Beat Around The Bush

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I’m beat too…

Capman beat me to the bush

meet around in ushh

please don´t push

mush

Hey, I got the answer correct when Marina tweeted:

5:09 PM Jan 13th
Filming a new video. Guess what is the word?
http://twitpic.com/xzlkm

:mrgreen:

I do it from time to time to keep from doing something I don’t want to do or I will tell some one that I will help them when I really don’t want to..

don´t hide about come forward and grab !

Beating Around The Bush
…Well I do tell…now! :cool: …great job MARINA and I know about the beets growing around the bushes…Is that like [BUSHELS] :?: or another [bushwhacker] :lol:

You may worship, obey, maybe please Lady M

but

I
Love and adore Her

by my very heart, soul and mind! if You don´t mind sind 4

sorry ,, shall be quiet

Paula Abdul – Straight Up (live)
…good one and know beating the meat… :mrgreen: :grin:

I like to Beat Around the Bush every chance I get. You can kinda feel someone out if you don’t come right off like you know what to do.

[kiosk]

Is that like a pinhead prick? :cool: :lol: or red like a beet? :lol:

Rally ho! Okay, I’ve got a question for you: where does the phrase[ " What in the Sam Hill is going on here?"] come from? Who or what was Sam Hill? Thanks in advance! More… later. Waffo!

Hwk: Instead of saying, “Do you want to come over?” Or, instead of making a date I asked, “When am I going to see you again?” Some bushes aren’t worth beating…

Let’s see some more from pixievixxen!

Never beat around the bush. (Have said this a few times, including in tweet-reply, at YouTube, and other places such as: http://www.hotforwords.com/2010/01/09/euphemism/comment-page-1/#comment-164659 )

Ugh! I ain’t proselytizing; I meant: I have never beaten around the bush.

What’s with your sudden fascination with wigs? Stop it.

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I think it was capman911 that confirmed that some ADD-ONs, when he disabled them helped a particular problem that he was having.

[tush]–Pushing the (cushion)kush of tush…HEAR this AMERICANA music :grin: The Velvelettes A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush…why gamble; the grass is greener…[HUSH] or [TOUCH]

I would like to request the word [silver-inlaid]

I would like to request the word [loping up]

Yep. I sometimes find it a useful tactic to unload on ‘em with a flurry of bullsH!t when I need to throw someone off guard or redirect the focus (ease them into a different topic, etc)…. But I prefer to think of it as”locuting.”

I really, really love Marina.

:cool: :cool: ;-)

:arrow: HELL’S BELLES :razz:

Oh, my, Miss Cupcake! She’s a sweetheart! Whatever happened to our idea of her being “substitute teacher” for the occasional lesson? :grin:

Милая Марина,

Speaking of honey, is being [mealy-mouthed] a form of “beating around the bush”? :mrgreen: Are my puns becoming too obscure? :???:

PixieVixxen would be gorgeous without that lip ring. :smile:

Hmm, is “feeling someone out” a form of “beating around the bush”? Are we having more fun with doble-entendres? :razz:

I mean PixieVixxen IS gorgeous but the lip ring detracts somewhat. :oops:

[circumlocution]

Marina…..please investigate the phrase [ pushing the envelope ]. By the way, don’t listen to those who want you to refrain from wearing the wigs….they’re awesome!

Aw, it sounds so cold and clinical boiled down to a singular adjective, almost like a medical procedure…

:| Where does the term beat around the tush come from :?:

Nerd Word(s) of the Day: Tighten Someone’s Wig
:smile: I think Marina is hot with the wigs,,,[flipping] too… have a bright day :smile:

Think The Beatles – Roll Over Beethoven The Festival Hall, Melbourne, 06/17/1964 ………………. :razz: and then—The beet (Beta vulgaris) is a plant in the amaranth family. It is best known in its numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is probably the red root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet. However, other cultivated varieties include the leaf vegetables chard and spinach beet, as well as the root vegetables sugar beet, which is important in the production of table sugar, and mangelwurzel, which is a fodder crop. Three subspecies are typically recognised. All cultivated varieties fall into the subspecies Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, while Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, commonly known as the sea beet, is the wild ancestor of these and is found throughout the Mediterranean, the Atlantic coast of Europe, the Near East, and India. A second wild subspecies, Beta vulgaris subsp. adanensis, occurs from Greece to Syria.—sourced wiki

