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Here is the origin of the word OK.  Do you know what OK stands for?

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  • neuroway

    I’d say #3 is the okayest answer!!!

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSliucgygc&feature=channel_page&FMT=22 Capman911

    That was a great lesson on OK but why do we also spell it Okay?

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

    Hi, I got my notification fast this time. :P

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

    But I’m not watching until HD is up. :)

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    cool… :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSliucgygc&feature=channel_page&FMT=22 Capman911

    Mine came super quick also. I got 4 notices. Two from blog and two from blog feedburner. :roll:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    Hookers were hockers, coppers were coopers and all crooks lead to a temp-test….. LOVED the LEssON, MARINA is ALL-K00L-100% anf A-ok!+fUTiLe or frUiTy?..::..or is Marina saying frUgal & fUll :lol:

  • Greatest Potential

    :razz: it’s a knotikal term!

  • Greatest Potential

    ;-) In LOLspeak thu wurdz O.K. is dervied from Anglo Saxon and is synonomous for “Ally Ally In Come Free” & “Ollie, Ollie oxen go free” which is a Latin derivative for
    “come out, come out, wherever you are”

  • http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/4581 jimmcgovern12

    Five (5) at You Tube. Confirmed origin in Merriam-Webster Collegiate Unabridged 1839. Awfully nice to learn where things get started.

  • Greatest Potential

    When ok is seen in letter form as O.K., then it is okay to figure that it is an eponym. Then there is “okie dokie old smokie” a song for children which is basically another version of the kid’s classic “on top of old smokey” & “Okayyyyyyyy” being a response of a non believer doubting thomas type.

  • Greatest Potential

    So, anyone win that date with you yet(?)

    (lolz)

  • ravenlol

    I got to say this ..
    it appeared in U.S. civil war ..
    they were happy to yell it after battle ..
    is not from zerO is from typical allied O like 007 ..
    .. so ..
    it stands 4 1st ..
    OW Keels ..

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

    It feels like you’ve done this lesson before, maybe on the O’Reily Factor. I figured it had to be option 4, but 6 threw me off a little.

    That ukulele performance got me thinking of jaaaaaaa. :grin:

  • Greatest Potential

    In the culinary profession french chefs started using the term “ok” to mean “oil has reached consistency” when kitchen assistants were asked about the preparing of sauces, broths, and sautés for their dishes

    thusly, the universal symbol for a-okay

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    OK Corral – Frankie Laine
    ..yet]ty…Corrections Corporation of America is the largest private corrections company in the United States. :???: Economic benefits to local communities that house private partnership prisons ….0-cA{what if the ‘c’ is hArd? :twisted: oooKoo

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

    I’ve noticed that sometimes when I log in on here, it takes me directly to my profile instead of the page I was on.

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

    And another thing… when i try to log out, it takes me to a blank page saying “You’re attempting to log out, you sure you want to do that?”

    Yes. :?:

  • Greatest Potential

    How could so many people lose their way, coz
    dating is about having a good time

    Like musicians say: Give Me A Bouncy “C”


    Candy Flip – This Can Be Real

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSliucgygc&feature=channel_page&FMT=22 Capman911

    I get the log out page also. but I come right to thr HFWs site when i log in

  • vikingspy

    Great video! I would like to submit a request:
    “Begging the question” Where does it come from, and is the meaning of it shifting?
    I realize this is a phrase, not a word, but I guess you could focus on the “beg” part?

    Keep up the great work!

  • http://myspace.com/cabronicus_rezzz cabronicus_rezzz

    spooooooooky, Friday night I was going to write you and ask for the origin of “OK” and hadn’t had a chance till just a few minutes ago, so I got on here and SURPRISE!!!!!… You must be psychic. If you are inside my head, keep an eye out for my keys, OK?
    Thanks!

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

    Gee, and all along I thought “OK” came from the Wolof wawkay (meaning something like “yes indeed.”) :oops:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSliucgygc&feature=channel_page&FMT=22 Capman911

    Heck I thought it was just slang for okey dokey. :oops:

  • texas-t

    Marina,

    Please explain to everyone the origin and meaning of [WhoDat].

    The New Orleans Saints are headed to the Super Bowl for the first time ever!

  • ghostwolf72

    Marina, I would like to know the origin of the word [irresistible]. You are very irresistible. ;-)

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    [oakum]..:..::..:..[kindergarten]~~~Amanda Palmer plays uKulElE…{InfOrmAtIOn…Of-Kosher} :smile:

    Cheap Trick – He’s A Whore – Night Gallery 1977
    -4-jeff—-Martin Van Buren then retired to his home in Kinderhook. After being bedridden with a case of pneumonia during the fall of 1861, Martin Van Buren died of bronchial asthma and heart failure at his Lindenwald estate in Kinderhook at 2:00 a.m. on July 24, 1862. He was 79 years old. He is buried in the Kinderhook Cemetery along with his wife Hannah, his parents, and his son Martin Van Buren, Jr..

