Vuvuzela

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  1. Vuvuzela are the african trumpets – I really hate them, but I’ve got a really great idea!
    In fact the sound on the phone can be used to scare your friends when they sleep at the bus when you’re doing a schooltrip. XDXDXD is might be really funny! You just put your phone with the alarm on the ear of his friends and you’re done.

  2. Roger Decker says:

    I hate the Vuvuzela. I pray it doesn’t start showing up at American football.

  3. Bennyrick says:

    Hey Marina!
    I meant to comment sooner on this but I……..forgot..
    I love this video the most, because you make me laugh having the fight with your sister! Great work on that one, very original, innocent and just plain funny!
    If you read this comment, GREAT I hope your smiling!
    Nice pics on your twitter also. Yeah, nothing beats family, everything is just second place :)

    YOu should come to Australia, its a very nice place, and we have BETTER beaches than USA ;) lol

  4. bsomebody says:

    Well I certainly appreciate the symbolism, but it is just a tad annoying…

  5. ROMULO says:

    COAGULETE SAY: ROMULO PARDO URIAS, PORNOPETYCGEIST DEVELOPER, SEXYDELIC TEORIC, CYBERDELIC FAN OF YOURS… NOT THE BEST FELLOW OF HOT FOR WORDS… BUT THE MOST RIDICULUS ROMANCER OF YOUR DREAMS…

  6. pythagore says:

    Hey it’s look like a didgeridoo.

  7. Dear Teacher:

    If being “disenchanted” means to be no longer “enchanted,” what is someone before becoming “disgruntled”?

    And, if someone behaving casually is “nonchalant” and someone who is upset is “nonplussed,” is someone irate then “chalant” and someone gratified “plussed”?

    And, finally, where did these words come from?

    Your obedient student,

    MarstonT

  8. Evan Owen says:

    Watching “Harry Potter” with my 12-year-old…

    {muggle}
    {expelliaramus}
    {expecto patronum} :razz:

  9. Miranda Gwen says:

    Hi Marina. I love your videos and I learn alot from you, but I have a couple words that go together that you haven’t done. I know the meaning, but I’d really like to know where they came from.
    {Satyriasis} and {Nymphomaniac}. I know they are the male and female forms of being addicted to sex, sort of, but do they have anything to do with satyrs and nymphs at all?? Where did the words originate? Please investigate!!

  10. john says:

    Marina orlova read my comment ir your video about word bully please :)

  11. john says:

    Hi Marina, u are very beautiful , and u have nice boobs :)

  12. dave says:

    Ok i was always wondering why we canadians refer to womens vagina as a{ beaver}? I hope that this is not a upsetting word for you but I always wanted to know. :oops:

    • Evan Owen says:

      That’s not just a Canadian term. How about something REALLY Canuck, like “click” for kilometre, or Molson muscle, or loony & twony, eh? :razz:

      As they say in Quebec, one man’s fish is another man’s poisson! :mrgreen:

  13. Mahmoud says:

    that was really impressive :grin: i love the stuff you do.. it’s really a hard job… i’m very interested in origin of words, but i’m so lazy find out :lol: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

    i want to know the origin of {slave} please… :grin: :grin:

  14. whatimeitis says:

    :lol: …As you well know by now, that I’m not the Russian pussy-assed home boy type that grovels at your feet. :roll: I’d rather bend you over my knee and spank you hot little ass red. I’m a killer at heart and dangerously allied with the wickedest on the face of the earth. :lol: I’m an American bastard like Mel Gibson :lol: . I hate the fuck out of everyone, :grin: Jews, :grin: Catholics, :grin: hippies, :lol: church lady’s and just about every other queer :lol: you can name. They all can suck my ass. :lol:

    But check out Mel’s hot little Russian bitch. I bet she has the hottest legs in LA. Dam hot. I like ‘em skinny just like Mel. :lol: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38173191/ns/today-entertainment/

  15. Rijk says:

    i just got to share, heard it today.

