Marina Orlova

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  • Marina Orlova (Russian:) (born 10 December 1980) is a Russian philologist (mostly an etymologist) who turned into an Internet celebrity. Known for the popular HotForWords channel on YouTube, and HotForWords.com website, Orlova's YouTube videos begin with the tagline "Intelligence is Sexy," and of her site is keeping track of the origins of English words. Videos such as her video on "antidisestablishmentarianism" have gained notoriety. Words cover every day spoken words to exotic and hard to pronounce words such as floccinaucinihilipilification. She covers idioms such as "let the cat out of the bag," "dressed to the nines" and "three sheets to the wind" among many others. She has even explained the origin of "fight or flight" or what "to google" means. Marina is known for ending her videos with, "Another mystery solved from your trusty HotForWords."
  • Fast Facts

    1. Born: December 10th, 1980 (Sagittarius)
    2. Birth place: Russia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Orlo...
    3. Genre(s): Words
    4. Alma mater: Nizhny Novgorod State University in 2002 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Orlo...
    5. World's Sexiest Geek: Voted "World's #1 Sexiest Geek" in Wired Magazine's "Sexy Geek of the Year Contest" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Orlo...
    6. English Teacher: Taught English and world literature to high school students in Moscow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Orlo...
    7. Dog Lover: Has a co-host dog named Gorby (short for Gorbachev) http://www.zmogo.com/web/internet-famous...
    8. Book Released August 2009: Hot for Words: Answers to All Your Burning Questions About Words and Their Meanings
    9. June 12, 2009: 200 million views video
    10. Los Angeles Lakers Fan: Attended the 2009 NBA Finals
    11. August 18th, 2009 Book Release: Hot for Words: Answers to All Your Burning Questions About Words and Their Meanings http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061776319?tag=...
    12. August 2009: Becomes a GoDaddy Girl
    13. October 2009: Appeared in Penthouse Magazine with clothes on
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