    Greatest Potential R_O_C_K_s :P

  • okay4now

    Hwk: Hoo greti, werd coms ‘n aksident ta me hom tong. ;-)

  • okay4now

    Now, if we could just figure-out the “4now” part…

  • snugglelumps

    Marina, I’d like to know where the word [napkin] comes from ;-)

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    Okay, that was was great lesson. Loved the ukelele playing.
    HWK: i gotz 5 kookies 4 de video, but i eated dem. i gotz LULz

     
    Marina, those are Interesting books, “Freakonomics” and “Den of Thieves”. Those kinds of books and movies are one of my favorites. You may have seen the movie Wall Street which is now an oldie from 1987. Did you ever see the movie Boiler Room (2000) with Vin Diesel? It’s one of my favorites movies.

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

    ***Homework:***

    [Каменный гость]
    [Война и мир]
    [Братья Карамазовы]
    [Идиот]
    [До́ктор Жива́го]

    :???: ;-) :razz: :cool: :mrgreen:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    I don’t beg I don’t borrow I steal…(((((((((((Radiohead – OK Computer
    ))))))))))))))))) :lol:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    May I ask how okay4now, came up with “okay4now” as a user name? O.K.!!! Eric Hutchinson – OK It’s Alright With Me…kNow biGGie :smile:

  • http://www.AppleBail.com applebail
  • okay4now

    Yes, you may ask.

  • http://niccolo.javier.youaremighty.com/ stahlnacht

    I would like to request the word or phrase [leetspeak] or [leet speak], please.
    Thanks.

  • stahlnacht

    I would also like to know the origin of the word [swardspeak].
    Thanks.

  • swampwiz

    Marina, it is OK for you to smoke my peace pipe. After a little of that, I will take my peace pipe and enter your village. :razz:

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

    That was a good lesson. It would have been a good one for one of your games. Are you going to be doing some of them again? I miss them.

  • pandion

    Excellent lesson thank you.

    I chat with too many nonnative speakers of English to use much lolspeak. So I am not very good at it at all. IDK maybe I’ll pick some up later.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    animalntaz, Marina did do a lesson on the word OK back in Aug’07
    Most common word in the world!
    http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/08/24/most-common-word-in-the-world/

  • Elijah

    Marina,
    hello, I realize that the word [Defenestration] probably just comes from different latin routs and what not, but I am more curious to know about why anyone would need such a word and when did it first make its way into english.

  • TongueTwislers

    I’M BACK!!! I FINALLY CHANGED MY PASSWORD!!!
    WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    lol i should calm down :oops:

  • TongueTwislers

    I’ve missed these awesome lessons.

    You learn so much.

  • ptm368

    Teacher –
    Another great lesson… I had heard that “OK” stood for “Old Keokuk” (sp?), an Indian Chief known for his honesty, and when a statement came from “Old Keokuk”, it was known to be true, and the acronym “OK” came to stand for an honest statement…

    And although the brown hair is nice, you look much better as a blonde…

    Say hi to Gorby for me!

    Phil

  • minas_mars

    Hey Marina,

    My friend here at work is Spanish and would like to know the meaning of [postulate], we both love watching your videos.

    Minas

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    Yiasou, ti kánis? Ola Kala

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

    Meaning, “Jesus, you’re a dog”??? Εἶναι γιὰ μένα κινέζικα! :???:

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

    I’m sure Marina could open a window to our understanding of this word. :wink:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    It’s all Chinese to me too. :grin:

  • trooperoverseas

    i love your videos and have learned a lot form watching them and since i am in the us army infantry i would like to know the orgin of the word infantry

  • joseph3044

    The Thirty-Years’ War (1618-1648) began with an incident in Bohemia called “the Defenestration of Prague” in which three Catholic officials were thrown out a castle window by Protestants for violating a law guaranteeing freedom of worship. The officials landed in a pile of manure and survived but this seemingly silly incident sparked one of the bloodiest wars in history, beginning between Protestants and Catholics but ending as a political struggle for dominance of Europe.

  • hitoshi

    zleeping……..

  • beevee14

    I had always heard that OK were the initials of a meat inspector in a Chicago packing house. He would put his initials on a side of beef to let the workers know it had passed inspection and was alright for further processing. Oh well.

    Hey, if you are a podinski, does that mean you are nekulturney?

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    YAY!! Must be my 5th time now? Good lesson Marina! Thanks, I think I got about 6 subs in a row so far.

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    I swear she mentioned something about this before.

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    I CAN HAZ FURST EVER VIDEYO REREQUEZZT!

  • cavyking12

    A popular SAT word in America is Juxtapose, which I believe means to compare? Where did this funny word come from!?!? You MUST investigate!

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    R U Happy with the football games? :razz:

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

    Hey, Cancún is Welsh for “song of dogs ” (can cwn). I never thought of that before. :???:

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

    [rhotic]: an aroused “r”?

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

    Geez, what does it take to get a reply from Marina? :razz:

  • doncross2bear

    u du gud vid. mie teechur so smart n purtee. ceiling cat! i can haz corunnary oll most. guugl knome spelchkr go nutz on dat one.
    luvz teechur,
    exohexohexoh,
    dee cee

  • wetsuit5

    Kinda hard to read it on the script.
    Did she say “Poke My Hard @$$?

    Does Marina have a Corporate Account at Toys-R-Us?

    I guess Gorby learned to remain silent during taping.