    Do you know what the difference is between a woman and a vuvuzela?
    One makes a constant irritating noise
    and the other one is a plastic tooter.

  16. seankim says:

    in one of your older videos you did a “guess the word” segment on the word “money”. i’d like to request the origins of the word [moolah]. it means the same but how the heck did it come to be such a funny sounding word? i’m sure you’ll have a better hair day for this video. :)

    [moolah]

  17. PaparazziKid says:

    MARINA!? WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU’RE “NERD WORD OF THE DAY”?????

  18. brad says:

    How did the word vodka come about? I think it has something to do with the similarity between “вода” (voda-Russian word for water) and “водка” (vodka) in Russian. Seems vodka may be just as vital as water is to the Russians! =D

  19. leoNard says:

    A quotation by Bertrand Russell gives his interpretation of {megolamania}: “The megalomaniac differs from the {narcissist} by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.” {eco-tourism paradise}… lets go! :lol:

    :cool: {Phenetics/Phonetics} :cool:

    food is more than a thought :???:

  20. Sierra says:

    I hope nobody uses the Vuvuzela button on my videos! My Singing is better than listening to all of those!

  21. Samuel says:

    the german team had palyed so stupid.
    the whole match was like:
    yes there is a free player in front of me! no i have to pass it back!
    yes there is a free player in the same line with me! no i have to pass it back!
    yyeeaahh i’m a defense player i have to pass the ball to the keeper! :roll:
    no offensive play like they used to.
    the spanish team didn’t play different, but they have a different play.
    they are good in this kind of football.
    :roll: it looked like the german team tried to make a cheap fake-copy of spanish football instead of playing there own football, in wich they are good in. :roll:

    • Samuel says:

      :idea: please joachim löw don’t tell your players those defensive shit again!
      how you can play defensive with players who had run nearly 2 times faster than the english players

  22. PaparazziKid says:

    Hey Captain Jack, do you live in Chicago?

  23. Evan Owen says:

    …waiting for next word lesson…
    :!: Let’s play a round of Invent the Word Game! :grin:

    Make up a word, define it, and give an etymology, e.g.:

    {formicate}: to writhe with activity, like an anthill. From Latin formica,, “ant.” (Compare Spanish hormiguear. :cool:

  24. VenomRocK says:

    The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, or Bilderberg Club is an annual, unofficial, invitation-only conference of around 130 guests, most of whom are people of influence in the fields of politics, banking, business, the military and media. Each conference is closed to the public.

    Bilderberg Breaker Estulin:
    US builds 13 secret bases for war with Russia :???:

    George Carlin Back In Town “Farting in Public” :mrgreen:

  25. I would like to request the word {Bombshell} Thank you Marina my favorite teacher!!!

  26. MCLIJazz says:

    Until two weeks ago, the Vuvuzela was just “that horn.” Now, everyone knows what it’s called. I still don’t like them, but can do an impression of them. I also have the idea of a Peter Griffin Vuvuzela that transmits his “hehehehehehehe” laugh when you blow it.

  27. pedanticKarl says:

    Marina, regarding today’s Russian lesson
    I appreciate you using the
    6 W’s, Who, What, Where, When,
    Why and How instead of the typical
    5 W’s used in reporting.

    I have added a 7th W that I use in
    technical interrogation; Which.
    Asking questions using “which”
    has helped me solve many more problems.

    • Don’t forget the universal question: Huh? :mrgreen:
      [Marina blows on the muzzle of her prop gun]
      That comes from the time of muzzle loaders.
      You sure didn’t want to have any embers from
      a fired shot down the barrel, or you could
      end up shooting your wad prematurely :shock:

      • whatimeitis says:

        Forgive me my dear Russians, but to know her is to love her. :lol: That is before you are forced to insanity and then want to kill her :lol: This one an odd study indeed. God I hope I never find a girl like this one. Makes one glad to know Marina.

