Let’s have a toast for the douchebags!

Hi Marina,

I was wondering are you doing anymore Russian lessons? I’m really enjoying those.

Ohh .. My Marina… How you can put on an ugly Blouse and make it Dashingly Hot! As for what to call a Douchebag on TV without using that term……. hmmm…. how about a Penis Cranium ….. no.. or… a Gluteus Maximus…. a Needle Dick Bug Fucker.. opps can’t say dat on TV….. Scum Sucking Slug? WussWad; or just don’t call It at all… Just look at him and smile… thinking “You Can’t Touch This, You Bleeping Jerk-Off!”

I would like to request the word {present}
In the movie kung fu panda Oogway say: Quit, don’t quit? Noodles, don’t noodles? You are too concerned about what was and what will be. There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the “present”.
thanks beautiful Marina

Yep :!: :!:

I’d like to know where the word {procrastination} comes from. (And why there is such a harsh-sounding word for such a pacifying deed…) Thanks

Homework: That’s easy! :mrgreen:
Doo-shwad :cool:
(they sometimes wear Doo-rags)

[sigh] I do miss the long blond hair.
Reminds me of how you used to be sweet
and innocent not be all corporate…

Hey, Marina – it’s my birthday. My wish is for you to have a phenomenal day – which I know you will easily fulfill. Enjoy!

Since douche is of Latin origin, the alternative of douchebag should be of Germanic origin. Why not start with “shower”? It comes from the Old English “scur.” Now let’s take an Old English synonym for “bag.” “Purs” sounds nice (where “purse” comes from). Now let’s put ‘em together: scurpurs. Now let’s reconstruct the sound changes: shurper. (The “s” gets removed because it sounds like a plural.)

The only problem with this method is that the people it refers to probably wouldn’t understand it (which sort of defeats the purpose of an insult, wouldn’t you say?)

It says the Kayne West video is unavailable in this region… i.e. north of the 49th parallel.

How about “spoonerizing” the word… i.e. bouchedag!

Gypsy Tailwind… song… Way To Here… she has a great voice!

All for now… over and out… 10-4… Rubber Ducky! :shock: :grin: :roll: :razz:

I don’t see any difference in saying Tampon or suppository or I don’t have that clean fresh feeling. Especially about the time you sit down to eat a meal.

Home Work: How about a lavage bag. Lavage means the same as douche. :smile:

I just had mine Tom. So I wish you a big Happy Birthday. Don’t have to much fun at FSU. Peace Bro.

Mike

Happy birthday to you! My wish is that you have the best birthday ever!!! :lol:

So that is what a douchebag is. Seems silly that I didn’t know exactly what was and just perceived it as a random insult. What is the term for a troublesome person who thinks he’s a bad ass, but isn’t?
I don’t mean to bring up this incident like this (I’ve already tweeted/facebooked it), but a few late nights ago some chick cried for help from OUT her car. I was the only one around and I wasn’t ready for it. But I ran over to see the problem, and it turned out her passenger refused to get out of her car. I don’t know what went on that made her suddenly pull into the parking lot close to my apartments, or why she drove him around in the 1st place, but she just kept demanding him to get out. Half the time they were arguing in a language I didn’t recognize. Maybe of the Mediterranean, I don’t know. But the guy looked pretty intimidating with the bad attitude, the slick, spiky?, dark hair, jean jacket, and all. His body frame seemed to be a little thicker than mine, and I’m fairly skinny. She told me not to worry, that he basically wouldn’t fight me. He did reach inside his jacket a few times, I just calmly stood there analyzing, hoping he didn’t have a gun (which was pretty stupid of me).
I’m standing there, wishing I had my cell phone on me while trying to make sense of any of this. Especially as to why she left the car running as she stood out on the PASSENGER side of her vehicle? I heard her demanding her phone back earlier as I was running over. But I saw her phone resting on the driver’s seat and I advised her to call the cops. We walked over on that side of the car, she began dialing, and he began to scoot over to the driver’s seat and almost stole her car, until she stopped him. But she still didn’t bother to turn off her car to take her keys out of the ignition. So I went in and did it for her. The guy punched me in the back of my head, as I was getting out to hand her her keys.
She continued on dialing for the cops and then he finally got out, closing the car door behind him. It looked like he was planning to just simply walk around on our side and stop her from calling. But she immediately got in her car and locked the doors, while he was still close to the passenger side. And then she sped off leaving me alone with him, where he marched over to me and focused his anger on. I tried walking away, but I took a few punches to my head. I wouldn’t say it hurt, it was more like I felt the impact of it. The guy can’t punch for shit, and I didn’t feel worked up enough to feel the need to fight him back. And then he reached in his jacket and pulled out his knife, and I did the smart thing and ran for my life. I couldn’t take any chances making a wrong move and getting seriously injured (or possibly murdered).
I looked behind me as I was running away, and luckily he decided not to chase me. I would not know what to do if he had caught up with me. I continued on running between the complexes and around the back entrances, so he wouldn’t know which apartment building I lived in. I didn’t call the cops, I’m not too concerned about him. Hopefully I’ll be better prepared if I ever see him again. I know he’s not capable of much but it could have been a more serious situation.
Anyway the reason why I brought this up is because later on while I was assessing what had happened, I mistaken thought to myself that the guy was some “stubborn douchebag with a bad attitude”. But he didn’t seem to be the type to care to think of himself whether he was “cool” or not. He seemed to be more about getting others to think he is a tough guy, when he actually isn’t. What is the word I’m looking for that would accurately describe someone like that? I can’t think of him as a bully, I’ve dealt with bullies before. This guy seemed more like bad news that no one wanted to wasted their time with.