  • karl_s

    So KY got its name from a newspaper, and so did the KGb? KG Bureau? (I know – Not REALLY)

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

    :cool: Very [kwel] lesson Marina! ;-)

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

    ;-) CONGRATZ James :!: :smile:

  • handziol_86

    To the subscribe a new lesson: OK ;-)

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    That is the correct retrospection,
    as you reflect back on the window that Evan so cleverly opened.

    Check out this lesson and look at 0:57 where Marina says
    “fenster” in German and then at 1:59 “fenestra” the latin origin.

    The Wind’s Eye (window)
    http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/12/21/the-winds-eye/

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    She did, she did, she did open the window and let the wind in.
    See my answer to James above.

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

    Beats me, I gave up a long time ago.
    And I think I even tried trolling at some point. :D

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

    Evan what the heck does that mean?
    I feel like I’m missing out completely. :(

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    Those are all Russian novels written by Russian authors
    like Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Boris Pasternak, Alexander Pushkin.

    Love the works of Dostoyevsky, but Doctor Zhivago (Pasternak) (1965 film) with Omar Sharif is one of my all time favorites. I think I’ve seen the movie over fifty times. I saw it several times in the Hollywood area and there may still be a theater there playing that movie.

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    I should have stayed on script – Ya soo. Ti kanis? :lol:

  • hawt 4 nerds

    It’s [colder than a witches tit] Here! :lol:

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

    L0L-> “Abet you have no idea what OK stands for!”

    I guess every century has it’s [fads].
    19th century had LOLspeak, while 20th century had quantum physics and the internet. No problem, because all that is aggregated into the 21st century! Isn’t humanity grand? :D

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

    Oooooh!
    So that’s what they are.
    Pardon my insufficiency. :-)

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

    It means “Evan’s being a goofball again.” :mrgreen:

    Specifically (in order):
    Каменный гость………The Stone Guest (Pushkin)
    Война и мир……………..War and Peace (Tolstoy)
    Братья Карамазовы…Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevski)
    Идиот…………………………The Idiot (Dostoyevski)
    До́ктор Жива́го………….Doctor Zhivago (Pasternak)

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen
  • traveller23

    No Use personal lubricant? Hmmm…

    I have to give vlog sound editing prize of the year for that meow at 6:23. I don’t even own particularly good computer speakers and I swore there was a cat off to the left in my wall somewhere.

  • beevee14

    Great games. I just hope that Brets last pass wasn’t an idiotic throw back across his body(something they teach you NOT to do when you start playing the game) when he should’ve/could’ve ran it for a FG attempt if he took a few less shots during the game! Whew! :shock:( :cry: But I think it was :cry:)
    Hey, if you thought Peyton was in a lot of commercials before, check out this angle: Archie Manning might be the best Saint player ever. Just think of the amount of deoderant or sports drinksyou can sell with that tie-in!

    :twisted: BTW have you hugged anybody from Mass. yet today? :twisted:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    “Everything will be okay” …Όλα θα πάνε καλά
    :lol: GODbless the translAter :grin: Emigre – Πέφτω
    …GrEEk arT…Kate Smith introduces God Bless America
    …Will the USA ever have an official language?….[$$ :mrgreen: $$] :smile: speak in smoke single(file) and wait for very windy day!!!!! :smile:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSliucgygc&feature=channel_page&FMT=22 Capman911

    Or colder than a well diggers ass. :grin:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSliucgygc&feature=channel_page&FMT=22 Capman911

    Glad your back, thought you got plugged up on twislers. :lol:

  • nighteye

    Marina, without valentines day upcoming, have you done the origins of [husband] and [wife] yet? :grin:

  • keeekat

    mmmmMK! LMAO! DATZ KRYZ 4SHO! 2cute! TanksGRL!HI^ :p Farah gonna bake U a cake 4SHO!!! :oops:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    At first glance “… have you hu(N)gged anybody from Mass. yet today?” The Bee Gees had never actually been to Massachusetts when they recorded this; they just liked the sound of the name. Robin Gibb explained in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh: “We have never been there but we loved the word and there is always something magic about American place names. It only works with British names if you do it as a folk song. Roger Whittaker did that with ‘Durham Town.’”

    This was the first Bee Gee single on which the quavery Robin Gibb sang lead.
    :lol: Angelina Love vs Madison Rayne
    –wholesome American sports
    …A-OK- :smile:

  • hawt 4 nerds

    Ahhhhhhh Gotta love that T & A :razz:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    As another comment goes—[fad]—Skat, one of the world’s great trick-taking card games, is an early 19th century game devised in Germany. Along with Doppelkopf it is the most popular [card game] in Germany and Silesia, also played in areas of America with large German populations, such as [][]Wisconsin and Texas.[][] :lol:

    Skat features prominently in Günter Grass’s novel The Tin Drum and leads a trail connecting the plot. It is also played by many soldiers in Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front, and was a favorite game of Richard Strauss, who included a hand in his opera Intermezzo.

    Hello HotForWords :smile: what card games did your family play back in your “[Old-Country"] :lol: ??