Your article is really very unique view.
From this article I learned a lot.
LeBron James Shoes

Hey Marina I was wondering why do people say [I call Shotgun!] whenever they want to sit at the front passenger seat of the car?
Peace

In the time when settlers were heading west for land bandits would try to rob them. The wagon driver therefore would have a man with a shotgun sit next to him while he is driving to fend of bandits. The spot next the driver became known as “shotgun”.

\Marina i’ve always wondered why i don’t know the meaning of the website i visit the most…[YouTube]. You know the thing that your extremely popular on, what does that name even mean?

hey why do people use th phrase [like a bull in a china shop]? cause I mean a bull would walk carfully through everything and maybe, just maybe it might nock one or two things down.

rumble in a cotton :P

Dang, no one was beating around the bush in this video. :lol:

The boss at DeWey, CheaTham & Howe sure got to say what was on his mind, even adding that extra adjective got his point across.

I didn’t know it was Cleavage Appreciation week already.
Tripple treat PixieVixxen, Mary and MissCupcake all made me appreciate this week so much more and to asspire to pay more attention.

In the video at 4:21, Marina’s sister said, “shoot the bird”. Wow, she sure knows her euphemisms.

Wow, this is a catch-22 and I’m really conflicted. At the end, teacher with that hard ruler says to be good, but, in order to do that, I’d have to beat around the bush. Decisions, decisions. :lol:

You know, all of this talk about bushes is making me really feel amorous. I keep hearing these voices in my head telling me to request the origin of the word [amor] Nah, I think it’s too Latin, but then again, the stars keep telling me to look out for amor.
OK, I will. :grin:

I would like to request the phrase [not even doomed music - NEDM]

Hey, Marina.
I was wondering about the origin of “Double Entendre” and would like to make a word request out of it.

lol, what makes you unique
and than a form with a pull down menu.
that’s hilarious. : )

That deweycheatem&howe comes from click and Clack, the tappit brothers. Their show “Car Talk” (which is hilarious and informative) is aired on National Public Radio.

When a check is returned because of insufficent funds, it is said that the [ check bounced ] .
Some people used the phrase: “The check that was made out to me turned into rubber” [ check bounced ]
How did the term [ bounced check ] become to be ?

Thank you for your time Marina !

My beloved HFW,
I was wondering if you could investigate about the word “OPS”

love and kisses

I think it’s the Latin that makes it sound cold…how about [circle talk]? :???:

Wonderful lesson Marina.
I truely enjoyed it.
Nice to see your personality and creative imagination shine thru.

Just a sliver of constructive critism, throttle back a bit on the F-word. It doesn’t become you or your characters.

And I give up and trying to guess the word ahead of time.
You stump Einstein.

Hmmmm, video no workee!

Sat down with a tankard of coffee, anxious to see the new lesson. Sat up straight, no gum chewing, no talking, virtual picture of attentiveness, and….. OMG!!!! THE VIDEO WILL NOT RUN! Neither here nor YouTube. I’ll try to contain myself until it’s back up.
dc

Awesome. it’s the first time i’ve heard of this saying, i’m going to use it more frequently now :)

I’d like to request the origin of the word [ passion fruit ] please.

Loved it!

me to… :cool:

I’m unique just like everyone else.
That is funny.

uuhhhmmmm…. Try to a smash-mouthed delivery of puns.
Like that’s even possible, when we’re talking about puns. :-)

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Yeah, I think I’ve had the removed when I was younger.

I remember that, I actually thought of your tweet when the lesson’s thumbnail showed up in my subscription box. I thought to myself, what a [lucker]! :-)

Ohhh, that wasn’t luck, that was some brilliant deductive thinking.
They don’t call me AStone for nothing.

