'w00t' Named 2007 Word of the Year

bukharin writes "'w00t', the "small word that packs a pretty big punch", has been named Word of the Year for 2007 by dictionary gurus Merriam-Webster. Visitors to the Merriam-Webster website were asked to vote for one of 20 commonly searched words and phrases. Facebook was the runner-up. Previously honored geek words include google (runner-up in 2006) and blog (winner in 2004)."

Comments

What???

[tritonman]

Who still uses w00t? I haven't used that since like 1998... What's the PHRASE of 2007, "All your base are belong to us?"

Re:What???

[Anonymous Coward]

According to my inbox, the most popular word for 2007 appears to be "V1@grA"

Re:What???

[webmaster404]

No the key phrase for years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 is "This is the year of Linux on the desktop"

Re:What???

[SCHecklerX]

This year I'm thinking of getting jerseys made and leading a team at the 24 hours of big bear as "Team V1@gra". Our motto, also on the jerseys, will be "Ride Hard"

Re:What???

[filthpickle]

I would have voted for MegaDik. Some of those MegaDik spams are funnier than entire episodes of Everybody loves Raymond. My favorite is: " Now that you've got a gal that's hot You wanna hump her moistened twat. She looks so sizzling, she's so nice! But would your penile size suffice? Not sure she will long for more? You need a thing she would adore! But how to get it long and thick? Your only chance is MegaDik! You'll get so wanted super-size And see wild craving in her eyes! Your rod will bang her box so deep, Tonight you'll hardly fall asleep! " Although the fact that they are having "Holiday Specials" now is pretty damn funny too.

Re:What???

[ari_j]

Burma-Shave?

Re:What???

[mattwarden]

Also funnier than Everybody Loves Raymond:

1) dead tree stump
2) Charles Manson
3) Carrot Top

Ok, maybe that last one was a little too far...

Re:What?

[Laebshade]

ya rly

That is quite exciting

[eln]

I am elated by this news. I feel a great sense of triumph that this word has received such an honor. If only there were some word that could express my happiness at this victory for geek-kind, perhaps a word with numbers substituted for letters somewhere.

Oh well, I guess I'll just go with "yay".

Re:That is quite exciting

[somersault]

I'm guessing it's from ancient samurai culture. w00t pants! *boogies*

Veni, Vidi, Vici

[syntaxeater]

can now be summarized as "mount, grep, w00t"

Re:Veni, Vidi, Vici

[BrewedInTexas]

gawk, date, grep, touch, finger, unzip, strip, mount, fsck, fsck, fsck, yes, yes, yes, unmount, make clean, zip, sleep

I can just see the future...

[east coast]

Word of the year in 2012? Über.

2013: Slashvertisement
2014: fucktard
2015:1337

Re:I can just see the future...

[somersault]

2011: lolcat

Re:I can just see the future...

[Billosaur]

2010: asstunnel

Re:I can just see the future...

[QRDeNameland]

2011: shitcock

answer me these questions 3

[Gearoid_Murphy]

w00t is your name? w00t is your favourite color? w00t is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow!!!!!

Re:00 ok?

[Futile Rhetoric]

Which only means that we need more Grammar Nazis as lexicographers. Grammatik macht frei.

Re:What?

[Etrias]

It's hard to see it in any context but geek culture. I can't imagine that many people will even think it means anything other than some other misspelling.

Ladies and gentlemen, Merriam-Webster has officially jumped the shark.

Re:WTF?

[Anne_Nonymous]

So you're saying the "word of the year" competition is m00t?

It's the end of the world

[PhuCknuT]

I believe this is the first sign of the apocalypse.

What about this word of the year?

[Jozxyqk]

09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0

Re:What about this word of the year?

[Von Helmet]

I make that to be 4 words, assuming a word length of 32 bits.

Re:00 ok?

[dryueh]

Two blank tiles will do the trick.

..of course, with this announcement, the next version of Scrabble will have to be rescored and retiled to accomodate more possible entries. I, for one, welcome our alphanumeric overlords.

Re:What?

[Billosaur]

Word!!!

Re:What?

[mecenday]

Yeah, people have just been so bummed since Bush was reelected.

Re:google

[piltdownman84]

Who searhes for "w00t"?

Re:google

[superwiz]

Who searhes for "w00t"?

nOObs? ;)

Re:What?

[odourpreventer]

We pwned the English!

Fixed that for you.

Re:What?

[Palpitations]

So? When was the last time you saw anyone use 'sardoodledom' (one of the other nominees)? That's quite a conundrum. I'm not trying to start a blamestorm here, but it appears you may be an apathetic charlatan. Sardoodledom.

Sorry, someone had to do it (w00t!).

Re:What?

[runlvl0]

It's hard to see it [w00t] in any context but geek culture.

I don't know, I stay up most every night until 12:01 waiting for the next w00t. When there's a woot-off, forget about it - I'm up all night!

Of course, my wife has observed that I might have a w00t *problem*.

Wowwee Roboquad Interactive Robot, LeakFrog 2-Pack,Micro Remote Control Helicopter, Xact Seven Mile Professional Two-Way Radios, Jabra C820s Noise Canceling Headphones, Microsoft Zune 30GB Digital Media Player, SanDisk Sansa e250 2GB Media Player, Saitek A100 MySpkr Personal Stereo Speaker, Netgear 802.11g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter - 2 Pack, Nyko Air Flo EX USB Controller for PC/MAC - 2 Pack, Xact 2-Way FRS/GMRS Wristwatch Radios, Pinnacle DVD Maker Deluxe, USB Missile Launcher, Sony NW-S703 1GB MP3 Player with Noise Cancelling Headphones, Chaucer's Mead Trio, HealthPro Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor, Gourmet Coffee Cafe Single Serving Coffeemaker with Free Coffee, Sling Media SlingBox Classic, Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 w/ GPS Locator Hardware, Netgear 108Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter, iRobot Roomba 4296 Remote Scheduler Robotic Vacuum, Siemens Bluetooth Car Kit

I suspect that I may have been 0wn3d.

Re:What?

[Anonymous Coward]

I was like...hey...you can't use that word...thats OUR word

Well, that's theirs....