| Website | hotforwords.com |
| Blog | youtube.com/hotfo... |
| @hotforwords | |
| Birthplace | Russia |
| Birthdate | 12/10/80 |
Marina Orlova
Marina Orlova better known as HotForWords, is a philologist and etymologist who dissects the origins of words and phrases in a delightfully funny, sexy and entertaining video format on YouTube and her own web site HotForWords.com
Not only is Marina skillful in uncovering the most interesting stories for the origin of words and phrases, but she is also a the quintessential geek, who is hands-on when it comes to managing her web site. Marina reports on the latest interesting technical subjects and examines the latest geek words with her subscribers.
The HotForWords web site allows for a wonderful collaborative community to evolve in providing commentary dialog for each of the word origin video lessons, and the subscribers are also able to start topics in the HotForWords Forum augmenting the burning desire to discuss technical topics and peculiarities of words.
In her upcoming book entitled, “Hot for Words: Answers to All Your Burning Questions About Words and Their Meanings” (Harper Paperbacks), Marina discusses the origin of eighty words. In Marina’s own words, “For me, nothing is more seductive than a good word origin story. I can’t get enough”.
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