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w00t is 3rd Favorite Non-Dictionary Word

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. What about Fugly by multi-flavor-geek · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Fugly, (Fuh-glee): adj The inherant nature of someone to be F*cking Ugly. Usage, generally at bars, after a few drinks, but before the beer-goggles kick in.

    My other favorite is Gigantor, that being a person (there was someone in particular) who s so huge that they have developed a Godzilla like reputation, and the ablity to block sunlight. Or in the case of this person break concrete steps while walking up them.

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  2. When it gets corporate backing... by MacFury · · Score: 4, Interesting
    When it gets corporate backing, it will be in the dictionary.


    The proposal to create a "Name Change Task Force" originated with Peter Machno, manager of Seattle's sludge program, after protesters mobilized against his plan to spread sludge on local tree farms. "If I knocked on your door and said I've got this beneficial product called sludge, what are you going to say?" he asked. At Machno's suggestion, the Federation newsletter published a request for alternative names. Members sent in over 250 suggestions, including "all growth," "purenutri," "biolife," "bioslurp," "black gold," "geoslime," "sca-doo," "the end product," "humanure," "hu-doo," "organic residuals," "bioresidue," "urban biomass," "powergro," "organite," "recyclite," "nutri-cake" and "ROSE," short for "recycling of solids environmentally." [19] In June of 1991, the Name Change Task Force finally settled on "biosolids," which it defined as the "nutrient-rich, organic byproduct of the nation's wastewater treatment process." [20]

    The new name attracted sarcastic comment from the Doublespeak Quarterly Review, edited by Rutgers University professor William Lutz. "Does it still stink?" Lutz asked. He predicted that the new name "probably won't move into general usage. It's obviously coming from an engineering mentality. It does have one great virtue, though. You think of `biosolids' and your mind goes blank." [21]


    Toxic Sludge is good for you

    I am feeling bitter today

  3. A few favorites by miyako · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Just thought I'd list a few of my favorite non-words, in no particular order.
    • Frienemy
    • Asshat
    • Sexcapade
    • teh
    • borked
    • burninate
    • pwned
    • pathetisad
    • craptastic
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  4. Re:Huh? by pyro_dude · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I use the word to my father when he gets uppity and asks me too many insignificant questions about things during the day. "Chill, relax, chillax."

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  5. How about... by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...automagically?

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  6. Never heard of Chav then? by plusser · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The non-dictionary word of the moment in the UK is Chav - or at least it isn't in the Oxford Dictionary yet, although it might be tomorrow.

  7. woot == excitement? :-\ by ZeroExistenZ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    3. woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement

    If I'm not mistaken woot is the abbrivation for We Own the Other Team, and was introduced with multiplayer games.

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    1. Re:woot == excitement? :-\ by wolfgang_spangler · · Score: 3, Interesting

      You most likely are mistaken.
      It is interesting how people always assume that some word started somehow in the first context in which they encountered it.
      I know I have seen it used in NannyMUD since 1992 or so. I always assumed that it started there and was some Swedish slang. That is of course because I first encountered it there in 1992 :)

  8. Woot; the acronym. by Agilo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The word "woot" (also; "w00t") has been said to be an acronym, not just a word, meaning:
    We Own the Other Team

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  9. microsoft's definition of w00t by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/ kidtalk.mspx

    A parent's primer to computer slang ...

    Other common leet words: ...
    "w00t" or the smiley character \o/: An acronym that usually means "We Own the Other Team," used to celebrate victory in a video game. ...

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