Happy Valentine’s Day

wow… :-) love these lessons…a BLAST is not to Past….crazy is fun :P …beets taste good

heres a word you may enjoy… :smile: [procrasterbate] my brother taught it to me and i is pretty funny. first to leave a comment!! <3

Privet, Marina! I would like to request [chick].

a gOat…*********~~~~~~~~~********My Bloody Valentine …hot

:smile: CHET BAKER – My Funny Valentine
:grin:

…God be with Marina and her*hot for words [GANG] & GORBY,/b> and family :smile: …[SAINT]…V :cool: …ps—please do bubble-’O-city or nothing :P red is love, soul pretty too!

Ummm. Actually, the 14th of February.

I do think you should go back to this. After a few videos your voice sounded more acty than natural. Like it was scripted. I also miss the blonde hair and big boobs (this is not me being a man , by the way) that is what I think hotforwords is about. Doing something intellegent whilst being very provocative. Two things that you don’t usually find. I also think that that is partly why you rake in so many viewers. But if you covered yourself in a burkha then you would not have got anywhere near as many subscribers as you have today. You may have made your name but don’t forget that the new people that are to see you still have to feel like I did the first time I saw you.

I like the style as it’s much more intimate.
But not as a steady diet.
You have too much talent to utilize just one mode.

Playing for FooD aRT because Happy Valentine’s Day everybody! ….C00L jAzz :razz:

Marina you are so sexy and beautiful!! :razz:

i looked up the word [procrasterbate] on urban dictionary ITS FUNNY!!!

I pick Theory # 1 ;-)

Dear Marina,
Thank you for your video from the past! :razz:
When I was away in Riverside, I missed some of your videos. “Amor”, for instance. I’d like to dedicate a Valentine’s poem for you:
Amor, amor, amor.
The depth of my love for you has no floor.
Amor, amor, amor.
The height of my love for you forever soars.
Amor, amor, amor.
The width of my love for you won’t get through the door.
Amor, amor, amor.
I hope you return my love for you with even more.
Amor, amor, amor.
Before everyone gets sick, I’ll do no more. :mrgreen:
I hope you enjoy a nice Valentine’s Day in Las Vegas! I’m not wealthy enough to take you there on a regular basis, but someday my great novel will become a best-seller and all will be well. :razz:
Seesixcm6

hi girlie girl,

Can you let us know what sexual position was first [missionary / dogg]

cheers,
michael

Still as good as the first time (times, really) I watched it. Really enjoy seeing your lessons from this era now and then.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Dearest Teach! Love you lots.

Looks like I’m first,
Happy V-Day
Marina

Very nice video, and really, you made perfect explanation.

I want to ask you to explain the Word [Salvation] Where did it come from, got it other meanings. I would be very happy about your explanation.

With the Olympics well underway, I’d like to request the word [mogul]. Why does it represent both an Indian ruler and a bump on a ski slope?

Thanks! :)

:lol:

U

R

1st–MARINA

:grin:

HotForWords is the Best and have a good one too

:smile:

Yay, that’s the HotForWords I fell in love with many moons ago! :grin:

Good point to your poem, C6: English love poetry has been stifled by the lack of rhymes for “love.” We could do so much more with “amor.” :wink:

I may be considered “old school” here, but I like these older versions of lessons better than what you are doing now. It’s nice to go back and see some of these. Thank you!

Yeah, what’s this about [moguls] on ski slopes? We got mo’ gulls down by the bay! :mrgreen:

i would like to know the origin of the words [berserker] [lycanthropy] and [zealot]

Very nicely done seesixcm6,
very nicely spoken poem. :smile:

[diabetes] ive been a diabetic for so long but never was told the origin of the word.

i agree with norseman666,
[berserker],[lycanthropy] would be a a few good ones

Im back!!!!! Marina you look so good!!! ;-)
i got something you can give your valentine go to nsoverview dot com and see what i got for my valentine!!! She loves it!!! :cool:

hello marina i want to know where this machine was originated i hered it was invented in Europe and is now used in SPAS all over the world and is very expensive to use it. I got the new version the 2010 model and it works in like 5minutes. you can use it in your own home and its small kinda like my Iphone 3gs. this machine erases lines and wrinkles. they call it the Galvanic SPA!!! Can you tell me who invented it and its origin?
We can give you a free demonstration if you like Marina VIP status!!
Im from long beach california and my girls are from New port beach California and we know how to get to Beverly hills Baby ;-)
Hit me up! I dont have a date so dont forget to write.
Ive been around since you started and i never left either check your files, Always loved you Marina!!!! :cool: :cool: :cool:

Hello Marina!

Loved the video i totally agree you should do more of these types of videos. They are fun, sexy and educational. I can’t wait for your next video.

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentine’s day Marina!
I went over to YouTube to give you 5 stars for 2 reasons: Because it was great to see one of your older vids, and because I do miss your theme music.
However I will make my comments here on your page because after reading all the rude comments left for you on YouTube I thought it better to do it over here amongst friendly people.
Love Ya Marina, and keep up the great work!

It’s nice 2 kick back to the past a bit.

past is past ,,, now is , is now, be now !

for You!

http://blogg.englunds.info/#post114

Have a wonderful day!

С днем Святого Валентина!
Еще сегодня в России отмечают прощёное воскресение… Попросить прощения у любимых в день всех влюбленных, что может быть лучше)

Marina I was watching a Shane Dawson video and look what saw on the mantlepiece!

My request is the word Monster

http://date.com/GetFullProfile.do?other_profile_id=17172951

Something negative happened with my perception of the HFW videos since the time when Gorby’s droppings were shown in one of them. Since this happened, I’ve been unable to enjoy the lessons and the unappealing associations with the Gorby’s crap return to my mind every time when I’m watching any new lesson. Looks like I’m easily prone to the classical conditioning of aversive stimuli.

My request is the word Godspeed.

All You Need Is Love

[Jockstrap]

Likewise, my friend. :grin: ;-)

dearest Marina ;-) I loved the older video, unfortunately :evil:
the vision of you from the past :twisted: only goes to show how
badly the hollywood dentist chaNGED your top teeth & thus your
LOOK :!: too bad you didnt leave well enough alone :cry: :oops:
:cool: B.B. :cool: just my humble & unasked for opinion :mrgreen:

Thank you Marina for that blast from the past video.It was awesome,and educational !I love the theme music,and where you have your gag reel at the end of the video.Where you have all your bloopers,I enjoy , and think this is the best part of the video.Marina Happy Valentine’s Day!I love you and I’am very grateful ,to have you as a very wonderful teacher :!: See you later Marina :cool: :smile:

About time for The Great American Race. Go #5Mark#5!