How do you distinguish being [tactful] or [subtle] with beating around the bush?

:grin: VERY :lol: LESSON :!:
Homework I can’t remember the last time I beat around the bush.

me three… :mrgreen:

The previous video used a split screen technique. Very magical.
This video uses a split skirt technique. Very magical highlight.

Since “beating around the bush” is an idiomatic expression, I suppose that the choice of words, tone of voice and context of the conversation would contribute to how tactful or subtle the expression is.

I suppose, under certain circumstance, the idiomatic expression could even be considered as being sarcastic. For example, in the video above, the repeated beating around the bush by the waiter, could be construed as being loosely sarcastic, inferring that the customer was a fat pig.

FUCKING WHORE!! HAHA!!

I haven’t worked out my thoughts yet, but my inkling, in exaggerated terms, is that in “beating around the bush” one never gets to the point — one says all sorts of things but never the point one wants to make — but one can be tactful or subtle in a pithy, terse manner, making one’s point immediately in a few words.

Also, if one is not good at using words and at interacting with people, one’s attempt at being tactful or subtle might end up being an instance of beating around the bush. This is for situations where a point that is likely to have a negative impact for the recipient needs to be made; in other situations, being tactful would involve avoiding a subject that is likely to have a negative impact for the recipient (like not emphasizing some positive event involving your parents while at an hospital with a person who has just lost both parents in an accident).

I doubt one can beat around the bush tersely, but perhaps someone can come up with an example of beating around the bush that’s terse?

What are the different ways of telling someone one they have some food stuck between their teeth?

I have asked this before but seriously
[dead ringer]

Ran out of time for the last para above: some possible ways: just blurt it out so that everyone at the restaurant, even those who had not noticed it before, comes to know about it; let only the person know discretely as soon as it is possible to do so; keep beating around the bush so that everyone at the restaurant ends up looking at you wondering what the heck you are trying to say.

I like it there.. I remember when Marina was scared because of what youtube were saying about the algorythmic demotion shit. Now she is free again!

Dear Marina,
I noticed you rerplaced the small guitar on your nightstand with a stack of baseball caps. You did many nice characters, by using wigs, costumes, hats, and other props in this video, to create a variety of different characters. What a good actress!. :razz:
I beat around the bush every time I post to you. Instead of saying, “I want to hear you scream loudly while I make beautiful coitus with you”, I instead make a word request for [scream] and note it’s origins in Middle English.
Now, I’m packing for my road trip to Riverside. The rains have already started, and I think I’ll be driving the Caslifornia “Monsoon of 2010.” I hope to be back home in one week!
Seesixcm6

evilpablo :razz: you will have a better chance :roll: for your request
:shock: if you do this [ double entendre ] :oops: which I have now done for you :lol: B.B. :cool: :mrgreen: P.S. Marina i also love you in all those assorted color & style wigs [ i sometimes FLIP MY WIG ] all my love always Big B. bklyn n.y.

Hmmmmm, yes :twisted:

and we hope in one piece ;-)

I second James’ [ dead ringer ] EVEN though he shouted that [curse word ] :twisted: :evil: B.B. :cool:

What crse word? :???:

either of these above fit the [bill] huh :?: :grin:

Sorry :oops: James i left my msg based on my reading of the posts, :cry: I hadn’t watched the video at that point :???:

I also for four :smile:

This is odd; the vid wouldn’t load for me this morning. Still won’t now, but evidently just for me, as others have posted since my original post. Tried different browsers – no luck. Other vids on the site run fine. OMG – have I been expelled?!?!?!

HA! Do you think I would just randomly say that?

lol another funny yet educational video “dowecheatemandhow” lol

Marina, I just saw your post on Facebook about the thumbnail not showing up when you try to post it from You Tube. I couldn’t get it to work either. But when I send it from here it leaves a thumbnail. If only you could leave the YT web site url as part of the post from here.

You could post from here on facebook and leave the url to the YouTube site in the comments and tell people to go there.

Me five.

