GTW Game 19

Thinking cap is on.

A shot in the dark, Baklava?

 
I’m not making a fool of me yet,
but I’m working on it. :lol:

Spartan seems to easy.
Your sister is tricky.

laconic (or related to this word): 300 BC Greece. Pithy, sort, crisp all describe “laconic” style. Not yet sure about clue: “if”.

im just throughin this around… but sparta?

Got the clue “If” also:

When Philip of Macedon threatened them with, “If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground,” the Spartans’ reply was, “If.”

One famous example comes from the time of the invasion of Philip II of Macedon. With key Greek city-states in submission, he turned his attention to Sparta and sent a message: “If I win this war, you will be slaves forever.” In another version, Philip proclaims: “You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city.” The Spartan ephors sent back a one word reply: “If.”[16] Subsequently, both Philip and Alexander would avoid Sparta entirely.

i would like to know the origin of [Phalanx]

Hmmm – one more clue?

Is this also a former Policeman’s favorite word? :???:

That wouldn’t come up on Google. One would have to know that some other way.

Sparta?

 
I’m going out on a limb with Sparta as the clues all seem to point to that as a common denominator.
No one has mentioned the clue “300″, except 300 BC which probably is not precise. The “300″ refers to the 300 Spartans who fought against Xerxes and the the movie title “The 300 Spartans” depicting the Battle of Thermopylae.

SPARTAN.

That kiss at the end was the biggest kiss I’ve ever gotten. Except for once when I was petting this horse.

Thanks, Marina. And sis. Beautiful vid.

new word game for a web site renew :cool:
is the site work finnished :?: :???:
:cool: B.B. :mrgreen:

homework Sparta :?:

I logged in to this site to post laconic, but found Hs4Mn got there first. He even got the “IF’ clue.

Next question, is Marina’s teaching maieutic?

O.K. that isn’t a good one to request. How about a [bus], Marina?

What the…? I posted my answer but it didn’t save and now the page has changed!

Anyway, shot in the dark: terse

Well, I don’t know about pithy,short,if and crisp so my answer is going off of 300 and Greece.

I’m guessing SPARTAN :grin: It’s probably a long shot just using two of the six clues, but that’s my answer!

300-FADE TO BLACK

I can see some people guessed “Spartan” or “Sparta” Maybe that is too easy, Oh well we will just have to see! won’t we. :smile:

I believe the word is “laconic”
(I also posted on youtube page)

I think it is SPATHA

brevity

I will say Sparta as my answer.

crazy 8 or rummy 300 :lol: if I play the [cards] left to right…

agreat deal in few words

l*a*c*o*n*i*c

“IF” 0r is it heaven and earth??! :lol: [stigma]

what is [ensign] or [squire]

Quote
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke 1729-1797…If (Bread)
…I thought you might like this one… :cool:

I think the word is Laconic…

I think the word is Laconic

HEAR with your ear or feel it with your fingers

Rudyard Kipling’s Poem ”If” Read By Federer & Nadal
:cool: :razz: :cool: …If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, and stoop and build ‘em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
…or..Rudyard Kipling “if” Poem Animation
…The poem is read by the late celebrated British actor Robert Morley.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 18 January 1936) was an English author and poet. Born in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai), he is best known for his works The Jungle Book (1894) and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1902), his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), If— (1910); and his many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888 :lol: :lol: thanks and blanks

Spartan!

LAKONIAN!

Oh yeah, it’s LACONIC. huh!

I think laconic appears the winner. I personally came up with defiant. Defiant fits well too. The irony!

XIPHOS

Yeah, I noticed it right off, leonard. And I appreciated your thought the other day. No fun being away from Marina & everybody. Had some privacy issues which led to some computer issues, some of which I haven’t been able to resolve yet even. Then had to work some insane hours through all of August. THEN met my muchachos in the Rio Grande valley for what has become a traditional start-of-hunting-season whitewing dove hunt last week. At least now I can get back on here. Life is good again.

can you please do the word [Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia] lets see if you can actually make a video of that it would be so cool….

yup

I have a request….could you do [ulemorrhagia]. My dentist said that word to another patient and it puzzled me.. could the trusty HotforWords investigate?

 
Hello patrick444,
Marina did a video lesson on the root of that word called sesquipedalian. In the sesquipedalian video lesson, look closely in the first 6 seconds and you’ll see your long word there. Marina also talks about that long word at the end of the lesson.

Click here to see the Sesquipedalian video lesson

Spartan Lakonian

Dear Marina,
You look wonderful in those low-cut dresses. And good luck to you in your website redesign. You know much more about web programming than I do, so I’m confident you will produce a wonderful web experience. :smile:
As for the guess the word game, I think it’s a treat you enjoyed in your recent trip to Greece, where they make this wonderful baked food (at about 300 degrees) called “Baklava.” Whether it’s your secret word or not, I hope you enjoy a little baklava, sometime! :razz:
Seesixcm6

MY GUESS THE WORD GAME ANSWER IS :

LACONIC!!!