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Happy Valentine’s Day again, Marina! Wish I were “the chosen one.”

Marina teaches love

Hi krews,

Welcome to HFW!

Marina sometimes has a hard time finding all the word requests in the comments (there are often so many of them), so she uses a specific automatic search method to help her find them all. She asks that when we make word requests, we place them between square brackets like this: [godspeed] so she can just run a search for everything between square brackets. Then all the requests pop into a nice list without her having to list them all herself. Hope to see you around the “campus,’ and have a great day!

-Kent

Welcome to HFW!

Our dear teacher sometimes has a hard time finding all the word requests in the comments (there are often so many of them), so she uses a specific automatic search method to help her find them all. She asks that when we make word requests, we place them between square brackets like this: [monster] so she can just run a search for everything between square brackets. She is SUCH a busy girl. Hope to see you around the “campus” and have a great day!

-Kent

oh ok , thx for the heads-up :)

Happy Valentine’s Day, my dear teacher!

Have a great day! :smile: Saint Valentine “““““““~~~~~~~~~~~Saint Valentine of Terni and his disciples :cool: ~~~~~~~~~~“““““““

Hi Teacher,
I saw on the email alert that you were soliciting opinions on whether or not you should return to your older style of presentation, and I wanted to weigh in on the topic. As a latecomer to your work, it made sense to catch up on lessons chronologically, so I’ve had a chance to watch the evolution of your content. Have to say that there’s an undeniable, overwhelming charm to your earlier videos that I truly love. The “cute little Russian girl next door” thing tugs at the heartstrings. They aren’t “rough”, as you’ve said, at all, IMHO. In that regard, yeah, I’d like to see more of that.
Times/things change, though, and the photography and production of your newer work is nothing short of excellent, yet not running the risk of being too slickly packaged, due for the most part to your own personal charm. Have to say that when you first changed your hair color, I was nearly heartbroken, but I’ve come to like it very much. Your recent “dinnertime” twitpic sealed the deal. An absolutely breathtaking photograph of you.
Don’t want to overrun your attention span, so to be more concise: personally, I like Teacher as a blonde, doing vids in a kind of “one to one” intimate setting. But this isn’t about me. Nor is it about us, your students as a whole. It’s not entirely about Hot For Words, either. As one who is long past the “hot chick teaches words” attraction of the basic YT type, this should be about Marina. What you want, and how you want to present it.
If you’re happy as a brunette, we’ll be happy. You’re beautiful with any hair color. Present the videos in a manner that satisfies your artistic talents as they grow. That’s what YT was designed for. Those of us who truly have come to love you for who you are (and we are legion) are here to watch, learn, and enjoy. And we will. Make Marina happy, and we’ll be happy.
Sorry if I got hyperbolic.
Love to Teacher,
xoxodc

New video! ]

Good points.. Still like blonde better though :)

What? Whats wrong with Marinas teeth?

The Tale of Two Lovers (Latin: Historia de duobus amantibus) written in 1444 was one of the bestselling books of the fifteenth century, even before its author, Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, became Pope Pius II. It is one of the earliest examples of an [epistolary novel], full of erotic imagery. …^…….

beloved, dear, dearest, enjoy, honey, loved one, lovemaking, making love, passion, sexual love

:lol: dove, glove, gov, of, shove
:cool:

Of love, of worldly matters and direction, Othello: I, iii :arrow: :razz:
O, that I were a glove upon that hand, Romeo and Juliet: II, ii

…good work is a :?: well done job :!: :smile:

:grin: :!: ♥♥♥♥Happy Valentine’s Day Marina♥♥♥♥ :!: :grin:

…4 non blondes whats up…@patRiot—after Marina’s date :razz: 4 non blondes, spaceman
—Linda Perry :smile: …chicken little and her falling skies :lol:

To Marina,

Love is unselfish,
Understanding and kind,
For it sees with its heart
and not with its mind.

However, it is said
that intelligence is sexy,
and I must agree,
Love works in ways
that’s a mystery to me.

I am here to learn and love,
and everything you feature,
it may never be enough, to say,
Happy Valentine’s Day
to the best teacher.

H a p p y   ♥  V a l e n t i n e ‘ s   ♥  D a y!

~k :-)

Hi Marina,

Happy Valentines,

Great to see the blast from the past video & how much your productions have come on and got visually better, saying that I loved the old style too,
Also I personally think you always looked hot with blonde hair but look even hotter ( if that’s possible :lol: ) as a brunette,

XXXXX

James the caps are too perfect they dont look as good as they did
B/4 she had them done, capece :?: :mrgreen: :cool: B.B. :lol:

I 3rd that :shock: B.B. :cool:

Hey, Marina
Thanks for that nice Valentine’s Day card.
YOU ROCK!!
xoxo

I am requesting the origin of the word [Canada] since I’m watching the Vancouver Olympics.

Happy St. Valentine’s Day, Marina! If anything, you have gotten more forceful and daring with your newer videos; yet, there is a sweetness and vulnerability to be seen in the older ones like these, and I miss that.
Of all the theories about the origin of the day, I tend to favor the one wherein Valentine performed Christian marriages in defiance of the pagan emperor’s whims.

I agree. There was nothing wrong with her teeth. I fear there is too much obsession among otherwise pretty women with achieving artificial ‘perfection.’ The end result is a sameness, like mass-produced Barbie dolls. Perhaps Marina is trying to get into movies and doesn’t want them to reject her because her teeth don’t look the way the Hollywood folks like them.

That person grows to 5:11 :lol: ……….dale earnhart and the marinated ‘coon ribs.…got to make living and grow the economy… :lol: …an economic gathering of fancy dates and gold :lol:

[ENTERTAINMENT] :???: … :twisted: The Saint Valentine’s Day massacre is the name given to the murder of seven people as part of a Prohibition Era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929: the South Side [Italian] gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran.….

The slaughter exceeded anything yet seen in the United States at that time. (not really–Bless the natives) :-) At first, it was thought that police might indeed have been responsible for the killings, but 255 detectives were soon cleared. Chicago Police scrambled to figure out who had been responsible.