Are you beating around her the bush. :shock:

It was some of my addons in FF that was keeping me from doing certain things. I forgot which ones I disabled, but later on FF told me they were incompatible with the version of FF I was running.

Okay, Dear Teacher, my “tech issue” is solved and may I say the video was worth the wait. Very well done. You’ve really branched out here lately. Likin’ on it here. It was nice to see you as a blonde again, too (sigh).
As far as homework goes, I don’t recall having ever beaten around the bush. Known by friends & associates as a “think it – say it, get to the point” type. Not to say impolite, cuz I’m known to be downright genteel sometimes. Life’s just too short to screw around with it, I guess. Keep up the good stuff, milady.
Love to Teacher,
xoxoxodc

[MONTGOMERY]

Word Request: [Montgomery]
Word Type: Name

¿Philologists decipher names as well?

My first name, [MXMLLN] Maximillian, has the root ‘MAX’, which means the GREATEST.
¿Does my last name [Montgomery] mean?

[MXMLLN] Maximillian Montgomery [Monty]
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Cell Contact: 612_250_5824

Hi Marina,
I’m a big fan… I’ve registered to win a date with you, and although I’m a bit younger then you preference, maybe I have a shot.

I’ve been watching you for a few months now and I’ve noticed that you enjoy using the word (fuck). I would like to know the origin of (fuck).

Thanks and look forward to your explanation.

-Will

Hi Will,
Someday, I’m sure, Marina will do the origin of the F word.
In the meantime, you can read about it in
Marina’s article in “Ask Men” magazine.

You can also read about the F word in Marina’s book on page 172.
You can order the book here.
http://www.hotforwords.com/my-book

See my post on FaceBook. The thumbnail works fine when using the ATTACH LINK icon below the text box.

Can you please tell me how you solved it as I am having the same dificulty? I don’t like waiting too long for Marina’s new posts, which as you say are worth it!

Marina said she tried everything and it still does not work.
Hmmm, maybe weird stuff happening on FB or browser cache/cookies issues?

P.S. Just some thinking out loud rumination:
Since most if not all browser actions are JavaScript based, then any issues with browser actions wold be some kind of JavaScript interference or conflict. Also, many of the new browser techniques use Ajax, so there is another level of complexity.

If there are other browser pages (Tabs / Windows) are running, it is possible that they can interfere. The other day I had trouble with a particular web site filling out a form, and I noticed that I had another form on another site open. After closing that, Everything worked. So, one of the things I do when I have issues is to close down other browser windows.

Sometimes if I need to have two websites up and I think there is a conflict, I use a second browser like SeaMonkey.

Hi Marina,

I was wondering why do we call bad words [curse words]

Please teach me!!!!!
;-)

Where did we get the word [blockbuster]?

I just tried all of the sites, YT HFWs home, YT HFWs with the comments section and all are working for me now and leave a thumbnail. It evens shows you beforehand what it is going to post.

Speaking of Einstein, did you see these posts? :smile:

:lol: Please teach me how to get word.
NBA basketball shoes

Rated FIVE (5) at You Tube. Wonder how these idioms, phrases come about. Enlightening and enhances meaning and understanding.

What a coincidence! I had a dream last week in which I was beating around Marina’s bush.

Dear HotForWords, Marina, Dear Teacher,

What does [tongue-in-cheek] mean? What does it mean to do something with [tongue-in-cheek]? IDK what it means…

Thanks
Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire

while you wait for marina to answer, i’ve got a possible explanation. interested?

I believe there’s a similar proverb in Texas. It says something like this (if my memory serves me well): Do not misunderestimate the instinct of the chlorospingus ophthalmicus. Beat the bush and not the arbusto, and it’ll chup, chiit, whichis, seeur’n tseep around for ya.

Origin of [hobby] is a breed of a horse popular in Ireland (breed is now extinct)! The fixation on those horses has become abstracted to a fixation on some interest (“the hobby”).