It’s a word named after Laconia – a city-state of ancient Greece that in the vicinity of Sparta! Laconic was a blunt, dry way of speaking to which the Spartans were renowned. They used this to method of speaking to deliver their message in the most efficient manner. They didn’t want to be seen as the Athenians, which they saw as a weakness.

MAN I HOPE I WIN!!! :mrgreen:

The answer is laconic. Please give me the neurogasm box Marina. Please, please, please. :|

I am never very good at these, but my guess is “Laconic.”

I’m gunna say “The Raiders” because my sound is out on my puter so I couldn’t hear the clue. And everyone elses answer seems to be just as random from my perspective. :razz:

Ow, I got lots of strange words for you, but as part of my profession. here is a word for you: [Complementarity]
Or what my colleagues more often suffer from: [Perissology] A word, in which the number of s’s are doubtful.
Keep up the good work girl!

Let’s see how many levels deep I can go

second level blah blah blah second level blah blah blahsecond level blah blah blahsecond level blah blah blahsecond level blah blah blahsecond level blah blah blahsecond level blah blah blahsecond level blah blah blahsecond level blah blah blah

3rd level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level

4th level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level level

I’ve been a lot busy lately. That’s why I have been on this site for a while. Anyways, I’m just in time for GTW game. I think it’s Spartan as in Michigan State Spartans, I need to get back on tweeter as well.

whoa, level is a palindrome

level|_|_|level|_||_level|_|_|levellevel|_|_|level|_||_level

level|_0_|level

|_|1|_level|_|2|_|level|_3_|level|_|

level|4|level|_|5|_level|_6_|level

level7|_8_|9level10|_9|8|7_6level5|4_3|2_1|level0

i have \_Aibohphobia|_|”|_|aibohphobiA_/ evah i

i have to do this

my second mail to CJ:

Your gonna be in for a shock.
She is not finished jet so stay out in your dingy for a couple more day’s > till hurricane Marine has disappeared,

Rijk

CJ’s reply:

LOL!!! Let her know I have not even seen the changes yet. I’m scarred! [?]

Captain Jack

Caesar Salad

As in “phalanx for the mammaries”. :D

Yet again Marina has been too clever for my limited scholarship, but others have posted convincing evidence for the most popular answer so far.
All I can say is, I hope that Neurogasm doesn’t contain any Aspartame.

As I was watching THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TESAS with Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds from 1982 on CMT, I began to hear outdoors towards the end of the movie my little niece Amanda who is married to an enlisted man in the Navy, her heckling that I do not know how to feel love. Marina, I have some affectionate feeliings for you. I used to think Dolly Parton had some kind of gland problem but she had a christmas special in the 80′s that made her seem like a warm caring loving woman. My half brother from my mom’s first marriage lives in Sevierville, TN near Dollyland. He and I are not friends.

You got on those geek looking glasses taped together in the middle like Murray Brzynski in the 80′s TV series RIPTIDE. he was the computer geek while his smooth operator friends got all the babes. It kind of dehumanizes intelligent people to say that geniusses do not like girls. I had read in Stansfield Turner book on the CIA SECRECY AND DEMOCRACY that the operations specialsts in the CIA felt superior to the technical people. I had to wonder if some of the giggillos that may have been trying to hustle women I have shown an interest in since 1986 were CIA field agents, spies operations specialists. No one has to help america or uphold america. This country does not have to live period. But my attitude was THEY MAKE MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

Spartan or if there were a lbs after the 300 it would be my x-wife.

Looking at this site now.. should post more comments soon

I would like to request the word {tractor}

OK… now I have new comments at the top.

Please don’t yell at me…. It’s taking me a while to figure all of this stuff out!

I just sent you an email and one of the things I asked was about this! Why do we always end up one step ahead of each other then fall over ourselves? LOL.. Next time I tweak, I will make sure its 5am usa time! MWAHH HAHAHAH
:evil:

not :evil: i meant :twisted:

test

How did you get down here?

I fell!

test

2test2

Just stopping by to say hi to see
how things are going. You’re doing
fine Marina. Take your time. All is good.

From iPhone

Having new comments at the top
is sooo much nicer esp. when using
the iPhone.

thats a reply, they always seem to end up at the bottom

back to the drawingboard?

2..1…testset…2..1
wamwahawmaw
testymoanyonehomie

@Che Volay

Your one of the few that has a tree like comment, so I am trying if my comment ends up in the tree, or at the bottom.

Everybody seems to have spartan, I must com up with something els. Borrowing your cap ;)

Marina, this is where I reply-ed to:
http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/09/14/gtw-game/comment-page-1/?cid=151864

so is the tree fixed?

:X

@HotForWords
Did a test, when there already is a tree structure you end up in the tree, when there isn’t, you end up at the bottom.

up here!

Thats strange, it ended up on above the bottom one,

wonder where this one ends up.

a lot go for spartan, so I’ll go for Troy

eYeCcreemAn

So now even a new comment ends up last?

reply to comment 10.28

Thats strange, the previous one was also a new comment

ppphhh, The tree structure is back :)

thank you, thank you, thank you

:lol:

I would have thought your answer would have been
Trojan horse :mrgreen:

You should have been an engineer. Something’s working alright and they have to take it apart to find out why.
Never mind, it’s all a learning experience … hope you’re taking notes. :D

Than pick a different one. I know you can do a sarcastic answer, come on Bob, go for it…

No she’s good with words, a good engineer stinckss in the words department. :mrgreen:

VR that was a great video. Metalica rocks and so does 300. Great choice for a video mixed with that song.