Since it was common knowledge that Moran was hijacking Capone’s Detroit-based liquor shipments, police focused their attention on the Purple Gang.
…

Public outrage over The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre marked the beginning of the end to Moran’s power. Although Moran suffered a heavy blow, he still managed to keep control of his territory until the early 1930s, when control passed to the Chicago Outfit under Frank Nitti. The massacre also brought the belated attention of the federal government to bear on Capone and his criminal activities.

In 1931, Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and was imprisoned for 11 years.

:twisted: sourced from above link…Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City…. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods_of_Chicago piece through economics :lol:

Thank you my dearest Marina for such a HOT Valentine. You are the most of the mostest. You are so beautiful inside and radiant all over outside your delicious curvaceous persona. Your blue eyes are enough to excite anyone’s immagination. Your talent is above anyone’s station. You are most adorable when you pronounce FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION. Wow! In short, “You are pure GOLD!” If I had a teacher like you in school, I would have learned very little or I would have learned everything. You make my days so–oo good.
“How do I love thee? … Let me count the ways.”
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY to my teacher from Russia with Love.
LOVE YOU
Rexino Mondo

Schiller was born on November 10, 1759 in Marbach, Württemberg as the only son of military doctor Johann Kaspar Schiller (1733-96), and Elisabeth Dorothea Kodweiß (1732-1802). They also had five daughters. His father was away in the Seven Years’ War when Friedrich was born. He was named after Frederick II of Prussia, the king, but he was called Fritz by nearly everyone :cool:

Quote–of this date and site– :smile: “Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.” – Friedrich von Schiller 1759-1805

Musical settings of Schiller’s poems and stage plays
Ludwig van Beethoven said that a great poem is more difficult to set to music than a merely good one because the composer must improve upon the poem. In that regard, he said that Schiller’s poems were greater than those of Goethe.
:smile:
There are relatively few famous musical settings of Schiller’s poems. Two notable exceptions are Beethoven’s setting of “An die Freude” (Ode to Joy) :cool: in the final movement of his Ninth Symphony, and Johannes Brahms’ choral setting of “Nänie”. In addition, several poems were set by Franz Schubert in Lieder, such as “Die Bürgschaft”, mostly for voice and piano. In 2005 Graham Waterhouse set “The[ Glove]” for cello and speaking voice….ode to joy german chorus…nice card MARINA! :smile:

The Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi admired Schiller greatly and adapted several of his stage plays for his operas: I masnadieri is based on Die Räuber; Giovanna d’Arco, on Die Jungfrau von Orleans; Luisa Miller, on Kabale und Liebe; and Don Carlos on the play of the same title.
sourced wiki :roll:

:lol: Darlin’, I’d like to talk about one of my favourite subjects, [alcohol]! Where does that word come from? For that matter, where do the many different types of alcohol ([whiskey], [gin], [vodka], etc.) come from and…do they literally translate into anything? Just curious!

Nice Boots Marina.

I know it has been mentioned at sometime in the past, but I can’t find the lesson. :cry:

Reboot your brane.

Well, being as we descended from apes, you can probably guess. I’m sure there were no written records at the time.

I overheard a conversation the other day .One asks; Hows everything going?The reply; We’re [making do].Whats Do?

I wanna make me some do.
Ya Gotta Do Whats Ya Gotta Do

saintone…HotForWords did whiskey and vodka…

..the link is..”All the Words and Phrases”..

…I’ll catch you a straight rye :smile: …I hope for Marina to do [RUM] :lol:

Yeah, i tried to look at the “all words” section to see if it was already mentioned but i couldn’t find it.

i’m an ape man, an ape ape man, i’m an ape man…

Is it true that the word “Love” comes from a Sanskrit word for greed? I admire your professionalism and beauty more and more each time i saw your videos, xxxxoooxxx ;-)

mmm Very interesting… I suffer from chronic migraines… I would very much like to know the origan of the word [migraine]

I had forgotten about the theme music until it started playing again. For some reason, it just fits you…

Were did the word [disgruntled] come from. Sounds like it’s a good thing to be “gruntled” L

(disgruntled)

I second this request!! :grin: :grin: :grin:

I also requested it several days ago. ;-)

Thankxsx so much Marina and Gorby, for my valentines card. XX
It is, of course, the best I have ever received.
I simply must print it in photo quality, frame it, and put it on my wall.

wordreet Pete. :grin:

:smile: Hey everybody check out my new channel :!:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHOOTERSman71 :cool:

Hope y’all like it! :grin:

Marina, being originally from Eastern Europe like yourself I’d like to know the origin of the word [GYPSY], also [ROMA PEOPLE], and why European Union tells everybody to use [Roma People] instead of [Gypsy] when referred to those individuals!
TVM and keep up the good work!
Chris

Hi Just joined think your great. Was wandering if you could tell me the meaning of the word [Morbidity] as in [duel- or multiple-morbidity]

I think it has something to do with Gypsy meaning from Egypt, where as the people historically called Gypsies are actually from Romania.

I like the old style too Bob. Yea that music brings back memories.

First of all this was for Marina, anyway:

1) Gypsies came to Europe from INDIA, again, INDIA, about 500 years ago and settled everywhere in the eastern parts of Europe!
2) They are everywhere in Europe, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, former Yugoslavia, former Czechoslovakia, Poland, former Soviet Union as well, and last year we had an invasion of gypsies from Czech Republic up here in Toronto, Canada, all asking political asylum claiming they are racially discriminated back in Europe, since then Canada has imposed visas to all Czech people, gypsies or not, traveling to Canada!

Me too , that old music is her.
definitely go for the old school vid look and sound.

What? she has teeth.!!!!! :razz: :razz: :smile:

Would alot of Rom people be such a bad thing? Im not sure id say an “invasion” maybe an influx :mrgreen:

Hello 401roadwarrior and jimbotell,
I see that you are both new members here and I welcome you to the HotForWords site. There is a lot to explore here and you will have fun meeting some great people here.

This is an open forum and people are encouraged to engage in discussions even though you wish Marina to answer your request.

I have learned a lot from other people that contribute new information that I was not aware of. When Marina sees your question, she will answer you as well as needed.

Regarding the gypsies, I have had an interest in the origin of that word also and I found an extensive article on several theories regarding the word gypsy and the Gypsy people.

Since there is a long history of a certain type of people, across Europe, many people will have had different experiences and will have used different words for either the same people, or different people.

The article states that there are conflicted points of view from where the Roma or Gypsies originated. Because they arrived in Europe from the East, they were thought by early Europeans to be from Turkey or Nubia. They were even thought to have been from Egypt, and were called, among other things, Egyptians, or ‘Gyptians, which is how the word “Gypsy” originated.

