been pinned up on your right side. But at the end, you easily (attractively) unravel your hair — the braid was an illusion — it is like magic!

    (Were Penn and Teller ever on Hollywood squares?)

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Lady M lets her hair down for the win! :roll:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Ah, yes. WTF just seems so much more appropriate around here sometimes. :roll:

  • http://mikechimeriblog.com MCLIJazz

    I think they were on the Tom Bergeron version (1998-2004), and possibly on the John Davidson version (1986-1989).

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Alright, you two. Don’t make me whip out my goggle translator on your ass! :mad:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Welcome back Che! :grin: We were getting ready to send out a search party. :cry: Got any new tattoos? :mrgreen: Is anything blue? :shock: Did you CURA winner? :razz:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    A little 409 and a Brillow pad will do wonders. :lol:

    Did you ever try Superantispyware?

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Perhaps FTW is two different abbreviations with two different meanings. The context to which Lady M refered seems to express “for the win.” In this context, the Lady’s research seems valid.
    I do agree that the Teach could have mentioned that this abbreviation has alternative interpretations, perhaps older and more widely used. I still give her five stars!
    Plus, dude! Did you see that thing she did with her hair. That’s gotta be worth somethin’ to ya.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    No computer crash before I had a chance, the tech loaded me up with stuff… still exploring with new software.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Yea, I guess I missed my own party, still have no audio so have not listen to any lessons.
    Will log off now and reboot to trick audio to come back on.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    …and shakes her, uh… ummm… gollywobblers. :oops:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Uh, make sure the little thingy that goes to the speakers is plugged into the little thingy that has sound coming out of it (the green one, sometime it has a picture of a headphone.) If you plug the speaker thingy into the mic thingy (the pink one), things won’t work. If I sound like like I am extremely knowledgeable in this subject matter, it is because… uh… well, I kinda learned that one the hard way. :oops:

  • niteowl

    Marina, when I suggested the word [wobble] for one of your videos yesterday, I didn’t actually expect you to do it quite so, uhh… literally.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/capman911 Capman911

    Resistance is futile. :twisted: :lol:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    It happens every so often, not sure why.

  • runawayscott

    Love it when Marina lets her hair down :mrgreen:

  • originalistrick

    Thanks, Marina. Knew the F### the World bit, but not this.
    Not to be too personal, but are those clear plastic bra straps? If so, that’s new to me. No pruient intent, just curious.

    Always.

  • swampwiz

    How about the reverse, WTF. :D

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Please read below for seemingly endless discussion on the various permutations of this tri-group.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    No, those are scars from the years of her flesh bearing up to the terrible, terrible strain. :roll:

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    HAHA!!! :lol: I ALWAYS THOUGHT FTW ABBREVIATED “F?** THE WORLD.” THAT’S FUNNY! I HAVE ONE FOR YOU SINCE YOUR SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO INTELLIGENT… WHAT IS THE ORIGINS OF THE WORD PEON COME FROM OR IS IT JUST A “US NEW WORLD DEVELOPED IMPLICATION?” KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BEAUTIFUL!

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB

    Is it me… that preview pic, whoa… lookin’ buff. Shoulders & arms pumped, you on performance enhancing frosted flakes or something?

  • daboilermaker

    lol
    nvm
    ttyl
    \Y/
    tyvm
    fu
    adidas

    Marina, for the last part of your video, or what i like to call it, your signature, this one really turned me on, the whole let the hair down and give your head a shake got me hot like hot hot wow yeah yeah baby yeah. (middle finger and index finger together with thumb up in the shape of a gun and sounding like a gun while pointing at you and giving my wrist one flick while pulling the trigger and saying “poof” hot!) U rock Girl, Peace.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Please push the Caps Lock key on your keyboard. The lower case is really distracting.

    (Do you think I fooled him? :smile: )

  • Spinachman

    I do believe that this hotdog, bow-tie President is just being facetious about the 123-ABC thing. That WKHL is an acronym for “who knows how long?”.