YIKES! Sorry, I didn’t mean to ramble on like that. Just thought it was best to tell it in good detail for a better understanding. :shock:

Happy B-day A-nud! :grin:

I have seen that dress in about a billion years. :shock: I goes well with the pillows. ;-)

You’ve made it better by replying.

Thanks, Mike, and happy belated b-day!

Thanks, PD!

Happy birthday :cool: and watsch :lol: the camel toe :???:

When I was little we use to call them hot water bottles. Mom never did tell us that a hose would attach to it for other uses. I guess people don’t use them any more as I haven’t seen any in a store. Really I didn’t look. :???:

i like ur post buddy

And speaking of douchebags, how about those groping TSA agents at the airports these days !

Here’s a new song about resisting the TSA and their illegal sexual assults that they call pat-downs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhEMRSp7vaY&feature=player_embedded

Let’s make this song go ‘viral’ !!!

:cool: Happy B-day annuddermale :!:

Speaking of douchebags, I thought Mel Gibson pointed out in the movie “Signs” when the word douchebag was appropriate and when it was condescending.

Oh, I found this little “gem” on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAhMJHat0cI

(Waits for the dunce cap and chair in the corner)

From way back in the Army in 1977 I seem to remember that someone who was a goof or a goofball might be called DOUCHEBAG. I went through Army Basic Training at Ft. Dix, New Jersey in the Fall of 1977! I was just 17 at the time! I must have been inspired by some poems in literature about learning from the School of Experience or that Life is an adventure.

But of course! Let’s have a toast to the douchebags! Oh, and by the way, let’s have a toast for Hollywood too! A bottomless fountain of entertainment they are!

Dear Marina,
You must have made this video long ago, because you look so different in it. Your long, blond hair is as tempting as a Lorelei’s. :shock:
I have no suggestions to replace the word, “douchebag.’ I dislike using hurtful names and generally don’t use them. :evil:
Tomorrow, I plan to enjoy watching the 113th Big Game, a football game between Stanford and Cal. The two Universities have competed since 1892. Standord’s won 55 games, Cal’s won 46, and 11 games ended in a tie. This game has become an annual tradition in my lifetime and it’s very enjoyable to follow it. The outcome sets the mood for the rest of the year! :mrgreen:
SeesixCM6

Hello My Beautiful Teacher,
An idiot!
Your Loyal Student,
Aaron

Another good replacement for douchebag is…

DIRTBAG! :shock:

It’s Bad You Know!

a {REDNECK} or {pest} :???:

“Maybe of the Mediterranean…” :?: Twenty-one modern states have a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea. They are:

Europe (from west to east): Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece and Turkey
Asia (from north to south): Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt
Africa (from east to west): Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco
Turkey and Egypt are transcontinental countries.
…wikipedia sourced ..My hat off to you for being brave and concern :smile: Several other territories also border the Mediterranean Sea (from west to east):

The British overseas territory of Gibraltar
The Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla and nearby islands
The British sovereign base area of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
The Gaza Strip of the Palestinian Territories
Andorra, Jordan, Portugal, San Marino, the Vatican City, Macedonia and Serbia

yeah have a great one annuddermale :grin:

every years the same, as long as you keep livin that is :arrow:

couple more days for mine :mrgreen: a scorpion on the cusp :cool:

time to watch the video

Or “shurp,” for short.

my dear teacher as you may remember,maybe not your book sighning

in N.Y. was some time ago, BUT I do make a great first impression :lol:

i’m always ready for a drink, however I would rather drink to your health :cool:

B.B.

We talked about this guy a while back. I suppose you could say to someone that they’re “nothing more than a vinegar squirt”. Probably not aggressive enough.

Scum bag, Scum bucket ?

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On another topic, Susan Deusenberg’s 1937 MG SA Saloon car isn’t a Morgan, but her beau back in the 1960′s did have a Morgan 3 wheeler ! I think I saw Spencer one day at the stop sign on Beachwood Dr. wearing his WWI leather aviators helmet with goggles, he looked more than a tad odd, which is what caught my eye, not to mention the car !
Here’s a tour of the present day Morgan Factory ! They are getting ready to celebrate 100 years of production in 2013 !!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bento_dan/sets/72157621337471953/show/

Hello, great lesson Marina. When I was younger , people used the term douchebag a lot. I didn’t know the term is no longer able to use it on TV. The censorship is a very very strange, and unjust to say the least! I see what they allow in video games, and movies, but music, and TV seems to be their favorite target to Censor, many things, that should not be. Do we not have freedom of speech. Just another proof of people raping the constitution, and the way this country was set up, an meant to be used to ensure freedom, the right to bare arms! It’s the people who kill, not the gun itself! I myself don’t hunt, or use guns, but I totally understand, that a person should have the right to defend one self, and if not for hunters and even farmers there would be so many deer they would over populate the earth, The farmers control how much breeding of the stock, if you kill it for a good reason! Killing to eat, is the best reason, killing something, just to kill it, I don’t agree with that! With all the sex and violence, how can they justify banning that term? You look very sexy, with your long blonde hair, and your dress is very revealing ,and looks good on you! Is there any justice in this world, or is it blind. With Obama, and the politicians, organized religion, trying to change the world to their liking, how much longer will the USA, and the rest of the world function anymore at all. Just stand in line, do you have your ID Chip, if not your an outcast, do you agree with everything we say, if not your an outcast, if you don’t do what we say you have to do, then your an outcast! I think they are trying to rob what freedoms we do have! They are trying to take it away, and change this country and the world, to something completely ludacris ! Here are some people speaking up for our freedoms this picture at Chuck Norris’s Home http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad100/orion75/wedont.jpg Chuck Norris Gods And Guns
I’m also a meat eater, if other people chose a different choice of meals, then thats fine, just don’t push it off on me, I do eat my veggies, maybe not as much as I should, but I guess I just had grown up on meat, so I’m used to that! I’ave alot more I had had planned on saying, but I’m gonna stop, while I’m ahead, no scents beaten people over the head, or saying to much of my feelings, which I know is controversial so I will leave it alone. I might as well get on with the show!

