"WOOT" Websters word of the year

For Timeless Members, Former Members, and Trial Members.
User avatar
Pono
Junior Member
Posts: 575
Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:41 pm
Location: Huntington Beach, Ca

"WOOT" Websters word of the year

Post by Pono »

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/woo ... -merr.html

I especially found this part entertaining:

"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."

Oh and this:

"This doesn't meant that "woot" will ever find its way into the print version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, but it ups the odds a bit. Today "woot," tomorrow "pwnd"!

We are taking over the world.
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
~Karl Marx

Palani: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-shee ... l&n=Palani

Lalani: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-shee ... l&n=Lalani