♥.•*¨*•.♥ How is stock car racing shaping up: Capman911? Did you know, Mike; that you are the one that trip(got) me into “racing” this HotForWords. Just loading the car and getting ready to [race] is fun :smile: ! I look at the higher institutions of learning and measure the capital that is put into “[playing]“ sports: and measures abound me only a sea of economical forms of greedy competitions (social-economics) and health care(mental and physical)…♥.•*¨*•.♥

I started to say we organize a place to stash these {thingies….♥.•*¨*•.♥ …..”}

Maybe we start one in forum?…Go ahead, “age before beauty” :lol: oh by the way, next time!!! :smile:

[Rush] is my word request…hurry, hury(not like speed)……………….verb to speed by Marina……….beat me daddy is the drummer in jazz slang and burning my bush is a hot tush in …the stoogies can wait like how*** :grin: http://www.deweyrockemandhowe.com***
….[Rush] – Big Audio Dynamite …Marina is a “Big Game Bird Hunter”, something she picked up from hanging with the “zombies” :smile:

[surrender] [concert] with the meaning as used in this forum comment.

Here’s a definition of concert

2.a) Agreement in purpose, feeling, or action.

2.b) Unity achieved by mutual communication of views, ideas, and opinions: acted in concert on the issue.

2.c) Concerted action: “One feels between them an accumulation of gentleness and strength, a concert of energies” (Vanity Fair).

I could not find any good definition for sexual surrender; the best was “5. To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion: surrendered himself to grief.”

(Definitions from American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language.

Word phrase request up…

[shoot the moon]

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Evidently, I am a complete wimp when it comes to calling doctors, work, stores or basically anybody in a position of authority. Thinking about it I realized it was true and thought it extremely funny. I always say, “Women have better luck in situations like this” and I stand on it! She said she has known other men like this so, how about it fellas? Ask that other person. Maybe you can have a little humor, too!
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lol :mrgreen:

I’m fairly direct, but last week a friend beat around the bush while trying to ask me if I would look after his dog this weekend.

I knew what he was after, but made him come out and ask me directly.

It had me scratching my head ’til I clicked the HD button after clicking the go button. Never had to do that before, and upon trying it again, don’t have to now, but that was what worked for me. Hope you got to see it. It’s a good one. Cheers,
dc

Teacher –
Another great lesson! And I think you, PixxieVixen, and Miss Cupcake should collaborate on a lesson… Preferably something on the beach! And say hi to Gorby for me!

Phil

:cool: Word Request
[Haberdasher]

[Fire at will]

Marina solved the posting of video thumbnails thing by clearing the browser cache.

:smile: I NEVER beat around the bush, I am straight forward! I NEVER compromize! I just constantly reevaluate my position. REXINO 13

Hi Marina!
I’d like to request the phrase [rock and roll]… Mainly because it might tell me why you rock!
Thanks and keep up the good work… :cool:

hi!
i wld like to request if you dont mind [right off the bat] !
thanks

Dear doncross2bear, I won’t beat around the bush, I’ll come right out and say thank you for the tip. It worked, and the lesson certainly got to the point and showed Marina’s talent for wearing outrageous and alluring outfits to great effect! So thank you to you too Marina! :smile: :cool:

[Swoosh] [crush] [rush] :?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C60j20Ewrws

me pix six

This video is fantastic! Inventing more characters, cool backgrounds, even the lighting seems better. I love your expression at 2:27 [price]less. But you should really try and get to the point and say “buy my book” ;-)

:grin: Curly Takes the Stand

best [scheisters] in the business—Dewey Cheatum & Howe’s Law Firm

Dewey Cheatham and Howe – Attorneys at Law

Quote”Give me a museum and I’ll fill it.” – Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 :shock: The Best of the Three Stooges

[stooge] :lol: The Three Stooges – Playing the Ponies in Colour Part 1
:lol: A stooge is generally defined as a person that is under the control of another. Being called a stooge is not a form of praise. … :grin:

i would like to request the word [Assasinate] or [Passed Out].

I’ll pass on “[pass-out]“, but Marina did Ass ass in…look up hotforwords take on “hangover” :lol: words RuLe :lol:

I’d like to request [bullshit ] [bullshitting ] [bullcrap ] why people say that :?: I`m from Poland so rly dunno.