    An ideogram or ideograph (from Greek ἰδέα idea “idea” + γράφω grafo “to write”) is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.
    :P :-)
    Examples of ideograms include wayfinding signs, such as in airports and other environments where many people may not be familiar with the language of the place they are in, as well as Arabic numerals and formal languages (mathematical notation, logic, UML), which are used worldwide regardless of how they are pronounced in different languages. Other examples include the Blissymbols, Nsibidi, used by the Igbo and Ekpe in West Africa, Emoticons :-) and [pictographs],/i> as used by the Sioux and Ojibwa.
    :razz:

  • mydawg8mypoetry

    I would like to request a video done for the nerd word [pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis] yes this is a REAL word! In fact it is the longest word in the world :)

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    [P A T I E N T]

    call a [doctor]

    Your world is going to get bigger…Miss Orlova covered The longest word in the English language at 45 letters?

    Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
    :cool: :razz: :cool: :cry: n e r d BY HotForWords….

  • Jonathon

    I would like to request [badger]

  • http://www.edgeofheavenbook.com wyo550
  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CantwrCymreig Evan Owen

    ***LossForWords Presents Another Fractured Philology Lesson: CANCÚN***

    In 1170, three centuries before Columbus, legendary Welsh explorer Madoc “Mad Dog” Owen of Gwynedd sailed west across the Atlantic, to escape the family stresses of being the youngest of 19 sons. Before landing at Mobile Bay, Alabama (where the DAR erected a memorial monument to him), his expedition paused at the Yucatán Peninsula. Several of his party chose to stay there, finding the environment to their liking; in particular, they enjoyed the howling of the coyotes.

    So it is that to this day, the place where they landed is known as “Cancún”, after the original Welsh Can Cwn, “Song of Dogs.” :cool:

    “It’s true, I tell you!” â„¢Camp Kohler :mrgreen:

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

    LossForWords must instigate! :twisted:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    Hear too… :lol: While it is well documented that non-consensual sexual torture has been common in both modern society and in the past, the term “tit torture”(or as said”[colder than a witches tit"])_ in this context applies to consensual sexual activity.Albert Eulenburg (1914) noted a commonality across the paraphilias, using the terminology of his time, “All the forms of sexual perversion…have one thing in common: their roots reach down into the matrix of natural and normal sex life; there they are somehow closely connected with the feelings and expressions of our physiological erotism. They are…hyperbolic intensifications, distortions, monstrous fruits of certain partial and secondary expressions of this erotism which is considered ‘normal’ or at least within the limits of healthy sex feeling.”…g00dkNitE… C O D E is k-o-oL :cool: stay warm like leek and pea soup is hot dripping down…when aTe

  • http://www.youtube.com/users/DAVlDross DAVlDross

    Hi Marina, I want to know the origin of the word Budweiser. (and what it means) Thanks! = )

  • http://www.AppleBail.com applebail

    We all know who created the {wheel}, it was “Fred FlintStone” :roll: . But who and how and where did the {Spokes} come about their name? :shock:
    Now don’t go getting {“Barney”} on us :oops: . Try to keep your brain out of the {Rubble} :idea: . Lol. However so hard :cool: it is to do sometimes, with you bad girl. “Marina”, why does a wheel have {spokes}, when spokes are singularly called a: {Spoke} and past tense has double meaning, as a word spoken. Thirdly, we won’t go {Rubble} for now! :twisted:

  • http://www.DamnNearGeni.us AllynTygrrr

    y teh put beretez on hims cutage litl head?

    y do teh mawk hims for teh beretez?

    Have you done [why] yet?

  • http://www.DamnNearGeni.us AllynTygrrr
  • http://ASKJDOG.com ASKJDOG

    Great video.. the funniest yet.. though I don’t check in here very often. I do find it funny how often you say “OK” in your videos LOL :)

  • monkey141

    [Awkward]

  • http://www.DamnNearGeni.us AllynTygrrr

    Isn’t it seemingly getting closer to one as we speak… http://www.facebook.com/wayoverdue?ref=profile#/photo.php?pid=30775588&id=1119393802

  • poppe

    Hello there Marina, I want to request a word, and thats [Dude] :)

  • beevee14

    OK. I will count that as a miss(I went off the reservation). How have you been leonard? :cool: Oops! leoNard.
    I am still looking for work. They keep saying how great the economy is doing, so it won’t be long now. I just have to keep the faith in those elected officials there to care for me, cradle to grave, lest I hurt myself with something that ignites, holds gunpowder or has a sharp edge. I can feel their embrace; comforting, warm and fuzzy. I know they mean well and EVERYBODY knows how much smarter they are than lil’ ol’ me, but when they are giving me that hug; why do they keep sticking their hands in my pocket? I don’t have my wallet! :mrgreen:

  • Queen of Spoons

    Hey Marina, I’d like to request the origin of the phrase “Cross my heart, hope to die.” You know, the one you say when you promise something?

  • drc

    Ms Hotforwords. Love your stuff, very creative fun as well as informative/educational.