Ok now that I’m done speak mt opinions, and showing others also. I will get on to some better stuff , just a brief words on what I think, nothing more, all well no harm or offence ment by what I had to say above, so lets get to the goodies
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Some Jokes

Human Years

God created the mule, and told him, “You are mule. You will work constantly from dusk to dawn, carry heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass and lack intelligence. You will live for 35 years.”

The mule answered, “To live like this for 35 years is too much. Please, give me no more than 20.”

And it was so.

Then God created the dog, and told him, “You are a dog. You will hold vigilance over the dwellings of man, to whom you will be his greatest companion. You will eat his table scraps and live 30 years.” The dog responded, “Lord, to live 30 years as a dog like that is too much. Please, no more than 10 years.”

And it was so.

God then created the monkey, and told him, “You are monkey. You shall swing from tree to tree,acting like an idiot. You will be funny, and you shall live for 20 years.”

The monkey responded” Lord, to live 20 years as the clown of the world is too much. Please, give me no more than 10 years.”
And it was so.

Finally, God created Man and told him, “You are man, the only rational Being that walks on earth. You will use your intelligence to have mastery over the creatures of the world. You will dominate the earth and live for 20 years.”

The man responded, “Lord, to be man for only 20 years is too little. Please, Lord; give me the 15 years the mule refused, the 20 years the dog refused, and the 10 years the monkey rejected.”

And so God made Man to live 20 years as a man, then marry and live 15 years like a mule working and carrying heavy loads on his back. Then, he is to have children and live 20 years as a dog, guarding his house and eating the leftovers after they empty the pantry, then, in his old age, to live 10 years as a monkey, acting like an idiot to amuse his grandchildren.
And it was so…

A Horoscope For The Work Place

Astrology tells us about you and your future simply by your birthday. The Chinese Zodiac uses the year of your birth. Demographics tell us what you like, dislike, whom you vote for, what you buy, and what you watch on TV. Well, the Corporate Zodiac goes a step further: simply by your job title, people will have you all figured out…

MARKETING: You are ambitious yet stupid. You chose a marketing degree to avoid having to study in collage, concentrating instead on drinking and socializing, which is pretty much what your job responsibilities are now. Least compatible with Sales.

Sales: Laziest of all signs, often referred as “marketing without a degree, “you are also self-centered and paranoid. Unless someone calls you and begs you to take their money, you like to avoid contact with “customers” so you can” concentrate on the big picture.” You seek admiration for your golf game throughout your life.

TECHNOLOGY: Unable to control anything in your personal life, you are instead content to completely control everything that happens at your workplace. Often even YOU don’t understand what you are saying, but who the heck can tell?! It is written that the geeks shall inherit the Earth.

ENGINEERING: One of only two signs that actually studied on school, it is said that ninety percent of all personal ads are placed by engineers. You can be happy with yourself: your office is typically full of all the latest “ergodynamic” gadgets.

ACCOUNTING: The only other sign that studied in school, you are more immune from office politics. You are most feared person in the organization; combined with your extreme organizational traits, the majority of rumors concerning you say you are completely insane.

HUMAN RESOURCES: Ironically, given your access to confidential information, you tend to be the biggest gossip within the organization. Possibly the only other person that does less work than marketing, you are unable to return any calls today because you have to get a haircut, have lunch, and mail a letter!

MIDDLE MANAGEMENT/ DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT/”TEAM LEADS”: Catty, cut-throat, yet completely spineless, you are destined to remain at your current job for the rest of your life. Unable to make a single decision you tend to measure your worth by the number of meetings you can schedule for yourself. Best suited to marry other “Middle Managers, ” as everyone in your social circle is a “Middle Manager.”

SENIOR MANAGEMENT: Catty, cut-throat, yet completely spineless, you are destined to remain at your current job for the rest of your life. Unable to make a single decision you tend to measure your worth by the number of meetings you can schedule for yourself. Best suited to marry other ” Senior Managers< "As everyone in your social circle is a " Senior Manager."

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Bright, cheery, positive, you are a fifty-cent cab ride from taking your own life. As a child very few of you asked your parents for a little cubicle for your room and a headset so you could pretend to play "Customer Service." Continually passed over for promotions, your best bet is to date your boss.

Personnel

The personal office received an email requesting a list of the department staff broken down by age and sex. The personnel office sent this reply…

"Attached is a list of our staff. We currently have no one broken down by age or sex. However, we have a few alcoholics."

Things You May Hear Just Before Unemployment…….

– L don't know what we'll do with you, but we are certainly giong to try!

– We told everyone you are leaving because of illness. The truth is, I'm sick of you.

– It's not that you aren't a responsible worker. In fact, you've Been responsible for more disasters that any one else in the place.

– Today I'm going to mix business and pleasure. You're fired!

– I've got good news for you. You won't have to worry about being late for work 'ever again'.

– Tell me- how long have you been with us not counting tomorrow?

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A man walked up to a school and said "can you teach me to read and write"
The administrator said, "Yes we can"! Just fill out this form."

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There are 49 blondes and one redhead, they are hanging from a rope on a flying plane, one of them have to get off or the rope will break. The redhead said she'll let go. Then all the blondes clap. Can you guess what happened?;)

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There are 2 friends, Bill and Bob, and they both loved baseball. So, they made a promise to each other, the first one to die, will come back and let the other know if there's baseball in heaven.