Glad I could be of help, my friend.

Good request… I don’t know if Marina will actually make it though.

Oh haha :roll:

Hi Marina,
I would like to know where the word [BRAVO} came from, like at the end of a great performance when people chant "Excellent performance, [BRAVO], encore, encore”. I know from my experience as a musician that it might have been derived from the Italian “bravissimo”.

Sincerely,
Edgar

Marina – I noticed that the Mega Millions Jackpot was $86 million for the drawing on 1/19. Seeing that big 86 up on the Lottery billboard made me remember the term [86 it]. Of course you were the first place I thought of when looking for the origin or meaning of the phrase.

Thank you so much!!

:)

If you have ‘aphasia’ you will not understand this.

Hi Marina!
I m curious about the word [tsoutsouna] ,sounds like choochoona.
I found out some women,get sexualy aroused by that one.

Why do things [suck] so bad, right, now?

Marina,

With your knowledge of words I am sure you are very capable of beating around the bush. You no doubt make a good politican. Ha Ha.

The firm you mention in “Beating Around the Bush” sounds like a firm, Dewwe, Cheatum and Howe, made famous by the 3 Stooges. Do you know of whom I speak?

Try this phrase for a explanation [The wrong side of the tracks].

David ;-)

Dear Marina,

I’m a fan of your youtube videos and I like the website as well. I was wondering if you could explain the phrase [out of the frying pan and in to the fire]. I would appreciate if you could teach me about that phrase.

Your dear student,

Mike

erinaceous?what means that?

the word weed?

Marina just posted the vid of my song for a united way commercial on youtube please check it out the commercial will be out as soon as the good people at United Way finish their slideshow to place over my music I hope you like it.

[brain fart] the video is on my youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/daddyvahn !!!!!

I used to know Aphasia once, but I didn’t understand her either until I ran into Cataphasia Cataphasia Cataphasia which didn’t help much until I ran into Anastasia in East Malaysia. I have no clue what you are saying.

You are 2 funny Che. :lol:

giggle.

Marina’s sister actually used the BS word once. That was a doozie.

:| UH, what is the plugin for the changing image header? anyone know?

Uh, anyone know the plugin for the changing image on refresh? I want that for my wordpress!! :evil:

UH, what is the plugin for the changing image header? anyone know?

UH, what is the plugin for the changing image header? anyone know? I want it!

UH, what is the plugin for the changing image header? anyone know? I want it for wordpress

UH, what is the plugin for the changing image header? anyone know?I want it for wordpress

I would like to request the work [kinky/kink] and the phrase [finer then frogs hair] thanks and love your show

the phrase is [bare naked] come from?

Or to be [naked as a jaybird] :mrgreen:

[assassinate]

Derived from Arabic hasheesheen, a fanatical group that used to smoke hashish before going out to kill their victims. That is, if they didn’t smoke too much and [pass out]. :razz:

(Sigh) It’s not the same here anymore without Bob… :sad:

I hope y’all have enjoyed the “Bob-and-Evan” show. :smile:

Henffych well! :razz:

Mass Murder Genghis Khan :???:

the new “Bob-and-Evan show. :lol: The Three Stooges – Disorder in the Court…You like beets?

Since Roman times, beetroot juice has been considered an aphrodisiac. The juice is a rich source of boron, which plays an important role in the production of human sex hormones.[citation needed] Field Marshal Montgomery is reputed to have exhorted his troops to ‘take favours in the beetroot fields’, a euphemism for visiting prostitutes—{^ Stephen Nottingham (2004) (E-book). Beetroot. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Stephen_Nottingham/beetroot6.htm.}

:cool:

:smile: thank you Marina for a wonderful lesson :shock:

What happened to Bob? Is it the weather over there? I know that the UK has been hit by some severe weather. On my way home today, I thought I was going to get swept away into the Pacific despite me being 45 miles away (LA area). Massive downpours and thunderstorms. It’s going to be like that for the next four days, oh joy.