Origins Of The Gypsy/Roma/Rom History
http://www.gypsyadvice.com/gypsy_lore.htm

Aw and she just gets prettier :grin:

I guess you’re a liberal in real life so you always rule in favor of minority rights, right?

You just say the above comment to any Eastern European, Marina inclusive (which I know her by watching Bill O’Reilly for the past 6+ years), and be prepared to to get a “job” as a monk to your local monastery as nobody is gonna be willing to give you any attention any more!

Hello jimbotell and I welcome you to the HotForWords site. Enjoy exploring the site and discovering many videos and articles.

See my comment below regarding the gypsies.

ok, ok, ok, so the history of the worlds [gypsy] and [Roma people], I’m not interested in the history of the people, I was forced to live around them as they were fully protected by the damn communists as an endangered species, when I left E Europe over 20 years ago they were all called gypsies, now I heard they got a different name, Roma People, what a heck is Roma People, Roma (in Italian) is the capital of Italy, what a heck gypsies have to do with Italy?
So again, the origins of the word GYPSY and ROMA PEOPLE, that’s my one and only question at this very subject.
TVM
PS and btw, they all are from INDIA, they look IDENTICAL, skin color, with people from that part of the world, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, they got nothing in common, skin color or religion, with Arabs as somebody has suggested as they came from Egypt!

Thank you for the St. Valentine greeting. Keeeeses xxXXxXxxxx

HI 401roadwarrior,
Yes, you are correct, the people that you and I call Gypsies are
the Roma which are descendants of the ancient warrior classes of Northern India, particularly the Punjab, and they are identifiable by their language, religion, and customs, which can be directly linked to those of the Punjabi in northern India. However, it is important to note that not all “gypsies” or nomadic peoples are Roma.

The Romani language native name is “rromani ćhib” which is the language of the Romani people. It is an Indo-Aryan language and analysis of the Romani language has shown that it is closely related to those spoken in central and northern India.

Even though you mention that the EU is tells everybody to use the word Roma instead of Gypsy as a political expediency, I believe that the Romani themselves urged nations to call the group aligned to India as Romani as the word Gypsy is considered derogatory and not all Gypsies are Roma.

Your word request is a good one and I requested that word back in 2008 on this site. I had been studying Eastern European history whereby I came across many Gypsy/Romani videos, radio shows and televisions programs and where I came across many political groups that have been making an effort to clarify the identity of Romani versus the group of nomaidc people that one calles the Gypsies, but not all Gypsies are Roma.

For example, many of the nomadic people that you and I might point to as Gypsies, may in fact be native people of Spain, Italy and other countries. It might be true that their earlier origin is also from India, but over many hundreds of years there have been splits and there has been confusion of the terms due to the various types of media such as movies, books and so on.

The OED does mention that the origin of the word Gypsy is a form of the word Egyptian, so I guess you can’t blame the Romani people whose customs and language is more aligned with India to chose for their name the Romani instead of Gypsy.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=gypsy&searchmode=none

Possibly another set of confusion might arise where the Romani are thought to be related to the Romanians, which is false. The Romanian language is closely aligned to Rome as there was heavy romanization in 106 AD which gave birth to proto-Romanian language.

http://www.romani.org/

When Marina does a lesson on your word request, I’m sure you and I will learn some other surprising things. Marina does a great job of revealing interesting stories about the words she does.

What I like about Marina’s video lessons is that she points to subtle differences between words that look alike but have totally different origins. For example, the word Romantic is one such lesson. If you haven’t seen that lesson, it will give you an idea of what I mean.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/12/15/romantic/

I thiink I read that the ancient Persians and/or Greeks were allowed to take their wives along with them on millitary campaigns.

TVM for taking your time for the (in detail) explanation, academic one of course, one thing is to read and do research, very good and applaudable of course, other thing is REAL LIFE, to be forced to live with them for 25 years (me) or for ever (for those still in E Europe), nobody wants them as their next-door neighbors due to their very dangerous lifestyle, first in crime (no, they don’t need guns, they use the knife to cut off your throat, for real, if you don’t give them your money), pickpocketing is their other natural “job”, let them loose in an unattended parking lot and you will see how that place will look like next morning, anyhow, all I wanted to find out from Marina (as she was shown as very knowledgeable on Bill O’Reilly, show I’ve been watching for over 6 years) the origins of the worlds [GYPSY] and [ROMA PEOPLE], where they are coming from, any connections btwn them, etc.
BTW, all of them are PROUD to be called GYPSY, all of them liked to be called GYPSY, GYPSY is their own heritage, their history and their legacy, none of them will look at you as a racist (they don’t even know what racism really is) when you call them gypsy, when you call them gypsy you make them happy that you know who they are: GYPSIES!
What you call it derogatory, I call it political correctness, also I have many other political correct words, of course all SOCIAL words, that, if this issue is answered by Marina, I will place a request later on.
Also, all people in E Europe, where gypsies have settled in time, are all CHRISTIANS, Catholics or Orthodox, gypsies have NO religion at all, no, they are not atheist (these are freaking liberals in Western World), they simply have no religion and that’s been since ever.
TVM
PS Hope you people don’t have a problem with people that share the same views as Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, FOX NEWS in general, Marina did not have any problem with FOX NEWS!

NO ONE DOES IT BETTER! :cool: LOL Loads Of Love!

Thanks for your great explanation 401roadwarrior and I do understand where you are coming from. I was born in W Europe and have roots on both sides of the family from E Europe. I have had first hand experience with Gypsies as a kid, but I’m sure that it is different than for the adults, and I’m sure every twenty years things change and sometimes drastically so.

No, I don’t have a problem with Bill O., but there are many people are that violently against him as there are people violently against any kind of what appears to be liberalism.

For me, I am on neither side of any political spectrum. If you knew the details of my background, you would understand. However, I have studied the phenomena of political divisiveness, and some day I will publish a book along those lines.

You are correct, academic details is one thing, but having to live it is quite another. I think it was 60 Minutes that did a full show on the Gypsies/Romani back around early 2000s. I don’t know if you ever saw that program.

