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Hot for Words: Answers to All Your Burning Questions About Words and Their Meanings

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By: Marina Orlova

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EDITORIAL REVIEW

Intelligence is sexy.

Good morning, dear students, and welcome to my favorite class: philology, or the love of words.

For me, nothing is more seductive than a good word origin story. I can't get enough. I mean, have you ever wondered what the word "cocktail" has to do with drinks? Or whether "hussy" was always an insult? Or why Benedict got his very own egg recipe? These are the types of questions that keep me awake all night long.

Whether you've been a straight-A follower of my YouTube channel or this is your first adventure in philology, I think that soon you'll be just as hot for words as I am! Are you ready for class to begin?

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Pub. Date: 18th August 2009
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 208
Ean: 9780061776311
Isbn: 0061776319

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A Doer
~ Written on Oct 1, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

The word "doer" may make some people cringe, but I am sincerely admiring Marina for taking her faith in her hands and running with it
(and look at her "assets" bounce while she does that : )
More power to you... girl! The book looks pretty and smart, like a younger sister of Madonna's aluminum cover tome.

I should have known.....
~ Written on Sep 28, 2009. out of 6 users found this review helpful.

I saw on the cover that she's a regular on the Bill O'Reilly show and felt a pang of hesitation, but then I just finished another book on words that was promoted on NPR. The difference is night and day.

I could not even stand to read this book because I was so disgusted by the soft core pictures of a grown woman in a miniskirt with her legs spread open.

Did she not expect other women to want to read her book? 'Cause I don't want to look at her junk.

I'm guessing most of the positive reviews on this book come from men and the negative from women....

Hot For Words delivers
~ Written on Sep 19, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

This book provides interesting tidbits about how selected words came to be. It is as interesting as her YouTube posts.
And she of course looks Hot, as the name implies.

Hot for Words!
~ Written on Sep 16, 2009. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

She is Gorgeosu, she is Bright, and she is Knowledgeable. And she talks with a Russian Accent!!! She is great on Youtube and if you are a fan of her channel the book will not disappoint you! :)

Miss Orlova does not disappoint
~ Written on Sep 14, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

When my pupils asked if they could open my Amazon parcel, I told them if it were a book about the excitement of words I'd show the class; if it were a book of racy pictures of a Russian babe perhaps they'd put it back in the wrapper and say nothing. And of course it's both. What Miss Orlova writes about words is well researched and always fascinating. Her style is enticing and genuinely enthusiastic. The book is beautifully designed and there is plenty for the student of philology to pore over. Miss Orlova does not disappoint.

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