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w00t is 3rd Favorite Non-Dictionary Word

Posted by Zonk on Saturday May 28, 2005 @09:37AM from the not-a-fan-of-confuzzled dept.

Jay writes "The word has been getting out apparently. No longer just a word for gamers, 'woot' now appears as #3 in Merriam-Webster's What's Your Favorite Word (That's Not in the Dictionary)? contest. It was beaten out by ginormous and confuzzled."

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Re:Woot; the acronym. by vagabond_gr · 2005-05-28 11:23 · Score: 5, Informative

Actually there are at least 10 different explanations about the origin of "w00t", ranging from Quake to Daffy Duck. I guess the truth will remain a mystery.