    Watched profanity…you asked about words used in place of the profane…I taught at University for some years where a profane slip could result in a complaint…so..I trained myself to automatically aopply substitutes…thinly veiled, but effective…my favorites

    sugar…it’s funny when one knows what you really meant..opposites and all…not so sweet

    fudge…same sort of logic but you need more than one word and this is good for the F bomb

    Jeeeeeze…close, but not likely to get you busted

    DrC

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    1957 was when the [DETRIOT] LIONs won the big football game!!…I love the slant of that big time looser Archie and his [fife and drums] intro…. Left Bank Bearcats – When The Saints Come Marching In
    —-from Italy –Bruce……….————;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:::::::::::::::;;;;;;;———-……I found this and wanted to share it with you, OK? :smile: What was that song you were looking to hear? :lol: h a r d t o m i s s MARINAS lessons!!!!!!!!!! :lol: !!!!!!!!!!SANIRAM…its like practicing a new song(piece) or t-pArty

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    [excellent]!! :!: “.. I – got my hand in my pocket and I”mmmum waiting for my rocket to come.”….Jason Mraz says he invented s[cat]ting
    …soul much more respect,—buzzwords is what new talent produces [r and r and more r] {[sKaT]}aka(ska) thanksAllynTygerrr

  • lvecsey

    Marina please tell me is there a good word origin for the word [pirate]

    It seems like a very polarizing word, for example in the technology community versus the general public there are vast differences of perception.

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    YouTube rentals? I swear that if ANY partner I watch uses this, I will drop quicker than you can say con. http://www.youtube.com/t/youtube_rentals

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    CRAP! My parody is on 3.5 stars! Not good! Can you guys rate it up for me??? :smile: Thank you

  • hujekduzy

    hi pretty woman, id like to request the origins of the word [ketchup]
    thanks sexy kurwa

  • http://www.hotforwords.com HotForWords

    James, you need to relax. YouTube is opening themselves up to become like iTunes or Netflix. TV shows might make themselves available for rental (99 cents like iTunes for example) and you’ll be able to watch those shows on your computer instead of on TV (like when you are on the road for example or miss an episode).

    It will also open YouTube up to different business models.. say for example you want a personalized workout by that hot Russian chick and she will do one for you for a buck or two..

    it’s a good thing.. and not every partner is going to switch to rental only.. that would just be stupid.

  • theminimalistzone

    Marina,

    I absolutely LOVE your videos… your books… and your new hair style. The short brunette look is totally hot!

    James
    TheMinimalistZone

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    hujekduzy———-Where did the word Ketchup come from. :lol: Plus the answer to the last riddle.. PLUS.. check out my Heinz commercial for some friends of mine… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksDwrt...

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    It is still kinda (I love how kinda isn’t recognised by spelling check) naughty though. YouTube is for broadcasting yourself, not for companies to advertise tv shows on… I thought YouTube wanted to appeal to kids not that long ago? Now they are introducing this when as everyone knows, most kids don’t have credit cards.

    I hope partners don’t start doing this. But that hot russian workout sounds good. You could make loads of money by making a video of yourself showing people howput corsets on :) . I would be a millionare if I rented out a video of me kissing a boy…. Hmm, think I will stay skint though.

    I still think that nothing will stop YouTube from loosing money. In video ads are pointless.

    I would love to be able to see what all this stuff is about, but I won’t be a partner for about another ……… :(

  • Rijk

    Hey beevee14,

    I just have to keep the faith in those elected officials there to care for me, cradle to grave, lest I hurt myself with something that ignites, holds gunpowder or has a sharp edge. I can feel their embrace; comforting, warm and fuzzy. I know they mean well and EVERYBODY knows how much smarter they are than lil’ ol’ me, but when they are giving me that hug;

    hope your gonna get that hug ; ) and stay off th gunpowder. Lets just hope it isn’t a jobless recovery, cause the word is: than the us is gonna be the next Iceland . Oo

  • Rijk

    congratulations james, great word : )

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    Something Karl would like—This is a JOKE..

    …from you tube….

    though often times.. there is a little truth behind a joke ;-)
    Women will hate this, but guys will appreciate it.

    Thanks to humour.200ok.com.au ….word request:::::[AQUARIUS]—aquamarina :smile:
    …Special Edition; Video & Sound Digitalized by Arturo79-Digital.
    The 5th Dimension is a multiple Grammy-winning American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire also includes pop, R&B, soul, and jazz.
    The 5th Dimension was best-known during the late 1960s and early 1970s for popularizing the hits “Up, Up and Away”, Wedding Bell Blues”, “Stoned Soul Picnic”, “One Less Bell to Answer”, “(Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All”, and “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”, as well as the eponymous 5th Dimension …. :| :o :cool:

  • theminimalistzone

    Marina,

    You mention you like bribes. Where can one send bribes (gifts) to show one’s appreciation for such a wonderful job you do on your web site? What kind of bribes do you like? LOL. :)

    James
    TheMinimalistZone

  • http://www.hotforwords.com HotForWords

    James… again.. it’s not about TV shows advertising themselves.. it’s about the WHOLE tv show being available online without ads. Or, if you want ads, then you don’t pay anything.. it’s about offering options. Again.. NOBODY is forcing anybody to do anything. Stop worrying “about the Man”…. Google/YouTube is not a stupid company, they will not destroy something they’ve created overnight to make a buck.

  • Heather starr

    Hi Marina. I got your book for Xmas and took it on vacation but left it on the plane :( Lucky sucker who found it lol. Anyway got another one for my b’day woo hoo. So here my question, I am transgendered woman and wonder where the phrase [ Drag Queen] came from.

    Heather Starr

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    aaaah, I get it now. You are paying for the option of having no ads! Ad-block plus is free though…… :razz:

    Do many people watch tv shows on youtube? I think I have watched one on there…

    Hmmm…

    I guess YouTube could do with the money though.