  28. pedanticKarl says:

    The best part of the day is looking forward to
    Marina’s Russian lesson. I loved today’s lesson.
    HWK:
    KGB – Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
    (Committee for State Security, former USSR)

    To get to today’s lesson, check out Marina’s tweet.
    Her link takes you right to the lesson.

  29. hott4urblog says:

    It should be illegal to make, buy and sell stupid trash… esp. when they’re annoying!

  30. Ramsey P. B. says:

    Came across this last night
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aogtMrrNl9k&playnext_from=TL&videos=ZO_KnefTjeM
    At 1:04 my caption would read “Gorby will turn on us if we dress him in a red bow.”
    (The rest of the video is funny, too.)

  31. nighteye says:

    I had expected you to also give the meaning of vuvuzela, Marina’s. It translates to something like “very loud”

  32. Rijk says:

    the game has just started, if you wanna see, you can try this link, don’t know if it works outside holland.

    http://nos.nl/wk2010/live/

  33. mincosco says:

    Marina,

    I would like to request two words that are related and in the news. They are {espionage} and {spy}. With your humorous and goofy style it would be nice to see what you’re able to come up with on those. Thanks for all you do, I’m a huge fan!

    Mark :idea:

  34. CheVolay says:

    The Vuvuzela should be used the way it was intended like acting as a funnel when putting transmission oil in my truck. :|

  35. dellforce says:

    Hi again, later in the day… Here is an email I sent about a month ago… I can see you gettin’ FUNKY WITH IT, Professor Orlova!!

    Hello, Marina! It’s been a long while since I’ve contacted you over here. What happened to the word request link¿ I can’t check that long list of words 1st anymore. I want to request the word {Funk / Funky :cool: }. I can see you having a lot of fun with that one; funky odor being associated with the groovy Funk Music; you could even get into some of the pioneers of funk music, like Sly And The Family Stone, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins (I love “Munchies For Your Love”), Cameo and Earth, Wind And Fire (despite that by their own admission that they’re not a funk band when compared to the previous artists). And, Marina, for the longest time, your intro music has been very funky, not referring to the cartoon intro part. Of course, this could open the door to you doing vids on the word origins of other musical genres: jazz, rock ‘n roll, reggae, ska, and what’s the genre called “alternative” an alternative to? Well, primarily I’m concerned about {the funk}. Get funky with me, Marina :cool: ! Peace

  36. iluv2cutfarts says:

    Hey Marina – Maybe you could do a lesson on the origins of the hotly protested {Jubalani} Soccer ball that was created for the 2010 FIFA World Cup by Adidas. I had the undeserving pleasure to check out one of these balls, and I can tell you that it’s waaaaaaay too light for the elevation that they are playing at in SA. It’s no wonder the thing takes off like a bat outta hell.

    • samuel3d says:

      What does Marina mean when she says what’s the best place to find plane tickets she’s not leaving the United States is she? please tell me she’s not. :cry:

      • iluv2cutfarts says:

        I don’t think so samuel…If that were the case, she would have told us. She’s been going on a lot of trips lately though. She just got back from London.

      • Yes, she’s going back home to Russia. Her visa ran out, and she has to leave the country.

        If only she could have found a decent American man to marry her so she could get a green card…

        (Anyone know where Miss Marina can find one of those good and decent men?)

        {gullible}

  37. Heydave says:

    I’m just glad that somebody else heard that sound during the World Cup games; I thought it was me!

  38. PaparazziKid says:

    MARINA!!!! I MUST SHARE THIS WITH YOU. There is a wordpress plugin that is kinda a must-have. Instead of the Boring “share this article” The “Sexy Bookmarks Plugin is much more efficient and looks 200X Better. I put it on my site, and I think you should too, it gives a-lot more options for you’re viewers. :smile:

  39. Rijk says:

    hate the sound of it, but it sounds a bit like the final against argentina in 1978.