Hi saintone,
Marina has done several videos surrounding the subject of alcohol and Marina also appeared on the cover of Mutineer Magazine which is about fine beverages.

http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/16/signed-copy-of-mutineer-magazine/

Here is a lesson on Vodka
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/07/12/vodka-like-water/

Here is a lesson on Whiskey
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/09/15/whiskey/

Here is a lesson on Martini
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/07/03/martini/

Here is a lesson on beer
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/06/beer/

Enjoy the lessons, but don’t get too drunk from them. :-)

Hi seesixcm6,
I saw your comment on YT from 4 hours ago where you said;

“I never got your Valentine’s card! I tried to subscribe, again, but it shows I already subscribed. “

Since you are subscribed, you probably got the card, but it may be in your spam folder or other folder where your spam is sent to. Depending how you have setup your spam system, that card may also be in the trash.

When you go to the “Sign up for my Valentine’s Card” page, you’ll see that I posted that I got my card at 5:54 PM PST. Look for emails in that time frame to help you locate the card.

I believe Harley Davidson motorcycles are sometimes called [hawgs], but I’ve also heard it referred to other cruiser type bikes.

if you choose my word [hawg], it would give you a chance to deck out into a fine lovely pair of black leather pants. And, it would of course give us fans a chance to see our lovely Miss O in all her skin-tight glory.

I would like to hear about various terms regarding money. For example [jack], for money, [chicken feed] for a small amount of money, and [broke] for having no money, and[bankrupt]. Thanks.

You mentioned liberalism, as a person who I had no choice but to live in communism for 25+ years (born there) and then 20 years in the West, here it goes: liberalism is IDENTICAL with socialism, exactly the very same ideology, political, economical and especially socially, communism? liberalism/socialism plus NEVER free elections = dictatorship (as in Cuba, Iran, N Korea, etc.). In Europe, they (political parties and people) are not afraid to call themselves socialists or social-democrats, same thing, Socialist/Social-Democrat/Labor Parties in Italy, Spain, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, etc., only here in USA and Canada they call it liberalism or the newer version: progressives, they think like real socialists but they don’t call themselves socialists, and when you call them out, well… call them out on MSNBC, CNN, NBC and other mainstream media and you will see how they react to that!
I cannot be neutral, who the h”"” is gonna give me back 25 years I was forced to live in that damn gulag, also, using another word that fits perfectly within this website, [hypocrisy], Michael Moore and Co. (almost entire Hollywood, most of the Democratic Party, the current residents at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, etc.) they are all in love with socialism (oops, sorry, liberalism/progressive values) but NONE of them ever lived, let’s say, CUBA, all have taken FULL advantage of what “evil” capitalism has built in North America for so many years, in Cuba? private enterprise/business??? Michael Moore likes Cuba’s health care but he never lived down there like an ordinary Cuban, if this is not hypocrisy I don’t know what else it is!!!
And btw, I’m self employed, working for myself, small business owner…
Nice talking to you.
Chris

for some reason i cant reply below… oh well. No im not really a Liberal and I ignore generalizations of peoples. I regard each “minority” group from the perspective of the individual, after all our whole nation is comprised of immigrants.. unless of course your a native :) I’m really not familiar with the Rom at all but I’m not sure how thety could be much different from anyone else really. I don’t know much about O’Reilly… hmm thats irish isn’t it? I’m sure that because somebody appears on a program they dont endorse everything the show peddles, I think the lady can speak for herself. Out of curiosity though..what on earth is wrong with gypsies, I’m honestly uninformed.

What does the word [ zumbooruk ] mean :evil:

Thanks for the tip. I still haven’t received a card, as of 8:21 AM, 2/16/10.
I see enough of Marina’s videos, anyway.
Seesixcm6

Hi seankim,
Other spellings of Harleys besides hawg, is hog and HOG which refers to Harley Owners Group.

You may have seen comments by BigBhd95 on this site where he talks about his Harley. Check out this comment that Barry left recently on the Drew Entry To Win page.

I’m sure Barry is rooting for your word and I’m sure he wants Marina to get back to NY where Barry can give her a ride on his hog. :smile:

Marina, can you please tell me the word that means using a product name generically? For example, calling gelatin Jello, calling a tissue a Kleenex or calling a photocpy a Xerox? Thank you.

Marina, here is another obligatory luv song for you… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4n-fPdK6xw

Sort of hard to truly reply to this thread, not replying to anyone in particular. OK. In the Romani language — rom = man, roma = men. This is not all that uncommon for highly insular tribal cultures, and the Gypsies are among the most insular in the world (which is probably why anthropologists still don’t know that much about their inner society). As a comparitive example, Navajo and Apache don’t call themselves by those tribal names, they call themselves “Dine” or “Dinneh,” which means ‘people.’ Similar trends exist throughout native tribes in north and south america…and yes, if you’re thinking ahead, the implication should be obvious…if this tribe is ‘people,’ that means they might think of everyone else as ‘not people,’ which is often the case, and might be part of why while Romani have strong ethics within the clan unit, they often seem to have absolutely ZERO regard for the property or well-being of outsiders.

The pain the the arse part comes from the fact that Romanians call themselves “Romani” (plural), though as any Romanian will VERY quickly tell you, there is NO relationship between Romanians and Roma/Gypsies (even though there is a huge Roma population in Romania). In other words, Romania does directly relate to Rome, Romanian is a Romance language and Romanians strongly self-identify as Latin or even Roman people. I don’t think that any historian or linguist would question the assertion that the ‘Roma’ term for gypsies is pure linguistic coincidence and has no connection with Latin Roma, Romani, or Romanians.

Various ‘Gypsy’ groups call themselves by various names across europe (and for that matter, throughout Turkey and large parts of west and central asia), but the unifying factor is the language which clearly shows that Gypsies in England, Spain, and France are ethnically identical to the Romani of eastern Europe (not counting people misidentified as ‘gypsies,’ such as the Shelta or Yenische, two groups who at least appear to be native European groups, though they live an insular nomadic lifestyle not that different from many nomadic Gypsy clans). As for the Gypsy name, I’d be curious to see Marina’s research as well. As for all I understand, there seems to be little or no doubt among historians that the name is a misidentification of the people with Egyptians (early texts even call them Egyptiens and Gyptiens)…the question remains if it was an error on the part of the Europeans, or a con job played by the early Gypsies — the story being when they arrived in Europe, they claimed that they were exiled Egyptian christians. The one main point of logic to support this story (though proof may well be impossible) is that when they started showing up in Europe, in the 13th-14th centuries, you have to understand that Spain was mostly Muslim, the Muslim Turks were kicking the crap out of the eastern Roman empire (the ‘Byzantines’) and making their first footholds in Europe, and the crusades were over and totally lost. European christianity was reeling a bit, so the idea of some non-Christian darker skinned foreigners showing up on the eastern borders would have probably not been very welcome — they might have been lynched at every border crossing at which they appeared. Claiming to be Christian exiles, though, and they might have been allowed entry. Just speculation, but there ya go.