  • Spinachman

    I really thought that its meaning was something completely different.

    (“For The Wecord”) i.e. “Sumptin” you’d use in a court case. :smile:

  • Spinachman

    I really agree with “Fut The Wuk” you are talkin’ about. :razz: :grin: :shock: :mrgreen:

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    The clear bra straps are what you wear when you don’t want the straps showing. Though they tend to show when I record.

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    MeLikaDoTheChaCha, show me a credible source for FTW meaning “F.. the world”. I am not aware of that abbreviation. I’ve heard of SNAFU.. but not FTW.

  • http://18wheels.mevio.com/ Warren

    Follow That Woman!

  • rongverb

    What is the origin of [clout] ? In reference to when someone says “he/she has clout”

  • originalistrick

    That’s what I assumed. You probably think it odd, but I’d never seen that. Thanks for the info on foundations.

    Always.

  • originalistrick

    And at the risk of sounding like a broken record, you are exceedingly gorgeous in this lesson!

  • ibm6789

    I think the origin of “ROFL Copter” would be interesting to research…. since it makes no sense at all

  • errin

    GMAFB, Marina!

    No, I’m not disrespecting the teacher. I’m just doing my homework.

    :twisted:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top MeLikaDoTheChaCha – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek!

    The first time I heard it was ’68 when it meant F*ck The War. While I was in the military, war changed to world. It’s old skool military lingo. Another one was WETSU, which was an Airborne Ranger jump call, meaning We Eat This Sh*t Up. I may not be able to find the credible source you request, but I’ll see what I can do to find you one. :mrgreen:
    Are there any other Vets out there who can back me up on this?

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen

    ***Homework***

    [LMAO] [ROTF] (often used in combination) :lol:

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    ITS WAS INTENDED FOR OLD FOLKS SUCH AS YOURSELF SO, YOU MAYBE ABLE TO READ IT!!! LOL!!!!!!

  • hakhey123

    What is the origin of the word [apprentice]?
    Thank you.

    -hakhey123

  • http://www.youtube.com/xxstokjrj1xx John

    MeLikaDoTheChaCha no disrespect you being a vet and all but you got to know most military lingo never makes it into civilian lingo thus not into the books. just saying

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen

    Kangaroo words

    “Kangaroo words carry a little joey — a smaller version of themselves within their spellings:

    respite: rest
    matches: mates

    What are the joey words in these kangaroo words?

    curtail:
    regulates:
    splotch:
    deceased: ”

    – from Anu Garg’s The Dord, The Diglot, and an Avocado or Two :smile:

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    I BELIEVE THAT IF THE MILITARY COULD DEVELOP HELL ANGELS FOR AIR CARRIERS “FTW” IS MINOR IN COMPARISON….

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    MAYBE SOMETIME YOU COULD STIMULATE SOMEONES MIND WITHOUT IT…;) :idea:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen

    At the risk of sounding like a broken record, you are exceedingly gorgeous in this lesson!

    {cut and paste!} :mrgreen:

  • hs4mm

    If a “word” makes it to a T-Shirt, it is widely used (at least among some circles!):


    Rolling On the Floor Laughing — rolling like the blades of a (heli)Copter


    One would think LAMO means “totally lame”; but click to see what it means on the internet.

    PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair.

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    LOL! HE FORGOT WHAT HE TRIED TO PASS HER!!! LMAO!!!! :lol:

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    wOW!! IM IMPRESSED YOU FOUND THE UNITY OF HUMANITY… NOW WHY DOES OUR US GOVERNMENT ALWAYS ALTER WORDS? CONFLICTING WITH DIALECTS, CULTURE, AND CONTRIBUTING TO GLOBALIZATION…??? HMMMMMMMMMMMM…….

