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'w00t' Named 2007 Word of the Year

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-waiting-for-slashdotted-as-a-verb dept.

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)."

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  1. What??? by tritonman · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?"

    1. Re:What??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    2. Re:What??? by webmaster404 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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      There is no "disagree" moderation, and troll, flamebait and overrated are not valid substitutes
    3. Re:What??? by filthpickle · · Score: 5, Funny

      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.

    4. Re:What??? by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

      Burma-Shave?

    5. Re:What??? by mattwarden · · Score: 4, Funny

      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...

  2. Re:What? by Laebshade · · Score: 4, Funny

    ya rly

  3. That is quite exciting by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    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".

  4. Veni, Vidi, Vici by syntaxeater · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:Veni, Vidi, Vici by BrewedInTexas · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  5. I can just see the future... by east+coast · · Score: 4, Funny

    Word of the year in 2012? Über.

    2013: Slashvertisement
    2014: fucktard
    2015:1337

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    1. Re:I can just see the future... by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

      2011: lolcat

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      which is totally what she said
  6. answer me these questions 3 by Gearoid_Murphy · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  7. Re:What? by Etrias · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  8. Re:WTF? by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  9. Re:What about this word of the year? by Von+Helmet · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  10. Re:What? by Palpitations · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!).