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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. Cromulent by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

    All of those words in the list look perfectly cromulent to me.

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  2. If w00t made the list then... by bryan8m · · Score: 5, Insightful

    n00b should too!

    1. Re:If w00t made the list then... by jakosc · · Score: 5, Funny

      n00b should too!

      Nah. n00b hasn't been around long enough...

  3. Obligatory Critic Quote by MagicDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    (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!

    1. Re:Obligatory Critic Quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


      [playing scrabble game]

      Bart : Kwijybo. I win, I'm outta here.
      Homer: Wait a minute, you little cheater. You're not going anywhere 'til you tell me what a Kwijybo is.
      Bart : Kwijybo. A big dumb balding North American ape. With no chin.
      Marge: And a short temper.
      Homer: I'll show you a big, dumb balding ape.

    2. Re:Obligatory Critic Quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      http://www.public.asu.edu/~thomas98/CALVIN/chscrab ble.jpg

    3. Re:Obligatory Critic Quote by dtungsten · · Score: 5, Funny

      Let us not forget the Red Dwarf one:

      In one episode, Cat uses the word 'Jozxyqk' in a Scrabble game, claiming it to be a cat word meaning, "the sound you get when you get your sexual organs trapped in something."

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

    ...automagically?

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  5. Re:Woot; the acronym. by vagabond_gr · · 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.

  6. Re:woohoo! by goodie3shoes · · Score: 5, Funny

    And all along, I thought that "w00t" was an Elmer-Fudism: "Wats. I have to wog in as w00t."

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