The Hot for Words videos are a series of educational short films that explore the meanings and origins of words. The videos are hosted by philologist Marina Orlova. In each segment, Marina outlines the linguistics and etymology of a word of choice.
Host Information
- Name: Marina Orlova
- Born: December 1980
- Birthplace: Russia
- Occupation: Philologist
- Education: State University of Nizhny Novgorod
- Appeared on the O'Reilly Show
- Voted Worlds #1 Sexiest Geek by Wired Magazine's Sexist Geek of the Year Contest
- Over 250 million viewers
- Has appeared in popular magazines such as GQ
Marina Orlova Quotes
"Integrate: comes from the Latin word integratus and means to bring together or incorporate into a whole. coComment will allow me to expand my education techniques to even more people and allow me to increase the proper use of the English language." CNBC: coComment Ignites Web Commenting With HotForWords and Danny Bonaduce HotForWords' Marina Orlova... (June 11, 2008)
What music videos made you cry?(1 Answer)
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Without a doubt the saddest video I've seen is by Annie Lennox from the Red Hot and Blue Aids benefit video (which by the way was awesome ...
Why does Britney Spears love revving her car so hard?
(2 Answers)
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She has a hot pedal pumping fetish she loves to rev up her cars, drive fast and do other things and she told me she loves to drive ...
The words "human powered search engine" make me hot. Is there something wrong with me?(2 Answers)
A:
No, you're perfectly normal. This video should explain everything.
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