"w00t" voted Merriam-Webster word of the year

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — English-language dictionary Merriam-Webster said Wednesday that an expression popular with people that play online computer games was voted its word of the year for 2007.

The word "w00t," spelled using the number zero in place of the letter "o," placed first in a Top Ten list based on votes by visitors to Merriam-Webster's website.

The word is described as an exclamation "expressing joy, possibly after a triumph or for no reason at all" and is similar to the word "yay."

An example given by the dictionary is "w00t! I won the contest."

The word is also considered an acronym in the online gaming world for "We owned the other team," according to US-based Merriam-Webster.

Merriam-Webster said "w00t" hasn't made it into the dictionary but being chosen as word of the year "just might improve its chances."

The word is part of computer hacker vernacular referred to as "l33t," or "elite," speak used in competitive online computer game forums.

The customized language combines letters and numbers used in their stead, such as a number three for the letter "E" or a number four for the letter "A."

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Originally posted by shanny I wonder where shitshow came in.

lol. or sketchbag.

"scammer" is my new word of 2007!

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Originally posted by StereoPrincess Swamper the w00ting nutter will be happy!

w00t! This is awesome

It'd be interesting to know how w00t came to be... I remember in the early days of internet gaming it was 'woo'. Perhaps it was a progression of leet/l33t/woo/woot/w00t.

FYI, first time someone said 'w00t' on TA was r00tman (lol) - Feb 2001

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Edit: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=w00t

w00t was originally an acronym for "we owned other team"

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Originally posted by Djsketchbag Am i the only one who thinks this is super gay ?

+1

if words that computer game geeks make up are being voted words of the year, whats next? will "i>3 u" be the phase of 2007?

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