Marina,

How did the term [ Haymaker] come about when describing someone getting punched and knockout? :shock: Please Teacher you must investigate.

Translation :

TO BEAT AROUND THE BUSH in French TOURNER AUTOUR DU POT “to turn around the pot”.

The problem is that POT can be a CHAMBER POT or a POT for food :mrgreen:

[work for peanuts]

Where did the phrase [tongue in cheek] originate?

Dear Teacher; since you have spent so much time on boats on your vacation to Nice, I would like to request the word (forecastle). Where did it come from? Why is it pronounced so strangely? Do all boats have one?

Lady of the[harbor] :razz: A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences), or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. Harbors can be man-made or natural. A man-made harbor will have sea walls or breakwaters and may require dredging. A natural harbor is surrounded on most sides by land.
:cool:
Harbors and ports are often confused. A port is a man-made coastal or riverine facility where boats and ships can load and unload. It may consist of quays, wharfs, jetties, piers and slipways with cranes or ramps. A port may have magazine buildings or warehouses for storage of goods and a transport system, such as railway, road transport or pipeline transport facilities for relaying goods inland.

I second that request: bcchief !

:smile: good day :!:

I now know to be careful with visting a “bush”(urinate): Marina just might be bird hunting! :twisted:

sourced from the [information-hi-way] or [troll-waves]…The word comes from the Old English hwearf, meaning “bank” or “shore”, and its plural is either wharfs, or, especially in American English, wharves; collectively a group of these is referred to as a wharfing or wharfage. “Wharfage” also refers to a fee ports impose on ships against the amount of cargo handled there.

In the northeast and east of England the term [staithe or staith] (from the Norse for landing stage) is also used. For example Dunston Staiths in Gateshead and Brancaster Staithe in Norfolk. Though the term staithe may be used to refer only to loading chutes or ramps used for bulk commodities like coal in loading ships and barges. It has been suggested that wharf actually is an acronym for ware-house at river front :grin: but this is a backronym, spread around as a fact by “tour guides” on Thames river boats.

Another explanation may be that the word wharf-[WAIF] comes, like a lot of naval terms, from the dutch word “werf” which means ‘yard’, an outdoor place where work is done, like a shipyard or a lumberyard.

[wag]…[wager]…[wad] :grin:

:smile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_marinas :smile:

HAY–marshmellowman…A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a curved blade typically used for harvesting grain crop or cutting grass for hay… so don’t [hammer] me down :lol: Hacking around the bush…Using a scythe is called mowing, or often scything, to distinguish it from mowing with more complex machinery. Mowing is done by holding the top handle in the left hand and the central one in the right, with the arms straight, the blade parallel to the ground and very close to it, and the body twisted to the right. The body is then twisted steadily to the left, moving the scythe blade along its length in a long arc from right to left, ending in front of the mower, thus depositing the cut grass to the left. Mowing proceeds with a steady rhythm, stopping at frequent intervals to sharpen the blade. The correct technique has a slicing action on the grass, cutting a narrow strip with each stroke – a common beginner’s error is to chop or hack at the grass, with the blade length at right angles to it, thus trying to cut too wide a strip of grass at once. This is much harder work, and is ineffective. Cutting too close to the ground can contaminate the blade with soil, rapidly blunting it. Much of the skill is in keeping the blade close to the ground and the cuts even. make hay when the sun shines and burn coal and oil when the sun don’t shine as the globe turns ;-) PS—I hope Marina handles that “hay-maker” an old~farmer j(y)oke

I would like to request the words [Derogatory] and [Origin] and [word] thanks and love your show

much great humor :lol: :razz: :lol: In this satire of the Nazis the stooges are paperhangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the king.
Leonard Cohen’s official music video for “Democracy” from his album ‘The Future’.
..I’m beat from the march…[tired]

Dear teacher :idea: stop beating around the bush :roll: and get back to
work :oops: :lol: B.B. :cool: 4 h/w i usually go [straight to the jugguler] :?: huh :| :mrgreen:

I was reading on ‘cat o’ nine tails’ in Wiki when I came across [Rubbing Salt Into His Wounds]. This led me to other salt idioms/expressions/superstitions which may (or may not) have interesting etymologies:

[salt of the earth, worth one's salt, salt something away, take something with a grain of salt, spilling salt is bad luck, throwing salt over one's shoulder], etc. . . Perhaps [salt] itself would be a good word to etymologize since it is used in so many common and uncommon expressions.