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen

    Ayatollah Khomeini issued a ["fatwah"] against author Salman Rushdie for his book, The Satanic Verses, for its supposed disrespect toward Islam. :sad:

  • stigmatasaurus

    At the risk of sounding like a broken record, you are exceedingly gorgeous in this lesson! :grin:

    How about [TWIRP] ? I’ve heard that was an acronym for “The Woman Is Requested (to) Pay.”

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwO6kIdgVSU PageDoll

    FYI, This lesson has not shown up in my YT Subscriptions as of 9:54 PST. :???:
    …but other subs have. :neutral:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    We “old people” are smart enough to have at least four different magnifying glasses next to the computer. Don’t worry about us.

  • originalistrick

    How profound.

  • http://calling-muggins.blogspot.com/ muggins

    In my initial response, it looks like I’m yelling or something, but it was just that I forgot to put a backslash in my html bold tag, and made everything after that bold, too. I’m glad that somebody else remembers the same meaning I remember. I don’t remember it from the military. Obviously, FTW has more than one meaning.

  • hs4mm
  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    LOL! DON’T :mrgreen: GET UPSET IM DOING YOU A FAVOR…GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

  • niteowl

    Marina, I want to make sure I understand. First, you replay a video in which you state the word “pussy” twice with a smile on your face. (There might be those who would debate you said it more because of the word “pusillanimous”. I will not be that picky.)

    Then you give us the greatest 5 seconds of video in HFW history by letting your hair down and shaking your, umm …self.

    I think you might be setting the bar too high for the next video.

    I’ll be waiting with a smile on my face.

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    YOU PERV!!!! :oops:

  • ryanm

    I would like to request the word [niggardly]

  • http://www.youtube.com/xxstokjrj1xx John

    Good Night guys

  • big ed

    Whoa, thanks for reminding me how you keep us students overstimulated, Lady Marina! :wink: I’m thinking we should go retro here at HFW University and reintroduce spankings — for both good and bad pupils alike. :mrgreen: Oh yeah, thanks to TA Melikadothechacha for the original meaning of FTW, something told me the teacher was off about this one (I just couldn’t think of where “FTW” came from). Of course Lady M still has my upmost respect and admiration — no can be perfect ALL THE TIME.

    I would like to make my first word request: [fiend]

    And could somebody PLEASE tell me how to change my picture ID?

  • danielpool

    WTFH :?: :smile:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Talk to Leonard. He knows.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    WCKT? (Who could know that?) :roll:

  • originalistrick

    Why are you even here?

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen

    ***Gwyl Ddewi Sant hapus ichi’n bawb!***

    (Happy St. David’s Day to you all!) :grin:

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    I MAYBE FOR THE SAME REASONS YOU ARE…? TO EDUCATE MYSELF AND BECOME AMUSED…!! LOL! OH AND TO MARRY MARINA!!!! LOL!

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

    Now I know why you usually wear your hair down. It looks like you could easily hurt yourself letting it down that way. I don’t think they design bras to withstand that kind of stress. However, that should in no way be seen as a complaint. Stay safe.

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    SACRAMENTO MUST BE BLESS TO ACCOMPANY YOUR PRESENCE. :grin: :mrgreen: :grin: :wink:

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    They can, it’s called “ganging”.
    All players group and attack a smaller group from all sides!
    Fun, because they usually don’t stand a chance, and get frustrated. :-)

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

    Hey PageDoll, is there a possibility that you could have clicked on the video above prior to going to your YT account? If you watch the video, or started to, the video will be removed from your YT subscription box.

    Interestingly, the FTW video is in my subscription box, even though I did watch the video here. Reason for the FTW still being in my subscription box, even after watching it here, is due to me deleting my cookies. Here is a screen shot I took a few minutes ago. http://i41.tinypic.com/m8l3y9.jpg

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

    Marina, where is the twitter bar?

    lol

    pmsl

    wtf

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

    Hey ChaCha, sorry mein Freund, I was in the military and I never heard of FTW. We hardly ever used any acronyms at all except two; FUBAR and SNAFU. FTW may have been localized to some military theaters, regions, or other areas. I was all over the Pacific.

