12/12/2007
Woot! is the Word of the Year
Merriam-Webster has named w00t (spelled just like that) the word of the year and added it to the dictionary.
The definition? "w00t (interjection) Expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word 'yay'."
They write: "This year's winning word first became popular in competitive online gaming forums as part of what is known as l33t ('leet,' or 'elite') speak—an esoteric computer hacker language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters. Although the double 'o' in the word is usually represented by double zeroes, the exclamation is also known to be an acronym for 'we owned the other team'—again stemming from the gaming community."
The other top ten contenders for word of the year: facebook, conundrum, quixotic, blamestorm, sardoodledom, apathetic, Pecksniffian, hypocrite, charlatan.
Trent, I hold you partially responsible.
Posted 12:55 PM EST by Andy Towle in News | Permalink
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I think "pwned" is more widely used that "w00t"
Posted by: crispy | Dec 12, 2007 1:18:41 PM
good morning andy....
i find those amusing -- perhaps, also the link noted, as i find many personal blogs beautiful, from years of projects in different places, i find that many of your "words of the day" describe cause and effect that you may bemoan yet others contribute in ways that cater to plenty of bad scripting in a contemporary culture that gives its ego too much credit for doing hardly anything while believing it has accomplished plenty. consider the air in los angeles -- a little cgi plastic surgery -- and it's all good. similar to programs like common cents -- when considering at face value in direct experience -- apart from faux experience in some people's deplorable productions -- substantive content relations have been oftentimes circumvented through "identify that bald pudenda" -- hence, such as i recently sent off numerous letters to people over concern about the supposed failing of the hate crimes bill attached to war crimes spending -- a subsequent link is also directed at a cluster of 'faggot maggots' -- one can call them -- who are equally as guilty or suspect for being spineless and offering little beyond a stage of one-way directionals in feeling comfortable where some peoples crap productions and pseudo remedies are most definitely not welcome.
thank you for the laugh. perhaps, history becomes unwarranted heavy baggage, yet, it also serves as examples of recognition beyond detachment through amateur uses of technology. have a beautiful day -- stay warm!!
Posted by: ricardo | Dec 12, 2007 1:54:33 PM
So goes society.
When men were apes, men spoke in gutteral grunts and groan.
I have several line managers who write E-Mail in "emoticons" and using "IMSPEAK" in official notes going out.
As we decline into this abyss of "elite" speak, I forsee the next evoluation will be gutteral grunts and groans.
Woot!
Tis only the tip of the iceberg...
Posted by: Rad | Dec 12, 2007 3:07:42 PM
I know I am SO gonna get laughed at, but I don't understand. Who's in the photo?
And I always thought that 'woot' was just 'hoot' misspelt or something. I didn't know the geeks had invented a new language. God, I need a nap or something.
Posted by: Jordan | Dec 12, 2007 3:15:16 PM
Jordan, I think it's Patrick Dempsey.
Posted by: JJ | Dec 12, 2007 3:33:12 PM
Who the HELL says "w00t"? I never even heard of it until this article! This dumbass non-word will self-destruct in 5..4..3..2...!
Posted by: soulbrotha | Dec 12, 2007 6:04:39 PM
Deffo, Trent is to blame. w00t !!!!
Posted by: Richie | Dec 13, 2007 9:40:14 AM