I will say laconic, as it means short on speech “IE” pithy.

Marina, this commenting theme
does not honor empty lines?
In other words, two line returns.

The line above this should be blank.

The empty line that I created was not
honored.

 
I can create an empty line using
the html entity for non breaking space.

Spartan

I’m gonna go with…

Aphorism or Gnomic.

Back to paged comments again?

ahna

Hello,

Would the GTW answer be APHORISM?

All the best,

Shawn

Oh, be quiet you! I’m working on the site… chill out. I still have to page comments at some level.

LOL…

Do you?

:lol:

I would like to request the word [Atonement].

Спасибо! =)

james.. think about it… some of the posts have comments in the over thousand level. What am I supposed to do about that?

:oops: a big step [meta]…what did you throw with? Marina and aqua_____staph__________[staPH]

Encourage people to comment here by putting a nice picture in the sidebar, the more comments there are the bigger the page gets, and the bigger the page gets the more of the picture is revealed, then when the picture is revealed…. repeat on another page.

You are right marina, there are lots of comments perhaps paging isnt so bad

Nice one.. but I don’t know how to make that happen.

There is but one answer…

soda pop on the house————-why next time the sponsers could divide the drinks into 6-packs to share more? Oh that is not good [capital]…got to save postage to handel with the vandels :P

…[give me or else] :?: :lol:

Bye, bye, Leonard,
could you let me know when (yes I still have hope) the site is back to it proper self, I can’t stand the violation of the comments any longer.

Sarcastic? Moi? What can you mean? :D

testy t-r-eats—pages the waiter

hey—number the comments so it is easier to follow the train of thought!

knots of fans blow air onto the word-lady :P

edit out any comments that aren’t intelligent and /or sexy. hm… no, that won’t work. that would just leave my comments. maybe a few yours, maybe.

How about word “keister”

Thank You

Your Idea with explanation for words is GREAT IDEA
Go on …………

Why don’t you make a black border for it but set the size to something like 500px long then for every 100 comments just remove 100px from the border, that way the image will slowly come into view.

A TREE…It takes 100 – 3,000 years for a bodhi tree to fully grow.

The term “Bodhitree” is also widely applied to currently existing trees, particularly the Sacred Fig Now back to wisdom :P On a general level, the Wisdom Kings are viewed as the guardians of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. In particular, the Five Wisdom Kings are the protectors of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.

According to the esoteric doctrine of the Three Wheels, whereas Buddhas represent pure concepts and bodhisattvas teach through compassion, Wisdom Kings are the embodiment of the wheel of injunction and teach through fear, shocking nonbelievers into faith.

Be Grand old buddy

HELLO Marina, this is my first word request I became a subscriber of your youtube channel some time ago and I have been waiting for a good word request. I`d like to know the origen of the word (train wreck) as in I left my dog in the house and when I came back the house was a train wreck. Thanks cheers from Mexico.

A few responses:

1) Regarding: “I don’t know how to do it”

1.a) To make an image that progressively reveals itself as the number of comments grows, here’s just an idea, not sure how to implement it: Make the image very tall and put it as a background to the comments area. When there is only one comment, only the tip of the image is seen; as the number of comments grows, more of the image is revealed.

1.b) Suppose you want an image in the margin that acts like an arrow saying “Hey! Look There! You can see comments! And you can add to it”: You might try something as shown in this example: http://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_background-attachment The simley face image stays at the upper left corner irrespective of the amount of vertical scroll.

2) Regarding the argument that some pages have thousands of comments and so we must have some level of paging: Posts with thousands of comments are old posts that, I guess, very few are likely to be seeing at any given time; so it would be OK if such posts take a long time to load. Most of the actively viewed posts will not have that many comments and so would be able to handle a large viewership with all comments on one page. Once these pages accumulate a large number of comments, the number of people viewing those pages simultaneously will reduce also, I guess.

Hope you get well soon!

i would like to know the origin of how [big balls became a synonym for courage]

How do you play this Guess The Word game?

Is there some button to click on that I can’t find?