    In terms of recent modern usage on the Internet, the origin Marina presented is credible. Even though it may be true that there was / is a prior use of the FTW acronym, there seems to be no connection to it except coincidental.

    The use of F.T.W meaning “Fuck The World” was also a single record from the Norwegian band Turbonegro in 2003, much later than Hollywood Squares.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_the_World_(F.T.W.)

    As an ancillary side note, it seems that there are many words, phrases, prefixes and so on that have different sources of origins, but later through time seem to appear to melt into one idea. Two that come to mind is the prefix “para” and the recent “Pusillanimous”.

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

    Also Marina, the recent comments are going off the page… If yo want me for some css stuff let me know

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

    I should have a new video by now! I have a reason! I stayed round my friends house on friday and we didnt sleep until 4 am… Then yesterday I fell asleep at six o clock until my mum woke me up at midnight…. I watched a bit of tv then fell asleep again… So I have had about 16 hours sleep… Guess thats one way to cut down on the cigs…. I must have been really tired because I very rarely sleep before 9… Or the day…

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

     
    Also, ChaCha, check out the Urban dictionary.

    There are 14 pages for FTW, and no mention of military references. Biker references, and Free The Wales, First The Victory, Fort Worth Texas, are other meanings.

    You would think that a military reference would have been entered by now. Here’s your chance to be “First To Write it in.” :grin:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

    Hey ChaCha, mein Freund, check out my comment right above. :smile:

  • Jeorney

    Marina, I’ve been extending my vocabulary, but I cannot find the etymology of these new words:

    [Foreploy] & [Cashtration]

    Foreploy (n.)
    Any misrepresentation or outright lie about yourself that leads to sex.

    Cashtration (n.)
    Reduction in cashflow suffered by persons caught using foreploy.

    :razz:

  • tabbix

    I have to admit I have heard both For the Win and F### The World. Has any one ever heard of F.I.D.O. :?: F### It Drive On. Usually said when you have just said or done something embarrassingly bad or wrong but don’t want to let it stop you from reaching your conclusion. I have never heard it said outside of the group of people I work with.
    BTW the ending of the Video, WOW thanks a whole bunch. :grin:

  • amnoaweegie

    big ed, simply go to Gravatar and signup with your e-Mail address used here, upload a picture and your image will begin to show here.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

    Hello ibm6789,
    Although Marina has not specifically done the origin of the word, Marina did include a reference to it in the SOS Game Answer video located here.

    I gave several references to ROFLCOPTER in my comment located here.

    One of the references was a Flash Game of ROFLCOPTER, whose link is no longer active. You can search Google for ROFLCOPTER games.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

     
    Hi fatbuffalo, check out my answer on page 2 where someone else asked about ROFLCOPTER.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

     
    Marina FTW, for the Sexy Geek Win, that is.
    Please continue to vote for Marina here
    http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top

    1157 more votes to go to win the combined votes.

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

    In any RTS (real time strategy) , zerg is a tactic in which a player builds a lot of cheap and weak units to overwhelm another player . Zerg is a faction in the game Starcraft , nasty insectoid aliens

  • http://www.theendoftheinternet.com/ Chemikal

    That’s right for strategy games.
    But for MMORPG, zerg is a way of rushing in a lot of players early in the battle.
    The same can be done for DotA, it’s called ganging.
    So we have zerg, rush and gang, all based on the same idea.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    First of all, I would take Chacha’s oral history as a ‘credible source,’ though, as with all historical sources, further corroboration would be beneficial. In my short, four year stint in the Navy, I do not remember FTW. I do, however, remember FTN (FTNavy.) A couple guys even got FTN tattooes. I do have several old school military friends, and I will inquire if any of them recollect FTW.