    Tomorrow is our big day, hope it’s gonna be three times lucky : )

  40. Evan Owen says:

    @madmiracle (Ramsey P.B.)

    Cleaning up after lunch, I asked an ant what he was doing on my kitchen counter.

    “Why not? It’s formica! :mrgreen:

  41. dellforce says:

    Hi Marina! An interesting quandary has befallen me from my chess studies. I’m studying the positional chess classic “My System” (1930) by Aron Nimzowitsch (or commonly today, Nimzovich). In the chapter on “The Isolated d-pawn…” (i.e., queen-pawn), he frequently refers to that isolated pawn as ‘the isolani’; SO, Marina, [isolani] is my word request. I’ve known that word from this subject for more than the past 10 years. Only lately have I dared to question its practicality among non-chess situations. I haven’t been able to find the word, isolani, in a dictionary (book or online), nor even a practical use from a Google search. Did our hero, Nimzowitsch, concoct a neologism? Only YOU can solve this etymological conundrum, Marina! If you don’t do a vid, can you please answer me in an email, please. This is a gigantic quandary for me now :?: …

    • Evan Owen says:

      Speaking of chess, they just dug up Bobby Fisher in Iceland to take a sample of his DNA. Some kid in the Philippines is claiming she’s his daughter & hence entitled to his fortune. :???:

    • pedanticKarl says:

      Hi dellforce,
      Many of the chess terms come from French, Italian and Spanish and maybe a few other languages. isolani is Italian meaning Islanders.
      Maybe Marina can offer a nice background story to go with that.
      isolani on Google translator

    • dellforce says:

      Thank you much for the input, Marina (and staff) :smile: ! Isolani must be the neutral form (since “Nimzo” attributed it to a pawn [the inanimate object; in chess, it's not even referred to as a piece]) of the Italian word for islander, isolano or isolana [feminine]). My Italian dictionary gives, the word, isola, for ‘island’. Now I have no more quandaries :mrgreen: By the way (btw), your website has A LOT going on… It’s the only site that has slowed down my typing on my NEW iPhone4! Peace, y’all!

      • pedanticKarl says:

        Thank you for your great feedback dellforce.

        Regarding the slowing down of the entering of text on the iPhone (either 3 or 4), it has been looked at by Lennie, me, and Marina. The slowness has to do with the site’s update back in April which includes a lot more technology.

        Essentially, here is the current status.
        The slowness only occurs if you Reply to someone and the rate of slowness depends on the number of comments on that page. Replying to someone is much faster if there are only 25 or so comments as opposed to 200 comments. If you are creating a brand new comment, then, there is no slowness and therefore it doesn’t matter the number of comments per page.

        What I have been doing on my iPhone3 which works very well, is to disable my JavaScript in my Safari Settings. When I do that, I am able to reply to any comment no matter how many comments there are on a page.

  42. Check out Marina’s site for the Daily Bunny
    (and check out her friend Fatima’s fine butt!) :mrgreen:

  43. Evan Owen says:

    Critic’s comment at intermission in the Jewish bugle concert:

    Shofar, show good! :mrgreen:

  44. vitor says:

    Me luves vuvuzelas… :twisted:

  45. daporras says:

    Dear Teacher,

    Thanks for finallydoing a World-Cup-themed lesson. And that was a great word to explore too.

    I’m quite an avid World Cup fan and, while the vuvuzelas were kind of obnoxious at first, I have become used to it and kind of enjoy it now. Every time I hear them I know there is a great match on and I instictively go towards the sound. I’m actually going to miss the vuvuzela once the Cup is over.

    That being said, definitely should not transfer them to other sports. Its distinct to South African football and will be a nice distinction for this particular Cup, but maybe it should stay that way.

  46. 101criminal10 says:

    personally i would enjoy the sporting events more without the vuvuzela!! ^_^

  47. 101criminal10 says:

    Love the Hat!!