Anyway; I think the word is “Laconic.”

we all get sick sometimes.

the comments box has been widened. time for another level test

le/el

le\7/el

le\1/el

le\2/el

le\4/el

le\6/el

le\5/el

le\8/el

le\9/el

le\/e10

we all get sick, but some are just sicksicksick.

sometimes people get sick of each other.

i’m so sick of you..

not you literally..i>

href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNj7ZyZy7cw”> i’m sick as well.

unrelated: Representation of Value in the Primate Brain.

what was i saying about that edit function? lol href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNj7ZyZy7cw”>i’m still sick

i’m not good at multi-tasking gonna have to check that later. looks interesting though.

i’m so sick.

hrm… seem to fucking up my

no big.. i fucked up my italics up there ^^..

the tests are positive, you be illin’

lol! even muses can be sick

neuroeconomics!? that ones new to me!

might as well get down with the sickness.

okay, now i’m reading the damn article and listening to sick music. damiana put you up to this to distract me didn’t she!

it’s pretty new to almost everyone i guess, huh. sounds interesting, though. there’s a lot of talks and lectures on the brain and issues centering on it. yeah, found that today and i thought i’d pass it on.

dammit! good one buzzword.

more sickness..

of course she did! you know. girls.

muahahahaha! >:)

damn look at all this sick music, must be time to get ill.

lol! love beastie boys. \o/

men in europe get sick..

your both sicko’s

now that was a cheap trick.

are all boys <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAqeA5Hc0K4<sick?

dammit. redux:

are all boys sick?

haha.:D oO

punk as fuck!

hahaha :D

i caught anthrax while moshing.

another sick boy.. Oo

lol! niiice..

i’m love sick :/

girls can get sick too.

i dig bob, bobs cool.

just sick and tired..

disclaimer: shades of country but the lead singer’s hot..

yeah.. he’s legend.

i got sick of really bad big hair bands.

yeah, i’m love sick still.. :/

i’m a music whore, so sure i’ll do country.

the sad little world is sick..

you’re sick like me..

this shit is getting serious, germs aren’t funny.

i’ll do a little.. not much, though.

yeah, and even worse: germ warfare..

sometimes medicine can make you sick.

lol! yeah, i’m still ill.. : (

the smiths… okay i’ll admit it he’s sexy.

morrissey’s hot..

but sometimes you need a surgeon..

XD weird al!

there’s sick and then there’s crazy..

lol.. yeah i miss edit, too..

kidneythieves nice, lots of tension.

yeah, love that cover by the kidneythieves..

damn, look at all these comments. we are sick! good thing there’s a cure, euthanasia.

lol. freakin’ love the cure’s lullabye

or is it youthanasia?

sometimes medicine can’t help.. D.O.A.

i’m running out of diseases. gonna get my pathophysiology book out.

lol! yeah.. my last was D.O.A. :/

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQ_sbjxQfI&feature=related"can't escape death.

does life have to be so painful?

i’m pulling the plug, there is no winning against death.

i need some novocaine for the soul..

“it’s the grim reaper dude..” Oo

oh wow, i remember that. whoa time warp.

maybe some methadone..

nah.. just some sweet leaf.

hey now, thats satanic!

huh? satanic.. ? Oo what’s of the earth is of the ultimate worth..

so, i listen to some rap, some country. put them together and it makes me sick.

its definitely satanic, i played the youtube video backwards and it sounded like alex.

better than too drunk to fuck..

lol. wha? alex isn’t satanic.. is he? Oo

Marina your tough with guess the word game question. I do not have any clue but would love to share a neurogasm with you and have a _____________. What is the word Marina it rhymes with orgasm. Hay where the fuck are mgreen,lol,cool,etc. What the hell is going on I want my smiley faces.

maybe someone needs an Ænema.. ?

i’m pretty sure he’s satanic, he’s from east germany.

awww.. he’s not even here to defend himself.. :/

hehe, yeah, you know it.

oh.. yes he is.. lol!

see, i told you!

you were right, buzzword.. : O

who’s a good two shoes?

alex

Okay Marina:

I don’t know if this is the right place for putting down my answer to your video quiz….but here ’tis: [spartan].

If I’m one of the lucky few to get the answer right–your prize won’t help me I’m now homeless–so instead send it to my brother @ 236 tonawanda circle; madisonville, tn 37354.

Спасибо

Doug

one great big festering neon distraction,
I’ve a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

learn to swim. learn to swim. learn to swim. learn to swim..

yeah, great lyrics. good song. it’s been fun, lights out for me. until death do us part. nite all.

hmm.. i don’t think alex is evil..

nites, buzzword..

Oh this is too easy! I just google all those words and got this :
“Pithy Short if 300 Greece crisp ” and some secret google tricks.
First off when I seen the number “300″ I thought of the movie. I know a bit of Greece from a girl friend that lives over there.

I found this.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/laconic

Adj. 1. laconic – brief and to the point; effectively cut short; “a crisp retort”; “a response so curt as to be almost rude”; “the laconic reply; `yes’”; “short and terse and easy to understand”

[Latin Lacnicus, Spartan, from Greek Laknikos, from Lakn, a Spartan (from the reputation of the Spartans for brevity of speech).]

Noticing that Spartans was in there that made the match for the movie 300.. All I needed to guess the word was to google the free dictionary.

This could not have been any easier! ;-)

Mmmmuuuuaahhhhh!!!!!!

of course i’m not evil.

OOOO, FUN lesson!

Captain Jack is right, of course: “laconic,” rooted in the ancient Laconia region of southern Greece, of which Sparta was the capital.

“300″ refers to the number of Spartan warriors who held off the “million man” Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in 480 BC.

“If” is the famous Spartan reply to the threat of Phillip of Macedon:
“If I win this war, you will be slaves forever.”
:cool:

@alax via buzzword

i know you’re not evil..