  • Spinachman

    And at the sisk of rounding like roken brecord, you are gorgeousingly exceed-ilicious in all your lessons. :grin: :wink: :lol: :cool: :mrgreen:

  • Spinachman

    OTIK! (Only the insiders know!) :razz: :roll: :shock:

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

    I always thought it was a snafu of

    WTF

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

    Not many people ar talking here! I have been gone about an hour and still there are no extra threads… Come on people ! Quit with all this antisocial rubbish! :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Word request [ Lasagna ], the Italian pasta dish. Heard the Greek root is interesting.

  • ekkoe

    DOTA FTW!

    Some slang?

    ffs, gtfo, ttys, wtf, gg, brb, bbl, idc and there’s plenty more.

    I think GTFO in particular is interesting, but I dunno if you want to “drop the F-bomb”.

    Wait, F-bomb…? You wanna make a video of that?

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top MeLikaDoTheChaCha – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek!

    Sorry, I was AFK and my IWD :mrgreen:
    (AFK = away from keyboard)
    (IWD = internet went down)

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top MeLikaDoTheChaCha – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek!

    In fairness to Marina, it must be noted that FTW has had many meanings over the years. The ones I know best are from a time when she was only [a gleam in her Daddy's eyes].
    Marina takes the usage of this acronym from the current use employed in Internet chatter. My only qualm is that the data for the origins of the past is out there, and wasn’t researched thoroughly.
    For those who have not ever served this country in the military, clearly such a void of information is to be expected.
    My service has helped me to understand many things technical, political, etc. that the common citizen will not understand whether by absence of knowledge, or a by a political choice.
    Common citizens always look for the easy answer. Always.
    An example of this is President Obama’s idea of sacrifice.
    He has no clue what real sacrifice is, as he has never had to make any of consequence, himself. He has no skin in the game; the real test will come when the metal meets the meat. Meanwhile, his policies will gut and skin this country of it’s wealth and prosperity and affect every person of every class. The ones who will feel the most betrayed are those who were fool enough to vote for him. As for me?
    Those of you who voted for him have already betrayed me; my service to this country; and the future of the World.
    So don’t look to me for any sympathy, because you drank the Kool Aid. :mrgreen:
    One thing it will teach you is to do your own thinking, and trust no politician with “change” as a polical agenda.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    curtail-cut
    regulates-rule
    splotch-spot
    deceased-dead
    :cool:

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    I’m trying to figure it out right now but with no success. Arrgg!

  • danielpool

    HI Marina word request [Brilliant] or [Iniquity] Thanks :lol:

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    I operate primarily on written examples of something, as it’s the only way that I can verify something. I ran into the same issue with Drink the Kool-Aid with some people writing to me, saying that they used the expression prior to the Jonestown Massacre, yet there is no written example of the use prior to that. I believe you in that you used the expression, but there is no example of it existing anywhere in written literature that I can find, so I didn’t mention it.

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    I got it James.. added in a overflow: hidden; dealio :-)

  • neuroway

    Spanking eh?

    Nah.. I say let’s put BIG Ed at the front of the class right next to the teacher. His mere presence will impose itself as the quintessential embodiment of authority. I can almost imagine BIG Ed’s impressive silhouette supervising the teacher’s bed, one feet on the ground and the other one on the bed, in a martial, statuesque, conquering posture. :smile:

  • neuroway

    Dear Paradisexcali,

    What you are saying is quite eloquent, impressively intelligent and logically structured. Let me guess. You’re a Harvard alumni, aren’t you?

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

    Good stuff, But what about twitter? Where has it gone?!

  • neuroway

    YES! YESSSS!! YESSSSSSS WE CAN!!! I am totally convinced we can!!!

    Cha Cha Cha for PRESIDENT!!! Cha Cha Cha for PRESIDENT!!! USA!! USA!!!! USA!!!!!!!!

