HotForWords http://www.hotforwords.com Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 hotforwordshttp://feedburner.google.com Interview for Associated Content http://feeds.hotforwords.com/~r/hotforwords/~3/rbaL7I5AomU/ http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/20/interview-for-associated-content/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:24 +0000 HotForWords http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=8559 assoc-cont-thumb

Here is an interview I did for Associated Content. Check it out and show them some comment love :-)


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Hey guys… in December, Copenhagen, Denmark will be hosting the COP15 or Climate Change Conference.  Global warming is a topic of intense debate from all sides.  So speak up and express your thoughts about Global warming and have your voice be heard by world leaders who will be attending this conference.  You can submit your video at COP15 on YouTube.


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The origin of the “tissue paper” and sneezing as requested by misscupcake1 :-)

Please rate, comment and fave over at YouTube.

How do you sneeze?


]]> http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/16/tissue-sneeze/feed/ 232 http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/16/tissue-sneeze/ Nerd Word of the Day.. no YEAR: Unfriend http://feeds.hotforwords.com/~r/hotforwords/~3/vSQT7SW-ISo/ http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/16/nerd-word-of-the-day-no-year-unfriend/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:49:36 +0000 HotForWords http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=8534 unfriendUnfriend: verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.

The New Oxford American Dictionary has chosen this word as the 2009 WORD OF THE YEAR!

Runners up included hashtag (I like that one), intexticated (did it already :-) ), sexting (ditto).

Unfriend really does have a lot of meaning though, though it does seem a bit Facebook-centric, right?

You’d better be nice to me or else Imma let you finish, then Imma gonna unfriend you!


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Nice article in the Bulgarian E-Comedia site.  Here it is run through Google Translator.


]]> http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/16/bulgarian-e-comedia-article/feed/ 19 http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/16/bulgarian-e-comedia-article/ Signed copy of Mutineer Magazine http://feeds.hotforwords.com/~r/hotforwords/~3/Bk5KyhxQIJ8/ http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/16/signed-copy-of-mutineer-magazine/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:21:31 +0000 HotForWords http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=8500 signed-mutineer-bigI’ve been getting a lot of requests for signed copies of the Mutineer Magazine issue that has me on the cover, so I picked up a few copies that I can sign for you. Inside the magazine I discuss some drink related origins.  If you’d like to get a personally signed copy of this magazine sent to you, just order it below (to cover the cost of the magazine plus shipping) and I’ll send it right out to you.  There are a limited number of them, so grab one while it’s still available :-)

Magazine plus shipping options
Name for autograph


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I just did an interview for Betty Confidential, here it is.

When I speak English I often forget something, can you figure out what it is in this interview?


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I spent the day at the DC Factory and decided to do a little lesson on Gymkhana.  Below is the original Gymkhana video.. then two lessons hosted by me about Gymkhana and the making of the video.  Hope you enjoy them!


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Here is a cool newspaper article about me from my hometown newspaper.. the Nizhny Novgorod Newspaper.  I like the part where they compare my popularity to Oprah’s :-)

Here is a link to the article in Russian.

Here it is run through the Google translator. :-)


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Here is my second appearance on Fox Business’s Happy Hour Show.  I approached some of these words a little differently this time :-)

Please rate, comment and favorite over at YouTube. Thanks!  :-)


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