Our favorite Russian über geekess and philologist (that would be someone who studies language and sheds light on cultural history, it has nothing to do with cleavage), HotForWords.com hottie Marina Orlova, is here to shed some light on why we use the term "eye candy."

Sure, she could have just stood in front of the camera and pointed at herself for four minutes, but Marina goes deeper. And examines the history of the phrase, complete with examples of current eye candy. Not sure I'm getting it, Marina. I definitely need to stay after class for some private tutoring...