I’ve always been interested in Gypsies, not in small part because I have a good deal of nomadic blood (but not Gypsy) and am curious about anyone living the life, but after endless negative experiences with Gypsies everywhere from Paris to throughout eastern Europe, it is extremely difficult to notice a Gypsy without thinking “oh crap, here we go.” My own life has indicated to me that reliance on generalizations of an entire population can lead to lapses in judgement, but the only good times I’ve had with gypsies is listening to their music…from a distance (Django Reinhardt rules!). Otherwise, in all my experiences, they have come across as everything from unfriendly or hostile, manipulative, to downright predatory.

I would like to know the origins of the word [Innocence]. This would be greatly appreciated.
Keep up the great work!

HOORAH PK :oops:

Hello traveller23,
Reference: Gypsy thread started by 401roadwarrior comment #54
Regarding your comment at: 54.3.1.1.2

Thank you for your input traveller23. That was quite a bit of detail. So, Marina won’t have any choice :lol: but to do this word now as requested by 401roadwarrior and you. It seems that the word Gypsy has taken on a life of its own and at least the three of us have a great interest in the word.

The information regarding the possible con job of some people that claimed themselves to be exiled Egyptian Christians somehow rings a bell, but I don’t recall where I may have heard of it.

Yes, the Romanian connection is confusing for many people as I found out many years ago when I did my research. One of our good friends here on this site is Chemikal who is from Romania. So, if he has some time between his intense studies, he might contribute what he knows.

Thanks again for your information traveller23.

P.S.
You had replied to me and I know you didn’t intend on replying to anyone specifically. You can just start a fresh posting which will appear at the top and then reference any comments below as I did.

If you don’t know how to construct links like I did, no problem. You can just refer to the comment number to the far right of any user’s name. The numbers are in faint gray. You can use your mouse to highlight that area so the comment numbers are reversed for easier viewing. When you RIGHT click on the comment numbers and then click Copy Link Location, you can paste the link into the comment as an easy clickable link reference to be used by others.

Hi Chris,
Thank you for your great comments. You and I would have some great conversations regarding the things you mentioned in comment # says: 54.3.1.1.1

I’m from So Calif near LA and I traveled quite a bit to Toronto (Markham – Software Engr / Advanced Business Solutions)
Toronto is a great city and had some great times there, and many times you’d find me at Chapters bookstore and many other bookstores downtown.

One of the words you requested is “hypocrisy”
Marina has already done an excellent lesson on the word hypocrite located here.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/12/14/hypocrite/

Wow! I feel like I’ve traveled back in time to one of my music history lectures. Neat. Do you like Verdi, leoNard?

HOTFORWORDS [COUSIN]!!! :P :-) did not you have a bag story?. :lol: [ethnic] thing?The expression “cannibalization” is in addition used metaphorically outside of biological fields to refer to the reuse :oops: of parts or ideas or to situations such as when a company’s assets eat into its other assets.

Cannibalism has recently been both practiced and fiercely condemned in several wars,…. ….. … how to pick up peas?

Hi Karl, TVM but I’m just a humbled (legal) immigrant, a former one, for a long time a naturalized Canadian, I strongly promote the free exchange of any kind of opinions, as long as you do it in a polite and friendly way, I despise personal attacks, Toronto is a very ultra liberal city, identical with your own SF, so you figure out how easy is for a guy like me, pretty traditional, conservative, proud christian, to have a peaceful life up here, but you gotta make it alive, that’s why I’m like ‘oldglory’, always stand tall and never bow to anybody, aka Arab kings or other emperors! ;-)
In time I’ve been blessed by God to have a chance to travel around the entire beautiful USA, 48 states on 4 wheels, every year I vacation only in the States, mostly South Texas or S Florida, I’ve been twice in California including LA, honestly LA is not a type of city I like very much, too liberal, anyhow, San Diego is my favorite place in California, also Sacramento is very nice, of course Pacific Hwy is a MUST to see in California, also I’ve been all the way to the Waterbed in the Death Valley, beautiful country you have over there, hopefully you wont change it too much, w/out TRADITIONAL America and the GREAT Ronald Reagan we in E Europe would have never gotten our freedoms we had missed for 45 long years!
Nice talking to you, Karl.
Take care now,
Chris

I would like to know how [wife beater t-shirt] came to being.

Thank you,
~~Chris

I would like to know the origin of [gay], how it went from one who was happy to a homosexual and now for a retarded act.

Don’t worry Karl, I’m from Romania, but left in 1987, anyhow, gypsies are pretty much everywhere in E Europe, before 1987 I was allowed to travel only to other E European countries, so I’ve seen them in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, even E Germany, never been in Soviet Union, somebody mentioned in a reply that they are in “huge” number in Romania, yes, maybe up to 2%, :roll: , also we are christian orthodox, Bulgarians and Serbs as well, the rest of E Europeans are Catholics, why I mention this, gypsies have NO religion, that’s how their “traditions” have been for centuries!
Also, you can single out a gypsie out of a sea of E Europeans, how? very simple, they look identical with any individual from parts of India/Bangladesh/Sri Lanka, btw very good people in that area, my point is that they look different than the regular Europeans, skin color, that’s it, same who you can’t make a difference btwn a Swede and an Italian, well, get a course in European demography!
Last year we had a couple of THOUSANDS of Czech gypsies coming to Toronto within 1 month, like an invasion, some with 4-6 kids, some of them couple of months old, soon after Canada has imposed visas on ALL Czechs, gypsies or regular (blond) Czech citizen, they claimed political asylum in the basis of racial discrimination in Europe, and yes, I agree with them, their life has changed dramatically after 1990, full of hardship after 1990, before 1990 they were all protected by all communist governments, no jail time for any theft they were committed on a daily basis, after 1990, all go to jail for any criminal activity, that’s why they cannot live there anymore, too much “persecution” over there, so try to find a new world for their one-and-only kind of “activity”: pickpocketing!