  48. Greatest Potential says:

    :razz: for homework i gotta vuvu joke for ya

    What did the Vuvuzela say to the South African soccer fan when he picked him up :?:

    BLOW ME :!:

  49. Greatest Potential says:

    :smile: okay. i admit it. i clicked on that soccer ball over @ YT

  50. seesixcm6 says:

    Dear Marina,
    Happy Fourth of July holiday to you, too! I’m happy our country has lasted so long and has been as successful as it has, and I hope we all are more successful in the future. I’m also thankful you gave us videos to teach us Russian. I saw your video, “Prostitye. Ya nye ponyemayu” several times, and I plan to watch it many times more! :razz: I hope you will do many more videos like this! :mrgreen:
    Seesixcm6

  51. PaparazziKid says:

    HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE! Sorry, I am late, I’ve been hiking all day.

    Now to go and enjoy the fireworks on our roof!

  52. “Getting dirty on the sand”
    Woo hoo! :twisted:
    oh wait… it’s just Marina with her small furry animal at the beach :cry:
    …another case of [double entendre and sexual inuendo}
    eg. like, if I say “Can I come with you?” :cool:

    Well, at least it’s not a case of mistaken
    translation like the Indian Nipple Song :mrgreen:

  53. VenomRocK says:

    Happy 234th birthday America! Hope everyone has a happy and safe fourth.

    Zakk Wylde playing the U.S. National Anthem

  54. pat says:

    I don’t mind them. I’ve sat at sporting events where there were a lot more rude and obnoxious things going on. “Should vuvuzelas be allowed at other sporting events?” Hell Yeah!

  55. Gorby is the king… Oh he thinks he is…

    http://twitpic.com/22hfr6

    He looks just like a white toto…

    http://www.google.com/images?q=toto+in+basket

    Maybe you can be a russian dorothy…? Please…? :mrgreen:

    http://www.google.com/images?&q=dorothy+costume

  56. thematrix75 says:

    Happy Independence Day Everyone :!: Enjoy

  57. pedanticKarl says:

    .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*
    Happy 4th of July everyone
    .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*
     
     
    Question: Does England have a 4th of July?

  58. nasr says:

    AGAIN AS I SAID U R THE BEST AND THE BEST 4 THE BEST , I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH WORDS 2 SAY 4 U JUST I HAVE UR FACE IN MA MIND AND I’LL NOT FORGET IT ,BUT I HOPE 2 SEE U EVEN 1 SECOND .

    :razz: KISSES :razz: MY LOVE …>>>>>> :grin: NASR MESHATI :grin: <<<<<<<<

  59. fulltimereader says:

    Oh my gosh, Marina, if you would throw me a little kiss, that would be quite the {dusey}!

  60. Vuvuzelas? I thought everyone was saying “Zuzu’s Petals…”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96f_EkJQLHg

  61. tayljim says:

    I thought you would be a Dodger fan.

  62. Happy Independence Day, America! :grin:

    WARNING!!!
    Do not click this link if
    you are easily offended, but
    don’t mind being offensive
    :mrgreen:

  63. tayljim says:

    Happy 4th of July to every
    Yankee Doodle Dandy

  64. Evan Owen says:

    Q: What did the Jew say when he saw the smoked salmon?
    A: Yum! Kipper! ;-)

    Q: What did the Jew call the polar bear swim in Ireland’s biggest river?
    A: The Rush ha-Shannon! :mrgreen:

    Q: What did the Jew say when he heard the horrible performance of Scheherezade?
    A: Poor Rim! :o

    Q: What did the Jew say when he had trouble building a booth for the harvest festival?
    A: I Sukkot this! :sad:

    The most annoying sound in the world: Evan telling puns! :oops:

    These comments are not intended to be derogatory toward members of the Jewish faith. This being HotForWords, anti-Semantic remarks are forbidden! :smile:

    • leoNard says:

      This is much more cultured :smile: .. Lou Reed Metal Machine Music ..Lou Reed on Vinyl. 1975 RCA Metal Machine Music, 9 minutes of side one.