    Erm…. Let’s be serious now.. How much you need?

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    Are you blind? You don’t see the big twitter box? Is it not there for pc users or something?

  • danielpool

    Don’t trust Karl Marx philosophy. Obama or Oprah Winfrey Philosophy it’s all the same-thing :lol:

  • neuroway

    Hey PD,

    So you are saying the video is only part of the training then? :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    FTW don’t they deliver flowers? :grin:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

     
    I was the first one to comment about the new Twitter widget here:

    For James, here is what it looks like:
    http://i41.tinypic.com/ndpsep.jpg

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

    I can’t see anything at all, there is just a black place now where twitter used to be…

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    I like the cashtration….. maybe I can add it to my “Nerd Word of the Day” that I am starting. Can we change the meaning of cashtration to perhaps have something to do with the economy.. such as “The loss of so much cash flow that one cannot afford to date anymore.”?

    Something like that?

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

    Close…. FTD = Florists’ Transworld Delivery, Inc.,
    Congrats on winning the GTW Game Che.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Thk you, finally an academic accomplishment, don’t know what I won though. :???:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl – Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek

    James, it is a Flash widget. You may need to upgrade your Flash plugin.

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

    It is my adblocker….. But, Even though I have now disabled it on hfw there is still a box there. Maybe is disabling it because it is an ad that is not from this site.

  • tayljim

    And unfortunately these same people after getting screwed
    will in 2012 vote for him again

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    BTW I did rate your video, when I rated it had zero stars now it shows 3 rates but only 2 are displayed.

  • http://www.youtube.com/mountainboy32 mountainboy32

    What branch of the military did you serve in?? I guess I have my answer on you being a republican. I also think the Clinton administration demarcate of course is a big reason for the HIV scandal in America. Democrats say they care, but when it comes down to it just like a republican selfish and cares only about its class of people. I do appreciate your thought though in my case the U.S. government needs a way bigger change than Obama in the White House. See Ya Doug I was worried I thought maybe you got a drive bye thrown at you. HA HA just kidding :wink: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  • http://www.youtube.com/mountainboy32 mountainboy32

    Mountainboys word request of the day [corrupt].

  • pippintoon

    Hey Marina, as I said on u2be what does “pwned” and “1227 (leet)” mean. Im pretty sure leet is elite and pwned is pounded+owned=pwned

  • http://mikechimeriblog.com MCLIJazz

    You’re welcome. Glad I could help. :smile:

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    Requires Flash 9

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    It’s the other way around, I think.

    Gorby: “Huh?”

  • neuroway

    I think the most impressive part of this lesson is the wobbling and shaking in the end. It literally commands our attention, if not our obedience.

  • placebo

    [loose cannon] and [layman]

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    I never heard a single negative aspect of drinking Kool-Aid before Jonestown in print, broadcast, movies or whatever. And that’s over a period of fifty years. These people are just pesky troublemakers.

    Unlike us. :lol:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    I never heard it in the four years I was in USAF. SNAFU, FUBAR, FIGMO, but no FTW.

    Do you remember the TS card?

  • seesixcm6

    When I was in the Army, “FTA” was a frequently heard expression. (We all knew it didn’t mean, “Fun, Travel, and Adventure.”)
    So many people vote for the politicians who promise them the most “giveaways” like free healthcare for everyone, more foodstamps, more welfare for longer periods, more this and that. So why work when it’s given to you for free? Let the suckers who work and produce and pay their taxes pay for it!
    I doubt if any politician who runs on good policies can beat the ones who promise to “share the wealth”, i.e. “provide more giveaways.”

  • bradley

    It would like to request the word [impetuous], as in an impetuous wind, or an impetuous army. Be quick! I have sudden tantrums that go hand to hand with violence!

  • pennsyltucky9

    That’s what I thought it meant in the first place!