Well, the day comes and Bob passes. Weeks turn into months while Bill is still waiting to hear from his friend.

Then one day, Bill is walking down the street, and Bob appears. Bill all excited says: "I've been waiting forever! So tell me, is there or isn't there Baseball in heaven?"
Bob kinda perks up and says: "I've got good news and bad news." 1st, there is Baseball in heaven! The bad news is you're pitching Friday!"

Well so long friends, if you get the chance, and check my stuff out, let me know how your doing , or something about my post.See you all later! Peace! P.S. Can someone out there help me with a problem, every time I go to post a picture in the forum, or personal messages, or postings, a majority of the time it just completely never shows up, I put the proper link in for the pic, but it willn't show up, it just acts like it was never coded into the post, or if the pic makes it through, it is severely cut off, so you can't make out what any of my pics are. Only a few if any make it through with defects, or just disappear, like I never entered the code, which I know for a fact , that I have done so, It has happened to me the last 3 or 4 times that I have tried to post pictures. I'm almost to afraid, that all my hard work of finding them copy, paste, and get the proper code! @Marina @trusty @hotforwords @impaler112 @melikadothechacha @leonard, or someone that is on now, or will be soon can you please help me, is this happening to any of you? I put to much time and effort, for this to mess up like this! I hope to hear from someone soon, it would be a great help. Now I’m ending this post, and not sure if I should even attempt to post any pics, so that leaves me with very few options, in the forum, my stuff will look so messy and unprofessional, Reply to some peoples messages I depend on posting pics more often than not. Not sure if anyone is out there or not, but can you help me with this dilemma! Thank you! Peace!

HW: Duchabolsa? :???:

I thought a guy who is full of himself but basically ineffectual is a “choad.” :???:

Hm, maybe this should have been under the “50 attractive Russian women” post, but…

Topless protesters gain fame in Ukraine :shock:

Of course we need some images with that… :grin:

In Soviet Russia, the douche bags you!

Thank you so much for existing Marina!

It’s interesting to know a new word in the day. Most of all if it’s not in the mother language. Thank you for enlighten me!
I researched a little bit about it, for the HW, jaja and wanna share 2 things mainly:
1) Even though I generally don’t use hurtful names, just like seesixcm6, I wanna tell you (just in case you hear it) that in Spanish it is translated correctly as “Pedante” – I think from its origin in the “pedo” action LOL.- Unfortunately, the most common expression would be mamila or “mamón” (maybe close to moron). A very helpful definition (at least for me) is right at: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=douchebag
2) About what is actually a Douche Bag device, since it caught my attention, there’s the explanation and the patent register since 07/06/1970, apparently made by two American guys; John St. & Irving Henry. And there’re also some illustrations in the pdf. I doubt that device is still in use to these days, and I wonder if it was in a particular or curious case. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3690319.html

Thank you all, and particularly thank you: thematrix75 for your great comments and Jokes! marcusvermilion, it was great to see Marina a couple of years before (2008) in the video you tagged and talking about this same word. But I thought it was about the “Signs” movie you mentioned. animalntaz, thank you so much for sharing your story and the amazing in which you acted; I think there’s few people in this world with that attitude! Capman911, I agree with you, the expression might be “hot water bottles”, but maybe also “water heaters” or so. Caris Quettar, very interesting your brand new insult (: thumps up! for its use. lol

Just curious, Evan. Would the way you view your daughter change if you would see her doing this? Would the way your daughter views you change if she would hear your thoughts about this? Parents are the first strong influence children got to face in their lives. Some say it’s the strongest one too. Shouldn’t children believe in Santa Claus and Walt Disney stories for a few years before they get to learn Differential Calculus, Horror Movies, Violence and Sexuality? Isn’t it part of the order of life?

Hmm, domestic violence, corruption, inadequate public infrastructure…All seem worthy causes to protest, yes?

Tradition: Our ancestors painted themselves blue and charged naked into battle, including our women. The women of our cousins the Gauls flaunted their breasts and taunted their Roman besiegers at Alesia, drawing them within range of Gaulish archers AND showing their contempt for Roman aggression. The Ukrainian Doukhobors have a long tradition of staging protests stark naked — for example, for democracy in Russia. Worthy causes, upholding tradition — yes, I believe I’d be very proud to see my daughters contribute their God-given beauty to the cause! :smile:

Besides, can’t you picture how heroic Marina would look waving a banner and leading the charge? :grin:

Yes, of course I can.

And you, Evan, can’t you picture how cowardly men would look using women as baits? :grin:

Besides, you must not forget that usually, the real leaders of a charge are not running in front of it, but are sitting comfortably far, far away from it, in some remote and secure location. Eh. Leadership and courage are two very different things. One is a virtue, by the way. And the other one is rather foxy and not always very impressive, to say the least.

I’m totally torn between Christian values and liberalism. Moreover, when I take antidepressants, my views become extremely liberal and I’m fascinated with pathologies and perversions (fortunately only theoretically, not practically).

Antidepressants can really turn a shy modest person into a psychopath and I’m shocked with what is happening to my mind and personality. I’m writing and saying more and more improper or shocking things to people. A few times I was about to be sued for libel due to things I wrote on some forums. That’s really creepy. A year ago I also lost my really good friend when I wrote her that I love her much and I wanna have a girlfriend like her (in fact, I was on a serotonin rush a day before a serotonin syndrome onset). Then she hated me and so did her friends.