      great for parties and remember :lol: Friedrich Wilhelm Augustin Ludolf Gerhard (Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand) von Steuben also referred to as the Baron von Steuben,Ushistory.org[] (September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794) was a Prussian aristocrat and military officer who served as inspector general and Major general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is credited with teaching the Continental Army the essentials of military drill and discipline, helping to guide it to victory. He wrote the Revolutionary War Drill Manual, the book that became the standard United States drill manual until the War of 1812, and served as General George Washington’s chief of staff in the final years of the war. :smile: ;-)

  65. raven62 says:

    People say the vuvuzela is new, well when I was a kid, in the 1960′s, we had plastic horns that looked and sounded just like the vuvuzela at the hockey games. So they have been used at other sports many years ago.

  66. pedanticKarl says:

    Today’s quote down there at the far right is:

    “I have read your book and much like it.”
    - Moses Hadas 1900-1966

    Moses knows a good book when he sees it like this one

  67. VenomRocK says:

    That horn ranks right up there with The Most Annoying Sound In The
    World.
    :roll:

    A vuvuzela should only be used for drinking beer with it. :mrgreen:

  68. kaibanator says:

    A few days ago, I found a sound that is louder and worse than a vuvuzela.

    Try being next to a moving heavy duty cement mixer/truck with an exhaust leak. The sound is brutal. I swear its as twice as loud as a vuvuzela :evil:

    Anyways regarding the world cup, I reckon either Germany or Netherlands to win final assuming they make it. I found it funny though, Germany flogged Australia 4 – 0, Serbia beat Germany 1 – 0, and then Australia beat Serbia 2 – 1 :lol:

  69. nettehexe says:

    I just came back from Germany where I bought some Vuvuzelas- (you see them everywhere). We also call them “UweSeeler” to remember the name better after a famous German soccer player.
    Otherwise we call them also “Tröte”, meaning horn.

  70. nettehexe says:

    I just came back from Germany where I bought some Vuvuzelas- we also call them UweSeeler to remember the name better after a famous German soccer player.

  71. Chris says:

    Hi Marina, The Tour De France started today and there are several terms you hear quite often while watching the race coverage. Can you please explain the meaning and origin of the word {domestique} and how it pertains to cycling. Thank you

    • kaibanator says:

      I second that request. There’s also another term used in the Tour De France and cycling in general that I would like to request, [Peloton] describing the main big group of cyclists riding together.

  72. dasoh says:

    Hi Marina! The resemblance between you and your sister is uncanny – are you twins? Or triplets? (a redhead would be nice :-D)

  73. Hello, Miss Marina.
    I didn’t find any misspellings in the video. You’re making strides in the correct direction. This is the kind of quality I expect. Thank you. :smile:

    I’m surprised you didn’t mention that the vuvuzela is also known as the lepatata. I believe lepatata was the original name.

    One has to wonder if the vuvuzela has anything to do with the high crime rate in South Africa.

  74. Dear Teacher,

    I think I’m glad that I find Soccer about as exciting as sitting back and watching a tree grow, hence I don’t watch it, hence it limits my exposure to the Vuvuzela. This is a good thing, because I’m pretty sure that the Vuvuzela would drive me absolutely atomic bugnuts in really short order. But it’s the South Africans’ party, and they deserve to have fun. It’s been a rough life for them. But I really hope that its popularity doesn’t migrate to other sporting events.

    Actually, as an open wheel auto racing fan, there’s really not too many “ball sports” that move fast enough to entertain me. I will admit, however, to a certain fascination with Women’s Beach Volleyball, for some reason. I think I find watching the behind the back hand signals to be…intriguing. Yeah, that’s it.