Hi Mountain Boy,

Just type a colon (:) before & after your smiley / emoticon names (mgreen,lol,cool, etc.): :mgreen: , :lol: , :cool:

Hm, try again: :mrgreen:

Claro que Ud. es de México porque su inglés es mejor que él de los norteamericanos… :lol:

Gotta love ya, Marina, no matter what you do with this site! :grin:

***MESSAGE FOR BOB***

Do you remember the story whose punch line goes:

“Immanuel Kant but Genghis Khan!”

I vaguely remember it as [sacrilegious]. :shock:

I think the answer is laconic… i don’t maybe hehe….

oh…you look sooooooo cute in this video

I would like to request the word [giggle] and [babling]

ok see you….

bye….muaaa!!!!

***WARNING***

Before you enter the contest and try for the prize, remember the old saying:

“Beware of Geeks bearing gifts!” :lol:

Καληνυχτα! (Greek Chic)

Evan

Fuckin-ay Blah,Blah,Blah :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

“History never looks like history when you are living through it.” ~John W. Gardner~ :wink:

Never heard that one!
Now I’m [all agog]. :D

Looks like most of the comments s**** is fixed. But I don’t want to keep this one from you.

Listen to the lyrics, site ore site-builder : )

That reminds me of the Russian internet search engine (Гоголь).

Armageddon to like your puns more all the time! :mrgreen:

Excellent…{now thats my kinda chick}…water and bare :P

I prefer [Gogo] to Гоголь and a pair o’ lips to Apocalypse.

Keeping up with reality[realm] and taking this moment of your time…for a word request :cool:

[VACCINE] or [vaccinate] or [VINEGAR]…process food :-)

…hail life and the REPUBLIC of LEXICON and the Q*U*E*E*N—-HotForWords> let it rain :lol: sponsor my drinks

An economic miracle[mirage]

American made[MAIDS]

sex care for healthy living and getting an Irish potato with your payment on time…”slave me hard” or “hardly slave me” by little pussy leonard…PS–hungry?__ share with the rest :P :-)

China is threatening to cut off imports of American chicken, but poultry experts have at least one reason to suspect it may be an empty threat: Many Chinese consumers would miss the scrumptious chicken feet they get from this country.

:oops: :-)
China Moves to Retaliate Against U.S. Tire Tariff (September 14, 2009) “We have these jumbo, juicy paws the Chinese really love,” said Paul W. Aho, a poultry economist and consultant, “so I don’t think they are going to cut us off.”

Chicken exports were thrust to the forefront of American-Chinese trade tensions on Sunday when China took steps to retaliate for President Obama’s decision to levy tariffs on Chinese tires. The Chinese announced that they were considering import taxes on automotive products and chicken meat, a development that some trade experts feared could escalate.

I must learn basics, but now back to the project….peace on ;-)

thank you very much for the 5 stars, Marina. it was me who posted the video, “In a normal Japanese house with a new Xacti and Hot For Words” on YT.

I will go with Spartan.
.
.
.
I hate to say it, but I think the Lady may be right with the paged comments. I did not like them at first, but after I got used to them, they do make things easier and more efficient. Some of these pages have LOTS of comments… :roll:

Damn link of YOU tube is not co-operating…I’m transplanting the bulbs of tulips :-) I still think going red is better than yellow….My dutch heritage is when Spain RULED!!! ;-)

Would you call that a hurricane of dancers, or just Thai fun?

Better red than yellow, good one. But i was getting fed up with the comments-thing. My posts already weren’t that nice, and I didn’t want them to get nasty, so took a breather.

Tulips are originally from Turkey. M did a GTW game on it.

Spain ruled from 1568 until 1648. that’s a long time ago.

Links doesn’t work? That’s strange, for me it does, and I posted it on a different pc.

Anyway, in Youtube type: Blondie 11:59 and chose the one with the original cover (mostly black and white).

ps behind site or site-builder this: ? was missing.

I say blame the [administration] and that is my admission for enhanced adrenalin :cool:

[epitaph] :P

…Wheres the noun “TURKEY” from? :?:

Sumimasen, “Xacti,” nan desu ka?

Don’t know, maybe the birds came from there. We got a totally different word for them (the bird) kalkoen So you can’t blame us for that one.

The administration, that would explain a bad back ;)

Come on! dont tell me you dont know it. its one of the the greatest video cameras made in Japan. its a really good gadget. A bunch of awesome youtubers like LisaNova, iJustine and so on use Xacti as well.

Marina is sick now, by the way. im worrying about her.

Ouragan? Tu ricane! On yer cyclone, mate. :razz: :lol:

Is it succinct?

Xacti what are you asking?

hitoshi-san, do you know the word “technophobe?” When I was a boy in Washington State, we had a wood-burning stove for heat, kerosene lanterns for light, and a pit toilet in back of the house. It has been hard for me to learn all this new technology. :smile:

I could have Googled “Xacti,” but thought it would be more fun to chat about it and give Bob a chance to make another pun. :lol:

And yes, I also am hoping for Marina’s quick recovery. Perhaps it is silly to love someone from a distance, but that is how I feel. :smile:

Czech it out!