I feed off the quote of HotForWords —I like learning what was vague…and now is new mixing with the past :smile: Libiamo Ne’ Lieti Calici, “La Traviata”

Verdi – Nabucco – Chorus of Hebrew Slaves

.Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 :cool: ..history is a good thing :!: :???: Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian pronunciation: [dÊ’uˈzÉ›ppːe ˈverdi]; October 9 or 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre… :-)

oh! poo

Don’t quite see why you’re rolling your eyes at the ‘huge’ comment, considering that you’re the one bringing up the matter that they’re ‘everywhere’ in eastern europe. They’re Romania’s second largest minority at ~500,000 in a country of 20 or so million (and that’s just based on estimations from gypsies who cooperated with the census — who knows the actual population) and are a large enough population that I would see more than one in any large town or city in Romania on any given day. Plenty in Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Hungary as well, but nowhere did they stick out as much as in Romania. Maybe it’s because there are more places to hide in Romania with its extensive mountain ranges and valleys, while Hungary and Ukraine tend to be more flat and thoroughly farmed. Though Bulgaria has plenty of mountains, too, so that hypothesis might not be viable. Well, whatever, from all estimations I’ve read, Romania and France are always listed as the two countries with the highest gypsy populations (and I don’t know why France except maybe because of a lot of tourist prey and France’s liberal immigration policies), so given the overall world population of Gypsies (referring to ‘true’ Roma-speaking peoples), the Romanian population is relatively huge compared to everywhere else in Europe (and possibly the rest of the world as well), even the much larger nations of Russia and Ukraine — though my closest high-risk encounter with a gypsy threatening me for money was around midnight on a train platform in L’viv!

PedanticKarl — thank you for the help on replies! And sorry if I get occasionally too loquacious :) It’s in my nature to be thorough when a topic interests me and sometimes I don’t remember when to stop.

['buckwheat' or 'beech wheat' ]~~~~~~~Fagopyrum esculentum~~~Quote”I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it.” – John F. Kennedy – when asked what is his favorite song 1917-1963http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYN9WOEqYY&NR=1

[Sturgeon spearing] :razz: :mrgreen: :razz: ~~~!~~~Several species of sturgeons are harvested for their [roe], which is made into [caviar]—a luxury good which makes some sturgeons pound for pound the most valuable of all harvested fish.

traveller23, loquacious is good and I tend to be wordy and since Marina created the lesson on pithy and laconic I have been trying my hardest to be less wordy. Twitter has helped in that regard.

Nincompoop
…wordsNicodemite is a 16th century term that applied to a person who resembled Nicodemus who obviously lived many years … glory bound…3 doors to open…Jerry Lee Lewis – New Orleans [Boogie] ( 1952 very rare )
:razz:

transient :cool: :oops: :mrgreen: Wisconsin had those horse people you talk about…Curtis Mayfield – Gypsy Woman Live
Transient, a term used to describe the wandering poor, better known as a homeless person, bum, hobo, etc….

I know a lady and her dad lives in EGYPT: we concluded like America, we are a “generic nation”—

Generic is something that is general, common, or inclusive rather than specific, unique, or selective. :lol:

The name the Picts called themselves is still unknown. The Latin word Picti first occurs in a panegyric written by Eumenius in AD 297 and is taken to mean “painted or tattooed people” (Latin pingere “to paint”; “pictus,” “painted”).

…

[Antiziganism] (pronounced /æntaɪˈzɪɡənɨzm/) or Anti-Romanyism is hostility, prejudice or racism directed at the Romani people, also known as Gypsies. :smile: …(original aryans)… :???:

The root zigan is the basis of the word for the Romani people in many European languages. In most of those languages, the pronunciation is similar to the Hungarian cigány (pronounced [ˈtsiɡaːɲ]). The Romanis — who have often been stereotyped as thieves, tramps, con men and fortune tellers — have been subject to various forms of discrimination throughout history.
:twisted:

she did it already…ask a TA!…sorry went to wrong responce :P Lucky for edit…sorry this was for the like …

hEar to learn Coca-cola…Marina take on brand names…cough medicine herion-…I hope this helps…Mothers Little Helper Rolling Stones… :smile: What a drag it is getting old
Kids are different today,
I hear evry mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though shes not really ill
Theres a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of a mothers little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day

Things are different today,
I hear evry mother say
Cooking fresh food for a husbands just a drag
So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak
…mick & keith :cool:

Hi Marina,

I would like to request to origin of the words Ash Wednesday.

Thanks, Stephen

Marina,

I would like to know the origin of the word [dream].

I ask this as I track my dreams and also due to the one given to me last night.

Seems I was sitting talking to you at a white round table and told me you were only going to do this show for another 7 months, then retire. I asked what you were going to do after that. But as usual, the dream got cloudy and ended before I could hear your response.

Jay

Oh, a gypsy, or rather a freakin’ Amnesty Int “lawyer” ! ;-) Which one?

Got any real life, personal experience with these people, I’d like to hear it, which country, if I won’t hear from you with a reply, go and see what this word means: [demagogue] it refers directly to YOU!

Ciao! :mrgreen:

Everywhere in E Europe, YES, nobody can deny this, WHY? you did not even touch the subject, wonder why :roll: the “grandfathers” of today’s liberals/progressive/socialist people, that’s COMMUNISTS, allowed them to have a free ride (read: kings of theft) for 45 long years, who agrees with gypsies automatically agrees with communism, end of story!

Ciao!

:smile:

I guess the entire LIBERAL community is now against you :smile:

What’s wrong with the word homosexual (I’m heterosexual as I’m married to a WOMAN), but all political correct people, aka liberals, have replaced it with the word [GAY], where [gay] is coming from?

Thanks, leoNard, but I am looking for the WORD that means using a brand name generically.

In intellectual property law an eponym can refer to a genericized trademark or brand name, a form of metonymy. :grin:

Sometimes, metaphor and metonymy can both be at work in the same figure of speech, or one could interpret a phrase metaphorically or metonymically. For example, the phrase “lend me your ear”

:smile: ...An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from “eponymous”, from the Greek “eponymos” meaning “giving name”. :razz: .Kleenex is a brand name for a variety of products such as facial tissue, bathroom tissue, paper towels, and diapers. Kleenex is a registered trademark of Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Often used as a genericized trademark, especially in the United States, “Kleenex” is in fact owned and used as a trademark by Kimberly-Clark. Kleenex products are manufactured in 30 countries and sold in more than 170.—Facial tissue is often referred to as a “tissue”, or by the genericized trademark “Kleenex” which popularized the invention and its use….