    Speaking of noisy objects and racing, I’ve been to the U.S. Grand Prix a couple of times, and the international crowd in Formula One has their own noisemaker. The notorious hand held gas driven “air horn.” Bazillions of ‘em. About 120 decibels. And when the dude behind you pulls the trigger on one while in the throes of horsepower induced ecstasy, It makes a Ferrari at high cry sound like a contented cat. That’s strictly an F1 thing, thank God.

    Very entertaining vid, Teach, and I’m glad you’re enjoying the World Cup. And the Anaheim cap suits your face. Angels. Hmmm.
    Love to Teacher,
    xoxodc

  75. hitoshi says:

    when i first heard vuvuzela, i thought it was burusela. do you guys know what it is?

  76. Evan Owen says:

    Who needs vuvuzelas when you can have didgeridoos and bagpipes? :mrgreen:

    • At least you can play real music on a bagpipe!

    • I saw some street musician in Europe playing the bagpipes. He was dressed in the full uniform with hat and kilt and he was cleaning up… there had to be at least 6 or 7 hundred Euros in the case.

      The only guy that beat that is the guy that plays guitar in central park near strawberry fields on the hill. He had a guitar case on each side of him and there had to 2 or 3 thousand buck in them, they were completely overloaded with 5′s, 10′s and 20′s.

      Usually you see a street musicians and they are “changing-it” (nickels and dimes).

      hmmm… I think naked cowboy in times square clean up also? He is even semi famous?

  77. alex756 says:

    Hi Marina, love your work, got your book. Just wondering as a Russian-American if you can tell us the origins of the word “espionage” which is similar in Russian, no? When I was young, during Cold War, all my non-Russian-American classmates used to accuse me of being “Soviet spy” and until last week, stereotype for FSU Russians in US was “Russian mobster”. Now it is “Back to the USSR!”

    alex756 (from Brooklyn Odessa)

    P.S.: My teacher is still the best! Forget that upstart Anna Chapman. You will always be my favourite Russian xxx (censored) in USA! (ops, sorry for British English!)

    • leoNard says:

      Hello…this is close http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/09/09/agent-provocateur/ :cool: Traditionally, an agent provocateur (plural: agents provocateurs, French for “inciting agent(s)”) is a person employed by the police or other entity to act undercover to entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act. More generally, the term may refer to a person or group that seeks to discredit or harm another by provoking them to commit a wrong or rash action.///{Espionage} or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. {Espionage}

      is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it is known ————–___________”Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.” – Oliver Herford 1863-1that the information is in unauthorized hands.

      …i’m playing {hooky} :lol:

  78. pedanticKarl says:

    Marina is wearing my favorite Chromehearts tank top.
    I love that saying on the back of the top. :grin:

  79. wetsuit5 says:

    I was down stairs and caught her as you tossed her out.
    Sometimes sister words is fun.

  80. seesixcm6 says:

    Dear Marina,
    It was nice to see you wearing an Angels baseball cap. Do you watch baseball? Sometimes, the games take a long time to complete. You look good with that cap. :razz:
    The vuvuzela is a cheap, plastic horn. If they sold the horns in the team colors at any sporting eventr, the vendors will make a profit. So it is a problem and I’m glad TV broadcasters can filter out that noise. If you’re at the stadium, there is no choice but to hear thousands of horns. It must sound better if you team wins. :grin:
    At the end of your video I enjoyed watching you hold the iPod and laugh. You made me happy. :mrgreen:
    Seesixcm6

  81. thematrix75 says:

    Good lesson Marina those Vuvuzela’s are to loud and annoying.I think they should ban them :!: The scene where your sister keeps playing that horn on the Ipad,and you throw her out the window!HAHA sure was funny

  82. whatimeitis says:

    :lol: Zulu Granny’s switch, and dumb chic :lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTI1pxJI1o&feature=player_embedded#!

  83. leoNard says:

    Hear this…… she’s caught not paying attention by the teacher, she is ordered to sit in the corner. Audrey falls asleep and soon realizes that Mother Goose .. :lol: Little boy blue… Little Boy Blue,

    Come blow your horn, :lol:

    The sheep’s in the meadow,

    The cow’s in the corn;

    Where is that boy

    Who looks after the sheep?