That was paroxetine. Now I have been taking vanlafaxine for a few weeks and it works also not well, my mood is swinging between hypomania and subdepression. My views also. When I’m high I like sexually perverted, kinky and freaky people and also people who live on the edge, I find their lives quite fascinating and interesting, and I badly want to try out how such a life tastes like. When I’m getting down, it simply disgusts me. Fortunately, it’s only in my head. It’s not so bad that the drugs don’t eliminate all my shyness and that I’m unable for example to go to a club and pick up one of those slutty girls, not to mention other bad things, and broke all my moral principles.

I probably should go to the doctor again and withdraw from this medicine. :shock:

I like your jokes and they are always a relaxing interlude just like the whole Hotforwords thing.

From Marina’s tweets:

“To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.” — Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead)

I noticed that the verb “love” in the English language, unlike some other languages, is heavily overused when its user “likes” or even “likes very much” someone or something. If the verb “love” deteriorates, how will we be able to express the true love?

Nice anecdote Animal. A douchebag is also used for colonic irrigation.
A bully is definitely a douchebag. ;-)

Bumscag? :lol:

One of these days, I’ll probably try to research it for myself. Tomorrow maybe.

Hah! Youv’e seen Outrageous Fortune too! Bette Middler was superb in that! :lol:

Colonic irrigation springs to mind. Along with enema.
No, not Eminem, though they could be related! ;-)

:grin: It reminded me of my latest fights. Tomorrow in Poland we have an election for city councils and other local governments and through several weeks I was involved so much into the campaign against the bad candidates in the Internet that some hostile politicians even tried to threaten me with possible lawsuits. The fact is that sometimes I balance on the thin line between the naked truth and libel. I was really scared for a short period of time and started thinking how it would be to live in a really huge debt if I lost in case of a lawsuit but in fact I realized they had no real proofs against me. Then I toned down my writing a little bit.

It’s true. When someone says ‘I love you’ they are probably lying. That sounds like overuse to me.
But when I say, I ‘love’ my local fish and chip shop, the word is definitely not over used. ;-)

I wonder whether that is something which plagues a lot of languages since there are certainly one or two examples that I can think of. It would not be a surprise if this were the case since there is a general tendency among people to try to hide their true emotions. I imagine that cultures where they do not share this habit are not really used to talking about their emotions in public…

We British are generally like that, and were even more so in Victorian times. Behind closed doors was the place for emotions other than men’s bravery and the aggression of battle!

While that aisle of the supermarket, drug store, shop, does not completely embarrass me, and I have had to to pick up items there before, I tend to avoid it.

I don’t know much but many people from more “open” cultures like Italian, Spanish or various Latin American cultures tend to use more exaggerated words than people from Northern cultures. Hiding emotions should rather tabooize the “strong”, emotional words.

Maybe the process you are talking about was that the English speakers decreased the emotional load of such words through the years.

In addition, the popular culture replaced the emotions with shallow imitation of them and marketing spin doctors started using emotions instrumentally, so now “I love you” may mean “I like you a little bit”, but also “I want to sell you this product”, “Please donate our organization” or everything else.

Marina, you are as beatufil and smart as usual :smile:

You are as beatiful as usual Marina :grin:

MatsRG

What is Marina’s cultural background? If someone claimed she is a typical example of Russian woman, he wouldn’t probably right. We see how cheerful and optimistic she is (or it’s only her public image?). She rather resisted the dark side of the Russian culture to prevent herself from falling into pessimism, hopelessness and idleness. I dare say she is more American than Russian now!

Despite the popular stereotype about kind Slavic girls, lots of Slavic women are incredibly cold, haughty, two-faced, manipulative and materialistic. This trend has been clearly observed since 90′s.

What are the cultural differences nowadays? Are they much more that the native language and the bias of perception related to it according to the weak version of Sapir-Whorf hypothesis? I don’t know. The transmission of ideas is faster between continents through the Internet than between neighbors who often even don’t know each other.

What is the American culture? I don’t know but it’s probably the standard model presented in the mass media and other publications around the world as the point of reference.

When I write something on American forums, I’m afraid I can’t be understood correctly. The natural human instinct produces an illusion that if it’s so far in miles, it must be also so far mentally. But it isn’t. Even the superstitions, stereotypes and conspiracy theories that I heard sometimes from elderly people (who rather had never used the Internet) during my railway journeys were then found by me in the Youtube comments, written by people from “far” continents.

Perhaps one can make reasonable generalizations between two cultures that are in stark contrast with one another for example, I am not sure whether a japanese person would say “I absolutely love ice cream.” Within a language such as English, I think it gets rather difficult to make generalizations and especially so when you consider differences among age-groups, occupations; and then complicate the situation even more when comparing americans with britons. But its interesting that in some languages they seem to use the same verb for love and like. Sure, one can also see an impact on language from politicians and advertising. I think this is something that I have witnessed even in my lifetime. Does one say in russian “I love this item ….. or I love that”?

Hello fglrx, how are you doing today? What’s up? I’m glad you like my jokes, it is much appreciated. Also thank you very much for your reply! Well see you later dude, have a happy Thanksgiving, Happy Holidays, Have a great weekend, and a wonderful day! Peace!

I don’t know much about Russian, although I’ve learned it a bit and the situation about ‘love’ and ‘like’ is complicated. Lubit’ (любить) that means ‘to love’ – someone or something (i.e. to like much when it relates to something but strictly to love when it relates to a person). Unfortunately the same word means ‘to like’ in such languages as Polish, Czech or Slovak. There is no strict counterpart of ‘to like’ in Russian and they use some periphrastical constructions in such a case, for example ‘mne nravitsya’ (мне нравится) what is literally much like ‘it appeals to me’.

But if you said ‘я тебя люблю’ (ya t’ebya lyubyu) to a Russian girl that you only like, you probably would get slapped in your face for that, because that is much stronger than English ‘I love you’ and they are sensitive about such declarations.