  • http://www.hotforwords.com HotForWords

    James.. “adblock is free though”? I guess if you suddenly started achieving a level of success where you could make videos for a living and could actually quit your job and make a living out of it.. oh.. but you want to use adblocker and deny every other person the right to make a living from their videos as well?

    That’s right.. never mind.. if enough of you use adblocker than you can make sure that people like myself cannot make videos either. Thanks.

  • http://www.hotforwords.com HotForWords

    I said OK an extra amount in this video as I thought it was funny :-) But you are probably right.. I might say OK quite a bit.. I’ll have to go back and check. OK? :-)

  • http://favstar.fm/me Che Mero

    You have officially gone off the deep edge. Are your boobs fill of Nitrous Oxide?

    You silly Rooskie, I’m just loving it. :cool:

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    I didn’t mean it like that! What I meant was if YouTube gave an option of having ads on a tv show, or paying and the ads removed, it would be easily bypassed if someone used adblock. Making YT rentals pointless.

    I first started using it when we had those damn ads for smileys that shouted at you if you put your mouse on them. For some unknown reason adblock did something to my laptop that meant I couldn’t see google ads… Even when it was uninstalled, it also occasionally blocked ads in IE an opera. When I had to restore my PC I got google ads back.

    That was good as now I can see the ads on my website and on my video.

    I don’t actually have it on much now. Only if I am watching lots of youtube vids to disable those pesky in-video ads, oh, and facebook.. I also use it because of those annoying pop ups you get. Sony Vegas slows me down enough as it is. I don’t need 75 windows open thanks to 888 and adultfriendfinder.com!

    If I find someone or something interesting I will click their ad as a sort of extra thumbs up. Even the times it is on, it is set not to disable google ads.

    Sorry if I pissed you off then..

    :roll:

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    I love the suggestions box!!!!!!!

    >> Check your mail though, I think I have found something weird.

  • traveller23

    “It will also open YouTube up to different business models.. say for example you want a personalized workout by that hot Russian chick and she will do one for you for a buck or two.. ”

    Woah that woke me up. Hold on and let me cancel that YouTube customized Anime fetish video I ordered…

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    and I just randomly saw the commas on the real time video view bar move! It’s stopped now.. Still made me lol for some reason.

  • http://youtube.com/jamesingtonthethird James

    Has anyone else tried youtube in html5 yet?

  • http://favstar.fm/me Che Mero

    Predicting the expression “Drop a Dime” will fall out of use in the future.

  • traveller23

    I’ll agree to a degree, that casual profanity can be taken take too far. Then again, sometimes there is no substitute. For an elegantly presented treatise on nearly all the possible substitutions for English language profanity, including an implicit yet compelling argument as to why on occasion there is a time and place for an f-bomb or the like, watch any [redacted] version of “The Big Lebowski” shown on network broadcast or basic cable television.

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

    By the way, Russian computer scientist Sergey Brin wanted to name his famous search engine the Gogol, after his favorite novelist; but his partner Larry Page persuaded him to Americanize it to “Google.” :razz:

  • http://www.edgeofheavenbook.com wyo550

    if you want to know what it’s like to drown in your own blood, as your lungs are lacerated with shards of volcanic glassy ash…then it’s time for you to say what the Lakota used to say,
    “Today is a good day to die”
    http://www.edgeofheavenbook.com

  • handziol_86

    mision failure … is that means you get mischievious happend? :evil: so it is not O.K. ;-) Yes? :oops: and zerO Killed ;-)

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    Good one Columbus, errr…. I mean Leonard. Good discovery. :lol:

    Phewwwww! I’m glad Marina hasn’t said that to me yet,
    but I’m sure she was thinking it. :lol:
    “That’s OK”, most dangerous words by a woman.

    You’re too much Leonard. :grin:

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

    Do you think anyone will challenge these giants?
    Or they will just own the internet, over time.

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

    I think “that hot Russian chick” is actually Czech.

  • http://www.hotforwords.com HotForWords

    Yes she is Czech. So many people refer to her as “that hot Russian chick”.. I said it so that he would know who I was talking about.. but yes, she is czech.

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

    I did, some videos return an error.

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

    No noticeable improvement in speed either.

  • http://www.DamnNearGeni.us AllynTygrrr

    Got my hand in my pocket and a [smile] in my eyes…

    Sometimes I [improve] the lyrics as I see fit. :)

    Yes, I hardly think Jason invented scatting, but possibly give the boy [credit] for its introduction into the mainstream younger generation…and putting [quality] content behind it.

    You’re welcome leoNard.

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

    Is that what could be referred to as “reverse psychology”?
    Good one though, I’m glad you know of her. Aside from the fact that she’s so hot, she also has pretty inspirational videos. I’m ashamed to share this with any of my friends because of the extra hot thumbnails that she uses.
    You know how shallow most people are, and they choose to take the appearance’s bait. You should see some of the comments she gets! :shock:
    I remember there was a time when you tweaked your videos to support sexy thumbnails. Back then I didn’t share your videos with my friends for the same reason.
    Now it’s a different story, I’m proud to show you off. The only problem is that everyone already knows about you. All that remains to do is to show you off as an ice breaker when meeting new people! :-) Did you know that hotforwords.com gets exactly 1% traffic from Romania? (those are all time stats, from http://www.alexa.com) :P
    [Fun] fact:
    If OK is the most popular word in the world… that must mean that LOLspeak is the most popular language in the world!
    KTHXBAI :D

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

    Well, Bill Gates’ “Bing” is up to about 10% of the search-engine market (Google has 65%). Anyone who can beat Microsoft is truly formidable. :shock:

  • sxad1

    [fencing]
    Why used for sword fighting and for moving stolen property?
    Does it have any relation to keeping things from getting away, like your dog?