Hey, while we’re at it: Marina, what’s the “Ouragan” of the word [hurricane] :lol:

I thought “Ouragan” was the state between me and Marina. (But that was your point, wasn’t it, Bob?)

BTW, Origen might not like jokes about Immanuel. :sad:

Sorry, bad punctuation! I should have put:-
“Xacti, what” you are asking.
( Direct translation of “Xacti, nan desu ka?”)

You’re manual, I’m automatic.

I just tried to send you a PM but was told that you are not a valid person.
What is the extent of your invalidity and how do you feel about this label?

Well, I swam a mile down the Nooksack River on Sunday and jogged back barefoot…so I don’t think of myself as an [invalid]. :mrgreen:

As far as PMs, I probably couldn’t accommodate Gordon Brown in the style to which he’s accustomed. :lol:

But seriously, you can find my email address at http://www.familiabooks.com. :smile:

lol

what’s your take on this???

[Yankee]

please try and come out with something cool & un-heard of! ; )

LACONIC

Something to do with Alexander the Great. I think they had a movie out about his 300 Immortals.

I would like to know where the expression [when push comes to shove] comes from.

Я не буду говорить, что в русском, потому что это вызовет сильную боль читать.

So, we were wondering why you can not buy fleas at a [flea market]. You could probably do a fun video with this – maybe include your dog in some way :-) A little terrified dog running from the flea markets?

PHRASE: basket case; pick me, I’ve always wanted to know!

Hello, HotForWords. While I was walking on the streets of New York City, I happened to pass by a girl who, when in passing, turned to look at the skyscrapers and exclaimed, “Those are some tall-ass buildings!” I have lived in New York City my entire life, during which I have heard the expression “-ass” used in a wide variety of contexts. For example, “That’s a big-ass dog,” or “That’s a sweet-ass bike!” Not only is “-ass” applied to nearly every adjective in colloquialism, but it is also used commonly, especially by the youth. So, HotForWords, I propose a challenge: Can you find out how this slang expression came about?

Why is something easy a [piece of cake]?

Here is something for teacher…Rusty Warren – Lady Behind the Laughs

How the “Knockers Up” theme was invented funny…

:oops: John Prine’s Let’s Talk Dirty In Hawaiian by 4 Men In A Tub
:-) get well teacher :-)

[boogie]

Hey Venomrock67: what do you think of “BOOGIE” as a word? Marc Bolan T Rex Born to Boogie Ringo Starr Documentary ORIGINAL AND UNCUT (Part 2)
…nice cars :P :cool:

Guess the Word Marina its hot its delicious and its_____________. Guess it Marina it starts with the letter MMM!

Love to here the F-word my friend I think we should start a new religion!

Hey, has anyone seen Chemikal lately? I hope he’s just away to take exams & not from tiring of our company! :???:

Is Marina’s Penthouse issue out yet? (Marina’s Penthouse issue – now that sounds…different.)

He’s become a Mobster according to his tweets the other day.

I like the side layout Marina! You are ill though, so stop working… My god, does nothing slow you down?

Thank goodness you are here James. Maybe Marina will listen to you and take a well deserved rest. On second thought, I probably should say she should continue to work until she collapses from exhaustion. Sometimes I don’t even care for my own advice either.

Funny that last story says she lives in a penthouse in Hollywood.

Did you just see that! I swear I just noticed a change on the homepage just now. Omg, Marina is still working on the site at this hour!

She will, whenever I edit things she also edits.

“Protected tweets…” When I was a kid, Mom taught me not to throw rocks at birds. My, how the language has change. :lol:

Mobster…I think I liked him better as a Romaniac. :razz:

It’s funny.. a penthouse sound so lavish!

Er… sound slavish? well it would if it were yours, wouldn’t it?
Are you feeling better today?
Get well soon.
OXO

[rigged] this is all rigged.

Check out your Twitter I just sent you something funny :)

I figured out how to send that joke to Marina’s Twitter http://tinyurl.com/lfxz3m

 
Well, I have done exhaustive tests on those clues and was hoping to shoehorn the Trojan Horse into those clues as Rijk had suggested. Oh well, It looks like laconic has the best chance of being right with a possibility of Sparta(n) being a remote second choice. But, of course I’ll eliminate myself from winning. I should be able to buy Neuro shortly in my area.

mmmooi :)

ha ha ha, thats funny :)

@james
Yea great idea, or not.
Chances are you get a lot of long comments from students just pressing all the keys on their keyboard + a reply to that comment oh sorry my keyboard got jammed, if only I could edit. To make the comments longer/ more. Just to reveal that picture.

Really?!?! When I hear the word It always draws up images of an outhouse. When my parents divorced I went from a lavish life style of nice house with horses to a rat shack wood fired stove and a two seater outhouse. I was scared of the darn thing. I was afraid of falling in the big hole. So what’s the connection? They jokingly called it a penthouse.

What I’m discovering about words is there is more than just the dictionary definition of the word, but a personal experience back story. I don’t think anyone really conjures up images of the dictionary pages defining the word.