Trademark
The word “xerox” is commonly used as a synonym for “photocopy” (both as a noun and a verb) in many areas; for example,”I xeroxed the document and placed it on your desk.” or “Please make a xeroxed copy of the articles and hand them out a week before the exam”. Though both are common, the company does not condone such uses of its trademark, and is particularly concerned about the ongoing use of Xerox as a verb as this places the trademark in danger of being declared a generic word by the courts. The company is engaged in an ongoing advertising and media campaign to convince the public that Xerox should not be used as a verb. :idea:

To this end, the company has written to publications that have used Xerox as a verb, and has also purchased print advertisements declaring that “you cannot ‘xerox’ a document, but you can copy it on a Xerox Brand copying machine”. Xerox Corporation continues to protect its trademark diligently in most if not all trademark categories. Despite their efforts, many dictionaries continue to mention the use of “xerox” as a verb, including the Oxford English Dictionary.
In 2008, Xerox changed its logo to a red sphere with a white X with three grey stripes. The change is meant to reflect less on the photo copying duties Xerox has carried out and instead to refocus on document management and solutions across the world for companies

Hi leonard,

A clue about the Picts: the Welsh called them prydyn, which apparently not being a term of Celtic origin, may have been what they called themselves. Prydyn later morphed into [Britain]. :smile:

Didn’t she mention “Godspeed” in the “Goodbye” lesson? :???:

I could tell you about, that the smart travellers, the hunters and gatherers and [INDIANS](cowboys) too; we all squat and Rome learned from Greece, that the worship forms from CULTure. :lol:

O’Beast of-burden(bEEf) :lol:

…the united states of america has NO national langUage, but the bitching!!!!…ma doG & the silly-rabbits :cool: owened by the mAsses

:mrgreen:

….[][barber shop][]HOT DUO from out of Los Angeles performs the song, “Cowboys and Indians.” J*Davey kind’a puts you on the VIBE of Digable Planets. REaD-bl00d…ps–I enjoyed your comments: 401roadwarrior :smile: private property is good reasoning 4—_4seasons is the rEAsOn!!!!

I would like to request the word [chode]. There are some various, and possibly incorect meanings used, especilly in American slang. Back in college, we call people who were jerks, chodes. If any one really knows, it is hotforwords. Keep smokin’ Marina!

Origin of the word [eggplant] since it seems to have nothing to do with eggs.

Umm, well, I was just wondering if you could make a video explaing the meaning and origin of the word (or words, I’m not sure :-S) [godspeed]? As i’ve heard it on t.v a few times but no one I know can explain what it means. Thanks.

Hi fishymack,
I was going to offer the term metonym or metonymy as a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing such as plastic being a metonym for credit card or kleenex representing a tissue. I see that LeoNard has already suggested that as a second comment to you.

Alternatively, although not a single word, the phrase “generic brand” or “generic trademark” might be an option. For example, the pharmacist might ask; “do you want product xyz or is the generic brand OK?”

As an aside, but a point of interest, did you ever see Marina’s video related to your question where Marina explores the originally trademarked word Heroin which lost it’s trademark status due to common use of the word heroin? That video doesn’t address your question specifically, but it is related and an interesting video to watch.

Heroin Cough Syrup
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/25/heroin-cough-syrup/

Hi Marina,

As a nature geek, I thought it might be cool if you could do some words that are used to describe groups of animals, such as:

[murder] of crows
[pack] of wolves
[school] of fish
[pod] of whales
[gaggle] of geese
[skein] of ducks

Bye! :cool:

Faiiliien,

Marina did “godspeed” in the lesson for “speed.”

oh, cool, thanks.

How about the origins of our not so favorite words – [cuss] words.

But I am sure that as a teacher, you do not want to go before the school board answering their questions as to why you were swearing in class at your fragile students.

those and others such as:

[forest of trees]
[cache of jewels]

lol

I’ve always wondered about words used to describe the [increasing size of things]. Trolls, keep it clean. e.g.

[bodies of water: puddle, pond, pool, reservoir, lake
moving water: trickle, creek, stream, river
streets: path, court, place, drive, street, avenue, boulevard, highway, freeway, interstate
communities: neighborhood, town, ville, city, region, county, state, country]

I would like to suggest the word, [altruistic].

You’re a trip, leoNard. I always love hearing from you.

When I was in school (during a sober, lucid, non- partying moment) I got to play in a production of Aida which included members of the symphony, opera, lyric opera, wind ensemble, symphonic band, cheerleaders, and Bevo. OK, just kidding about the cheerleaders and Bevo, but you can imagine the magnitude of this effort. It was really fun.

See “t’aint”. ;-)

[demagogue] –I second 401roadwarrior request……….Sycophancy means: :|
:lol:
1.Obsequious flattery; servility.
2.False accusation; calumniation; talebearing.
3.The character or characteristic of a sycophant…—-Submissiveness is the incidence or trait of voluntarily yielding to the expressed will of another or some display of force. It can be found in everyday human and animal interaction. Submissiveness in humans can be a benign aspect of the social fabric, or it may be part of other problems that a person experiences.

Within human relationships there may be a submissive partner. This partner may be trying to appease the others through agreeing to their command. If they are otherwise healthy this partner may be content. If one or both of the people are experiencing chronic, pervasive emotional distress then the sex partners or individuals may require re-evaluation.

People who are eager and willing to take on a recurring submissive role in a relationship or who fetish/fetishize the trait of submissiveness may seek out others that share their interest or form long term pairings based on consenting to heightened levels of submission in a relationship. This may be incidental in certain cultural or social groups, or may be explicitly expressed in others such as the dominance and submission part of the BDSM subculture………

*** :lol: [[Lordosis behavior]] refers to the position that some mammalian females (including cats, mice, and rats) display when they are ready to mate (“in heat”). :lol:

I am a bit wondering about this one, heard it so many times, yet in so many different contexts, [Rapture]

:)

Love these guys, appropriate song too, be well

Don’t fear
I want to
Love you
Yeah don’t go there… See more
I let you get to me
Yeah yeah

Come back
Don’t be
Afraid of me
Soon
That (I’ll harm you)
Your eyes are blue
Blue jewels
Yeah yeah
Come back
Have faith
Someone like you
Can find the reason
Of what I did to you
Yeah yeah

Wake up
Don’t fear
I want to
Love you
Yeah don’t go there
I let you get to me
Yeah yeah

Marina – I’m framing the Saint Valentine’s card you sent to me. When will you be blowing your hair and taking that picture? … Love to YOU always.
REXINO

French fries are indeed Belgian!

Congrats on your research(team)