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w00t is 3rd Favorite Non-Dictionary Word
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."
All of those words in the list look perfectly cromulent to me.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
I've heard w00t of course, and ginormous, but where are people using the term "confuzzled"?
I'm confuzled as to how w00t didn't get first place. I don't see any of the other words -- combined -- as often as w00t, at least when I'm chillaxing with my friends. I think they mad a ginormous mistake.
n00b should too!
Woot, While I was chillaxing with my peeps, avoiding eating the snirt. We were phoncrastinating until my buddy John called. So I pwned him by hanging up after discussing the fact that i'm so confuzzled about the ginormous lack of english comprehension!
I use w00t way more then I use ginormous or confuzzled. In fact, I think that both of those other words are dumbpendous.
Look out honey cause I'm usin' technology
Ain't got time to make no apologies
Toxic Sludge is good for you
I am feeling bitter today
Geeks have lots of words that noone else uses. "Stereochemistry, Hexadecimal, Defrag"
We don't need to make stuff up to be misunderstood.
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
(Duke, Marty, and Jay are playing scrabble)
Duke - Kwizibyck.
Marty - That's not a word.
Duke - Get Webster on the phone. Noah, how ya doing? It's Duke. How much would it cost to make kwizibyck a word? I don't know what it means. Uhh, how about a big problem? Great. How 'bout that other word I invented, Dukelicious? No one's using it? What a Duketastrophy!
Famous Last Words: "hmm...wikipedia says it's edible"
...automagically?
Circumcision is child abuse.
Try these obscure new slang words on for size:
w00t > Jubilation!
thx > Gratitude!
gj > Felicitations!
Now you get to be different from the mainstream once again.
The word "woot" (also; "w00t") has been said to be an acronym, not just a word, meaning:
We Own the Other Team
- Agilo
(Just visualise it: all the packets on both Internets all come together to chant "Speech! Speech! Speech!". Aaahhh.)
I'd like to thank all the people who helped me get where I am today, all the script kiddies, my coworkers, O'Reilly & Associates, Linus Torvolds for making Linux, Bill Gates for making Windows, and all the really smart people out there at MIT for making X11.
We've come along way from Athena widgets, nobody in their right mind uses Motif anymore, and everything is a beautiful drab KDE and Gnome gray. We've had SCO try to poison our spirits, but that which does not kill you only makes you stronger.
Way to go folks. You've done well. (note to mods: this is funny, look at my uid)
da w00t. mtfnpy?
You're right, it isn't redundant.
Unfortunately it isn't funny either.
Well, actually the origin of w00t is not known for sure. Wikipedia gives a number of ideas on where w00t came from.
See the Wikipedia article.
If THAT was the origin, than it would be spelled "WPOT" for We Pwn the Other Team.
In Repressive Burma, it's not just your connection that dies. slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=314547&cid=20819199
And all along, I thought that "w00t" was an Elmer-Fudism: "Wats. I have to wog in as w00t."
BSA: "Would you like a free Software Audit"? me: "No, thanks. My software is all Free".
You missed the ever important:
bj > Fellatitations!