So my question to everyone is. What words do you know, that have an odd back story?

Right. In that HFW vid you did, I think you explained how a penthouse was like combining two rooms together so a penthouse could even be like a getaway love shack

Now I’m going to have to watch that again!

HotForWords lesson on Penthouse

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From the clues Greece and 300 it’s narrowed to spartan or sparse – both from Sparta which stressed a minimalist, military lifestyle – or laconic from Laconia, the primary region of the Sparta city-state. When pithy, meaning terse and to the point, is added, this narrows it to laconic.

my answer: laconic

Well, in in World History AP right now, and we learned about the rival state related to greece stressing millitary…sparta. I dont know what pithy means, so i looked it up, and it was actually originated from sparta meaning tenseness of speech…

then i went to this http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laconic

and found out the correct pronunciation would be “laconically” not laconic…. and also….. wardenjohnmacone didnt give the right “part-of-speech” of the word…..

taumatawhakatangihangakoauauota-mateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

fear of long words. lol

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylala…
ylglutaminylprolylleucylglutaminylsery…
lserylthreonylalanylthreonylphenylalan…
rylglycylphenylalanylprolylvalylprolyl… truncated by Marina

összetettszóhosszúságvilágrekorddöntéskényszerneurózistünetegyüttes-megnyilvánulásfejleszthetőségvizsgálatszervezésellenőrzésiügyosztály-létszámleépítésellenesakciócsoporttagságiigazolványmegújításikérelem-elutasítóhatározatgyűjteményértékesítőnagyvállalatátalakításutó-finanszírozáspályázatelbírálóalapítványkuratóriumelnökhelyettesellenes-merényletkivizsgálóbizottságiüléselnapolásiindítványbenyújtásiforma-nyomtatványkitöltögetésellenőrizhetőség-próba

Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamheden

Ne protivokonstitutsionstvuvatelstvuvayte

Floccinaucinihilipilification

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft

MuvaffakiyetsizleÅŸtiricileÅŸtiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmiÅŸsinizcesine

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

What are you doing?

Yeah, I’d like to see Lady M [BOOGIE] :razz: after she recovers! :oops: word request that is.

That Doc is a real “Gem” you’ve uncovered. :smile: :cool:

Tommy Emmanuel – GUITAR BOOGIE :cool:

Taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-Tamatea-haumai-tawhiti-ure-haea-turi-pukaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu

doppelgänger

ethylenediaminetetraacetates

floccinaucinihilipilificastically

word requests

[cetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl-
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanyl-
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinyl-
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanyl-
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyl-
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalyl-
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosyl-
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucyl-
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonyl-
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamyl-
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamyl-
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartyl-
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucyl-
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonyl-
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltryptophyl-
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine]

did i do something wrong?<:(

[truncated]

OK… that’s cool, though the word requests are taking up the whole site!!

Hey mountainboy! :grin: I like your way of thinking! But i’m still not hip on the word “religion” though. :???:

Now THAT’S a great word request! :-)

sorry. i just know alot.

thanks

How about the word [toxic]. Does it have mythological roots?

two i’ve been wondering about. [tongue] [laugh]

[Ascorbic acid] :oops: sometimes stress is too much__-__

[] [] drink much fluids… :cool: The body does not manufacture vitamin C on its own, nor does it store it. It is therefore important to include plenty of vitamin C-containing foods in your daily diet.

All fruits and vegetables contain some amount of vitamin C. Foods that tend to be the highest sources of vitamin C include green peppers, citrus fruits and juices, strawberries, tomatoes, broccoli, turnip greens and other leafy greens, sweet and white potatoes, and cantaloupe.

Too little vitamin C can lead to signs and symptoms of deficiency, including:

Dry and splitting hair
Anemia
Decreased ability to fight infection
Possible weight gain because of slowed metabolism …[scurvy]…Thank you for your moment and please be well :-)

obligation

[obligation]

[hello]

[blithering]

[itch]

 
Hello dizzychihuahua,
Today is your lucky day. Marina did the origin of the word ‘Hello’ back in June 2007. It’s an awesome video. Check it out.
 
Hello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K80yURz2SZc

But not that alot is not an English word!

That’s the wrong side! The 300 were the defenders and the Immortals were in the Persion army, attacking. BTW, Alexander the Great was born 124 years later.

You gotta watch more of the History Channel!

That’s because the pages were made up of 40 top-level comments, under which any number of subordinate replies could be (and often were) made.

You must pay attention, Grasshopper.

As late as I am to the game, it is all over, including the shouting.
.
Re the new design:
1. What happened to the comment-numbering system?
2. A blank line between lines of comments gets deleted.
3. The edit function is gone.
4. The smiley menu is gone (although I have seen some smileys, so perhaps if one knows the code…).
5. The sandbox has disappeared (although the instructions for it remain, but I hesitate to experiment here to see if the HTML still works).
.
I hope these all get fixed.