I don’t know to what extent I’m right. Can someone who is Russian confirm or deny?

From Marina’s tweets:

Let’s fly together!

Don’t drink and drive – let’s smoke and fly!

(I’ve heard it will be legal in California soon).

A funny(?) video:
Russian techno party in a… forest

Not only weed seemed to be smoked! :shock:

Other unknown sides of Russia:
A perverted Russian sadomasochistic freak show (warning: explicit content, even if it’s Youtube)

Is it postmodern art? Is it porn? Is it transgression? Is it self-abuse? Is it stupidity?

What do you think about heavily pierced and tattooed girls? Do they ruin their bodies or the other way round?

Ahhh…. well my limited experience with russians is that yes, a russian girl would understand that you meant something quite deep and intense if you said “I love you” but I think that is probably going to apply in general. It depend on the girl and even the circumstances. A certain person that I used to know (from a certain country :lol: ) would say far more passionate things right up until the point it was discovered she was being unfaithful with someone else. Shall we just say that this just a case of “così fan tutte.”

Hello everyone, how are all of you doing? What’s up with the class today? Is there anybody out there, now I feel like I’m in a Pink Floyd video :lol: I hope everything is going well, it seems to me http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad100/orion75/web_rip_200.gif
Jokes And Some Bizarre News

The Army

A man was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands.

He grabbed the man by the hand and pulled him aside.

The Pastor said to him, “You need to join the Army of the Lord!”

The man replied, “I’m already in the the Army of the Lord, Pastor.”

Pastor questioned, “How come I don’t see you except at Christmas and Easter?”

He whispered back, “I’m in the secret service.”

For Sale

A real-estate agent was driving around with a new trainee when she spotted a charming little farmhouse with a hand-lettered “For Sale” sign in front.

After briskly introducing herself and her associate to the startled occupant, the agent cruised from room to room, opening closets and cupboards, testing faucets ans pointing out where a ” new light fixture here and a little paint there” would help. Pleased with her assertiveness, the woman was hopeful that the owner would offer her the listing.

“Ma’am, ” the man said, “I appreciate the home-improvement tips and all, but I think you read my sign wrong. It says, “HORSE for sale.”

Flight Time

A blonde calls Delta Airlines and asks, “Can you tell me how long it’ll take to fly from San Francisco to New York City?”

The agent replies, ” Just a minute…”

“Thank you, ” the blonde says, and hangs up.

Science

Scientists have shown that the moon is moving away at a tiny, although measurable distance from the earth every year.

If you do the math, you can calculate that 85 million years ago the moon was orbiting the earth at a distance about 35 feet from the earth’s surface.

This would explain the death of the dinosaurs- the tallest ones, anyway.

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The top toothbrush salesman at the company was asked by his boss how he managed to sell so many brushes. He replied, “It’s easy” and he pulled out his card table, setting his display of brushes on top. He told his boss, I lay the brushes out like this, and then I put out some potato chips and a dip to draw in the customers. “That’s a a very innovative approach” and took one of the chips, dipped it, and stuck it in his mouth. “Yuck, this tastes terrible!” his boss yelled. The salesman replied “IT IS! Want to buy a toothbrush?”

Bizarre News This is how you would expect a super hero origin story would start.

Workers at the decommissioned Hanford nuclear complex, in Washington say they are looking for a radioactive rabbit.

Radioactive mouse droppings have been found in the same area where radioactive rabbit droppings were found this month, officials of Washington Closure Hanford said.

The company is responsible for cleaning up waste sites, demolishing buildings, placing two plutonium production reactors and one nuclear facility in interim safe storage at the decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River.

Because the mouse and rabbit droppings were found in the same area, WCH officials say they believe the animals ate or drank a common source of radioactive cesium contamination.

While the captured radioactive rabbit did not show any super abilities are being cautious.

Teen Denies Turkey Theft

new York- A New York 19- year- old accused of shoving a turkey breast into his pants at a grocery store told a newspaper he took a sandwich but denied stealing the breast. Deon Williams turned down a plea deal with a six month jail sentence for the robbery charge, claiming he was falsely accused of shoving the 12- pound Boars Head turkey breast into his pants and attempted to smuggle it out of the Fine Fare supermarket, The New York Post reported Thursday. “I didn’t do it, “Williams told the Post. “OK< I stole a cold- cut sandwich because I was hungry, but I put everything (else) back." Prosecutors allege Williams left the store with a turkey in his pants and was chased down by the butcher, who demanded he hand over the breast. Williams allegedly placed the turkey on the ground and punched the butcher in the jaw.

Teacher Holds "Ghostbusters" at Gunpoint

Chattanooga, Tenn. – A Tennessee judge has ruled a school teacher was not justified in holding a group of "ghost buster" teenagers at gunpoint at a local cemetery. Friends and neighbors of Stacy Swallows say he only wanted to protect a private graveyard near his home north of Chattanooga when he roadblocked nine teenagers late one night in early September and pointed an assault rifle at their car, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Thursday, Used needles and condoms had been found among grave markers, headstones were overturned and cars were parked around the property late at night, they said. " it has been trashed so many times by a bunch of punks," Tommy Iles, a friend of swallows, said outside of court. "These kids don't have any respect." But Hamiton County Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon said a history of mischief at the cemetery didn't give Swallows the right to hold the teens at gunpoint. "They were curious ghostbusters, but they weren't criminals, "Moon said of the teenagers. "Should the young people have been there? No. Did they commit a crime? No."Moon ordered the case, in which Swallows is charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment, sent to the Hamiton County grand jury.
Well thats all for now folks, please come on and read and enjoy the post, if you so wish to. leave a comment, or just say hello, anything from anyone would be appreciated,that is all Neo Over And Out! Peace is the code, and hopefully is a well received transmission, and my it find people every where!