  • pat

    Tulsa? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrDVzbeDzRk Sound bytes should be legal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YD3zN-Uk_s Home work: kk,gtg,brbb,omg,wyd,nm,gr8,gf,bf,wtm,lmbo,jk,roff,wtf,etc.

  • Greatest Potential

    Muscle Bitches ~ Is Your Metal Heavy?

    :twisted: :grin: :cool: ;-) :o

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    O.K.—Soul Train Line to “Ballero” by War
    :cool: ok; what do they mean that dance can speak words? :???:

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    I love Skribit and I see HotForWords is no longer Anonymous. :grin:

    I’ll explain in a little bit why the word
    “Nothing” should be extracted from the
    dictionary as it means, well you know, nothing. LOL
    Hopefully there is a good story behind the word.

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

    Marina, is this you in the kitchen?
    It must be, she’s blond and her name is Marina! :D
    Watch how at 1:33 the chef tells her: “Marina, cool down!”. I cracked up at that part! She’s actually a playboy star that probably never prepared a meal in her life. (Notice her sweet Sony Vaio Z series!)
    The link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcNNAz2-uxE

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    The Submarines “You, Me and the Bourgeoisie”

    :arrow:
    :arrow:
    :arrow:
    :arrow:The Submarines – Peace and Hate

    :lol:

    sour classmiddle of classLess

    the bow-classed ties to suites: piece loaded for now! :smile:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    Can more be told of this “skribit”…[sPieD]…He’s shrewdly vexed at something: look, he has spied us. :-) All’s Well that Ends Well: III, v :P Znouzectnost – KrysaÅ™ (Bylo nebylo)
    …keep the world small for the fAll … cOOl …

  • http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top pedanticKarl

    LeoNard,
    look over to your right where the dark green heading says;
    “WORD / PHRASE SUGGESTIONS”

    That’s were everyone, except you can make suggestions.
    OK, just kidding, you can add your 2 cents 2. :lol:

    See that suggestion made by some weirdo named ~PK over there?
    Just click the green or orange square next to the suggestion.
    It’s the number of times he will get whipped by the teacher.
    You buy that, don’t you? You don’t? Dang, OK, it means the number of votes that the request is favored. You buy that, right? :grin:

  • beevee14

    Hey, rijk. It seems that there are people in this country who feel that the democratic socialism model that most nortern european countries are now using is the way to go. It’ll never work here. America(and its people) is/are to wide open and wild for that to make it here. ;-)

    :twisted: But it was close, though :twisted:

  • nelgenyam

    The news says that in Haiti they now have more doctors than you can shake a stick at. What means [more....than you can shake a stick at]?

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

    What is the origin of the word saint?

  • Rijk

    it’s not that bad beevee, think it could work.

    lol, the most capitalistic country at this moment and having the best economy is China. ; )

  • Rijk

    lol a new feature, looks good pk

  • http://www.AppleBail.com applebail
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    load error?

  • beevee14

    Amazing, ain’t it? Its just that whole baby girl down the well thing and shutting down dissent with a nine gram instant message to the back of the head thing I don’t particularly care for. Though, as long as our country remains affluent enough to buy cheaply made goods with high levels of lead(great for the kids!!), China will continue to have a vibrant, dynamic economy. :smile:
    :twisted: Affluent enough for effluence? :twisted:

    Don’t forget the Nikes! Gotta have those!

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    1832 Whig cartoon shows Jackson carrying Van Buren into office :arrow: :cool: Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Jackson
    ….Hank is back….Hit the road Jack!
    BILL HALEY & THE COMETS – Razzle Dazzle
    ….it is ok… :lol:

    great lesson and historical—very nice Marina :smile:

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

    [Tahoma]
    [Denali]
    [Kilimanjaro]
    [Popocatepetl]

    Hmmm….
    [volcano] :grin:

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

    “Scribit” is frog writing. :razz:

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

    Hi Marina,
    What hot Czech chick? I went looking for “Czech workout” on YouTube and came up with Pavol Jabloniky. :lol:

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

    Hi Chemikal,
    If Marina doesn’t get back to me, will you send me a link to the “hot Czech chick” workout video?
    I’m strictly interested in keeping physically fit, of course. :grin:

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

    The story goes that some cad got his girlfriend drunk on beer so he could have his way with her. Later she was a sadder Budweiser girl. :roll:

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    [Silence] is golden, but my eyes still see
    Silence is golden, golden
    But my eyes still see

    Talking is cheap, people follow like sheep
    ———Subscription————–

    You are currently on the Free Plan.—{Marina leads for [TAXES] and web play

    Get more out of Skribit. Start your Free trial of our Pro plan today!

    —smart :twisted: —–Stay on top

    See what your friends and favorite bloggers are doing on Skribit.
    …Now is time to pay for suggestions for HotForWords and advertising :lol: from the web-site of this one————Quote”The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.” – Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 :P :lol:

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

    Hey, way cool website, http://www.alexa.com . Thanks, Chem.