“If it isn’t broken, don’t uh, break it.” — Some ancient wise person

CampKohler :grin:

I remember you but I don’t know if you remember me, to let you know M is still redesigning the site so things may seem a little off right now but they will come together soon. M is really “under the weather” right now and a lot us are hoping she has a safe and quick recovery. Yep right now there is no edit function on the comments so if you make mistakes you just have to live with it “warts and all” But it will all work out! so don’t worry things are just under construction right now.

Have a good one CampKohler :smile:
Laater….from Vrock

test with line break.

a line below that line…

test with line break. funny how I never [learned] word processing other typing :P The end is near I got real work…good day :-) a*n* answer is [retarded]

i request the word [vulgar] , please explain me where this word come from

Everything working today…gotta paint

blockquote makes it grey O :oops:

betterthanblonde____Suicide – Ghost Rider…Early classic by this incredibly influential electronic duo.

:-)

—summer is near end :sad:

truncated? Oh yeah, something to do with being mugged by an elephant.

blockquote makes it grey

Thank you.
Better than blond, no way, Debohra rules. With a bit of imagination you could hear HFW

Word-request, or better a guess the word-request:

[ it is an art and if you look carefully its all around you ]

I have two requests: The word for the phobia called [Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia], the second one is the british phrase [Hand to mouth].

Hope that Marina is completely recovered!

Regards
Jemager

My guess for this GTW game is “Hoplite” or “Phalanx” or “Spartan”

XD

TUSH PUSH linedance: Mark Chessnut & Friends

:lol:

Heeee chose one

pretty cool

lol. an elephant uses his trunk topick up a trunk wich he then uses to knock you out. he then puts you in the trunk of his trunk … i mean truck, an burns you alive

Ok I’ll keep “Hoplite” XD

Okay, I NEED HELP!!! For about two weeks now, I have been unable to view our Teacher’s videos on this site (I can see them at YouTube just fine, but I don’t want to have to go there). Instead of the video, all that comes up is a tiny multicolored box in the upper left. My O.S. is Windows XP, with Internet Explorer 8.

I would like to request the word [paraprofessional].

I would also like to request the word [Mjöllnir]

You should have Firefox and Opera on your computer, as well as Explorer, and this is one of the reasons. If something that should load doesn’t, one of the first things to do is to determine if it’s the browser or not. You’re used to Explorer, and that’s normal, but it’s handy to have these other browsers for specific functions. For, example, I never use Explorer, except when I view TV Guide. I set Explorer’s homepage to TV Guide and set a hot key for Explorer. With just a quick hotkey, I have the TV listings pronto. You could set up Firefox for that. And for Opera, I use it for one of my common emails, also with it’s own hotkey. To set hotkeys is simple. R=click on the Icon of any program, in this case, a browser, and select properties. In the shortcut box, choose whatever keys you want for your hotkeys (ctrl-alt-L for example) to bring up that program. So, with all three browsers…or just two of the above, you can quickly determine if it’s your browser messing up, or something other variable.

Frankie Teardrop
… :P :cool: :P

Magyar? :???:

It’s Welsh, Marina. “Llanfair etc.” is the name of a town on the Menai Strait in north Wales. Translation: “The Church of Mary by a pool of white hazel near the whirlpool and the Church of Tysilio by the red cave.” :cool:

(And no, I didn’t have to Google it!) :mrgreen:

Turkish?

OK, that’s the hill in New Zealand, right? Maori.

I found out AFTER downloading Firefox that I had not updated Adobe Flashplayer. Now I’m not sure if I really want to keep Firefox, or if I can even get my money back.

Hi CK,

Shall I send you the codes for the smileys?
:cry: :sad: :neutral: :smile :grin: :mrgreen:

oops. :smile:

Hello stigmatasaurus,
I think, that the fact that IE8 didn’t let you know that the video player needed updating, alone is a reason to stay with FireFox.

Right now, I think the number of users using IE8 is around 10% as it is a new browser. Everyone that I have talked to that uses IE8 has had some kind of issue with it and when they switch to FF things work much better.

I want to say the answer is “laconic,” but I’m not sure.

ggreat
american
softdrink
marketing

Couldn’t edit that slipsy, could you?

:-)

Firefox is free, so you’re not getting any money back. Even my cat knows Firefox and Opera are free.

I would like to guess the answer for this video, with the word being “Terse”

I would like to guess the word I belive it is concise.

proverb or paremiology?

Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamheden =

children’s-carnival-procession-preparation-activities.

I think the answer is “paremiology” =)
“proverb” is too simple

terse

o_o Thats a hard one.

Um, I’ve never been good at these GTW games. And this one doesn’t even make any sense to me. I just don’t understand what we’re supposed to do with all the words that just got thrown out. Figure out what they have in common? Piece them together into one big clue?

Okay, well, there seems to be a reference to Sparta, what with Greece and the 300. I’m going to guess that the word is ‘sparse’. I’ll be wrong, but at least I keep trying. Perhaps next time the is a GTW game, the rules of the game could be explained a little more in detail.

Peace, Errin : )

:mrgreen: Your sister is soo cute! But you are dynamite!!

[random] for a friend…[the]…Marina is the smartest American lady….. :lol: says CLAUDE :grin:

thanks you very much…………..
Poptropica

Something not working… :| how’s the weather? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergotism