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w00t is the Word (of the Year)

Or so says Merriam-Webster.

Yes, the word that originated with gamers was voted the word of the year on their website. It’s certainly a popular enough word, although I’m more prone to trusting that it did indeed originate from users of Quake III jumping, rather than from “whoot”. I could be wrong and I’ll leave that to the professionals to argue.

Want to celebrate? I’ll bet the w00t t-shirt at ThinkGeek.com is very popular.

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This entry was posted by The Chatterbox on Thursday, December 13th, 2007 at 3:34 pm and is filed under Geek. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “w00t is the Word (of the Year)”

  1. nicholas Says:
    December 14th, 2007 at 4:58 pm

    What does it mean? I’ve never heard it before.

  2. The Chatterbox Says:
    December 17th, 2007 at 12:35 pm

    It’s an expression of excitment or joy. Popular with hackers and gamers.

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