W00t!

Posted by Miss Cellania in Everything Else on December 11, 2007 at 10:03 pm


150_woot-Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2007 is w00t. The term is the winner of the annual online poll conducted by the dictionary publisher.

Merriam-Webster’s president, John Morse, said “w00t” was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.

“It shows a really interesting thing that’s going on in language. It’s a term that’s arrived only because we’re now communicating electronically with each other,” Morse said.

Gamers commonly substitute numbers and symbols for the letters they resemble, Morse says, creating what they call “l33t speak” that’s “leet” when spoken, short for “elite” to the rest of the world.

Such recognition usually spells the end of the coolness factor for a slang term. The winner of the 2006 poll was “truthiness”. Link -via Fark


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9 comments to "W00t!"

  1. ryan
    December 11th, 2007 at 10:08 pm

    I feel ashamed to be an english speaker.

  2. Britt
    December 11th, 2007 at 10:20 pm

    I can't say I've used the word 'woot' since 2002.

    Webster is such trash. Oxford Canadian for me, thanks.

  3. biltmore
    December 11th, 2007 at 10:57 pm

    Webster = Garbage ... and this just proves it even more.

  4. Chuck
    December 12th, 2007 at 12:00 am

    You guys actually have strong opinions on dictionaries? Whatever floats your boat...

  5. Alex
    December 12th, 2007 at 12:01 am

    I nominate "websterized," meaning the end of the coolness factor of a slang due to adoption by the mainstream.

  6. Chris
    December 12th, 2007 at 12:43 am

    who's the 0ther team?

    Alex : LOL, so true!

  7. Ali S.
    December 12th, 2007 at 5:06 am

    So, that's why there was a collective cry among the countless numbers of teachers and professors all around the World!

  8. k
    December 12th, 2007 at 9:29 am

    That word's been around for years. sigh. you baby boomers, when are you gonna learn?

  9. Allison
    December 12th, 2007 at 11:15 pm

    I've always believed that w00t stood for "We Owned the Other Team"


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