  • leonard

    [figs] or mulberries….[silk]..Dates are good food for the soul. Prunes help the tees branch. Good Morning–Miss HotForWords :cool:

  • leonard

    [churl]….CEORL…stingy :evil: :twisted: :evil: cheap brains..ON-{hnoggr}!*!*!*!*!..yes, yes..A white country origin :roll:

  • stallion5150

    well if anyone has spent time on world of warcraft ….

    STFU is Shut the F**K up
    Leet is elite as previously posted
    pwned on our server always means Punk is owned
    Noob is well….newb or newbie ….new guy or new player uncool…

  • originalistrick

    “Cashtration” – fantastic term! And so timely.

  • Jeorney

    Now the jokes expired, sure :mrgreen:

    The Urban Dictionary definition is :-
    “The act of buying a house, car, getting married, or having kids, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.”

    I like your interpretation, considering the financial climate. similarly, some men – armed with their flexible friend (credit card) – are known to become cashtrated after impressing women accustomed to an expensive life style.

  • hs4mm

    Regarding 57.2.1.1.1: I actually “saw” it being installed. Around 11:30 PM, the widget was installed but it was located in a strange way in the third column. A little while later, I refreshed the screen and saw the third column in more or less the presesnt form.

  • hs4mm

    In the days before the recent Valentine’s day show, while you were experimenting with “heavy-load-mode” you had turned on a scroll bar for the “Recent Comments” section. Can this be brought back so that one can go further back in history?

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    lol! thanks for your encouragement but, I’m just a junior college student that wants to transfer to a Catholic University… lol! but i tend to have more logic then folks at times…. lol!!! if you could only imagine!!! :razz: :grin:

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=327173901 paradisexcali

    lol! thats laying down the law!!! lol!

  • leonard

    right on…write on —too, with tools and horses to plow the ground

  • http://sostire.ca/ BillyB

    FML… Scout, Demi Moore’s daughter found this & mrskutcher tweeted it… Ah twitter, thou do’st distract me so :roll:

  • leonard

    hear it goes…

    :oops: …”WTF”…Ww=whites, the = T, Ff = X, 1)Fight, 2)Forget 3)Fuse 4)fPHuck 5)Find 6)Flag 7)Fix(spade) 8)Finger 9)Fire 10)Face 11)Faught and 12)Follow

    ******first to win********* too,to winded :roll:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    Hey Doug: Push for Marina to do “4Fs”

    find’em…feel’em…fphuck’em…and forget’em…all Americans are borned to serve…ps(most migrants want to stay, not the father of your president*!*

    …Pat Riot… :oops: :grin: schools know how inflation prints their(tears) cash flow :evil: USA-asu

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    I second that…DOUG the TA…—…bidens his time :razz: Chacha for president :shock:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688?68581 leonard

    fight the whiteys…that is what my native[indigenous] friend from California, that moved to Wisconsin; said of “FTW”…—…code talkers [indigence] of street intelliGence

    BEES R Good and soul is HOTforWORDS

    …[releif,relief,releaf] :cool: :wink: :lol:

  • fredjr

    Send it all. The unused portion will be refunded :lol:

  • http://youtube.com/goddamnshawtsnapin3 haitianboy

    ROTFLOL
    o nhlauo
    l eoutu
    l og d
    i r h
    n i
    g n
    g :smile:

  • michael r

    wtf
    lol
    lmao

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    D O A a HTW random—DOA Bloodrock (with lyrics)Harry Chapin W.O.L.D. (WOLD)…WEB…websters replacement…B T T W…balls to/the wall…BttW…by the way :lol:

  • http://www.hotforwords.com/members/rohmansah/ rohman

    thank you very much for your info…………
    Poptropica

  • http://www.hotforwords.com/members/boxerboy21/ mike

    wow your hot

  • rosiecheeks

    she es, i lof her ! ! !

    – stages of marina love

    wuv. wove. lof. luv. and then love.

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