    I note that only 41% of HFW viewers are American; Russians are second at 5%, just ahead of [British] and Germans.

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

    So the Winter Olympics are about to open in Vancouver. Problem is, it’s the warmest winter ever in this area, and snow is scarce; :sad: so warm I went skinny-dipping in the Nooksack River last Sunday! :grin:

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

    Hey, speaking of Olympics and skinny-dipping … [gymnastics] !

    M. did it in her book, but I don’t see a video! I’m sure we’d love to see Marina doing [gymnastics] ! :grin:

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

    http://www.bodyrock.tv
    She has a cool blog, her videos range from diet tips, workout routines, fashion hauls and even inspiring motivational videos!
    She also talks about general hot topics and controversy.
    All that, plus she’s smoking hot! :-)
    She’s married though. So that’s a huge defect of her videos. :roll:

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

    Evan, are you trying to make Marina jealous?
    If you are, I think it might work. :D
    Zuzana has a better Russian accent than Marina does! :lol:

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

    All the more reason to be proud of being responsible for 1%, right? :-)
    Marina’s web site was created on 27-Feb-07 and expires on 27-Feb-10.
    I wonder if she remembers to pay her fee this year. :-)
    I reminded her to renew her SSL certificate last year but she didn’t reply. Maybe someone else is handling these tasks for her? I don’t know. I would like to believe she does it all by herself, but it doesn’t help to have a little help now and then. That’s the way I see it. :D

  • poppe

    what does the country name country [Haiti] mean and stand for?

  • hawt 4 nerds

    Why is it that,

    Being a “SexIST” is bad and being a “FeminIST” is good? SexISM bad, FeminISM good?

    Feminism in its very name is sexism is it not?

    “The meaning of life” balances on the very answer to this question. :razz:

  • wfgc73

    I would like to request the phrase, [I double-dog-dare ya!]

    Example, From the movie A Christmas Story, where a bunch of boys are around a school flagpole in the winter…

    Flick: Are you kidding? Stick my tongue to that stupid pole? That’s dumb!
    Schwartz: That’s ’cause you know it’ll stick!
    Flick: You’re full of it!
    Schwartz: Oh yeah?
    Flick: Yeah!
    Schwartz: Well I double-DOG-dare ya!

    Thank you Marina.
    You are a very good teacher.

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

    Navel ring, “hi guys…” This woman MUST be trying to imitate Marina! :grin: She’s good, though.

  • pat

    I think I got an F on my homework. As you might say, “(sOul–TraiN Kool :grin: )”. To me, all dances tell a story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcPjINdx-Mc&NR=1&feature=fvwp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yNVv1SuPvo Or one might try ballet.

  • http://www.edgeofheavenbook.com wyo550

    Anybody know any authors doing e-books on Apple’s “OK” device?

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/?icid=main|main|dl1|link2|http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/

  • pat

    I almost forgot about this one. If you like it, cool, and if not that’s OK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEm-6lYMgCI

  • http://FantasticDougsSpace 2utoday

    :mrgreen: OK! I thought this video was really OK! And like,OK I get it. It is super OK and really cool! So OK,keep up the good work. And OK,I’ll be looking for your next video. Is that OK with you? It sure is OK with me! LOL!!!!

  • r8zerex

    I would like to request the phrase [hemming and hawing]

    As in, I asked him a direct question but he kept hemming and hawing.

    Or, we had to go but we kept hemming and hawing and were late.

    PS.. I really like the longer video format. This video on OK was great! I had NO idea. I feel so learned now.. :)

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard
  • http://videosoundgroup.com roberhor

    You think English is easy???

    1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

    2) The farm was used to produce produce .

    3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

    4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

    5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

    6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

    7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present .

    8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

    9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

    10) I did not object to the object.

    11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

    12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row .

    13) They were too close to the door to close it.

    14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

    15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

    16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

    17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

    18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

    19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

    20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

    Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. Eng lish muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

    And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

    If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

    How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

    English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

    PS. – Why doesn’t ‘Buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’ ?

    You lovers of the English language might enjoy this .
    There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is ‘UP..’

    It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ?

    At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ?

    Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ?
    We call UP our friends.

    And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.

    We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

    At other times the little word has real special meaning.

    People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

    To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.

    A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

    We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

    We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP !

    To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.

    In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

    If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.

    It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

    When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP .

    When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP…
    When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
    When it doesn’t rain for awhile, things dry UP.

    One could go on and on, but I’ll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so……..it is time to shut UP!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/seanhoutx seankim

    whew! that was a lo-o-o-o-o-ong entry, rob. interesting, though.

    mine’s short.

    [boob tube]

  • http://www.hotforwords.com HotForWords

    God comment roberhor, maybe I’ll make a post out of it! :-)

  • http://vkontakte.ru/id25408688 leoNard

    Its been posted before :smile: Oh good GOD… :P

  • Camp Kohler – Sacramento CA

    #5 is definitely wrong, because to transmit on a telegraph line with multiple stations, the keys of all the stations must be closed, not open, because they are all in series; any one station with the key open kills the entire line. Rather than putting a brick or some other weight on the key to keep it closed, a switch lever is provided to short out (close) the key as may be seen to the right in this photo.

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