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Weed animation
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Sanford And Son-Treasure Garden Part 2
Sanford And Son-Treasure Garden Part 3
:lol: very funny show, I was just having fun on the play on words, and stuff on weed just to go along with the let’s smoke and fly. I ‘m just playing along with the joke, I willn’t get into the controversy subject of drugs about, I’m not here to debate, just havening fun with the theme Did you know Greg Brady was experimenting with drugs, and they have a clip of him on the show stoned
See you all later! Peace!

Yeah, I was well aware the Mediterranean is made up of various countries, but I didn’t know the ethnicity or language of this… couple? So I broadened my guess on what part of the world they may have been from.
The guy has a bit of an olive complexion, the girl is fair skinned, and both kind of flashy. I don’t want to sound ignorant or anything, I just did not recognize the language they were speaking in. I can only guess any of those countries or surrounding countries. :???:

Hi!

I’ve got something for you to investigate, Marina. I already sent you the question, but I believe I did it through the wrong channel

My question: Dead ringer, WHY??? I’m Spanish, and lately I heard the Meatloaf song {Dead Ringer for Love}, and someone told me the meaning of this, BUT HAS NO SENSE TO ME!! Please, tell me (us) the real meaning of {dead ringer} and where does it come from!

Thank u!

HI: LOve your videos. When did the {French Kiss}come into useage? Thanks, Ms.
Orlova.

good to be clean!
whatever your do.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPE IT WAS A GOOD ONE :grin:

La Liberté guidant le peuple :razz:

wtfwtf…

From Marina’s tweets:

And party and party.. David Guetta! You are amazing!

Haha, that’s the ultimate reason why Marina moved from Russia to California:
Party in California
Party in Russia
:mrgreen:

I went to Ibiza for the night! Ha!

That was perfect because many people believed in the joke! That’s Hollywood Palladium in LA!

раз, два, три.:D

Oh, this one.. Well, she’s got better eyes than Lady Justice! :lol:

Nice video Marina. The long blonde hair is your look. Can’t wait for it to return!!!
X

I asked for this too

Half baked: I’m from Jamaica, right near the beach

A really funny stoned Jamaican rastafari

she has long blond hair in the video…

Join and Track the HFW website development!

http://www.hotforwords.com/groups/hfw-development/home/

Bad, bad, bad, i want more of it, this video is too short ;-) ;-) ;-)
makes me wander like, u know like more of it, i can’t be more clear than that :cool: :cool:
god, ur so… nice! :grin:
ihih
nico

Dear Marina,
Stanford won, 48 to 14 in a great game. :razz:
In the fourth quarter, Stanford replaced their starters with second and third team players, to give them game experience. So, Cal was able to score two touchdowns against the Stanford reserves. This was a good win for Stanford, and it looks like they’ll get an invitattion to a postseason bowl game. This is good for the University, which will get income from the bowl game, and it indirectly helps the students by putting the name of the University to the public, which can help them get future jobs. :mrgreen:
SeesixCM6

you don’t really want me to answer that now do you not even поруский :lol:

Dildobox may be a less offensive alternative.

I think what he means is her own hair is short. That is an older picture on the thumbnail. She could have in weaves. Thanks for the invite to the group PK. :smile:

MARINa!!! I CANNOT CROP MY AVATAR FOR GROUPS!!!!

It shows 2 boxes with question MARKS!

There’s a saying that in Hollywood, “I love your script!” means “I’m telling you politely to shove it,” but “I like your script” means, “Let’s talk about making a movie with it.” :lol:

Homeword: See Marina’s Jan 2009 video Louche-bag :lol:

Hello everyone, how are you doing? What’s up with the class today? Hopefully all is well. And away we go!!!

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Some Jokes

Blonde Guy Joke

There are three blonde guys stranded on an island. Suddenly a fairy appears and offers to grant each one of them a wish.

The first blonde asks to be intelligent. Instantly, he is turned into a brown haired man and swims off the island.

The next one asks to be even more intelligent that the previous one, so instantly he is turned into a black haired man. The black haired man builds a boat and sails off the island.

The third blonde asks to become even more intelligent than the previous two. The fairy turns him into a woman, and she walks across the bridge.

The Stones

The Rolling Stones circled New York’s sprawling Van Cortlandt Park in a yellow blimp emblazoned with their red tongue trademark, announcing the onset of their upcoming tour, a 40th anniversary extravaganza:

According to lead singer Mick Jagger, :Either we stay at home and become pillars of the community, or we go out and tour. We couldn’t really find any communities that still needed pillars.” Keith Richards piped in… well, sorry, but no one could understand what Keith piped in with, as Ron Wood wiped the drool from his chin.

Some Stones songs have had to be revised for a more age-appropriate theme:

“Under My Gums”

“Dye It Black”

“Let’s Take A Nap Together”

You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Without A Prescription”

“I Can’t Get No… Health Insurance”

“Pain In My Heart- Where’s My Nitro?”

“Hey! You! Get Off Of My Lawn!”

“Sister Mortin”
“Sleep Fighting Man”

“Help Me Up”

“It’s All Over Now, Just Pull The Plug”

“Time Is On My Side (Well. Maybe Not)”

The Bum

A man walked in the city, when he was accosted by a particular dirty and shabby-looking bum who asked him for a couple of dollars for dinner.

The man took out his wallet, extracted two dollars and asked. “If I gave you this money, will you take it and buy whiskey?”

“NO, I stopped drinking years ago, ” the bum said.