    Under the haystack

    Fast asleep.

    Will you wake him?

    Oh no, not I,

    For if I do

    He will surely cry.

  84. PaparazziKid says:

    CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME THE WP-PLUGIN WHERE YOU GET THE ICONS BY THE LINKS LIKE THIS

    http://www.youtube.com

    http://www.hotforwords.com

  85. iluv2cutfarts says:

    To my most dearest hotforwords Hottie Girl!

    Marina! Thank you so much for doing something related to this year’s World Cup. Yes – the Vuvuzela is extremely annoying, but as with any Soccer / Futbol match, there is usually something going on with the crowd. They normally sing songs specifically for the team, or have percussionists that do their thing as well.

    Would I want to now see the Vuvuzela appear at other sporting events? Absolutely not. It’s understandable for this World Cup that they show up because of the host country, South Africa, but beyond that, anyone that has one should be booted out of the event.

    And that’s just my .02 cents, but it’s worth a million!

    Until next time, I remain faithfully yours…

    iluv2cutfarts

    USA

    :mrgreen:

  86. sniperskaya says:

    Dearest teacher Marina Orlova / Марина Орлова, I have a request: can you please translate what these Russian Spetsnaz troops are saying in these videos? I understand the Английский :roll: :lol:
    Празднует день независимости

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXNbXR8qAc

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCA0QCT-u3A

  87. sniperskaya says:

    What the heck is a vuvuzela??? A cross between a vulva and an azalea? :roll:

  88. haha, your ‘sister’ with the iPad/iPhone is hilarious :mrgreen:

  89. cufan71 says:

    :lol: AWESOME lesson :!: :grin: I just requested that word three days ago :!: http://www.hotforwords.com/2010/06/28/bargain/#comment-179609 :cool: Homework Check this out: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/13544711/marlins-brass-says-vuvuzela-night-a-success-players-disagree/cbsnews I think vuvuzelas should only be used at NASCAR races! :mrgreen:

  90. swampwiz says:

    Oh Marina! I’d like to invite you over to watch the World Cup final, where you can blow my vuvuzela all you would like.

  91. Word request. OK, I just noticed you have 568 videos up on your channel. Very {prolific} wouldn’t you say?

  92. leoNard says:

    :roll: what time is it?…blow my horn—Lady kier “blow my horn” …by pauline and says hi :!:

  93. Homework: I hate those things…
    They blow and suck at the same time :mrgreen:
    Anything that annoying should be outlawed.

  94. leoNard says:

    The sport is an art… :razz: Who’s My Bitch by the PARADISO GIRLS-my thought…yes :twisted: a horn/corn–porn\horn :lol:

  95. pedanticKarl says:

    That was sooooo funny. I love this video. I think this is now gonna be my all time favorite. I LOVE!!! that you showed the audio filter technology. That was sooooo kewl.
    Hey, how did you get to use the German audio and text?
    That video and your sister is so funny. :lol:

  96. Ramsey P. B. says:

    With those vuvuzelas I feel like I’m in a bee-hive while watching a soccer match.
    I actually have a miniature kudu replica – didn’t know about their horns and the vuvuzelas.
    I CAN’T stop giggling at 0:11 :lol:

  97. veritanuda says:

    I kinda manage to tune it out but I can see how others find it irritating. What is curious to me is why people don’t play tunes on them. I had a friend of mine who could play a bugle and to my mind that is just a vuvuzela that has been curled up.

    So no, the vuvuzela has not spoilt my enjoyment of the World Cup. The appalling shambles they called the England football team did though. :???:

  98. I HATE that icon on the YouTube toolbar! It’s annoying and it sounds like a swarm of bees. I’ve also noticed that the people I’m subbed to who are partners don’t have this. However, us “Average Joes & Janes” do. :evil:

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