Having your “sister” on screen is the way I always envision you doing your bit.

Love all the new characters.

If you ever need help with writing jokes give me a tweet. Twitter has given me a platform to polish my humor. :smile:

Did Bob say anything about leaving?

Did Bob say anything to you about leaving?

Hi Che,
No, I don’t think so. I don’t remember Bob saying anything.
His last tweet in the HotForWords timeline was Dec 30 and his last tweet in his timeline was Jan 4. I think I remember something about him getting the flu and Scotland has been getting hit hard with some cold weather and lots of snow.

Hi Che and pK,
Yes, Bob sent me a message to the effect that his interests were moving elsewhere. As are mine, actually…Marina’s been a real inspiration, and I’m starting to follow her example, putting in more time on my own project to make myself rich on the Internet. Will be back to tell about it if it succeeds. :smile:

Hi pK,
My answer’s below Che’s question.

I would like to request the word [stakeholder] – where did it originate? It’s used a lot in the healthcare/pharmacy industry

Didn’t you say that about a year ago?
We’ll see you back in a few. LOL

Remember, you can take the Evan out of HotForWords,
but you’ll never take the HotForWords out of Evan.

Hey, you should give me your password, so I can keep it safe for you and I’ll pretend that I’m you from time to time so I can entertain myself.

Thanks for the info on Bob. Don’t be a stranger. :smile:

Marina, that’s the necktie from your plaid “naughty schoolgirl” outfit. Do you have only one necktie? I am sure that we guys have TONS of old neckties we would be delighted to send you if you want to build up your prop dept. (Maybe, if you get too many, you could start tacking them to your ceiling like they do in some restaurants where ties are forbidden and they cut them off the patrons and tack them up.)

Wow! Misscupcake is a hottie. That’s a pleasant discovery.

I wonder what is the name of the technique of cutting off the video/audio just as a vulgarism is about to be spoken (but not so quickly that the audience can’t recognize it)? Or does it even have a name? It is done so often that it must have a name. You can just see the FCC seeing or hearing it over the air and being frustrated that they can’t lower the hammer on somebody, those assh…. :lol:

I believe stakeholder applies to any field where people have an interest in some thing, not just healthcare. WLIU, I’d guess that it comes from staking out land (or mining?).

It’s a constructed place (castle) in the front (fore) of a ship. It’s pronounced “folksull,” because sailers talk funny. :lol:

Provide a link, please. We are lazy.

Democrats?

It has been done here.

Oh, yeah, like he’s going to know what a doozie is. :smile:

I thought it seemed familiar, but when I checked the word list salt wasn’t there, and my memory obviously failed me! Rubbing salt in wounds is a little different though, as, according to Wiki, salt (sea) water was rubbed into the wounds after a flogging.

(Sigh) You’ve really got my number, don’t you.
‘Cause if Marina is my inspiration, I’ll have to show up regularly to stay inspired. :roll:

thank you for your reading, and i’m glad that you like what you find here, which definitely cheers me up to keep on working
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Thank you so very much daddyvahn,Marina,and The United Way.To all involved in making this video,thank you loved the video,with it’s so important message,done with so much care,and talent :!: :cool: :smile:

Hello Marina,I love this video all the different parts you play.They are very funny roles you play!The fat women,the bossman and whore where the funniest I thought.Does this make my ass look fat :lol: Great job Marina A+ in my book :!: :cool: :smile:

I have to say, Marina, it seems very low class to use such profanity out loud in your video.

Marina:

It is always an ethereal howl to get a card from you and Gorby.

Спасибо моя любовь.