'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)."

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Re:That is quite exciting

[Shabbs]

I'll bet 95% of the "kids" using it these days don't even know where it comes from or what it really means. Hell, some of them probably weren't even BORN when it started being used. Kids... sigh...