“Will you use it to gamble?”

“I don’t gamble. I need everything I can get just to stay alive.”

“Will you spend the money on greens fees at a golf course?”

The man said, “Well, I’m not going to give you two dollars. Instead, I’m going to take you to my home for a terrific dinner cooked by my wife.”

The bum was astounded. “Won’t your wife be furious with you for doing that? I know I’m dirty, and I probably smell pretty bad.”

The man replied, “That’s OK. I just want her to see what a man looks like who’s given up drinking, gambling, and golf.”

A Smart Dog

A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. he took his faithful pet dog along for company. One day the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long he discovers that he is lost; So, wandering about he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch.

The dog thinks, “Boyo, I’m in deep doo doo now. ” (He was an Irish setter)…Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the dog exclaims loudly, “Man, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are anymore around here?” Hearing this the leopard halts his attack in mid stride, as a look of terror comes over him, and slinks away into the trees. “Whew” , says the leopard. “That was close. That dog nearly had me.”

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So, Off he goes. But the dog saw him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard. spills his beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The cat is furious at being made a fool of and says, “Here monkey, hop on my back and see what’s going to happen to that conniving canine.

Now the dog sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thinks, “What am I going to do now?” But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers pretending he hasn’t seen them yet. And just when they get close enough to hear. the dog says, “Where’s that monkey. I just can never trust him. I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard, and he’s still not back!!”

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You know you are Addicted to the Internet When…
You step out of your room and realize that your parent’s have moved, and you don’t have a clue when it happened.

Your wife drapes a blond wig over your monitor to remind you of what she looks like,

All of your friends have an @ in their names.
Your dog has its own home page.

You can’t call your mother… she doesn’t have a modem.

You wake up at 3a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop and check your e-mail on the way back to bed.

You buy a Captain Kirk chair with a built-in keyboard and mouse.

You get a new suit that says, “This best viewed with Netscape 4.01 or higher.”

The last girl you asked out was only a jpeg.

Your wife says communication is important in a marriage…so you buy another computer and install a second phone line so the two of you can chat.

Knowledge
He who knows not, ans knows not he knows not, he is a fool, shun him.

He who knows not, and knows he knows not, he is simple, teach him.

He who knows, and knows not he knows, he is asleep, awaken him.

He who knows, and knows he knows, he is wise follow him.
– Kipling-

Well I hope to hear from some of you at some point and time, I hope you enjoy all the stuff I posted, and have a lovely day! Peace!

Dingleberry

{sponge}~~~Party at the HotForWords {PAD}…David Guetta – Sexy Chick (Featuring Akon) …Birth Control Sponge…David Guetta – Ibiza Air Party …hear is an ear… :smile: Birth Control – Rockin’ Rollin’ Roller :grin: From the album Plastic People… :lol: Common Name: Scientific Name:
Tube Sponge
Callyspongia vaginalis
Vase Sponge
Ircinia campana
Yellow Sponge
Cleona celata
Red Tree Sponge
Haliclona compressa
Common Sea Squirt
Didemnum molle
Painted Tunicate
Clavelina picta
…sorry my bad :lol:

Every one I can… :mrgreen:

thanks…it was good!

today, then…happy birthday!

it was **burp** great! :roll:

Hi Marina word request TREASON

Hello leoNard, how are you going? What’s up? I’m glad you responded to my post! I’m very thankful for that, some hot women, and David Guetta that’s where Marina was going to wasn’t it. Man I don’t know know how she gets any work done, with all the traveling she has been doing. Also some Sponges
Sponge Bob In China
You have a great one! Peace!

Safety slogan for texting teens:

{TTYL GTG DRV} ;-)

Pass it on — keep our kids safe! :grin:

Oh, that’s easy. When the mighty oak’s acorn sprouts into a sapling, that’s the tree’s son! :mrgreen:

From the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland, perhaps the most remote corner of the island nation. When I was a child, “out in the dingleberries” used to mean “out in the boondocks,” i.e. remote, rural, less affluent areas. It has since acquired an unsavory meaning. :neutral:

I thought the Kipling quote was an old Arab proverb. :neutral:

Great! :lol: …the daughter is crushed ;-) …“crookedest railroads” :???: cornish of Acorn/grained salted maze ;-) —amber tree SAP :oops: {ember}

So true :lol:

Wish I could speak and write two languages, I understand what you are saying just fine. I was looking for this quote earlier couldn’t find. I must have heard it at the theater, or book, or movie. The quote is “Americans are nothing more than boisterous cowboys and gum chewing sluts”-unknown. From what I recall it seemed to be a political figure who said it. stereotype

Nah, there is certainly a night/day difference in the use of terminology when it comes to come words. Your use/definition of this word is completely different to the way in which I use it.

For example, THIS is an example of ‘douchebag’. The evil/complete/exact opposite of the way in which I envision and use the term.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=478039454536&set=a.411894744536.178084.584509536

In case you can’t see that, I went ahead and added it to ‘the what blog/book’ here: http://hasanyoneseenmytail.blogspot.com/2010/11/happy-thanksgiving-etc.html

Sigh.

It’s very simple. If a man’s sexual performance is absolutely unimpressive by any measure, that is no man, only a douchebag. In fact, a douchebag would probably deliver higher satisfaction. Of course a sexual encounter is not necessary, a douchebag can demonstrate their douchebaggery through personality and physiognomy.

Hi, Marina; I was wondering if you are going to have a 2011 calendar?

So… this one was recorded a while ago?

I do use douchebags for [enema] – coffee detox is actually good for the body!
If i may correct, “douche” in French means “shower”, not stream of water.
I hope to hear and watch soon your explanation on [pouty]!
Kisses from Angelicka