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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 Gigiya · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I haven't seen anyone use "w00t" in about three years.

  2. 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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    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.

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

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

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

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

  6. You'd think that... by PinkyDead · · Score: 5, Informative

    Merriam-Webster's word of the year would be in their dictionary.

    http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/w00t. Odd that.

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  7. 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.

  8. Etymology by Bj�rn · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The Etymology according to the wiktionary

    Of uncertain origin; theories include:

    • an acronym from "we own the other team";
    • an onomatopoeia representing the sound of capture sirens from online capture the flag games;
    • a blend of wow and loot;
    • a leetspeak mutation of whoo, what or root;
    • a corruption of root, shouted by hackers when they obtain root-level access in a targeted system.
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