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"Woot" Becomes an Official Word

Posted by Unknown on from the prescriptivists-mourn-death-of-language dept.

tekgoblin writes with a quick bit about new words in the COED. From the article: "Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the smaller but most widely recognized derivative of the official Oxford English Dictionary, which is celebrating this August its 100th anniversary. To celebrate, the lexicon published its 12th edition today that adds more than 400 new entries – many of which reflect the technological vocabulary found in today's society, like 'woot,' 'mankini,' and 'jeggings.'"

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  1. First w00t! by Jimbookis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it w00t or woot?

    1. Re:First w00t! by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

      Is it w00t or woot?

      Both are perfectly cromulent words.